Category Archives: Random acts of craft

Little Felt Book Gallery

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I’ve still got this one. I realy like the shiny shell button.

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This was the first one I finished. I still have it.

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This was my favorite. I made the flower with angora/ lambswool blend felt that April and I made together. It sold, so I’ll have to make another one.

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Even though I didn’t put a button closure on it the felt lies open when you want it too, but the book stays shut too.

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More little angora/ lambswool felt flowers.

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This one will be a birthday gift for April (tomorrow!).
(She has dial-up, so I know she won’t be reading this.)

Big Day

Today was the Mid-Ohio Fiber Gathering in DeGraff, Ohio. April and I were packed up and on the road around 7:30. It started out cold and rainy, then became cold and snowy… and we stayed cold the whole day long. Ohio cold is different than Idaho or Utah or New Mexico cold. This cold soaks into your skin and settles in your bones and stays there. It is damp and clammy and bitter.

But enough with the cold (even though I am bitter with this trick Mother Nature has subjected us to after a couple of weeks of short wearing- playing outside weather). We had fun. I had my usual “Learn to Spin” drop spindle kits and Niddy-Noddy-Nostepinnes. Even more exciting for me were my felt books.

Barry just updated my WordPress and now I can’t figure out how to post images. I’m pretty bummed out about that because I want someone out there to see my cute new books and April’s awesome knit bunnies. But, alas, Barry is bowling with the Elder’s Quorom tonight. Maybe Monday. Bummer.

I’m decorating!

I’ve been meaning to make an entry about my new furniture. I mean, we’ve had chairs in the living room for a week and a half, and I made some pillows and bought a lamp. The thing is, the camera software is on Barry’s computer blah-dee-blah. But Jessica has been decorating, so I need proof that I have been too.

So, I scanned in a pillow. yep, that’s a covered button with embroidery on it. I’m particularly fond of it.

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Stay tuned for more…