All in a week's work
Batman looks out the window as Robin says "You make a good pillow brother..."
I have begun to work on Valentine's and Easter projects. See below for the photos as work in progress.
This year I am making some simple felt designs which will be inserts in greeting cards. They will be very flat so they should comply with the thickness to go through the Post Office Machine.
I am going to start adding my tutorials at a website called the Daily Two Cents.
There is a proposal set forth to add a subdomain for Crafty Closet a group of writers who met online via Facebook and other places where we all had our craft stories.
I will be adding my tutorials there from new stories to my older stories. I am not so worried about generating interest in directing people to go purchase items from Amazon. I would like to teach for free. That is my goal and mission statement.
As soon as the Daily Two Cents subdomain is up and running I will add a post with the link on my front page.
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The Third Floor
Living on the third floor without an elevator for someone like me who has multiple disabilities has become too difficult.
So I am actively looking for a Senior apartment that is ground level and no stairs! I will live alone again and the kids will live close enough so the my youngest daughter will still be able to work through IHSS - In-Home Support Services as my personal caregiver. IHSS gives me so many hours per month for my daughter to assist me with housekeeping and cooking; driving me to my medical appointments and laundry.
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New Poems this week
A new poem by Marilyn I Lott
Growing up Country
© by Marilyn I Lott
I remember as a child many years ago
Spending time in the country air
Picnics under the warm blue skies
Going to those great country fairs.
Watching the cows and their babies
Chewing their cuds and strolling along
I loved to sit on a log for hours
Humming an old country song.
And the chickens, how I loved to spend
Time sittin’ in the hen house as well
Listening to the cackling of laying hens
In the home where these birds would dwell.
Sniffing the hay up high in the loft
As you climb up that ‘ole ladder
Watching mama in the kitchen
Stirring up a delicious cake batter.
She’d punch bread dough with a fist
And let it rise nice and high
Oh, the smell of that bakin’ bread
Makes me let out a wistful sigh.
Seein’ daddy chop up the wood
I can hear the sound of it still
The warmth and crackle of the fire
I can still hear it too at will.
Ah, yes sir, a life that truly was
A perfect one for my brother and me
If I had my life to live over again
I would still be growing up country!
© Marilyn Lott
11-18-07
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New Poet for my favorite Modern Poets Page
Vern Taylor is a distant cousin to me and I have been following his poems and writing since 2010. I am adding him to my favorite Modern Poets Page. I saw his Genealogy page and saw he had some of my family there. So emailed him and found that we were related a few different ways. He told me about Melvina Germain's Prayer Warrior's page. From there I found out about Melvina's Poetry group. That is where I met most of the poets who I have added their poems here in my blog.
Vern Taylor:
'The Meeting of the Family in Heaven'
The Door to Life is Called Death
© by Vern Taylor 2015
What is death but the door to new life;
Relief from all the pain and cares and strife.
Reunion with all those who've gone before
Hugs and love from parents and those we've missed
Reuniting with those special ones that we've kissed.
What is death but the best chance to find;
An ancestor that was lost in the mists of time,
An answer to what an author meant to say,
A chance to talk with Matthew, Mark, Luke, and Paul,
A chance to see the beautiful Saviour of us all.
What is death but the proof of life that we have lived;
Death is but the proof of heart that we have loved,
Realization that life is a lot shorter than we are to be.
It is a time to look back and see the world we left,
And send our comforting prayers to those most bereft.
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Valentines Day and Easter Card inserts
I bought felt by the yard from Hobby Lobby. You have to order 2 yards of each color to qualify as bulk for the sale. It could be their regular order set up. So I had used a ton of felt at Christmas and ran out of a lot of colors. So I got 2 yards of White, Peacock blue, Magenta, Light Pink, and Red. I already had the big bolt of the dark purple I got previously. I still will need more. I like the felt by the yard as it is much thicker than the standard 10 x 11 inch sheets you get individually or in bulk pack.
For Valentine's day I cut two sizes of hearts out of many colors of felt.
For the people whom I am sending just one heart in the mail they will be just the two layers hearts. For those who will be made for family and more than one per envelope they will be four hearts. The two layer hearts will not have the buttons.
The four layer hearts have two large hearts and two small hearts on each side of the large heart.
Here is the photo of the four layer hearts.
I have collected a ton of Felt designs at my Pinterest Felt Projects Board.
I cut out all these bunnies. Each one is one piece of felt, as above, so that the envelope will not be thick. Each one will have embroidery design.
Two more bunny designs
Last Easter I used the same pattern and made the bunnies two pieces and firmly stuffed them with acrylic fiberfill. I used Tulip paints and made lines for the mouth and eyes. I made Easter baskets with plastic canvas. So this year I wanted to use felt for the bunnies. Again they will be inserted into cards so one piece of felt for each bunny. They can be tacked to the bulletin board or used as a bookmark.
After Easter last year I found this egg made of felt and I only made one as a proto type. I will make more this year as I think they are cute. I glued the three colors onto a purple egg. This year I am going to do a bit of embroidery.
I will have a link on my post for every tutorial I make.
Busy, busy, busy!!!
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