Sunday Morning

Good Morning ~ The sun is shinning and it looks to be a beautiful day here in Central NY.

I've been busy this week with gardening and yard work as well as setting aside time for a daily walk with Daryl. We've been taking a different route every night and have found some very beautiful places that I didn't know existed, even after living in this town for 20 years! So far my favorite is the BREIA (Black River Environmental Improvement Association) Canal Trail. It's mainly used for Cross County Skiing, but this trail is great for walking as well. Here's a link for your convenience: http://www.sar101.com/x-c_sking/x-cSKING.pdf. Of course, all these pictures are in the winter. I must remember to bring my camera on our outings!

I've added a few new items this week, including a pair of pretty pink piggy baby booties. These are just so cute and soft~



Two sets of felted wool banges have been added as well. Both are super fun and great colors!









A beautiful nesting bowl set in orange and grey is a great home decor piece, for yourself or a great gift.


This green scalloped edge wool bowl is perfect to keep your buttons, paper clips or beads handy. Or my favorite... candy~


Need a unique gift for a wedding? This wine bottle cover will do the trick. Just slip it on the bride and grooms favorite bottle and you've got a winner! Knit in 100% wool with a classic cable design in white and the lightest of grey with beads on the tips of the drawstring, it really puts that extra special to a basic gift.


Enjoy more felted goodness by visiting my etsyshop and my artfire studio.

Enjoy your week!!

Etsyhookers Challenge - Voting Open

EtsyHookers Team Members are having a challenge ~~ Members were asked to create a crocheted item either for or about animals. As you can see, we have very creative crocheters in our group!

Here are the entries ... Come vote~~ http://etsyhookers.blogspot.com/
Voting is open until June 15th.

Sunday Morning

It looks like it may rain today so it's a good thing I spent the day gardening and doing lawn work yesterday. I have cucumbers, beans and summer squash just popping out. It's thrilling when I see another new one starting to show itself!

This past week I added a few new items to my stores including a new felted clutch in lovely tourquoise green. This is large enough for your wallet, cell phone and other small essentials and is very soft!


Another item added to my stores is this super soft bowl made in a gorgeous blue with a 3 demensional flower that I have named Dahlia.


Of course, I added a new animal to my zoo collection. We can't forget the reptile section... Freddy the Frog is just waiting to keep babies toes warm and bring a smile to their face.


And on a more conventional note, this simple but fun bowl is sure to be useful and beautiful in any home or office


You can find more felted goodness by visiting my etsy shop or artfire studios.

Next week - be on the look out for a set of nesting bowls, more felted bangle sets, a scalloped edged bowl, and yes, Karen, my friend... a pair of piggy booties!

Iris

When we bought this old house 6 years ago, the grounds were over grown from years of neglect. But beyond the growth, I found so many wonderful old fashioned flowers and can't help but think of the women who tended these flowers so meticulously at one time.

I found several iris plants that were smothered in weeds along with what must have been one of the main gardens as they were mixed with rose bushes, blackberry plants, flox, daffodils, violets, tiger lillies and lillies. Two years ago, I cleaned this patch out and moved the lilies, tiger lilies and iris to a new spot that I built with rocks that were found by the old barn foundation. This new flower garden has matured and is doing wonderful!

The iris are in full bloom and the lilies will follow soon!



I left violets, flox, roses and black berries where they were, and I notice that the berry bush is coming along great too! Last year we had enough berries for a pie and some cereal toppings. It was the best pie I ever made and I can't wait for them to ripen this year.

Many, many thanks to the women who gave me all these wonderful flowers and never even knew me. I hope you are happy with what I have done with them.

Cable Knit Tote Bag

I recently finished knitting up a very cute mini-tote bag with cables and ribbing. This bag fun and perfect for a grab and go day on the run! Whether your going to the beach and need your sunscreen, latest book and bikini or running off to your kid's softball game and need some first aid and some poweraide, it will do the job in style.

The bag measures 12 inches deep and 9 inches wide with 15 inch handles. This unlined bag has three cables on both sides and ribbed top gives it a sweater type design.


I'm pleased with the way it came out and hope you will like it too!

Find more fun knits in my etsy shop and artfire studio.

Robins ~~

Remember this? My husband left the ladder on the porch and a robin came to build her nest on the top rung back in May.

Now the babies are here and growing quickly! Here they are sleeping, but it is fun to watch momma feed them. If we are out there, momma flies away but keeps close by. She will creep closer and closer and sometime squawk at us to get away....

Tommy the Tittermouse

I've added Tommy the Tittermouse to the felted infant bootie collection. He is just as soft and adorable as he looks!



Although he may be shy, he stays put on baby's feet to keep their sweet toes cozy.

Be on the look out for more cute animals to join in the collection!

Custom orders welcome in just the size you need up to 6 inch soles.