L O V E

Getting closer to that day ... Valentine's day that is.  So here is a treasury I just made dedicated to that day full of  L O V E!

'L O V E' by BitsOfFiber

TimberGreenWoo... $3.95	Embellish1122 $23.00	DecoMundo $25.00	NatashaLetham $420.00
NiaCraft $34.50	OldWoodTrader $20.00	solittletimeco $15.00	OldNewAgain $58.00
UniquelyDiffer... $40.00	PureImpression... $27.00	Decouartshop $16.99	Dunnygun $14.99
rparishwoodwor... $19.99	FleaMarketSund... $110.00	Cabin $12.00	mosaicmonkey $7.00

Treasury tool supported by the dog house

 

Catching up

Have a couple more treasuries we made these past couple of days and didn't get the chance to list them here so I'm trying to catch up.  

I can't believe I still haven't gotten over this flu/cold bug that's going around.  The three of us have been fighting it for more then a month now.  I'm sick of being sick!!!  Please make this bug go away!!  On the other hand, my shoulder is doing great.  Went to PT again today and have almost all of my range of motion back, yeahhhh!  Now for those of you who are going to have this type of surgery done in the future ... make sure you do go to PT, it makes a huge difference.  I've talked to many people now who had this type of surgery done and they ended up not going to PT for the amount of time that was suggested to them by the surgeon.  Just saying ... if you want to get that range of motion back make sure you go to your PT and do the exercises at home!!

Alright, enough said here are the treasuries I wanted to share with you.

A little bit of love goes a long way ... in Belgium!

Couldn't resist making a treasury with all Belgium Etsy Community members! Love this one if I may say so myself. lol

Faux cake anybody?

I wasn't sure if I was going to turn this into a child faux cake toy or a giant pincushion. I decided for the latter since this will make a lovely Valentine or Mother's day gift. And, if somebody decides to purchase it for a child toy so be it. Only thing I want to make sure of is that if it's going to be played with they need to remove the three heart pins it comes with!

Anyway, here it is ... a sweet CALORIE FREE cake to please your sweet heart!!! Just listed it in my PurplePlatypus store which you can get to by clicking this link: http://www.etsy.com/listing/90000743/crocheted-felted-heart-cake-pincushion?ref=pr_shop

Go visit my shop to see more pictures of this yummy deliciousness.

Love in the kitchen

Ahhhh, what a better way then cooking up some cupcakes for your sweetie for Valentine's day!

Love beyond the moon and stars and Loving it!

Made these treasury based upon Valentines day again. This time I went a different route, not so many hearts but stars instead. Didn't want to go all red or pink so more on the darker, aqua, blue-ish and green-ish side. Then in the "Loving it" I went for black and white with a hint of red.

Love is in the air ... and a heart of stone ...

Couldn't resist making all heart treasuries with Valentine's day being the next Holiday!
Lots of lovely shops represented in this one so don't be shy and click on each heart to go see what else they have in store for ya.

A cute valentine bird, a pair of felted slippers and another hat

I've been working hard on getting something new in my shop for valentine's day so I made this little felted bird. I wasn't sure what else to do with him until he landed on this wooden heart I had laying on my studio table and voila ... added a magnet with a thimble, a bit of bird seed and we have a cute little pincushion ... of course you can just have him sitting around without poking him with pins or needles. He will make the perfect gift for somebody who loves to sew, quilt, craft or a pincushion collector.

I had made these brown and creme color wool slippers a while ago and hadn't done anything with them. I finally made the time to crochet some acorns which I also fulled in the washing machine and then attached to the slippers. I added some anti-slip dots with some fabric paint which is an easy way to do that.

I forgot I had knitted this hat a long time ago, I just never listed it in my shop, but it is now.

The bird is in my PurplePlatypus shop on Etsy http://www.etsy.com/listing/67443462/needle-felted-valentine-bird-on-a-wooden and the slippers and hat are in my BitsOfFiber shop http://www.etsy.com/listing/67456723/multicolor-youthteenager-ski-or

Two hearts later ... on the needle felting machine!

So I got to play with my new needle felting machine today a Singer ER10 and I love it! I made a couple of hearts and ended up making a Valentine's day cuff or you can use it as a cup cozy as well. I used a piece of white silk fabric and layered it with sheep's fleece, yarn, bits and pieces of scrap felt from other projects and went to town. It is so easy to use, the trick is to put the pedal to the metal to prevent needles from breaking. When you go flat out it's very easy to move the material around in different directions to do the felting. I noticed the best way is to move around in circles. I finished the back of the cuff with a piece of fulled cashmere/wool fabric from an old cardigan, the loop to close it is elastic thread which I crocheted and the button is metal. I put a couple brads onto the hearts, which I embroidered with some cotton thread and voila ... here is my cuff. It's for sale in my http://www.etsy.com/listing/64782836/needle-felted-mixed-media-valentine-cuff PurplePlatypus shop on Etsy where you can find more pictures of it as well.

Valentine stuff

I've been working on Valentine's Day items for my shop but the two I had finished are already sold and on the way to Oregon ... (Thank you Debra!). I'll have 2 more things for the shop, I just need to take pictures of them. The pictures in this post are of the items that sold.