Gifted Gorgeousness SAL - July

And it's the middle of July and so it's time for another GG SAL post. My plan to join every month is working out so far ;-) The SAL is hosted by Jo, so feel free to pay her a visit or take a look at the other entries for July =)
Unfortunately, I didn't manage to stitch as much as I wanted on my projects for this SAL, but I have some progress to show and that's still better than nothing.

First up is my progress on the Map of Middle Earth - I added another 1400 stitches and finished page 3! This also means that I have less than 400 000 stitches to go (399 100 to be exact :D), yay! :D
So here is Middle Earth as of last month:

And now:

I am so excited that the writing is appearing now, on the next page we will rediscover the lost realm of Anor. I think about giving this a try for the Haed challenge, so there will hopefully be a lot of progress next month =)

Next up is my Candy Cane Santa Stocking. It got way less love than I wanted, but I added at least a few stitches. Last month:

And now, I added some background and a few greens, but at least he is still psycho-Santa :D

Last but not least I worked on my Dog Bookshelf piece and added a few stitches. I am very close to finishing page 2 and hope to do that next month:
Before:

And now:

It was a lot of confetti lately, but the result is beautiful =) I'm looking forward to picking this up again =)

I'll share an update on Middle Earth in a few days (along with one for Ride of the Yokai).

Happy stitching!