Woman at the Well

Tangle tells me that I have already favorited this video so I can't re-favorite it. I also cannot find it on my list of favorites. Hmm, makes it hard to find that video you favorited so you could easily find it again if favoriting it doesn't add it to your list of favorites. This is why you should have a blog, so you can embed it there. Then you can easily find it and let other people see it, too.

Pyglet Whispers Zine

This is the front and back covers of the wonderful zine Pyglet Whispers sent me for a swap on swap-bot. It is only sixteen pages but it is filled with delightful things and so much extra work is put into it. There is even an envelope stuffed with goodies inside. I am so delighted with it.
She has more available at her etsy store.

Paisley Brooches and Picture Frames

These are some of the things I made for February's felt themed contribution to the beat-the-Christmas-rush year long project. First there are a couple of paisley shaped felt brooches.

I didn't really like paisley when I was a girl, but as I am seeing it more and more of it this time around I do see some that I like very much and others that have design elements that I like even if I don't like the piece as a whole. It was so enjoyable to do the embroidery and to pick out the colors and beads and buttons for these. I would definitely do this again.

I also made some frames for wallet sized photos.

These are intended to be hung on a Christmas tree. They were so easy to do and I have some ideas for some more, so these shouldn't be the last of them. The lighter blue one reminds me of those flowers Mary Engelbreit does. So cheerful.
The funny thing was that I was trying to think of something a on the masculine side that I would not totally mess up with my girl-brain way of thinking I see clearly what a thing looks like while totally missing the most important part. (Sheesh, mom.) Anyway, my son saw these and said they looked nice. I asked him which one he liked best and he looked very sad and asked if picking one meant they wouldn't both have his picture in them. So I guess it'll be okay if I don't get any "boy" ones done.

Black and White Matchbox

For my birthday my husband gave me two pounds of marzipan covered in dark chocolate from See's candy. My favorite. It came wrapped in a nice black and white wrapping paper that I knew I could use for something else. That was the inspiration for joining the Black and White Matchbox swap over at swap-bot.
My partner likes to read so I included a book thong. I don't have a lot of beads in black and white that would work for a book thong and fit in a matchbox so I decided to use black buttons and to leave off the tassel. I think it worked well.
She also likes ghosts and vampires and other such creatures so since I was making things with felt I also added a bat pin made with said felt.

Stickers, sea shells, buttons, a bead and some safety pin fill up the rest of the matchbox.