I want adventure in the great wide somewhere. I want it more than I can tell. - Run Disney Princess SAL Week 6

Good morning stitchers!

It's Friday and you know what that means!

It's time for another pattern in the Run Disney Princess Stitch Along!

This week we have my all time favorite Disney princess...the star of the first movie I can remember seeing, the woman who taught me it was okay to walk around with my nose in a book and my head in the clouds dreaming of adventures bigger than myself. Who taught me it was okay to be the intelligent girl. The woman who still inspires me at almost 25.

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I think she came out perfect. I love Belle so much. I think she is an important inspiration for girls everywhere. I hope you all enjoy stitching her.

Fun fact: when I was about 2 or 3 and went to Disney World all I wanted to do was meet Belle. We had just missed her and I started crying. My dad went up to the cast member that had been with Belle and told him/her the situation and they told him where Belle would be next in the park. Not only did we make it there and wait for her and the Beast, but when she came out from behind the gate, she was asking for me by name. Never argue the magic of Disney with me. Because that castmember made a little girl's day and hooked her on Disney for a lifetime. 

Don't forget to send your pics if you're stitching along (there's a link to a Flickr group in the side bar).

Happy Weekend!

What to do when your Christmas shopping is 2/3 finished on May

That's the painting I made for mom. I painted it today with Nicole and Brandon and his mom at Painting with a Twist and I'm hoping she'll love it and hang it in the half bath. 

And with that, my Christmas shopping is 2/3 of the way done (dads present was purchased in March and I'm very excited by it). I'd be completely finished if they sold 2014 calendars this early.

So what does that mean? It means that for the next 7 months, I don't need to worry about what to get mom and dad for Christmas. I don't have to spend anymore money. It also means that I have to store their presents for 7 months (and trick of tricks: remember where I stored them). But for the most part, I'm excited to be finished. Because holiday shopping is tricky with my parents but this year it just seemed so easy. I mean it must have been, right? To be done so early?

Well almost Happy Christmas...