Quick project and a new camera

After spending my time doing pin stitch, shadow work and time consuming turkey work it is fun to pick up something quick and knock it out. A friend gave me this little kit from Bareroots in June Lake ,CA. It was fun to do, and quick. Which is always nice. Plus my new camera came today so I got to play around with it when I took pics of my little candle mat.

I think I do itty bitty stitches better than big honkerin' ones. And when you look at them under a gazillionX zoom they look even worse. But I am okay with it.

I also received my new camera today. My old camera is about 7 years old and probably would do more than I knew that it could. I am terrible about reading the manual; I just push buttons and see what happens. Good thing it wasn't a camera from Mission Impossible or it might have self detructed by now. But the new one is a Panasonic Lumix FZ28.

Now I am SURE it does more than I am aware of. I am trying to read the manual to learn some more. I may even have to purchase a book or two. I would love to take a class or two. To many in blog land it probably isn't that whizbang of a camera, but it is more than I had. So we will see. Wish me luck!