Tuesday 21 March 2017

A To Z Challenge Theme Reveal: Buffy The Vampire Slayer


The day has finally arrived for The Great And Powerful Theme Reveal, as the hosts of the A to Z Blogging Challenge have named it.  Technically, the theme reveal was yesterday my time - but better late than never!

For those who are not aware, the A to Z Challenge runs throughout April.  Bloggers are challenged to write one post a day (excluding Sundays), gradually working their way through the alphabet.  1st April is on A, 3rd April on B, 4th April is C etc etc.  Most participants focus on a theme to help guide and structure their blog posts.  The other part of the Challenge is to then go and visit the blogs of other participants - which is often then most difficult as with over 1000 bloggers involved, there's a lot of blogs to visit, and I find I quickly run out of time in the day!  That being said, I have met some amazing bloggers and fellow crafters though doing this challenge and I do enjoy it.

But enough explaining - on with the Theme Reveal!

This is my third year participating in the Challenge.  Each year I stitch one of my alphabet patterns and share thoughts on the different characters.  Last year I was crazy and not only stitched two alphabets, but also wrote a second blog!  This year I'm keeping it simple and just stitching the one alphabet, and writing the one blog.  April is shaping up to be a crazy month (as I explained here) and I've opted for trying to keep as much of my sanity as possible!

I've already started work on my cross stitch piece (as I've been sharing on WIP Wednesdays) and I know a few of you have already twigged as to what it is )

So without any further ado, my theme for this year's A to Z challenge is....

Buffy The Vampire Slayer

The cross stitch pattern is available here if you want to stitch your own
Girl power action hero Buffy and friends.  I loved this show in high school, and have watched it many times since.  I've been enjoying a Buffy marathon of late while I work on my cross stitch piece and am looking forward to writing about some of my favourite characters.

There were a few things that influenced my choice of pattern, chief amongst them being that David Boreanus (Angel) is coming to the Gold Coast for Supanova at the end of April!  (excited girly squeal). I'm still deciding whether I'll ask him to sign the completed alphabet, or whether I'll do a separate piece because...

It's been announced that Julie Benz (Darla, the first Vampire to appear in the TV show) is coming to Sydney Supanova!  Darla isn't in this cross stitch pattern so I'm thinking of doing a quote piece with Darla and Angel on it... so many choices.

Are you participating in the A to Z Challenge?  Leave a link to your blog in the comments and I'll drop by to check you out.  I'm particularly looking forward to finding some other crafty blogs.

Happy stitching (and blogging!)

9 comments:

  1. How fun! What will you do with all of the pieces when you finish?

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    1. Thanks :) My walls are covered in finished cross stitch pieces. Some I give away to friends and family (the Pokemon alphabet I did last year was a gift for my sister in law), others I use for display on my stall at the Conventions (I sell cross stitch patterns - and sometimes sell my finished pieces too).

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  2. What an awesome theme! I'll be checking back here for sure! :D

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    1. I know, right?! Hard to believe it's 20 years since the show first came out

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  4. Fun! You must be a faster cross-stitcher than I am, because I've been working on the same piece for several years!
    Lisa / Tales from the Love Shaque

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    1. Hahaha thanks Lisa! I spend a lot of my spare time stitching - it's how I relax in the evenings and I like to stitch while I watch TV or listen to an audio book. It helps too that the pieces I design are quick to stitch. I did have one piece (not my own design) that took me nearly 4 years to stitch! It was huge and very very detailed

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