My newest little venture into capitalism includes these beauties. I’ve named them SoapStones. I discovered the process while investigating my wool felting. Remember those Christmas stockings? Well, this includes the wool roving, but instead of using a needle, you simply wet felt the wool around bars of soap. At some point, I may add some…
Category: Crafts
More and More Fun
I probably messed up… It was a warmish day, in the thirties, with sunshine for the first bit. I decided I was going to prime my ceiling boards for the studio, even if it wasn’t 50º. I hauled out a heater, turned it on, and felt it start kicking out heat. I then went to…
Get ‘Em!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! I know I shouldn’t let those kinds of things bother me, yet they do… thanks for lifting me back up! Two (hopefully) final thoughts about “So God Made A Farmer”. 1. Jay Leno *just* made fun of the commercial. I didn’t catch it all, but sheesh, guess it means…
How To Needle Felt a Bird
All righty then! You’ve had extra time to gather your supplies… let’s create a bird! I want my birds lightweight, so I’m not making them solid like if I was using hot water to felt the wool. I’m just layering light roving… creating a close approximation to a bird’s body… then adding some details. The…
No Nuthin’
Well, rats. Started to make a video with needle felting… this time I’m working on a House Finch, another frequent visitor to my bird feeder… then I looked at the clock and decided that it was not the best use of my time when I had an appointment for Lucas at 11:00. Which means I…
Needle Felting 1
The day started off at -13º… but after lunch, with sunshine and no wind, the +10º felt quite agreeable! I spent a little time insulating the walls of the dog house and installing one wall. I also built a little “foyer” wall, an attempt to block the wind from just entering and swirling around the…
Something
Assorted thoughts from a day unfocused… My Denver Broncos lost. Waaaaaaah! It’s -6 outside… All I can think is… I’m hoping it’s much colder on the mountain, just to kill off a few bazillion pine beetles… I found, online, a new way to use needle felting… It’s amazingly gorgeous and I can’t wait to try…
Crayons and More!
I hope this explains it well enough! **** December 24, 2011 ING December 24, 2010 The Merriest (with Cowboy Santa) December 24, 2009 Blessings To You (oh, the memories…) December 24, 2008 Blessings
Fingers Crossed
Well, I probably should have baked all day… but instead I just continued my line of crafting like Christmas is still two weeks away! NOTICE TO MY FAMILY: Expect gifts throughout January, because obviously you’re not getting all this *hand-did* stuff day after tomorrow! Today’s projects? I made large crayons. Well, I re-melted crayons. This…
For Jan
<giggle> I *told* her I’d dedicate this blog to her… so Jan, here ’tis! While on the phone with a Dear Friend of mine, I was multi-tasking, telling her what I was making… she, giving me her version… Let me back up a bit. I’d seen these beautiful Christmas decorations… and they were SIMPLE. Food…
Library Silent Auction
Another fun Open House at the library… over 50 people attended… and we raised just over $1000! Yay! My little HoHoHo earned us $22, and my little jar of home-made vanilla extract scored $25! I shall NOT divulge how much I spent on other items, however! But I will tell you what they are. I…
Failure and Happiness
Well, poo. Tomorrow’s the library’s silent auction and I didn’t finish up everything I had planned. Too many ideas and not enough time! The project that has slowed me up the most is the photo transfer I wanted to do. Finding the right combination of gel medium, paper, printer, etc. has slowed the process way…