Animals

This isn't a very crafty post, but a show-n-tell all the same. Until very recently, I hadn't been to any type of zoo in many years, maybe I was 9 last time? Well, that all changed when we took our sweet little goddaughter to the zoo for her very special 2nd birthday. Oh my goodness - I had no idea all the stuff going on at the zoo! Like these guys (they really do look like they are in costume!)

And these guys who were my favorite, this one was so close that we were pretty sure we were going to get wet. Such amazing creatures!!!



Okay, so this is not an animal, but I made Ed take this shot of me and this really cool sculpture. I would like one for my own yard!

This is my favorite pic of the day - Ed and Sammy - so cute!

Happy Birthday Sammy!!!

Happy Birthday to You . . .

I think it is about time that I made a proper Pea Soup birthday card and here it is!

It is a take on my cake card, but I added a little candle and have switched up the colors. I love these cards and can't wait for the next birthday to give one out (That's you Ed!)

I made them in several different color combos, shown here.

I have posted one here and am going to post them all, but until then, if you see a color combo that you are wanting to have - just send me a convo and I can post it especially for you!

Q is for Quince

Hello All. I have sooo much to catch up on, first though, a very happy and belated 4th of July to everyone. I hope you had a great weekend with lots of picnics and fireworks and sparklers and all that good stuff!

I have been trying to sneak a little sewing in where ever I can. I have this little pin to show you, it is my flower pin for the letter Q in my flowers A to Z project.

I had a handful of letters that I just had no idea what flower to make for and Q was one of them. Luckily, I put Jay (my boyfriend's Mom) on the task and straight to work she went. Her idea for Q was quince. I had no idea how beautiful this flower is and was very excited to turn it into a felt flower. Thanks Jay!

Googly Eyes

I don't know what it is about them, but googly eyes are always funny. Take an unfunny thing and add googly eyes and it's instantly funny. If you are familiar with my little felt cards that I make, I use ALOT of googly eyes. The past couple days, I have been working on a batch of about 100 cards - that's alot of googly eyes. And even though I have been making these cards for a couple of years now, I never cease to giggle when the googly eyes get attatched to the felt bacon, pear, banana - what ever it is - hilarious.

So, you can imagine my delight when I stumbled upon this skit from Saturday Night Live - it contains both Christopher Walkin AND googly eyes. Enjoy.

Bundles and Bunches

Today I was doing a little crafting outside after all of my weeding and watering chores were taken care of. I have been working on getting a little sampling of goods together for a press packet of sorts for DaWanda. I am super excited for the opportunity (Thank you Elizabeth!!!)

So here is the outside work table:

Here are my new business cards I have been working on. I felt like they should have a little felt on them, I added a little felt heart from my scrap bag:



And here is the little basket of cards and pins that will be on their way to Dawanda tomorrow!



Other than all of this good stuff, I have been restocking some fall designs and have just started a huge restocking of cards. I will be a busy bee with this for a while, hopefully I will have more to show soon (including flower pins Q, R, S!)

Two old favorites and three new designs

Years ago, Ed and I were out book hunting in a nifty little part of the nearest big city (nifty because it contains two used book stores, a vintage clothing store aaaaand a bead store!) Almost too much for one little gal to handle and luckily there is also a music store or two in between for my poor boyfriend.


Anyway, among my finds on this particular excursion were two very vintage and very mod embroidery books. (Gotta love those "Golden Hands.")

There are so many great things in these that I don't even know where to begin, but there is a footstool done in crewel embroidery that I particularly love and my three new flowery pin designs are the result of my love for this said footstool.





(Of course, when I bought these two books, I was planning on making each and everyone of the projects . . . that has not even begun to happen yet!) But, here are three new flower designs that will be available in my Etsy and DaWanda shops. I really love these little lovelies and it will be hard not to keep one of each for my self!

Design #1: 5 little flowers

Design #2: 3 Little Flowers

Design #3: 2 Little Flowers

That is all for now, here's hoping you had as beautiful a sunset as we did tonight!

P is for Poppy

Just a quick show-n-tell today, here is the latest installment of my flowers A to Z project. It is one of my favorite flowers, the poppy. My parents have a red poppy plant in their front yard. It gets more beautiful every year! I have wanted to make a one of these for a long time, really anything with a pretty poppy design on it is okay by me!

Here is a little detail of the stitches: