Catching up -- or "odds & ends & brick a brack"

Having taken the week end off to play a bit, we need to catch up here in the studio.



Elphie (The Big Black Dog) is auditioning for the part of "Chief Hand Cleaner"

We had quick and easy, out of the tube, cinnamon rolls, and here she is licking the frosting off of the fingers of the DH

This is a rare thing for us, as we don't buy much in the way of prepared foods, but every once in a while.....



And this is Soma, auditioning for the part of "Snuggle Bunny"

She's in my daughter's lap, but I cropped it so you can only see the dog.....too early in the morning for other close ups!



Here are a few of the valentine cards my daughter and I created while she was here to visit.

We had glue and glitter and markers and colored pencils and stickers and lace and ribbons and all sorts of other goodies to work with.

(I'm not quite done making mine, so the dining room table still has all of the goodies spread out for working!)



The selection of the next "lab animal" to undergo a make over has been made.

This is a smaller bear than the last one, and as you can see by this "Before" picture, is a sort of tanish off white.




And the make over has begun!

I picked out the perle cotton on the feet, but left the nose and mouth as I think those look good.

Next step -- she has been spritzed with a solution of strong coffee, giving her a deep carmel-y brown overtone (and she smells great!)

Now we wait until she dries completely to do stitching of beads on hands, feet, and to give her a heart.....

Looking forward to this one!

Meantime, another project is coming into focus that is a marriage of two projects that had been begun and not yet finished -- think flying, think mythical, think BIG! All in good time my pretties, all in good time........