Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Misc...

Update at 15:00. The 10" of snow they promised are are, and a couple more.
As soon as the snow seemed to stop, all the neighbors came outside to try to clean in front of the houses. We soon realized this would lead us nowhere: the street won't be cleaned, so we won't be able to reach the main road, even if we can get our cars out of the garage. And even if we can reach this road, there are two tree lying across the road at the end of the village. I'm not sure I'll be working tomorrow... We had not have this amount of snow since 1985...
First, thank you very much for your comments on the book cover. The friend likes it a lot.

It was hard going back to work after a 10 days break. But this morning, I woke up full of energy... Ready to go to work... but this is what I found when I opened the window: Same garden, one hour later, and the snow won't stop before the night, so the weatherman says.

Driving with a thin layer of snow is a total chaos here, as we are not used to it. I personally can't drive with snow. So I listened to the advice broadcast on the radio, and I'm staying home instead. I went out to fill the bird feeders, and believe me, I have a flock of fans outside. I'm sure I'll spend a lot of time wachting them today.
I'm not the only one:

My other assistant is practising her favourite exercise, drinking from the most inadequate dishes, here the bird bath I was going to put back into the cage... Every morning she does the same, although she's got at least three drinking dishes ...



I'm going to enjoy this day home, provided they don't cut the electricity.

Have a nice day!



Friday, January 2, 2009

Book cover

I've borrowed two books from a friend, many months ago. I did not forget about them, it just took me a long time to read them.
Anyway, I think it would be nice to give her books back with a little compensation.
The backgroung is commercial felt, the leaves are needlefelted into it. The flowers are cut commercial felt, applied with the embellisher. Then a few stem stitches and beads, and here it is:

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Thursday, January 1, 2009

scarf

I needed a gift for a friend.
Found anything I needed in my stash and played with the embellisher. Here is the result:

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

2009


I wish you a Happy New Year 2009!
This is the time to sum up the old year and take good resolutions for the next one.
Well, 2008 has been good on the whole, and I'm thankful for that.
Regarding 2009, my only resolution is to take life as it comes, and enjoy it as much as possible...

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Purse

You can not go to a party without a purse, can't you. Since I had an hour to spent, I made this one to go with the dress:

Sunday, December 28, 2008

The days after Christmas

This is Amandine enjoying the plaid I gave her. I was hesitating in the store, between on in polar fleece and this one with mohair. The man told me he had one at home, and that his cats were always sleeping on it but that the plaid remained like band new. He added a warning though: this plaid enduces a violent sleeping surge... I think he was right ... In the meantime, I made this dress for the sleeping beauty above:
The dress is not perfect, but she likes it a lot, so I'm happy.

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

Xmas

Merry Christmas to all of you!
Joyeux Noel !
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