Maniacal over Stitch Maynia!

If you're not familiar with Stitch Maynia and the flosstube podcasts on You Tube, each year starting on the 1st of May, cross stitchers all over the world start new projects throughout the month.   They then work on those projects throughout the year. I have seen myself accomplish more by working on several projects as opposed to just one because it keeps you from becoming bored with the same project all the time.   This is so much fun and I was able to work around my inability to purchase 31 projects and supporting materials all at once!  I am doing 31 projects in May, some people do 19 for the year 2019, some work on WIPs.  It's up to you how much you want to participate, if at all.  Last year I didn't participate because I was just getting back into cross stitch but I watched the You Tube Maynia 'starts' on floss tube and I was inspired !  So this year I am going for it! 

First, I organized all my floss as I had purchased a few boxes at garage sales filled with floss............

 Now it is all organized and floss from finished projects is back in the containers and in numercial order!  Ready, set, go! 

The floss below is from sales and it is either Coats or unlabeled neither of which I will put in with my others but I may use when I substitute colors.

There are also some full skeins which need to be put on cards and that will be a good t.v. watching  project.

Stitch Maynia for cross stitchers starts May 1st and you can really do as many or as few projects as  you want but of course I am following some of the great ones and starting a new project each day of May.  Then the object is to rotate them and finish throughout the year until May 1st 2020 when you do it all over again! LOL!    I am choosing small projects this year as not only do they work up faster but they utilize less material.   I do not have a bunch of money to be laying out for a years worth of cross stitch projects.  I spent a lot of time searching the internet and I was able to gather up over 31 designs for free from various cross stitch designers!  Now I just need some more material and kit them up!  I am truly excited about this!  

Are any of you out there cross stitchers?  Are you joining in for Stitch Maynia 2019?  This and the YOP  group on Ravelry have me planning like a fool!   I'll keep you informed and come May 1st there will be posts each day with my new start for that day!  

Meanwhile, as I was running around gathering and organizing my cross stitch, Miss Peeps left this on my desk chair............this is one of her 'babies'...she will leave it on my chair...I think she wants me to babysit...lol!

she has 2 babies.....this is her other one and it is on another chair........or it could be that they were fighting and she had to separate them..........that girl is too funny!

That's all the excitement for now.  I've been to the vets, the pharmacy and Walmart and filled the car with gas.  Now, I need to cut up a melon, make some bread and wash rugs and get them hung outside.  No rain today.....beautiful and sunny!

Happy Trails!!!