PINK Dog Pillows

I've just added four new items to my etsy shop.

Actually they are not totally new,

just sold out.

 

I now have two sizes of this

Victoria's Secret

"Pink"

inspired dog pillow.

 

The pillows have been made from

a cast off VS laundry cart bags.

I love to upcycle

and re purpose!

 

 

 



COZY WITH WOOL

I've been off this weekend...

the first Saturday in three months.

It is freezing cold outside

so I just snuggled in

here at Buttermilk Cottage

and practiced

my needle felting.

 

 

I know I should be concentrating

on Spring and Easter,

but what can I say

this is what inspired me.

 

 

I read about using cookie cutters to

create shapes in needle felting

so I gave it a try.

Works pretty well (the oak leaves)

but you can't get real good

detail.

But I'm still learning.

 

Hope your weekend was as fun

as mine.

 

 

 



Practice Makes Perfect

I was all set to have my second attempt

at needle felting be a

red bird,

but then I received a pack of white

roving from "Curly Furr"

and decided to take a

different direction.

 

 

Valentine's Day is right around the corner so

I made this

white dove instead.

 

 

While making this one I learned a few new

techniques...

this is really fun!

 



 

I also added a little

 Easter Bonnet

to my little

Blue Bird.

 

Can't wait for some time

to start my next project.

 

 

A BIRD IN THE HAND

What do you do on a snowy

winter Sunday?

 

 

I'm on my way to mastering the

art of needle felting.

My first attempt using the new book,

"Felted Feathered Friends" by

Laurie Sharp.

 

 

My little blue bird doesn't

come close to looking like the one

in the book.

The problem I'm having is

 proportion.

I just don't seem to have an eye for it.

Now granted, I'm just starting,

and I'm confident I will improve....

but I really thought it would be

easier than it is.

 

 

 



Patience is not my virtue,

and it's clear this is going to take

lots of practice.

 

 

But I'm game!

My next project.

MAIL CALL

 

Don't you just love it when a package

is waiting for you at the door?

 

Well today I got two!

 

 

 

For Christmas my Brother Wade and Sister Pat

sent me a gift card from Lands' End.

I have been looking online for a few weeks

but just hadn't been able to decide.

Last week we had our first

BIG SNOW

and I knew

 exactly what I was

going to buy.

 

 

I've also decided that I am going

to teach myself how to

needle felt

and had ordered this

"how to" book.

 

 

Looks like a lot of projects

I'm going to enjoy!

 

 

 

So thanks so much

Wade and Pat,

maybe I'll send you a little birdie.

 

 



Wine Bottle Cork Ornaments

It's Sunday afternoon and I couldn't bring myself

to do any cleaning. 

 I decided to create instead.

Yes I've had a day of crafting.

 

I've been saving my wine bottle corks

since Christmas and today

decided to make something.

 

A bottle of wine is the perfect hostess gift

in my book, so why not add a touch

of whimsy around it's neck.

Wine bottle ornaments.

 

 

 

I'm an Alabama girl at heart

so I had to make this

Bama Bird one.

 

Until I can get out in the backyard

and dig in the dirt,

I'll do the next best thing.

 

Craft On!



Winter Gardening Itch

Along about this time of year

when snow is sitting on the ground

and it's so cold out

you can't bare to venture outside.

I get the itch.

I just have to PLANT something!

 

 

Both Southern Living and Better Homes and Garden

did articles about terrariums

this month.  I was seasoned and ready

to give it a try.

Went to my local nursery and purchased an assortment
of suitable plants...baby tears, mosses and such.

Better Homes and Garden suggested using
African violet mix so that's what I got.
 

 

 

I already had the glass containers and the pebbles

I would need, the only other thing I had

to purchase, besides plants and soil,

was some charcoal.

I just got a jar from the pet department

 at Walmart.

 

 

 

 

It was easy...

just a layer of rocks,

a layer of soil,

a layer of charcoal,

then your plants.

 

 

I added a few more stones

on top for interest.

 

Now all I have to do is

figure out how to care for them.

I'm still trying to master the

water amount.

 

If you need a gardening fix like me,

give it a try.

 

Happy Gardening!