My name is Dani and I'm new here. I'm from The South but have been in Portland, OR for almost 2 years.
I have quite a history with crafts. When I was a wee lass, my mom tried to get me into cross stitching because she has done it for as long as I can remember (she has won awards! Most recently won a Best in Show award at a county fair for a project that took her 1.5 years, 1907 hours!
), but because she was forcing it on me, it never stuck with me. I eventually picked up knitting on my own, which I do in phases. No huge projects; mostly gloves, socks, hats. Any who, I occasionally do some embroidery, but I only know a couple stitches so I mostly do it when I'm tired of working on other projects. I lost my job a month ago, completely unexpectedly. I've been a bit of a wreck since. I'm still trying to figure out what kind of job I want now if I even want to get another one. In the mean time, to keep my hands and mind occupied, I picked cross stitching back up! I came up with an idea for an Etsy shop to sell little stitched pieces mostly related to nerdy stuff. I have found it so fun and rewarding so far. While scouring the web for old school Mario and Zelda pixely characters to stitch, I found this site and am so glad I did. I haven't been a part of a forum in a while, but I think I found a new little home here. Yay!
Once I get a good stock of pieces to sell in my shop, I hope to work on some bigger stuff from the amazing patterns I've seen here. I am excite!
(Also, more on my Youtube later). Anyway, I joined for several reasons: 1. My mom (SofaraStarfyre) is a member here 2. I like video games 3. I like pearler beading, and lastly 4. I like to make pixel art in Minecraft. Speaking of Minecraft pixel art, I made a video of me building Pikachu 
and will upload it to my Youtube channel soon, then post a link in the Misc. Craft Project section so I share it with those who wish to see it.
