Calling all Birthday Boys and Girls

Or at least those of us that should want to buy a special card for said special birthday boy and/or girl . . .

I can't think of a better way to say "Happy Birthday to you" than with a cheeky little felt cake. This card is definitely a keeper. And is available here.

Happy Birthday to you and you and you this weekend and for the rest - Have a sunny, relaxing, and very fun Memorial Day weekend!

Love

Happy Monday morning to everyone!

It finally feels like summer here and I am so happy about that! Everything is green and alive and it smells amazing - this sweet fresh smell of the flowers and leaves - love it!

So it makes it hard to stay indoors and my schedule is slowly going back to my favorite configuration - work late into the night and spend the days outdoors enjoying! There must be some sort of balance after all!

Speaking of studio, there the Stitcher frame is up in the Etsy shop here.

And an oldie but a goodie - the mended love ornament. Here's one from a recent batch for an order. It is sweet and simple and folksy and I do love the sentiment - it's patched and mended, but still perfect in it's imperfections - sounds like the real thing?

In Stitches

We have had days and days of rain on end. It is now getting to the point that we forget that it is raining and you don't even think about an umbrella or getting wet - the rain just is. Which has made for some sleepy, mellow, slow-moving days in the studio and not too much else. The good news is, the sun broke free from the grey clouds this afternoon and I immediately ran out to do my errands - just so I could be a part of it for a minute . . .

But now it's back to overcast and back into the studio, getting ready for the first Ligonier Country Market of the season on Saturday (the only day in the 10 day forecast not calling for rain!) And finishing up some of these little ones - another of the framed pieces that I introduced this year.

This one is called "In Stitches" and features a little stitcher in a green sweater and a khaki skirt. She's stitching away on a little cross-stitch sampler.

And will soon be in the webshops too!

Wednesday's Work

I am really good at meaning to take in-progress photos and then remember only when everything is packed and off it it's destination . . . which is the case today unfortunately BUT I did manage to take a couple of quick snaps of some of the work on the work desk.

This may look like a field of black-eyed Susans, but actually they are Jack o'Lantern eyes.

This is very serious work that I do to be sure, here are a few miniatures for some little school frames. The cursive strips will go above the chalkboard, the chalkboard (on the black card stock) and tiny graded papers (A+ of course!)

Final product!

I am hoping to begin carrying these little frames in the webshops. I do have a little butterfly fairy frame in the Etsy shop if anyone is interested in checking it out!

Blooms, Buds and Babies

On the work desk this week - blooms and more blooms. The first shot is of a batch of special order zinnias. Every time time I look at them the word POW! comes into my head - they are so bright and comic-book-looking to me. I wouldn't normally work with this color palette and have been very much enjoying the new color combos. They need to be stitched of course to call them done.

But these lovelies are done. These are for an order going out next week. I am in love with the white, orange, turquoise one in the center (fruit loops anyone?)



And last but in no way least - my best friend Susan is expecting! And her shower is tomorrow. I have just finished the favors for the occasion - a little pot with seeds and a little plug of soil to plant - these were wrapped in the green fabric, tied with yellow ribbons and I added a little daffodil. The little card has growing instructions on the back. Springy! And easy and I hope everyone likes them!

May everyone have a wonderful Easter weekend!

Flutter-by Butterfly

I am so very excited about this.

I started creating wall art/mixed-media pieces for my shows and shops and I am really excited to start adding some to the web shops! The first one is the Butterfly Fairy.

I think that this would look so cute hanging in a little girl's room. Because it is always the wonderful people that buy my work that give me the best ideas - this is where the idea for the framed pieces came from. I had a wonderful customer very excitedly show me a shadow box frame of several of my ornaments that she had created to display them. I loved it. Another customer had taken a fairy pin and framed it for a baby shower gift - brilliant! So here they are all stitched up and assembled and ready for your wall!

More to come in the Etsy and Dawanda shops soon!

Spring Things

Though it is a very dark and dreary, lamps-on-all-day sort of day, there is an assortment of springy things on the studio table.

A batch of the little flower pins for an order:

Miniature flower pots freshly painted:

Even stamping tags has a spring theme to it:

Who's ready for spring!?