Category Archives: Nature

This Week

Happy Saturday to you all! I don’t have doll outfits to show you today, sorry. I should have at least three by the end of next week, maybe more.

I do have some photos of works in progress and photos of a few “detours from work”, such as this pile of old cards that I dug out of my memories box. Lately, and due in part to Pinterest, I have developed this nostalgia for vintage illustration. Not only are these cards vintage, but they are from my loved ones, so are even more special. (So glad I kept them!) I even found a signature from my great grandma. I long forgot how she would sign her name. And, many are from my younger siblings before they had their own families; they would give a card together from the three of them, so long ago…

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The sun was coming up so beautifully this morning. I went outside with my camera to see if I could capture the rising sun’s golden glow and long shadows. I found our bird feeder empty and looking a bit ravaged. Raccoons? I think they are the only ones who could knock the tray down. I know that the squirrels are mostly responsible for emptying the feeder. They sit there, sometimes one on each side, for the longest time, and eat and eat.

02-23-16 588 I dyed some rayon ribbon this week. It took a few tries to get the right shade and then I ended up using a previously dyed piece. Oh, well!

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Earlier in the week some of these pieces were in progress. Patience is now dressed in her dress and sweater ensemble. She’s looking very cute, I might add. The pink sweater (for Talyssa and/or Gracie) has been blocked and is waiting for embroidery. The little yellow dress for Pukipuki is also waiting to be embroidered.

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Another mid week shot of my work space.

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That’s all I have for today. Hope all of you have a relaxing weekend. Bye for now!

A Few Florida Photos for Fun, and a Reminder…

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Happy Saturday to you all. I wanted to share a few photos with you that I took while in Florida last week. My parents have quite a few pink hibiscus growing around their house. They are such a beautiful shade of pink and there were a few blossoms at their peak. I snapped a photo of this blossom and caught a couple of bees at work.

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The sun came out for the photo below, so the shadows are have sharper edges.

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My mom, daughter, sisters, niece, and I love to feed the squirrels peanuts, so we have a couple of pretty tame ones that will come and sit on the stoop outside of my parents’ patio door. They will sit up on their hind legs with their front paws curled in front of their snow white bellies and look in the window. I named them Mr. Bushy Tail and Mr. Skinny Tail, although I think one is a she.

I often wondered where they slept as I saw no nests in the trees like our midwest squirrels sleep in. One day my daughter and niece noticed a squirrel napping in the space that the old palm fronds created where they had grown from the trunk . It was adorable how it fit perfectly, a squirrel bed made by Mother Nature.

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Isn’t it the cutest little thing!

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Just to let you know, I won’t be sending out a post tonight at 7:00 pm, CST to remind you about the three Amelia Thimble and Pukipuki sets that will be available for sale on my website, so set your timer if you want to remember. Ha ha… (that’s what I would need to do, but I’m sure your memory is better than mine). You can see a few photos of the sets here.

Thank you for reading along. Bye for now!

The Past Seven (or so) Days

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I’ve been hogging the limelight with new ensembles all week long, so here are some casual shots from the week that you might enjoy looking at.

As you can see, I am still in a pink mood. Aren’t all of these pink rose prints lovely? A couple are new and three of them were used last year, but I still have LOTS more to make more dresses with. I like laying them out in a little collection for a few days.

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The peach pink rose print pictured above is being made into a dress to go with this cardigan for Patience.

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After my last couple of embroidery projects I was left with quite a mess. It’s all cleaned up now, but I’ve begun a new mess. 😳

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Here is Lucy’s dress in progress. You are looking at the wrong side that’s why it is looking so washed out. It is a lilac-y pink rose print. Here is Lucy wearing the dress. One of the mohair sweaters that I knit in January will be embroidered to go with this dress.

I needed a little bit of cheering up on this dreary Monday morning; Lucy did the trick.

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Lucy borrowed the carrot red mohair wig from Penny and wears it quite well too. I’m not sure who wears it better. Below is a picture of Penny during our photo shoot for “Pretty in Purples”.

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