Work in Progress (Apprentice)

This week's prompt at OSI is "Apprentice." I love how these prompts tend to align with whatever is going on in my life at the moment both literally and often on a higher more abstract level as well. Here is a haiku for the prompt as well as another poem...

a work in progress

an apprentice to my life

who I want to be

******************

a beginner

and a learner...

always~

attempting

to grow and change

unfurling wings

that have been

held tightly closed

and sometimes

even clipped.

looking to be

unchained

from all the

~"isms"

that have

grounded

and stymied me

for so long...

learning to fly?

(and maybe even one day to soar)

...trying to acknowledge

the "Messengers"

that have been sent to me...

it's up to me

to receive their messages,

to ponder their meanings

and apply them where needed

and then

let those "Messengers" go

(if i can- the hardest part yet...)~

i have all the tools of the trade

that i need,

but

i can't do this alone...

Below are some cards I made for a card swap for Red Lead. I only had to make 3 Christmas/ winter cards using stamps from their store. No problem there as I realized I had more of their stamps than I thought. I can't wait to get my swap cards!

Below are my WIPs; works in progress in cross stitch-ese. The first is Belle Pepper from Little House Needleworks. I actually kept the colors the same but got different material. It's hard to see , but mine is very sparkly and over-dyed, giving it a mottled look.

This is my Crescent Angel by The Primitive Needle- this is almost done!

The bottom picture is ALL I accomplished in about an hour's worth of time last night at my friend Jayne's house (after ripping out the second row about 5 times). It is my first real attempt on linen and I am not doing really well. All my stitching friends are very supportive and so helpful (thanks again Karin for all your patience), but for some reason it is just so hard for me to do the counting and visualizing required to make this work. And of course everyone makes it look so darn easy. I gave up last night but I will attempt this again soon, as I just love the look that the different fabrics have.