The cute little critters.

Here are the cute little critters I promised three days ago. Disclaimer here - I gave the CUTEST ones to my angel nieces. These are the "experimental" ones. You can sit and watch the Stanley Cup Finals or war movies or action flicks as you whip these babies out. Your husband appreciates that you are there with him bonding and what not, while simultaneously creating little masterpeices. The more you are with me on this creative journey, the more you will realize my talent is mostly enthusiasm and connection. I stumble on the great idea, book or teacher, get so darned excited and bring everyone down with me. I am sometimes mortified at the things I produce, but notice others catch the excitement and produce fabulous things. If I can inspire you to create - I am a happy camper. I can't tell you how much the nieces toted these critters around and played with them. AMAZING BOOK ALERT: At the bottom of the pictures is the book that inspired these cuties. You have to get this book - all you need is felt, filling and floss. Well, you need other things but they didn't start with "f" and I am a bit of a poet.

Meet Darcy, college grads and Starla!

Well, I thought I would be so faithful. I thought I would get on a roll

and blab at least once a week. How embarrassing. It was only a week

in dog time (gratuitous photo insertion of the best dog ever-Darcy the idiot).

I did get to see my girls graduate from college.

What - already? Both finished May 9th which entailed a

trip to Virginia (Liberty University) and included a bonus

trip to Kingsport, TN for a Mother's Day visit with my

mom (and it got me out of the way while poor Jeff packed

up the girl's apartment - yuck). I am so proud of them -they

worked hard, graduated with honors made amazing memories.

Here are the graduates with Amy's boyfriend

thrown in for good measure. The added bonus of my

nieces and nephew. But now back to reality.

Dear, dear artists who gathered Thursday to make aprons. I worried how it would go - I knew it was a big project for one

night. But I had a blast!! Many got close to being done and I

have every confidence they will get to finish them before the

next meeting. Of course my star pupil, Starla finished hers

Thursday, so I had to take a photo of her in it. Look at how happy she looks

I have a picture of me in mine just for

inspiration as well. This is made from a

vintage tablecloth!

Don't ask about the extra photos.

I can't figure out how to delete them once

I have uploaded. Living and learning.

If you look back in three days, I promise to

have an updated post. It will even

be better than this one. It will be coherent.

Pictures of little felt critters that children LOVE!