Dolly

   I've been following Hillary Lang's blog Wee Wonderfuls for a few years now and was so excited when I came across her book at the library. I must admit I have renewed it the maximum times allowed and now it is overdue. I will probably just end up buying it. The projects in it are too cute.

   Two of my little nieces have birthdays coming soon. The one who is turning four requested a handmade doll "with yarn hair". I thought I would sew some wee wonderful dolls for them. I love Hillary's patchwork and folkster dolls. So I took bits and pieces of dolls from her book to create something similar. The body and a little dress are finished but now I'm stuck on the face and hair. Embroidering the face is very intimidating. I almost want to leave it blank. And still not sure what to do with the hair. I want it long and loose so the girls can play with it. Not sure whether to just sew yarn along the hairline and part or all over the head. I remember growing up with dolls with yarn hair that end up looking kinda bald. Any suggestions?

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.