Nattering away

No pics to show today (or probably for a while, since I'm involved in TWO exchanges that need to go out at about the same time!). I've also been working on a little fall piece for a friend. I'm sending her husband - an old high school classmate of mine - a book that our library was discarding about building furniture that I thought he'd like, and I wanted to include something for her in the package as well. She doesn't stitch, but she is a country lover/crafter, so I thought, "how hard would it be to make a little something?" Silly me. LOL I skimmed her Pinterest board and found a lot of fall decor ideas with berries and sticks and ribbons, so I thought I could turn an ornament into a floral "pick" - or as my daughter calls it, a lollipop! It is turning into quite an undertaking, though. Wish me luck! I'm still stitching on it, and will try to take some pics of the assembly process when I get there.
I've been doing pretty well resisting stash...I was very tempted by the latest issue of Just Cross Stitch, because I loved the Halloween spider ornament - in the lower left.

However, I was thoroughly UNimpressed with the rest of the issue, and on principle I'm refusing to buy it!  Please, JCS, no more elaborate florals.... :P
I'm also falling in love with Mirabilia's new "Red."

Gorgeous.  I love the idea of a grown-up Red Riding Hood!  And I have a lovely piece of forest green fabric I could stitch this on.....

Finally, The Primitive Hare has started a series of fairy tale designs, too, and I've been rather drawn to them as well.  Her style is different from things I usually stitch, but maybe that is why I like these?  Who knows.
Look, it is Red again - little this time.

And to accompany her - Sleeping Beauty.

But I shall be strong, and go back to stitching from my stash.....thanks for letting me enable the rest of you, though!!  >:)