yesterday and today

I spent all day yesterday felting.

I was trying to get some scarves, cowls, belts and cuff bracelets made for my appointment with a local shop at the end of the week!

Today I will be working on more, plus some felted owls and mermaids.

Some new work hanging to dry.

Poesy was being awfully cute with her slices of tangerine!

(sorry for the blurry photos)

She went to the vet today to have her feathers trimmed (for safety) and the vet said that she was a bit chubby.

We are going to have to do something about that, Miss Poe.

Now how to get a picky bird to eat what you want her to!?!

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Look at the wonderful ornament that I got from my ornament swap partner, Emily!

Thank you, Emily!

I love it!!!

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On a side note, I would like to become a more adept knitter.

I would like to learn how to make fingerless mittens,

among many other things!

any suggestions on easy intructions?

(and by easy I mean a 5 year old could follow, I have very limited skills)

Very Fine House, Vibeke, and Lola Nova... This is for you!

Ok.

Here we go...

This is WAAAAAY overdue and for that I sincerely apologize from the bottom of my heart!

Now, first and foremost I want to say THANK YOU!!!

There are 3 wonderful packages that I received from 3 wonderful people!!!

I won these lovely bird related beauties from a giveaway on Micaela's blog Dolce Vita.

It is a wonderful blog by a wonderful girl!

The gifts are from Kate at Very Fine House!

I love birds and was so excited when I won this!!!

I love them both!

Next, a HUGE thank you to Vibeke from a butterfly in my hair!!!

I LOVE her blog so much, she always has such wonderful photos to look at!

I signed up for her Pay It Forward and she sent me the most wonderful package of goodies!!!

First I opened the card... A Dottie Angel card! Amazing!

But it got better!!!

Next was a little package of all her favorite herbal teas.

I LOVE tea and drink it all day long!

So I can't wait to try these ones, they sound so delicious!

And last, she sent me 2 little faery tales wrapped in the most beautiful paper (shown under all the display of goodies).

They are absolutely precious and I love children's books, so I was very happy!

Thank you so much, Vibeke!!!!!

And lastly, but most recently, my Pay It Forward from Alex over at Lola Nova-Whatever Lola Wants.

Again, another spot on gift!

I couldn't be more appreciative!

First was a wonderful crocheted ornament which I cannot wait to hang!

Also, there was a wonderful hand sewn pouch... WITH OWLS!!!

I was so excited to see this, what a great personal touch!

And inside was a hand printed, hand sewn lavender sachet.

I LOVE lavender and thought this was a great addition because I noticed how wonderful the package smelled before I even tore into the beautiful wrapping!

(I also love her personal postcard!)

Alex, you really did a wonderful job, I love it all!!!

Whew! That was a lot!

So now it will be my turn to post another Pay It Forward which I will do in a few days.

I am sorry it took so long to share a post with my thank you's,

but I will have to blame it all on my finicky camera

which would not let me upload photos for a while.

Obviously problem solved...

After much time at the computer store and on the phone with the computer people and spending unnecessary money to fix a problem that wasn't really the problem at all...

Oh well, live and learn... Right?!?

*Much Love*