Magpie Shinies Giveaway

I follow Magpie Shines Blog because of a great tutorial she posted on dollhouse furniture She's having a giveaway on her blog. You might want to go over and visit.

Reading then maybe writing

I’ve been reading Lynn Viehl’s Darkyn series. UGH! I thought it was only 7 books. I get to the end of 7 and NOOOO!

I just don’t read series’ often that are not done. It drives me nuts to not be able to finish the story. I live with the fact I’ll never finish Laurel K. Hamiltons two series because she’ll never stop writing them. (Thank heavens) I don’t know what I’ll do if she starts a new series. Yes I do, I’ll buy it.

I have to start collecting the Kyndred books because the series was so enjoyable.

I must admit I like sexy dark romance. I enjoy bad guys who just won’t take no for an answer.

The only problem with enjoying such wonderful authors is I don’t write while I’m reading them.

I’m rereading Sarah the book that inspired all my Psycho Dad books. I’ve realized recently that it’s a comfort book for me. When I feel sad or scared I pull out Sarah and watch how she was strong in an awful situation.

I let my characters become real in my mind, LOL no I don’t actually let them, they just do it. I just go with the flow trying to be true to what they want.

I want to finish this Hostage book and then move back to the shapeshifter book I started awhile back.

I’ve realized that I’ve let months go by and not submitted any books to agents. I did get one book off to a Del Ray contest but that’s not good enough. It’s time to buckle down and get some proposals mailed out.

Can't stop sewing.

I ran into Hancocks fabric and saw this tree skirt material. I bought two panels and turned it into a rug.

I used a piece of very soft blanket instead of interfacing.

This postcard is made out of Isaac's pants (made into shorts) and his shirt (sleeves shortened)

Baby tag toy

I saw a really cute baby toy at

Oikology 101

and just had to try it myself.



Three in a row was too much. LOL

Wrist Pin cushions

Down loaded a log cabin pincushion pattern that said it made a 4" pin cushion. LOL I did something wrong and it turned out about 2".

I've had an old bluejean slap

Bracelet sitting around waiting for this mistake.

I stuffed the pincushion with steel wool and old couch batting.

I try to reuse everything I have because I'm cheap :)

Commission for DIL

My DIL wants me to make a Moogle for her

This is a Moogle.

She asked me to make it the same size as the elephant I made.

 

I've been putting it off for awhile because I wasn't sure how to make it happen.

I found a blog that told me how to make a bomb for angry birds.

I printed the pattern then changed the piece

I drew out what I thought would work.

I printed out the pattern here then added my modifications.

I sewed the two pieces together by hand. (I really dislike any handwork)

If this meets DIL approval I'll make one out of white polar fleece and add the wings and the pompom.

I think I will insert the antenna though the entire body for support.

I'd take any ideas. I have some wires used to hang ceiling tiles on drop ceilings that I am concidering using one of those.

Inspiration

I was inspired by a relatives artwork. Stephanie is a wonderful artist. I just had to make my own version as a postcard.


Stephanie told me it was an assignment for art and her teacher told her to add color to it and do warms and cools. She said she thinks it's Alaska... and its made out of colored pencil.

I made mine as a sunset.

This isn't on the postcard heavy stock yet so it curls a bit but I'm very happy with the outcome.
I used faux silk for the buildings.
I'll post another pick after mounting it on the heavy backing.