26/365 - A Visit From St. Nicholas in January

My three year old has decided to play St. Nicholas (not Santa Clause...St. Nicholas.  He wanted this to be very clear) this morning.   He left me some wool balls (in my oldest, yuckiest looking shoes-sorry).    It has been some of the most entertaining play to watch as he has gathered up all of our shoes that he could find and left his toys in them before riding away on his horse.  It just goes to show you never really know what is going to become the 365 photo for the day, but this was too good not to document!

25/365 - Felted sweaters

I received three thrifted wool sweaters in the mail today from a  kind someone who knows me very very well.  What else could I do but felt them all up with the one that I had planned to do last weekend?  So many possibilities here.    I'm thinking the red ones would be wonderful to make Christmas stockings out of.  There should be a bit of all of them left to make quilt squares and we shall see how the inspiration strikes for the blue and the orange ones once they are all dry.  So many possibilities!

24/365 - Background

This needle-felted piece will be the background for the story "The Snowdrop" that I plan to tell to the children from our playgroup next month.  I am planning to make a story apron using this as the top piece with layers of white and brown silks attached to the bottom for the skirt of the apron. I  Now I just have to dye my silks and attach them and the straps and this part will be done.

23/365 - Another Sick Day

I guess it was bound to happen eventually.  I wear wool socks most of the time.  Well, the stomach bug I had over the weekend decided to return today.  Luckily it was DH's day off and I was able to stay in bed most of the day.  When not napping, I spent a good bit of the day working through some online photography tutorials and installing Photoshop Elements on my computer.  This picture is a result of not wanting to leave my bed (hence the wool socks on my feet were the subject matter) working through some tutorials on focusing and the rule of thirds and playing with PSE.  Hopefully I'll be on the mend soon and the the photos and subject matters will become a little more interesting than my Darn Tough wool ski socks (my current favorite socks by the way-these things are designed so so well...even if I don't ski they are the BEST).  Sorry this post is a little rambling...clearly my illness has affected my brain...

22/365 - A Bulb House For Snow Drop

  

I am continuing to prepare props for the story I will be telling our playgroup next month. You may remember a little while back I made this little Snowdrop Doll for the story.  Today I made a bulb house for her to live in under the earth during the winter.  I cut the bulb pieces out of heavy wool felt which I gathered at the bottom and stitched them together.  I have a few more wool props to make for this that I will be sharing in the future.  I'm really looking forward to sharing the story with the children.

21/365 - Where's My Phone?

I made this case for my cell phone (along with a little money/card pouch and sunglasses case) last winter.  It's been out of commission for a while but I think I am going to start using it again.  It was made from a felted sweater which I cut out and needle felted the design onto.  I then used a blanket stitch to sew it up and put on a button to fasten it.  I like keeping my phone in here.  It protects it from bumps and falls.  It also makes it a little less attractive to a certain little boy who is very drawn to this device.  This was actually the reason I made the case last year after talking about phones and toddlers with the teacher and parents in our class at our previous Waldorf school.  Lastly, I'm known for never knowing where my phone is (or having it charged---*blushes*).  Keeping it in this case at least helps me keep track of it a little better somehow even if it still isn't charged.

20/365 - A Cloud of Wool

This is the wool batting I was using to fill a mattress and pillow set I made for W's doll (who I think now has the best bed in the house by the way).  I love how it rests in big fluffy cloud-like puffs.