Hi.

No fancy pictures or clever titles.

Just a great big "thank you. "

First and foremost to my Mom.

She is an angel and I am so so grateful to be her daughter.

Her strength, beauty, creativity and wisdom are simply amazing. I hope to someday be half the lady that she is!

And also, just a big "Happy Mother's Day" to all of you out there, there is just nothing more beautiful and I am pretty sure that Moms are what make the world go 'round.

Bean At Work

So I should be posting pictures of all my fabulous and completed projects . . .

. . . well . . .

. . .how about a photo of my dog Bean in what looks to be her typing her memoirs. (She looks sleepy.)

Okay, back to work, seriously.

Flowers L to O

I know that some of you might be wondering where have the Flowers from A to Z gone? I am still slowly but surely working on them in between my other sewing projects. I have amassed four more and wanted to share them with you (and of course they will be eventually here too!)

Here is "L is for Lenten Rose"

M is for Morning Glory.

N is for (a flower that I had never seen before) Nigella. They have the prettiest leaves! They are very lace-like and vibrant green. (And what a lovely name.)

And "O is for Orchid." I was given a lovely orchid last year for Easter. It didn't go well, but it was a graceful and beautiful flower while it lasted!

That is all for now! The weather around here has been so beautiful that I have been happily hauling as much work as I can to do outside and of course taking long walks every evening. Hope it is beautiful where you are too!

Tadpole

I have never made a tadpole before, so I was excited ( a little nervous) about this special order challenge. I think that he turned out pretty darn cute!!! I used a dark mossy green felt for his body and a little moss color felt for his tail. I stuffed him (but not his little wings, I thought it would be more realistic that way?) So he has almost like a trapunto effect.

And I love his little expression!

And I couldn't help but have a little photo shoot with him (on water paper of course) before he is off to his new home!

Here Comes the Sun(s)

Wow! What a great time I had this rainy, chilly Monday morning!!! I was a printmaking machine! I haven't done any printmaking since high school and I was really interested in trying it again. I have sketchbooks full of images I would like to offer for sale in my shop and I think I have just printed my very first design!!! I am so excited!!! I draw images of the sun alot, it is one of my favorites and so it is only right that my first carved prints would be of the sun. The phot above is my studio floor, I printed on everything I had available including: various watercolor, scrapbook, vellum papers, Kraft paper, fabric, even felt! I still have some work to do before they are ready for sale, but it will be soon!

Oh, and remember this old chestnut from last year?

Pendants!!!

Truth be told, I am a true jewelry fanatic. I mean, I am verging on having a problem. My jewelry box had been outgrown for years, my dear Mom gave me an actual jewelry rack from a retail shop, that too is overworked at this point. I am not ashamed to admit, I am obsessed with gems, jewels, beads, baubles, you name it. If I can tie it around my neck, I will wear it out of the house. I am digressing, but, imagine my excitement when I created these little beauties!

It just sort of happened, I was making them as pins and had the thought that I would love one as a necklace. (Perhaps you too?)

It definitely combines my love of jewelry with my love of felt and hand-stitchery. Perfect. And fun to wear, I just had dinner with a dear friend wearing my very own Pea Soup Pendant. I can't wait to make more!!!

Oh, and by the way, this one is here.

And this one is here.

Purple and Blue (and a little apple too.)

I posted about these little pins awhile back, but I just had a photo shoot with a few of them to get them ready to post and I just added this one to the shop. There will be many more, I did make a dozen of them and each one is different! Also, I have been working on a batch of cards, just refilling the inventory, and I reworked an older design, this one:

It is part of the "Produce in Love" card set, I changed it up a bit and really like the little apple!

It is also going to be in the shop in a short while.