Stitching updates after the January Create-a-thon

Started this post last night and then got way distracted by something i can't remember now... Anyway this is my Linen & Threads Mystery Sampler SAL after the Cross Stitch Crazy Create-a-thon - the first band is about two-thirds complete

And Day 23 of A Year In Stitches where i doodled on the yellow background a bit more