Thursday, March 9, 2023

Planning Ahead

 

This Mister came home from his doctor's appointment with two knees full of cortisone so he has had to take it easy for a few days which means the bathroom isn't get done at the moment. He's been working on his latest paint by number while staying off his feet. It's been a preview of what we are going to be in for after the surgery. 




In anticipation of Mr. Ants in the Pants having to stay in one place for a few weeks, I bought him this diamond painting kit and all its doo dads. He's not too sure about it but he thought the same thing about the paint by numbers I bought him. 



What I thought was really cool about this one is that it has a DMC floss conversion so you could also use this as a cross stitching project if you wanted to. 




I'm going to have a lot of down time myself so I bought myself some supplies to get serious about that needle punching kit. The pattern uses floss so I bought some cheap off brand stuff to practice with and some new hoops. My old bamboo ones were not going to do the job.




I also have this puzzle to finish. It's a winter scene and you know how I hate working on things out of season. Please, someone remind me to NEVER buy another 1000 piece puzzle. I don't have the attention span for something this big but I'm not ready to give up-not yet anyway. Come summer when this thing is still on the table I just might have to.







8 comments:

  1. You've sure picked some great projects to keep you busy after the surgery. I bought four diamond painting kits a few weeks ago. I hope to start the first one in the next few days. I've never done it before so I hope I can figure it out!
    Blessings and hugs,
    Betsy

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  2. The 1000 piece puzzle looks like fun to me. Trying to cross stitch that diamond painting piece would be nuts (just my opinion).

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  3. I'm always wishing the puzzle makers would do more 750-piece ones; often all I find are 1000 or 500 (too many and too easy). If you have or find a good source for 750s let me know!

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  4. i love the inspiration you always bring to my mind. good luck with all that is up coming. i have had a diamond painting picked up on clearance some time last year i've yet to try. like betsy i must start mine soon :)

    blessing and best to you,
    joan

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  5. Thousand piece puzzles are scary! That's a really pretty count by number painting.

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  6. I am a jigsawer, always one in progress in both PA and now FL while I care for mom. She likes them too. Can you tell me the name of your winter scene puzzle, 1000 pieces is not a deterrent.

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  7. Beautiful painting--and he is going to love the diamond dotz!!!! It is so much fun!

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  8. It's Bethesda Fountain from the Micheal Storring collection from Galison. I get them from Amazon.

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