August Accomplishments

August Accomplishments

Here are a few good little things I did in the hottest month of summer: I took this pretty portrait of Carmen. I had so much fun doing the photo shoot, brushing her beforehand with her special Squishmallows brush so her fur was nice and 

More Easter Ornaments

More Easter Ornaments

It’s only January and I’ve already started sewing Easter ornaments and making them pose for photos. Obviously I’m a big Easter fan. I always have been. When I was a kid, the Easter Bunny came every year, bringing me and my sisters and brother baskets 

A Little Christmas Cheer

A Little Christmas Cheer

Over the rainy Thanksgiving weekend, Rob and I put up our Christmas tree and I started sewing some new felt ornaments for it. The cats got busy too—messing things up (lol). On Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, as Carl splashed in the water in the tree 

A Little Halloween Spirit

A Little Halloween Spirit

This weekend I got to decorate the house for Halloween. It was a nice distraction from the news. I had quite a large stockpile of homemade ornaments, and I found a place for every one! Making ornaments helped me get through the worst of the 

Easter Ornaments

Easter Ornaments

I’ve made a few new ornaments for my Easter tree! I like to spend the dark winter evenings making funny, ridiculously cute Easter ornaments and dreaming about spring. I’ve only recently started crafting again after a 30-year hiatus. I grew up crafting because my mother 

Ballerina Bear

Ballerina Bear

This morning I finished up another felt Christmas ornament–a ballerina bear! I’m afraid I hit a snag when I was working on her tutu, because it turned out looking more like a cape than a skirt. Oh, well. She’s still super cute. A book I 

Christmas Queen

Christmas Queen

This weekend, I made another felt Christmas ornament—a Christmas queen! Before I got started this time, I did a little research in preparation—I read up on the basics of embroidery. I tried hard to be neat, but, despite my best efforts, things went awry and 

Snow Kitten

Snow Kitten

On Friday night, I started making a new Christmas ornament–a snow kitten! I had so much fun. Rob was playing a show with his band, so the cats and I were on our own. As soon as I got home from work, I changed into 

Halloween Tree

Halloween Tree

Today I put up my Halloween tree, a nice change of pace from cleaning up hurricane debris. Yesterday at my favorite store, the Other Side Vintage in Tallahassee, I bought a set of tiny painted-clay ghouls to add to my collection of ornaments—so I was