Ooh La La!!

Hello Everyone, I have been playing with chenille lately as I can lay down as I fool with it and been having quite a bit of fun with it! I thought I would make some ornaments for the CSST Christmas In July Celebration at Etsy on July 25th! That day all of the shops that belong to The Cottage Style Street Team put on a show and purchase of Handmade Christmas Items..it is sure to please everyone and have a lot of fun!! Here is a picture of a little French Poodle I made last night.. She is a repro of the Vintage Gigi Poodles- googly eyes and all! Hope everyone likes her! Hugs, Folksie Linda

Drumroll Please!!!

Hello Everyone, Today the winner is announced for my giveaway... all names were put into a paper bag and shook up really good and my grandson pulled the winner...and the winner is............ Brenda! Please e-mail me with your address so I can send you your goodies. Thank you everyone for participating..there will be more giveaways in the future! Hugs, Folksie Linda

Puffies!

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine... you make me happy when skys are gray...

you'll never know dear ..how much I love you... please don't take my sunshine away.....

Sunshine Puffy made by me..with pompoms,wool felt, yoyo's, a button and some ribbon.

Time for a Giveaway!!!

Hello Everyone, Just popped in..... Time for a Giveaway!! This is for a tiny miniature set from Japan... It's time for Chocolate Bear Cake..sprinkles too and comes with a tiny tray and a little cup of hot chocolate with a tiny marshmallow in it. I may add some other goodies as well..so if you sign my blog you will be entered to win.... and the giveaway will be announced July 14th! Good Luck!!! Felted Hugs, Folksie Linda

In Memorial.....

Hi Everyone, ...sorry I have not been blogging much of late as I have had a very hard time with the new treatments i started at the Neurologist's office and for now.. i have stopped them as they have taken quite a bit of quality life away from me.

I was very saddened last week to find out that my most favorite and wonderful human being as well as an artist has passed away..she is an inspiration to me as an artist and she will be sadly missed... Tasha Tudor.. an inspiration to all... she was an amazing woman as well as a fantastic children's book illustrator and all of her artwork was beautiful! She will be greatly missed!! I know you are with the angels Tasha... there will never be another one like you!! I loved her so much!! The picture is a card that Tasha illustrated with her creation : Dr. Cupid Corgi!

I promise I will be catching up with my blogging because i miss chatting with all of my blogger friends as well as seeing all of their information and things that have been going on their lifes. I am back!! See you all soon! Hugs, Linda

The Enchanted Swap!

Hello Everyone, Sorry I have been in hiding.. i had the stomach bug all last week and it was horrible! I didn't eat all week and probably lost more weight and i feel like a skeleton now!

Anyway, I did participate in a wonderful swap.. the Enchanted Swap...if you didn't see the movie you must.. it was wonderful and it felt so good to be a princess! My swap partner Jessi really did spoil me... she made me a wonderful magical wand which i did indeed turn all the men in this house to frogs... now i am trying to figure out what to do with a bathtub of frogs-LOL!! It felt good to have some girl time even if it was a swap! You can see by the pictures..she sure did spoil me rotten! It was so much fun!! Thank you Jessi and Sarah for creating the swap in the first place! I so enjoyed it! oops there goes my frog son.... or is that my frog hubby..... Hugs, Linda

My Wool is Dyed!!

Hello All, Well things are not moving as fast as I would like them to around here, there is always so much to do that takes away from creating time....bummer... but i finally got my wool roving dyed and I am so pleased with the way it came out! Perfect! Here is a little instruction on how to dye wool roving with koolaid...yes koolaid!!

I bought the little bags of koolaid the ones without the sugar added.... place the koolaid in a ziploc bag with 1/4 cup of water and make sure it is mixed up inside the bag... then add your white wool roving to it and squeeze it around a bit to make sure the wool is completely covered... it all depends on how dark you want your color to be... you can leave it in for a darker color or if you would like it light.. i wouldn't leave it in too long. Then take out the wool and wash it out very well with water. I hung it up on a plastic hanger... i squeezed most of the water out and then placed it on a hanger and left it to dry. It was so easy! And who would of thought...koolaid!!!

The blue in the picture is perfect as I plan on making the little vintage lamb in the picture and I think the wool dyed perfectly for his color but i didn't leave it in the bag long...only dipped and washed and I got the perfect light blue! Onward to the felting now! Hugs, Folksie Linda