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Look what has been created from mittens at Kaleidoscope Art!
And try out this Flickr Speller that I found via Craftapalooza.
Lots of items here and here that can be crafted into all sorts of goodies. (via the Craftster blog)
The Tooth Fairy can take a rest in her own little gazebo that you can make over at The Toymaker. There are lots of fun printables here!
Get ready to smile! Check out this photostream at Flickr of Persian kittens found via I Like They don't even look real :D
I love making these felt pincushions!
I made the flower garden one for myself and practiced my embroidery. The blue flower one I'm adding to the shop.
As spring slowly creeps in, I love to see
the birds coming back from a long winter. I'm going to start a list of all the birds we see through the fall and I'll try to photograph them but my camera doesn't have a great zoom on it so I know they won't be the best. First on my list is the Dark-eyed Junco, the Oregon Race. They are similar in size to chickadees but have a solid dark brownish black head. If you want to see some really nice photographs then look here. I would love to see other bloggers do this so I could watch the birds coming back all over the U.S. Wouldn't that be fun? Let me know if you do and I'll link you up!
Happy Easter Everyone!
I made this little wristlet for a friends
daughter. How can you not love a little chick dressed up in her Easter bonnet?!
We'll be dyeing our eggs today. The smell of warm vinegar always bring back sweet memories of Easters past :) We've had a couple
of snowstorms and our once snow-free yard is now covered again. Looks like we'll be egg hunting inside (again) this year. Happy Easter everyone!
I'd love an Easter basket full of
these spring colored buttons but I'll settle for the ones I have here.
I'm really excited to
use this fabric for some handbags. It looks like the tweeds that are popular now but it's 100% cotton.
Such cheery colors! These pins
look like eggs in a needle nest ;)
I'm so glad to be home after a stressful weekend! I missed the blogosphere and seeing all the crafty goodness that everyone has been up to. I totally struck out in my thrift shop adventures but I did get some new fabric and buttons that I'm really happy with. I even got my haircut at one of those walk-in places, something I've never done before. I was so frustrated with my hair one morning before going out to breakfast that I had my 12 year old daughter trim it with the only scissors I had available - Swiss Army knife scissors - while looking over my shoulder with a pocket mirror. I figured if I'm desperate enough to do that then I don't have much to lose by just walking in somewhere. I'm very pleased with the outcome and now I don't have to worry about my hair for another couple of months!
I started fooling around with, in other words cutting up, a wool sweater that I got at the thrift and had felted. I made cat bed pallets out of the main front and back and a dog collar from the sleeve! I cut a slice from the sleeve and blanket stitched the edge to make a cute little collar, or neckwarmer, for our Westie. I think I'm going to put her name on it too. Doesn't she look cute? :)
I'm a little embarrassed at the stitching,
it could be a lot better but I was in a bit of a hurry.
I'll be out of town for the next couple
of days and I'm hoping I'll get to do some thrifting which I don't get to do very often. I'll post any goodies I get when I come home. Have a great weekend everyone!
