LIFE IS A (SHOPPING) TRIP

Today was probably one of the longest days of my life. It wasn't planned that way at all. My husband and I were supposed to go his Aunt's house to work on her computer, no big deal. Her house is 2.5 hours from here, but the weather was nice. We didn't leave early as planned, we actually left around noon.

I hate being late anywhere so that was the first problem. Secondly, I didn't eat anything so I started getting.. rude.. after a ride that seemed to take forever, we reached her home. Amazingly enough my husband forgot the disks he needed so the trip became annoying quickly. To save my sanity we stopped in at a vintage store that we passed on the way there.

The place was amazing! I instantly wanted everything. It felt like I fell into an Etsy shop. Her prices were unbeatable! The red case was only $5 and of course I snatched up the buttons as soon as I saw them. We spent a lot of time in there talking with the owner and shopping.



Also, I grabbed a quick photo of my favorite church in the whole entire world. This church sits next to a huge mountain. I always stop there to rest, when I'm on my scooter, before making the trek up the mountain. It's really breathtaking.


After the long ride home, I was finally able to get something to eat (around 6pm) I am now exhausted. The vintage store really saved the day.

PERCY

This is a recreation of my original design. The previous pelican was mounted on a natural wood mount and able to be hung on the wall. But I decided that he needed to come in a more huggable size :)

I absolutely loved making Percy and I hope he makes you smile :)

GIVEAWAY REMINDER

There are still a few days left to enter my Plush Armadillo Giveaway There are several ways to enter and it's an international friendly giveaway :) Entries will be accepted until 11:59 pm (Eastern Standard Time) on April 10th 2010. Winner will be announced April 11th 2010

-- Please make sure you do -not- post your entries here but under the giveaway post :) Good luck!

RECREATED & NEW

For those of you who hated me over the sale of the original Dew Drop, you can now smile once more ;) I have recreated Dew Drop and she is available in my Etsy shop!

Unless I can find more green fleece, I will only be able to make one more after this one. I'm trying my best to keep the sparrows stocked, so other colors will be available.


Meet Bud the newest Sparrow in the flock. I was given a huge bag of scrap fabric and am really enjoying the bounty!

EASTER TRIP

We decided to take a short drive on this lovely day. I saw some really pretty wildflowers that I wanted to photograph and the only place to pull off was this old lane. The huge tree made my car look like a toy and I imagined building a tree house in it.



The lane seemed to stretch on forever, over the rolling hillside. There is a smell that PA has in the spring, it's called cow poop ;) Only those living in the country can truly appreciate it.



I hope everyone is enjoying their Easter and spending time with family! (Also, if anyone knows what kind of flowers these are please let me know! They sort of look like daisies, but I would love to know their name.)

FRESH FISH

There's nothing I enjoy more then finding the unexpected, twice. Apparently I bought some really nice upholstery fabric awhile back and forgot about it. While going through my stash today I found it! It's nice and thick with a lovely pattern. What else could I possibly make with it then a Trout :) Along with my husband's blue jeans (yes I had permission to use them!) and a couple massive buttons, I think he looks pretty cute :) Well as much as a trout can be cute!

NEXT

Above is what I made yesterday and plan on submitting to STUFFED Magazine
I almost forgot about the next deadline with everything going on!



Also meet my newest Tribal I think I enjoy making these guys a little too much ;)



Finally Scooter the Secret Ninja Cat is also back.