Doctor Who Finale

The Wedding of River Song

Oh my goodness this last episode had better be good!
I'm so excited about watching it tomorrow :D
I really love River Song i think she is my favourite character and
Matt Smith is my favourite Doctor - i never thought i would say that!
Like so many others i just couldn't imagine anyone being as good as David Tennant
but i love the way Matt Smith plays him.

here's the prequel to tomorrow's episode

omg Doctor Who AND Neil Gaiman . . . . . swoon.

Two of my favourite things in one place
an episode of Doctor Who written by Neil Gaiman
omg
plus from the clips it also looks steampunky
yay!

i'm so looking forward to this episode
hopefully it'll make up for last weeks
ok but nothing special episode

i know it's only Monday but woo-hoo roll on Saturday!!!!

oh and it's got Ood's!

(: Super secret trip to Cardiff :)

leaving England

he still doesn't know why we are going to Wales!

Doctor Who exhibition Cardiff

a bit star struck!

clockwork droid

cyberman

"who turned out the lights"

Ood

Army Dalek & me and the boy!

Looking handsome :D

a shrine to Ianto Jones of Torchwood
which is a bit freaky
he didn't "really" die people!

i loved this gorgeous sculpture

Torchwood entrance/exit by night

My son is a complete Doctor Who nerd {which is good as i can pretend that's why i watch it all the time and know more Doctor Who facts than is really necessary} and i've wanted to take him up to see the Doctor Who exhibition in Cardiff for some time but when MeridianAriel and her family went recently i was really jealous which spurred me on!

We had a really great time :)
The boy was so happy when he realised why we had gone!
We stayed in a nice Hotel and really enjoyed the break,
it was also the first time i've left my daughter to fend for herself and the animals
so we were very relieved to return home
to the house just as we had left it!

I'm really enjoying my kids at these ages
my daughter just entering adulthood and deciding what she wants to do with her life
and my son really finding his feet at school and full of excitement about the world
happy days
:)

a journey through time with my Tardis!

phase 1
the foundation stitches

phase 2
starting to cross my stitches

phase 3
shaping and more filling

phase 4
shading

phase 5
adding the details

backstitch backstich backstitch!

phase 6
hmmm not very happy with the lettering

i redid the lettering
in an ideal world i would've used a perle cotton
but i didn't have any to hand
i think this is flower thread
i'm happier with it now.

yay!
it's really finished this time

i'm really pleased with the shading on the panels
i used three shades of blue and then also blended strands to get the shading right.

this is pretty much the true blue of my tardis
i find it quite hard to photograph blues.

my Tardis inspiration

all in all i'm really happy with how this came out
if i was being really picky i'd say the fact the windows/panels are square not rectangular is bugging me but to keep the other proportions right they had to be this way.
i think i need to take a cross stitch break now!
my eyes are tired and my hands are tired
but i am so pleased with this!

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*EDIT*

i thought it was all over

but i missed where the doors join

doh!

all done now.

but i think i may need to do some background
hmmm. . . .

Mothering Sunday

I got taken to watch the Alice in Wonderland movie

in 3D as my Mother's day treat
and what a treat for the eyes - the costumes were incredible the sets wonderful and the cast was fantastic - i loved it!
Quick go and see it!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjMkNrX60mA

i was very spoiled by my family on Mother's day the dog woke us at 6am, the boy before 7am so my lie in was throughly spoiled!!!
But i did get a cup of tea in bed brought by my daughter who at fifteen has a much more civilised sense of timing! She also bought me a packet of Hob-Nobs {biscuits} which i'd given up for lent but apparently it is fine to break your fast for Mother's day! Teacher said it so it must be true eh?

I was a bit sneaky this year and although i'd told my partner he needed to take us all to see Alice for my treat and dinner after
i still very un-subtley pointed out this brooch to my son that i really wanted
{mine is like the grey one}

aren't they gorgeous?
available here
http://www.sumptuosity.net/home.html

did you all have a lovely Mother's Day?

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The tenth Doctor - finished and framed

and now hanging up on the boys wall :o)

if i did it again i'd change a few little details,
the half cross stitch on the nose i'd just do a quarter stitch and back stitch the slope also i'd use a larger piece of aida and do more shirt and maybe jacket.

all in all i'm pleased with it but better still my boy loves it :o)
*edit*
oh my geekiness
i got featured on geekcrafts.com
http://geekcrafts.com/
so it is official
I AM A GEEK
:O)
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We are all looking forward to watching Matt Smith as the eleventh Doctor at Easter - i think even my daughter who has said she'll never watch it again without David Tennant as the Doctor!
They showed the trailer in 3D at the Alice movie it looked AMAZING.
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ten years ago - today i think is the anniversary
i lost my beloved dog Jessie - i had her for 13 yrs from a teeny tiny puppy to a grand old lady she was a real character and i still miss her

to add insult to injury on the very same day my very bestest ever friend
moved all the way to Nottingham and i miss her very very much too.

the tenth Doctor - gone but not forgotten.

so i'm still in the stitching addiction phase
i decided i'd make a picture for my
Doctor Who crazy son

my first attempt
my son recognised who it was but i felt it looked
a bit flat at the back of the head
so i added a bit more "BUMP" !!!!

i like him better now

thought i'd better add a shirt and tie!

and yet again i cut the fabric a little bit too small
it was plenty big enough for the original design
BUT i kept adding to it!

my son's response
"oooh yes i like it - can you do me a Sontaran next?"

"hApPy eAsTeR"

here is my son in his Easter Bonnet for the Easter Parade
we enjoyed making it together, i drew - he coloured - i cut out!
this isn't such a great photo of the hat but the other photo's have other peoples kids in.
he just looks so pleased with himself in this photo i had to share!

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"marjorie" has NO manners and constantly eats with her mouth open

but at least it means sometimes
her victims get away relatively unscathed

"run chickies RUN"

"aaaaarrrrrrrgggghhhh"

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these are the things i sent my partner in the "secret easter chick" organised by incywinsystitches over on CRAFTER...OO i enjoyed making my egg monster but was worried it was a bit too weird! i think i made up for it with cute chicks and chocolate though!!!

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I wish all my readers a lovely easter break
i'm not a christian so it's all about celebrating the coming of spring for me
and it's all looking beautiful here right now
the new leaves unfurling and all the pretty yellow and blue flowers popping up everywhere
and the beautiful sunshine . . . . .

but very best of all ,
even better than the chocolate eggs and bunnies
why DOCTOR WHO of course!!!
i'm soooo excited!