Guess What?

My submission for Project MCP challenge "guess what".
Can you tell what it is?

like a cabin in the woods

The husband and I went for a walk in the woods this afternoon. Gorgeous day. This song pretty much sums it up:

Toy Drop

Have you heard of The Toy Society yet? It's a fun little group where you create a handmade toy and leave it somewhere for a stranger to find. It started in Australia, but now there are crafters all over the world joining in.

A couple years have passed since I made a drop, so I decided to take it up again. I sewed this little monster recently and have been waiting for the right time to drop him off somewhere. When I was out at the lake on Thursday I figured that would be a good spot to leave him. My monster is kinda sad and lonely looking so hopefully he has found a new home with a loving little kid.

Morning on the Lake

It was so beautiful out yesterday that I decided to spend some time at the lake. I had brunch with some geese, took pics for Project MCP and just enjoyed the peaceful morning.

These are a few pics I took for Project MCP. The theme for the first challenge was "high vantage point".

Blooms

Spring is in full swing here in the south. 80 degrees in March - yes please!

Necklaces

I made a few necklaces last week. I got the idea for the first one from a tutorial over at Suddenly Found.

The next is a necklace fail. I wanted to do something asymmetrical. In the pic on the left the necklace looks alright, but once I put it on it just looks goofy. Oh well.

I thought I'd try an asymmetrical one again. I strung twisting spacer beads with just a few crystals to the side. More of a subtle look which I think came out much better.

DIY Bookmarks

***update: find the 2017 version here***

These are my current bookmarks -

a scrap of paper

an old receipt

a paper towel (most likely used)

a coupon from the valpak

pathetic, huh?

So I printed off a couple pics from the internet, got out the scrapbook supplies and created my own.

Meet my new bookmarks - 

The first has an image from a vintage sewing pattern. Next is an old library poster from the 60's with some eyelash yarn fringe.

I thought it would be cool to keep track of the books I've read this year. So I drew a stack of books where I can write in the titles as I read them.

Want your own 2012 reading list bookmark? Just print image found here, cut along the grey lines, glue to pretty paper and start filling in your own titles.

Check out the books I've read lately at goodreads on my sidebar, and feel free to comment on what you're reading. I'm always looking for recommendations.

ENJOY