HUGS TO YOU, TOO.

Work of Jill Badonsky

A Happy Heart Card for you.

Early Picasso

Happy New Year, Happy New Life, and Good-bye

Dear Friends,
    Announcing the closing of this blog.   I will be deleting this sometime in the near future.   If you are at all interested, I have a new format and a new intention, which you can visit here.
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your support, seen and unseen, but always felt.
Today is the first day of the rest of your life.  Happy Birthday.

And the WINNER is..........

Ta-Da..(drum roll).....Everyone who left a comment.    And the good news is, you can choose one of the creatures shown, or create your own with one of the faces shown, one of the fabrics shown, with ears or no ears.    In the comment section, let me know if you like Red, Yellow, Pink, Black/white, Tan/greenish, Peace/tan, White/owls.  Any unclaimed items will be donated to Primary Children's Hospital.  Heather, let me know where to send yours.

(P.S. I won't be offended if you tell me you really didn't want one, you just wanted to leave a comment. lol)
Happy Holiday Season, with wishes for moments of gratitude and a peace-full heart.

Sneak Peek @ Christmas

Some years are "Bah-Humbug" years for me.  This year is not one of them. 
It all started when the Grands were here, bored with the same outdated, out-grown toys.   They wandered down the basement where the sewing machine is kept, and decided that was the new toy to play with, so I got out some felt scraps and let them design their own "ugly dolls".   I'm sorry I don't have a photo of that.    When they left, I got to thinking how fun it would be to make some out of that exquisite minkie fabric, so I made a prototype.    Upon finishing, John asked me if the face was modeled on Phyllis Diller before or after her plastic surgery.    Back to the drawing board.  After I made some more, and decided the faces would never do for 8, 10, and 11 year olds (too juvenile),  I called in The Help.   (Jonathon is my Go-To Guy when I need advice.)  He came up with some real winners, and the fun began.   So here is the sneak peek.    Aspen, Cedar and Olive might design their own faces, but I get the last vote about the fabric and the shape.   I guess some years get to have surprises, and some years you find out what you're getting ahead of time.  (Remember when you used to find the hidden Christmas gifts, and open them all, then rewrap them, thinking Santa would never know?   Hah!

Here's where the fun begins.   Since I have made so many prototypes with the more juvenile faces on them, there are some spares.  If you want one, you can leave a comment, and on December 12th, I'll use the random generator to pick a winner.   (Remember, these are "homemade", not professional.)  All you have to do is tell me which face you like best.  Happy Holidays to you and yours.   Let the fun begin.