i think i'm in love

with crafty owls  :)

 

After looking through alot of craft ideas for my ornament swap, I fell in love with owls - especially felt ones from this site. 

Isn't that stuff the CUTEST ever? 

Well, I decided to order a few kits the other night to make the owls, but I needed something to keep me busy until they arrived, so I came up with my template using her ideas and ideas from other crafters on flickr.

I am still int the process of hand stitching (!!!!) this, but I wanted to know what you  think of it thus far?  Is he/she cute? 

I am still going to add a ribbon to hang it with and another layer on the back so that I can stuff it a little.  I will attempt to blanket stitch the edges too.  Thankfully there are only 8 of us in the swap so I do not have do make too many.  As cute as they are, they are alot of work & stitching does not come as easily to me as some other kinds of crafting.  It is time consuming and a little harder (for me anyway) to walk away and come back to it. 

 

I did find a way to keep my kids busy while I've been crafting though...

 

Today (so far), I am giving thanks for...

• crafty days with my kids
• the fact that everyone is healthy at the moment
• pain reliever that got rid of the headache I had this morning
• the tooth fairy, who showed up even though Ellie had no tooth for her :)
• the internet - there is a world of insiration out there

Comments

[Heather]

The owl is very cute. I have an inkling that we are similar in this crafting aspect. We take on too much.

Good luck and Happy Thanksgiving!

[Mere]

Those are adorable!