Bitty Bunny

Just finishing up this years crop of bitty bunny shoes.   They are so fun to make!

This year a new color will be joining last year’s favorites – yellow!

Pretty in pink.

Sweet aqua. . .

And lovely lavender. . .

 

Click the Puddin Shop button near the top of this page to visit them on Etsy :)

The Sweetest Valentine

I completely love this VaLeNTiNe arrangement of John 3:16 . . .

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. 

Notice how the words and lines are positioned so that the word VALENTINE is spelled from letters in the verse?

I make some every year in different craft forms.  This year I made a wood version (which I’ll show you soon) and this pillow. 

The words are embroidered on muslin.  I sewed and stuffed a larger red heart, then used buttonhole stitching to attach the muslin.

Added fabric flowers, a vintage key and some buttons. . .

The sweetest Valentine. 

I participate in THESE linky parties!

I won!

Look at the beautiful angel journal I won! 

Isn’t she gorgeous?!  An original folk art lovely that the artist hand painted onto a hardback notebook. . .

And she has a delightful Etsy shop for you to visit. . .

Wonders of Whimsy

     Thanks, Jenny!  I really LOVE her!!

Ridiculous

ri·dic·u·lous  adj  \rə-ˈdi-kyə-ləs\
Definition of RIDICULOUS: arousing or deserving ridicule : extremely silly or unreasonable : absurd, preposterous, laughable

Accurate words to describe  February so far. . . absurdly, unreasonably, ridiculously cold.   

Hope it’s much nicer (or at least above zero) where you are  :)

Whatever

 Chapel of the Transfiguration, Teton National Park

And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.

Colossians 3:17

Love Never Fails Valentine Box

I found this vintage wooden recipe box at the thrift store awhile ago.  And it languished about before until I could decide what to do with it ;) 

I had planned to use it to display some seasonal  decor and finally decided on a Valentine theme.   I left the lid open and put everything in the area where recipe cards would have gone. 

The hearts are sewn from cotton fabric.  After turning right side out and stuffing with poly fill, I hand stitched a smaller heart to the front and then embellished with bits of lace, old buttons, rusty safety pins and rolled felt roses. 

The love bird is my favorite!  I drew him like a hundred times before I got the pattern right.  He’s holding a chocolate brown crochet heart in his beak that has a vintage key pinned to it. 

The tag is tea stained and stamped with “Love Never Fails” from 1Corinthians 13:8.  I put another crochet heart on it and then pinned it to one of the bigger hearts. 

Tucked them all into the box along with some greenery and berries, then tied a strip of red fabric around the box. . .  Now I can’t wait to start decorating for Valentine’s Day!

The prize

Don’t you realize that in a race everyone runs, but only one person gets the prize? So run to win!

1 Corinthians 9:24 (NLT)