Lillybet

I am finally starting to use some of my new yummy felt.

My newest little ellie, Lillybet.

She has big ears, big feet and a big heart!

Stuffed!

A bit if a different picture today.

A couple of weeks ago I noticed that I was getting a bit low on fiberfil, so I placed my order. I decided to get not my usual 5 pounds, but instead I opted for the 25 pound box, the more you order the less expensive it is.

I don't think I realized just how big the box would be, there is enough fiberfil in there to stuff a real elephant!

The box is stuffed so full that I think there will be a mini explosion when I pry off the industrial strength staples....think I better remove the cat first!

Have a lovely day one and all....I'm off to stuff something!

Snowballs and Cupcakes

Our trip to the mountains this weekend was just what I needed, although the weather was not the greatest, just smelling that lovely mountain air was enough to lift anyone's spirits.

We saw a lovely waterfall, all misty and beautiful.

We came through a bank of thick fog into this wonderful view.

I made snowballs (this one is for you Annemarie) til my hands froze.

Saw more lovely snow.
We stayed at the top of the mountain and had tea and cookies before coming down into the fog bank again.
It was such a lovely day that I came home inspired and went straight to work "baking" these little cupcakes.

Yes indeed it was a very lovely day!

Not feeling creative!

For some reason I'm just not feeling very creative these last few days.
I'm sure it's something that we all go through, but I wish I would hurry up and get over it, I have a whole bunch of new felt calling my name!

I did manage to get this little felt dress cut out and partially sewn, not sure who it is for yet, hopefully I will soon.

Took some time off yesterday and went walking at a nature preserve near our home, it was very windy and pretty cool, but so much fun.

We spotted this little dragon fly soaking in the sun, he was very co-operative and let my husband take his picture for the longest time until he got that one shot that was perfect.

We also spotted this large heron fishing, he sure caught a lot of fish, we stood and watched him for about fifteen minutes or so, and he was catching them constantly.

Well tomorrow we are off to Mount Rainer National Park, it is such a beautiful place with lots of opportunities for some wonderful photography.

We will be well prepared for snow as they have many feet of it still on the ground.

I probally won't get a chance to post tomorrow, so I want to wish everyone a lovely and safe Memorial Day weekend, hope you all have lovely weather and fun in whatever you may be up to.

Well the housework got done, and the house is spotless from top to bottom. I can now sew til my hearts content, but wouldn't you know it, I'm not in the mood!
Oh well, maybe I will be later.

The photo today is of a little book that my daughter bought me a while ago, it was one of those out of the blue gifts, the ones I love to receive.

It is such a lovely little book, it is about things that a mom gives to her children. Not monetary things, but things that you show, teach and share.

I remember talking to my daughter quite a while ago when she told me that although she may not remember all the things that she received for Christmas or Birthdays, she remembers fondly all the picnic's and trips to the beach, all the fun stuff that we did together as a family.

One of the fondest memories that we have was living in Germany, it involved Lego building with her Dad. Every Sunday afternoon, especially if the weather was cold and snowy, they would be on the floor of our living room building Lego villages.

The Lego was my husbands when he was a boy, and was added to over the years.

Before it was time for bed I was given strict instructions not "disturb" the Lego village in any way.

So for the next few days I managed to vacuum around it without disturbing one single block.

Usually by Thursday we all got fed up tiptoeing around it, and it was taken apart only to begin the whole process again on the following Sunday.

I was thrilled when she told me that those things that didn't cost money meant the most to her.....I think we did OK.

Parking lot full!

Well our weather has turned rainy again so no more sewing in the garden for a while.

It's not necessarily a bad thing as it let's me catch up on house cleaning, yuck!

While out shopping last week, my husband always with camera ready, spotted these cormorant's taking in the sun and drying themselves after doing some fishing.

The funny thing was, about one hour later we came back and there wasn't one bird on the fallen tree, guess they were all done drying!

House work is calling, so off I go, the sooner the yucky house work is over then it's back to the sewing machine!

Have a lovely Tuesday!

Yummy!

What a perfect weekend this was, the weather was beautiful, projects were completed, but best of all my order of lovely yummy felt arrived.

I have been looking through all seventy different colors since it arrived.

My mind is buzzing with new ideas for some new little critters, and I can hardly wait to get started.

Hope your weekend was as good as mine.