a slow week

Hi everyone, firstly thanks for the lovely comments from you :-)
so its been a bit quiet on the stitching front this week..hence not posting.  I went to visit my family last weekend so hardly any stitching done then, and of course back to work this week :-(  Its a shame we have to work but I have to get cash for stash somewhere!  I admit I lost my stitching mojo a bit this week, probably because I did so much over the holidays and then the shock of being back at work.  I have made a little bit of progress on the snapperbets...



You can't really see the effect properly on the photo but I am using the weeks dyes floss which gives a lovely shaded effect to the solid blocks of colour.
I think though I need a new start to get my mojo back (any excuse eh?) and I have decided to start a Mirabilia ..Shakespears Fairies..which you can see here...
http://www.mirabilia.com/crossStitchFrames/md103.html

I really like the colours on this design and it has loads of beadwork on it.  I don't like the green fabric though so I am thinking of making it rather dramatic by stitching on black..what do you think? The setting is supposed to be night so I guess this would work ok.  I have put the flosses on the fabric and it looks pretty good.

Is it me or has there been a bit of a lull in new designs lately?  I get various newsletters but I haven't seen much that really makes me go WOW.  Its good for my purse but a bit disappointing.  Come on designers...get your fingers out!

Off now for a bit of shopping (not stash unfortuately) ..I will let you know how I get on with the fairies