A Halloween Finish, a Shell, and a Celtic Lion

Here's what I've been doing for the past two weeks:

I finished the Halloween Tentacles, just have to frame it-

A counted cross-stitch shell, yes, this took me hours!  That's four squares of 100 stitches each.  Easy weekend project, right!  I've only done a few counted cross-stitch projects.

And an embroidered Celtic Lion on a tote bag for my Mom, Urban Threads design.