I'm an Aunt!

Or at least by proxy...this post is a little late.  My bestie really had her adorable little Miss G two months ago!! I am still mourning the fact that they are all the way over on the left coast, and I haven't even got to snuggle her yet!!  I am having so much fun spoiling her long distance though.  Here are the contents of my latest care package!! I'm excited to make another wreath for Miss V's nursery in gray, yellow and purple.  I got extra elastic to make more felt flower hair bands for her too.  But, as you can see she wasn't interested in being my model, so I'm guessing the head band days are over.  Who knows she's a fickle sweet pea.

Gifts

Here is the last batch of gifts for friends!  All distributed last night.  Whew.  And of course I was working on them up to the last minute.  As you know time management with a one year old is not my forte!

Now I have one more rather large unrelated art project to tackle before I can focus on how to get my studio back together.  And then..how to stay warm while working in said unheated studio.  But that's minor.

I finally have some images I want to work on in encaustic.  It is certainly some kind of torture turning them over in my mind and then not being able to create them. 

some more

I am so proud. Despite Miss V's best tries, (only one nap today).  I managed to finish 4 more pillows and a wreath!!  Not to mention help clean for my Mom and Aunt's big Christmas party tomorrow night.  I feel quite accomplished.  (I think that was one too many pats on the back - I need to stave off Murphy's Law!)

So here are the other pillows and I am starting to play around with a lot of the sweater scraps too.  Now that I see them all together, I'm a bit worried that the embellishments are redundant, but as individuals I am ok with them. 

I am totally in love with the angora one that has the buttons down the front.  My Aunt has already claimed that as a gift.  I am toying with the idea of adding them to my Etsy store that I am still holding back on launching.  Perhaps I should of spent a few hours on that today.

I hope to share pics of the wreath I just finished a few minutes ago.  Really happy with it and found some great new blogs to share while learning to make it.