A Little Love

I got in a bit of a creative mood this week and here's what I have to show for it so far:

Felt owls. Since the owls are actually attached to the front of the frames I can trade the background fabric out all year round. For now a spot of pink for Valentines seemed appropriate (while keeping it a little subtle because I don't want to go too overboard on hearts around here).



And the silhouette machine was just begging to be played with so I chopped up some wood to make holiday blocks. I figure after valentine's day is over I can use the backside to put together some Patty's day love.



I also have a puzzle bookcase assembled in the garage and awaiting paint and I'm tinkering with ideas for a murphy bed again. Also, since Joe decided that he is "too big" for little boy rooms (and "little kid" everything, really) I have him helping to pick out something suitable for an almost 10 year old. He is really digging navy blue for the walls but he keeps waffling to orange and back again so I guess we'll see. Should be fun!

Stitching Hearts

Well, Valentine's will be here in about 5 weeks. Since my family is still considering a Valentine Christmas (or Valentmas?) then I am starting some ornaments to make a heart tree. I realize that it's just barely January but I don't want to wait until too close to make them since they can take a while and for a tree that size I'd need a lot.

So yesterday I started checking out possibilities and found this tutorial for making felt ornaments. The only thing I'm changing is that I'm not going to stuff mine as I much prefer the look of them when they're flat. The multiple layers are adding plenty of depth on their own already.



It would of course be impossible to try to do a project without one of the cats wanting to play, so Pixel is jumping in this morning to help by trying to eat the heart ornaments. Thank you, Pixel.



Felt hearts are a really good project for sitting in front of the TV or while waiting on dinner to finish. And I'm finding it pretty easy to stick a couple in my purse so this could be done while people watching, too (one of my favorite things).