abominable softie

This poor blue abominable is wondering.......READ MORE.

whitman the bookworm

This is Whitman the bookworm, he is a special Solstice gift for one of the little ladies. When he’s not quietly reading poetry by the fire, I have to keep a good eye on him......READ MORE.

little ladies WIP

There has been A LOT of hand sewing going on over here (especially by Araina)!.....READ MORE

felt fairy house

This little felt house is not a WIP exactly, because it’s already done. However, I will be making a couple more for the Little Ladies come holiday time. I made this fairy house 5 years ago for Fauna’s wee folk. I LOVED making.......READ MORE.

WIP- owl potholder and breast cancer ribbon felty

For Work In Progress Wednesday, I thought I’d share two of my projects that fill my evening creative time right now. First is this owl hot pad holder. I know the button eyes might interfere with the pans.......READ MORE.

Work in Progress Wednesday (WIP)

I thought I’d share some sewing goodies that I have been working on lately: tree, leaf and bat felties .

This upside down bat felty was inspired by two special boys of blogging friends (Owen and Binky).

This little leaf toy will be stuffed when complete. I am still working on her face; not quite sure how I will finish her!

Have a great day!

Beautiful Blogging Friends

The girls and I had been studying dandelions today and was I going to post all about it until....(1)the mail came and (2)I read a comment from the Wild Violet Tea post. I have such warm feelings in my heart that I chose to blog all about some great blogging friends that I really ADORE!!!!

First, I received this comment today from Artistmama at Chocolate Eyes, "I posted some pics of the felt mobile & wall hanging I made for the baby. Thanks so much for the inspiration! It was so fun." I went to her site and found this ADORABLE mobile and BEAUTIFUL wall hanging; she made them for her baby boy which she is expecting at the end of June. I am really in love with how she took something which inspired her and made it her own. I especially love the hedgehog in the mobile!

Photos by Artistmama at Chocolate Eyes

Then, as I mentioned before, the postman delivered us two LOVELY packages. One package was a complete surprise. Sunny J from Sunny's little blog made us a beautiful little felt flower. What a very kind, generous and sweet little girl. She did a beautiful job on the flower!


With the flower we also received 3:15 pm Milk Tea and All Natural Sun Drops from Sunny J, Prime and Dong Dong ( Adventure of J and Prime). Dong Dong had mentioned that her children loved milk tea, I didn't even know what that was, until today!


We had to make some straight away! The 3:15 Milk Tea has a very different taste for us. Its ingredients include black tea, non-dairy creamer and rosehip extract. It has a sweet, rosey smell and taste. You make it exactly like you would make a cup of tea.


The Little Ladies loved the milk tea and the peanuts. Thank you so much Dong Dong, J and Prime for the surprise goodies! It really made our day and it was fun trying something new!



Also, another package in the mail today for us, from Willo at Green Gracious. This super cute panda is made out of bamboo! How cool is that? He is from the My Natural Bamboo Collection and is being sold at Barnes and Nobles. Willo's got a great blog all about being green in easy and practical ways. She has great giveaways you don't want to miss as well! Thank you Willo, we love him (and of course the girls named him Bamboo).

Make a visit to these lovely blogs written by these beautiful people and tell them Lisa sent ya!

Felty Child's Bracelet

For the next tutorial (posted sometime this week), I will show you how to turn this.....

And this................

Into this...............

And this...............

Araina told me the other that night she could draw a turtle that would make a great felty....and she did! Then I asked her what kind of felty should it be? Pendant? Brooch? Hair Pin? She wanted a bracelet made just for her. Fauna designed the unicorn and also wanted a bracelet. So that's just what I did.

Inspiration

So many things inspire me to create.......

My favorite woodland butterfly, the Wood Nymph, I am working on her in felty form.

Our box turtle, Mister, has inspired me for a while now. But I am having trouble putting him into a felty form.

Another inspiring turtle that says hello every time we visit my sister at work. The lucky girl (my sister, not the turtle) works at a beautiful nearby arboretum.

This cute little toad lived in our orchard last summer. Toads and frogs in felty form would be cute!

Oh, the lovely moon, has inspired people for centuries. Fauna took this beautiful picture! (Proud mama moment!)

I love mushrooms and fungi of any sort. I have a collection of shelf fungi on our nature table. Shelf fungi would be interesting in felty form.

And the beautiful mushroom....mushrooms are easy to make in felty form! :)

And of course, my lovely ladies inspire me to create every single day!