owls and french knots.

completed today.
the first completed of the new series of gilled/feathered beasts...

owl and french knots.

this owl beast was finished in the morning.
the feet are always my least favorite part. i always save the worst for last.

like peewee saving the snakes last!
"this boy is a hero!"
"this boy is under arrest!"


(what gives with all the movie quotes lately?)

this fellow is the first of the finished of my lastest fascination...
gilled animals.
feathered in this case, if you want to get techical about it.

feathers and gills are the same thing anyway.

so productive!

i learned, with the help of youtube.com how to embroider french knots. i really appreciate all the help youtube.com has offered me over the years. i appreciate the laughs too. youtube.com is a real pal...

this detail is of a soft frame i made around a little mirror. i am not sure if i really like it yet. i thought i would at least share the living proof of my newly acquired skillz!

happy birthday alex!

changing gears. GEARS!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

what gear are you in?

i am changing my mind about things.
i did my first cape cod craft fair.
it did not "fair" well! hahahhaha. sheesh!

for a while, i am going to take a break from making things that i think others would want to buy. i am making things to live in our house.

i am making things while listening to my favorite television shows. intervention. obsessed. losing it with jillian (a poor substitute for the biggest loser) hoarders...

i am taking my time. no rush. these beasts can live with me for a while. like piglet living with winnie the pooh when owl took piglet's house when his blew down on the wicked blustery day in the hundred acre wood...
owl is kind of an a-hole.

get with it katie!

i am.

here are some things i have been working on since i last posted.

and...

i successfully ran two and a half miles! (in a month i went from not being able to run for a minute straight, all the way to 25 minutes straight)

and interviewed for a job i did not get. (i am not crying about it though)

i went to birthday parties! (3 glorious parties)

i made eggplant for papa for father's day. (and he got a chupacabra, one of the boys featured above)

i had my first anniversary! (the best year of my life)

i met my b. and i.'s new kitty. (olive)

i visited and was visited! (poor guests, i was a lame sick host)

i watched three fireworks from my backyard. (we were too sick to see real ones in public)

i had a week of vacation and spent it being sick. (sheesh)

i gave my husband and my papa terrible colds. (i am not proud of that though)

i got a job teaching arts and crafts to youngins! (not the one i did not get, i applied for two in one day and was 50% successful)

i started a quilt (i will show pictures later, pandora is sleeping on the pieces now)