| As you can see, I've been needle felting blue birds. The bluebirds are not attached to the holly. I haven't figured out what to do with them. Hairpins? Do they need eyes? I like how they look nestled on the holly, but my husband said, "Aren't holly berries poisonous?" So, I looked it up and found this funny story: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6982867/ns/us_news-weird_news/ |
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These are for the Sunday School class I'm co-teaching.
 
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|  I breed ladybugs in my spare moments.
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| but I'm not going because it is too far away. Gordon's was two weeks ago. We both graduated '89. For his birthday, which is today, I made him this needle-felted coaster with his school mascot.
 As much as it pleased me to be making my husband something that I knew he'd appreciate, I admit that I dreaded making something so "uncreative." However, it did help me learn a new skill: putting print onto my projects. Needlefelting is my "red shoes." I go to bed every night with new project visions dancing in my head, keeping me awake. In the morning they disappear and I regret not staying up all night honoring those visions.
*** Watch this documentary on the ecological issues faced by Iceland, presented by Bjork. It is disturbing and beautiful. http://www.hulu.com/watch/99583/nattura |
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