Pinecone Tray

Listed today in my Etsy shop! My large pinecone tray.

Summer Heat and our first Beet

I wanted to check in and say hello. Work at the Garden Center is slowing down now but I am no less wiped out at the end of the day due to the heat that has finally arrived. This has also made it a struggle to keep my garden hydrated and weeded when I am home. Needless to say I have been waking up early to get some of that done. We have been enjoying amazing volumes of lettuce spinach and radishes and now the bush beans, tomatoes, zucchini, swiss chard, broccoli and beets are starting to do their thing!

A new twist x 2

One of my favorite felted pouches thus far is the celery one. It expired recently on Etsy without selling and I decided that it needed a little more, so I needle-felted poppies on it. The red looks so amazing on the celery green and really makes the pouch look complete.



















I received a custom order for a blue heron bowl from a friend here in town who liked the Blue Heron In the Golden Sunset purse but wanted something a little smaller for a good friend. Blue Herons always make me think of my wonderful friend Everyday Yogini. One year for Christmas she gifted me the most beautiful calendar of watercolors from Heron Dance Press. You should check out their site! Absolutely gorgeous work.

Large Order Complete

At long last I can report that I have FINISHED my large order! Here they all are~

Gardening and my Finished Bag

It has taken over my life gardening has! I work 5 days a week at a fabulous (and bustling) garden center and on at least one of my days off I am working on my own landscaping and veggie garden. I am exhausted in the evenings but oh so happy. It feels great to be working again, especially at something I enjoy. I have been so busy that I completely forgot to post a picture of my completed Around About: pattern by the fabulous Amybel over at Knitting in my Backyarn.

Here it is in all it's glory! I have decided to use it as my new knitting project bag: it is much more practical having handles as opposed to the felted bowl I have used for so long.

Warm Wishes

Happy Mother's Day to all you fabulous Moms out there!

New Path

This will be stating the obvious, but I haven't been blogging much lately. Things have been rather all over the place in my household. My husband has essentially been the sole breadwinner for the last 4 years but circumstances of late have made it apparent that we need a second income. I wish I could say that creating felted goodies is a booming business, but it is a specialized thing. Besides knitting I LOVE to garden and especially grow vegetables. I have been lucky enough to find a job at a fabulous local garden center AND it is F/T! That being said, I am not sure at this point how much I will be listing in my Etsy store- full days in the sun and on my feet are going to take some getting used to and I foresee many evenings of my going to bed early. I will also want to spend more of that evening time with my son and husband. Don't worry though, I am still an obsessive knitter and being around all that blooming beauty is going to make me want to needle-felt all sorts of flower bowls.

I love to do custom orders! Please keep me in mind for weddings, birthdays pre-ordered Christmas too.