wee needlefelts

Some time to play with everyone sitting around the house after a long, hot, fun day of hosting a yard sale and watermelon/lemonade stand. Oh, and rice crispies. They made more money than I did!
Here is my needle felted toadstool pic.

And a sailboat!

it's what i had in mind when I made my Button Felting pictures
But this time, I had the frames first.

Wee little frames my uncle had.

Tiny enough to put on a gnome's living room wall.

But fun all the same!


have a good one,
Amanda

Mermaid play set

I'm so excited to show you what's in the box...


Would you like to come in for a dip? Hang out on my needlefelted star cushion?


Have a little look the the treasure shell? Maybe go up to the castle later?


it's such a nice evening out.


I was inspired by the play sets at Little Red Whimsy So cute. When I saw these purse like boxes on sale for less than $3 at Michael's, I took all three.
The inspiration for the mermaids come from
Princess Nimble Thimble


It was so much fun making this. I got lost in the scene of it. Don't you love when that happens?! The sandcastle in the back is a scrapbook sticker.

I made a bendy Pirate doll for Rafael. He has requested a pirate play set. He has good suggestions for it too!
Stay tuned.

thanks for looking,
Amanda

Mushroom house

I'm so excited that this worked out. It's still not done. Just a little door to go in. But it worked.


now I can make a bigger one. I don't know how these things are supposed to be done, so I fiddled my own way. Did I say, yeah it worked?!~!! lol

I told DS that it's not big enough for his gnomes. He called me to tell me that little blue did fit. When I got home, he had it stuffed in the stem. Yep, don't limit a child's imagination!

you will see this again. When I get the door finished. And I have to make one for DD and make a bigger one. oh and one that is white with red dots, and one for yellow and red and oh, could you make me a ........

love that they love that I make them things.

thanks for looking,
Amanda

Friday's Nature Table and WIP

Once again,
thanks to all who visited during Sew Mama Sew's May Giveaway. Winner is in post below.

FOr the past few weeks, I've been taking part in Friday's Nature Tableat the Magic Onions
Have it look. It's inspiring.
Here's my pic for today. I finally found a wooden flat dish to display our nature things. We don't have room for a table here so the dish is just right. It's pine cone season here now, so everyday we come home with cones. Big, little, squished, dirty. Have to control the keeping of the cones. But the kids are in tune with it and are excited when we find something for our nature dish.


I've also snuck in a few minutes for some needle felting. What is it????


Stay tuned,
have a great long weekend!
thanks for looking,
Amanda

Felted playscape

I've been admiring felted playscapes I've seen on other blogs like
this at Childhood Magic.

When I scored some purple wool felt in the ends bin, I just knew it would serve as the base.


It was nice to bring the items we've been collecting for our nature bowl into the playscape. I had this in mind when we collected them. We have some shells from Florida as well as the little seeds. They came from the palm trees at the marina. Then the felted stones, bunny and gnome.
For the garden colour, I carded a few different colours of roving with the raw sheep's wool to get that dirt look.


The cave started as the body of the bunny (Hopper) pictured in the scene, but I didn't wind it tight enough and it felt hollow. A few needle pokes and Voila, it became a cave. There's a little rubber frog they have that lives in the cave. He must have jumped out as I was transporting the scene.


Looking at this mat brings me the warm fuzzies. The kids and I were outside needle felting, singing and playing with playdo. We got cold, so put on some sweaters. A little later, we all gave in and decided to come inside as our hands were freezing. They continued to direct my felting to what they wanted the playscape to have. There is a big spot on top that is awaiting a mushroom house. It will hold the gnomes and other friends


Rafael has started the water on his playscape. We've broken 5 needles. I got more, but need to get a better sponge. I think that's why they broke. More to come on this project...
thanks for looking,
Amanda