Three Handmade Journals

 Sitting quietly for the past 17 days I was able

to finish up a few journals for the Black Dog Event.

After Friday I hope to list some on my Etsy.

I pretty much used batiks and hand dyed fabrics.

Used some of my handmade fabric beads.

back side.

Added some crazy stitches here and there.

back side

I love the tie " arounds" as you never have to 

worry about your journal getting to fat as

 the tie are made to go around several times.

I found these lots of fun to make . Very freeing!

Each journal has different papers in them for

different types of journals.

So that's what I have been doing.

What have you been up to...?!

Rain Go Away But this Gift Made Me Smile.

My dear friend Pat Winter had a giveaway

a few weeks back and I was one 

of the lucky winners. 

This beautiful dragonfly arrived

and made my day. Pat is one talented lady,

and I consider her a good friend.

She sparked my interest in crazy quilting

and has always been so helpful when I had a

question.

She must be in sink with my mind as I

had a collie just like this one as a child.

Thank you for all your goodies and your 

treasured friendship.

Seashell Scissors Keep

This scissors keep is full of

tiny seashells, sparkling beads,stitching
and  ribbon depicting the underwater
world at the seashore.
It is lined in a batik blue cotton.
The wool felt is surrounded by grape
colored glass beads for sparkle.
I think I shall have to take a trip
to the seashore very soon.

I shall list it on Etsy later today.

I wish I had a Goat...

Oh I wish I had a goat. He would eat

all those nasty blackberries.

I said a goat...not a bobcat!

Yup another bobcat strolled through

the garden. He wasn't interested in

weeding.

Anyway I am making progress and hope

by June to have it all under control.

Then I can be a lady of leisure

sipping iced tea and stitching away

among the flora and fauna...

just relaxing and talking

to the birds...

(yeah, right)

I'll keep you posted about

my whereabouts!

More Tools of The Trade, Mosaic Monday

Seashells and roses

Satins and lace

Lavender and charms

Pearls and silks

made into wonderful sachets

these are a few of the

tools of my trade.

Be sure to drop over to Mary's

Little Red House

for more Mosaic Monday!

 Thank you Mary for hosting this event.

Lace and Lavender

I made up these sweet lavender sachets this week.

I filled them with lavender and flax seed. The flax helps

 to give them a little weight and shape.

The first one is a soft faint lavender ,blue and green

batik. The color is very faint. I stitched on

 lace and pearl beads. The top is layers of lace and roses

with dewdrop glass beads. A gold charm of a leaf and a

flower finish it off. Satin ribbon loop for hanging on a

door handle if you wish.

The second one is  made up of a silky file fabric with

hand embroidered tiny flowers and pearls surrounding

a lovely lace motif. The top is layers of lace and roses.
There is a sweet gold bird charm and a pink satin ribbon loop.

The third one is  a silky file fabric covered with pearls surrounding

a lave motif. The top has layers of lace, a large pearl button,seashells,

a white satin ribbon loop, and a seahorse charm.

 They all measure between 5 and 6 inches not including the loop.
They look nice just laying in a dish or hang them by their loop on
a door knob.

They all smell delicious and I nearly fell asleep as I was making them.
Shall try to get them listed by tomorrow. They will be in either  my Etsy
shop or my wildflowerhouse  shoppe!
 But right now I need a nap.
Lavender will do it every time.....

Mail Art and Another Flower Pin

 Saw a video on mail art and thought mmm I have all these precious

scraps just laying around... and that is all it took. I had fun gluing and

snipping away. This is the front and

this is the back! As I was creating this one it was snowing

just above us again. I truly wonder if we are ever

going to have spring let alone summer.

I found a tutorial for making these at

RobenMarie.com.

 She has such a creative blog.

 I get in trouble every time I go there!

Made another flower pin.

This one was hard to photograph. You can't really see all the

vibrant colors and designs in the fabrics.

So these are the latest projects. More to come

as long as it is raining, ever onward!

Wishing you all sunshine...

What I've Been Up To, Other than Weeding...

I know I promised to show you what I have been up to

when I am not ( "weeding" :-(  ) but

I could hardly move  last evening when I came in.

Once again had a date with Ben Gay...I know, I know

people will be talking!

But I digress..(as usual).

Last week Lorraine of Creative Daily had a cute pin

she made following a super tutorial by Robin-Marie.

I just had to try it. I didn't follow the instructions

to the letter but made some changes of my own, adding

some beads,etc.

I also finished a puzzle piece for Pieces of Friendship.

Today who knows what I might do...... it is starting to

rain so no weeding, oh I am so sad (LOL) so I may just create....

Silk Ribbon Heart

Spring  is certainly on my mind these days.

We are having beautiful weather and the birds

are singing.

This silk ribbon embroidery has lace inside the

heart. (Hard to see) A silver butterfly flits about

the colorful flowers.Besides all the silk and

satin ribbon you will find lots of stitching and

french knots.

The frame is a soft green, cracked and aged.

Can stand alone or you could wire it to hang.

A nice way to welcome spring!

I will list it in my Etsy Shop.

Needlework Projects

Just  a little gift for a friends birthday!

She has the most fairytale house and garden, so I thought she might like this.

The wood frame  I painted twice with two colors and then sanded lightly

to get that aged look.  She is a fantastic quilter so I thought she would like my silk ribbon

embroidery. Going to her place is such a peaceful and

enjoyable time.

Look at the wonderful stitching...

I was so lucky to win Kathy's giveaway. The postcards arrived yesterday and I have  been just staring and her beautiful stitching. On the darker card you can just faintly make out the spider web just below the rose. So delicate!  Her french knots and bullion stitch left me drooling.  In her card she says,"I hope you can use these postcards. Sorry Kathy I won't be using them, BUT I will be treasuring them always. They will go on my inspiration board so I can admire them always.

Drop over to Kathy's blog and enjoy all her wonderful posts.

Thank you Kathy for the wonderful cards.