One design...2 uses

My husband has been out of work due to a disability (severe chronic pain) for over 2 years. I have been "gently" hinting to him that he needs a hobby/craft or he is going to go stir crazy. Over the years he has joined me in many of my crafting adventures. He is the one who taught me how to thread my first sewing machine. He also showed me how to do a basic cross stitch. We made many plastic canvas projects too.

We were at the craft store picking up some things for me and Hubby started to wander around looking for something to do. I showed him the wood burning section. That's all it took. He decided it was finally time to get into the crafting world. About time lol. He picked up a clock kit and a round piece of wood to burn a design in. He also picked out a wood burning starter kit. I also had him grab some smaller pieces of wood to practice on.


A couple days before, I had been surfing the web looking for bird designs to embroider. Each night I worked a little on my bird while Hubby and the kids watched TV.

This is the little guy I came up with. I would love to tell you where I found him, but I can't. I tried finding the blog again but I think it disappeared lol. I have a tendency to hop from one link to another.

****found it :)

Anyways...Hubby thought he was cute. Plus, he is the right size for the wood we picked up. So Hubby made this:

Pretty good for his first time. Rob really enjoyed doing this. He has already burned something onto his clock wood too. I'll show you that once it is all finished. I haven't looked at making clocks in so long I forgot about one very important factor...the shaft has to be deep enough to accommodate the thickness of your wood.  We picked out one that was too short. Oh well, another trip to the craft store and he should be all set.

A gift from a friend

I received this lovely pincushion in the mail yesterday along with the notepad. I won these from Di for correctly guessing the fabric line she was using.  Thanks Di...

March YOE

My partner for the YOE swap for March was Melinda.

These are the mushrooms I sent.

I also sent these squishy balls for the grandkids :)

This is what Melinda sent...

I've never seen tissue paper like this before. We just have the boring colors. No patterns.

Here's all my goodies. A felt mushroom ornament, clay mushroom "flowers", a square pincushion with button pins (and yes, I did poke myself. what else is new lol), 2 pieces of Easter fabric, a wooden block ornament, and some art tags/bookmarks.  Lots of fun goodies. Oh Yeah, and a pack of Jelly Belly blueberry muffin jelly beans. You don't see them because we all had to try them out ;)

Here are the tags (on a piece of felt that was included). Aren't they amazing?  Thanks Melinda!!

Hoppy Easter !!

Suzi  ( and I )  want to wish you a very HAPPY EASTER!! 

Enjoy your friends and family.  Do something today that makes YOU happy :)