Butterfly Baby

It is so very cold here today and we are supposed to get lots of snow . . . So I thought what a perfect day to put one of my new designs up for sale in the shop. I am absolutely in love with this little pin. Oh my goodness!!! It was one of those ideas that I had rolling around in my head and had no idea would turn out as it did! Well, needless to say I am quite happy with it.

“Butterfly Baby” is the first of three little bug babies. They were soooo much fun to make! I made them into pins and slightly larger doll versions. I also made “Honey Bee Baby” and “Ladybug Baby.” Of course I now realized that I need a photo shoot with the other two. Whoops! “Butterfly” is in the shop now.

Also, I have been working on my “Flowers from A to Z” project. I finished "E is for Evening Primrose" last night and have started drawing up the pattern for “F is for Fuchsia.” As soon as I am done here, I am off to take pictures of them, the light is just right!!! So more on that tomorrow!

Scattered Progress

It is so windy in the woods today that our afternoon walk literally took my breath away! It has been a secret dream of mine since I was little to be slightly "swept up" in a big gust of wind. Not to go very far or very high, just off of my feet for a minute. I thought that today was going to be the day!

I wish that I had more projects that were finished or in the works to show you. But it has been a couple of days of lots of little experiments and very little finished product. I have had my hand in many cookie jars if feels like lately, a little hand sewing, a little machine sewing, a little playing with clay. Lots of playing and experimenting and that is a very good thing too!!!

One of my experiments yesterday was to make a little felt purse/wallet. I started with a piece of dark green felt and lined it with a little fabric. It never got completely finished because I got distracted while looking for the hammer to fasten the snaps on to it!

Right now, while listening to the wind swirl around the house and the distant sound of my boyfriend's band recording in the studio, I am sipping tea and sewing lots of tiny little flower pins. These are like my big blooms only on a much smaller scale. Here's the hand full I have finished and they will be in the shop this week too.

Hope one and all had a fun and restful weekend!

My Latest Project: Flowers from A to Z

Okay, so I have to admit, I am really good at starting projects, get really excited about them, mentioning them here on the blog (as in "more on that later!") and then either never getting around to posting about it or not doing it until months later. This is one of those projects, I probably vaguely mentioned it a month ago. But here it is!!! It's my "Flowers from A to Z" project!

It’s pretty straightforward; I am designing a flower brooch for each letter of the alphabet. So far, I have A to D completed:

A is for Aster

B is for Blue Bells

C is for Chrysanthemum

D is for Daisy

I looove them!!!

Basically the process is just a drawing of the flower and creating a brooch from the drawing, I am trying to make it as realistically styled as I can. Though I am not used to that! So it is a little sewing out of my comfort zone I guess! I plan on keeping tabs on my progress here and also posting the pins here. Aster is going to be the first and it will be up tomorrow in the shop. I have only made one of each, I don’t know if I am going to stick to that or not. We shall see!!!

Now, it is back to the sewing table for me. Today is a VERY special birthday, my nephew George turns the BIG FOUR YEARS OLD today!!! He just so happens to be a dinosaur expert, so I am stitching him a baby stegosaurus – I will be sure to post some pics when it’s done!

A Very Happy Monday

Happy Monday everyone! It is a rather happy Monday over here in Pea Soup Land. First of all we are having what I call a "Lamp Day" today. Meaning it is so foggy and murky outside that are little lamps lit throughout the house. So cozy!

The second reason that it is a happy Monday is because these two showed up on my porch!!!
Isn't that the very best? You look forward to a special mail package and then it shows up like a present for no special occasion at all! These two adorable Japanese appliqué and embroidery books are from the wonderful shop Chocolateswirl. If you haven't checked out this great Etsy shop yet, please do! I think I want one of everything. And talk about speedy shipping! I didn't even have a chance to wait in excitement for my new books they came so fast!

The third reason that it is a happy Monday, I finished my project that I started a few days ago, you may remember this post. Well now they have turned into these!
Oh how I love this blooms! I made a dozen and each one is different! I went heavy on the buttons, one because I love the way it looks and two, I want to buy more buttons and had to thin the stash! I am planning on posting them all in the shop eventually; this one will be first and should be in by tomorrow.

Okay, I think show-and-tell is over for today. Why you may ask? Because after all those blooms, this is the state of my work table!

It is Super Bowl Sunday, I come from a long line of football enthusiasts . . . and I am not 100% sure I know who is playing in the Super Bowl today . . . Giants? New England? Tom Petty? All I know is, Super Bowl Sunday is one of those special occasions that you can have all snacks for dinner . . . not that I would or anything . . .

Anyhow, I just posted this little cardinal in the shop.

It is another one of my drawings turned felt creation. I made three of them awhile ago and I have had the hardest time getting decent pictures. I don't know if it is the red felt or the shape of the ornament or what. I was too impatient to wait for more acceptable pics, so here it is! There are only three made, so if you like it, snaggle it up!

Mod

I was a little more house-work productive today, so not much creating was accomplished. But I had a really fun night last night experimenting with some new materials (more on that later.) I also cut out these "Brady Bunch" flowers as Ed called them. I thought that they looked so pretty on my table, I ought to share them with you!

(Color combo testing.)

A Rainy Ice Day

A most interesting weather day today. We awoke to a crunchy layer of slippery ice and it has been raining steadily. Needless to say, I have been indoors for most of the day, lets see . . . there was a little bit of sewing and cookie making and tea drinking that happened. Nothing house-work-y at all!

As far as creating, sometimes in the midst of making new designs, I will throw in an old favorite, to stock up more than anything. So, in a very random decision, I have been making fall leaf pins and earrings. I know, strange. But now I am back to making more fruit and breakfast cards and another secret project I will tell you more about very soon!

Here is a little collection of Valentine goodies that are in the shop!