squirrel momma

Whose Idea Was This?

In a moment of weakness I may have allowed Nut Boy to ask Santa for a full size drum set for Christmas.

 

Of course Santa brought it. And set it up (temporarily!!!) right around the corner from my studio.

Loud.  Really loud.  Eardrum rattling loud.

You know, if you rearrange the letters in Santa it spells--oh, never mind.

Moving Right Along, Folks!

I hope your Christmas was as wonderful as mine!  We managed to keep things calm and low key, which is nice, although both Squirrel Man and I grew up with huge family gatherings on the holidays and we both kind of miss the whole Crazy Uncle Larry showing his schrapnel scars thing. Although, now that I think of it, maybe not so much...

And as Santa has come and gone and I'm settled into my new studio (pictures, I promise, after the holiday mess is cleared up!) I am ready to get back to crafting.  First up is this great little project that Santa Squirrel brought for me from September House:

 

Naturally I'm going to embroider it with this squirrel I found via Floresita's Vintage Transfer FInds: 

 

Of course, I could work on packing up the mountains of gift bags and bows for next year...

Nah.

Santa's Coming!

He's coming, he's coming!  Check out his progress on the official NORAD Santa Tracker, with maps and video using Google Earth:

And have a wonderful, magical Christmas with all of your dearest close by your side!

PT, at Last

One of the traditions with Etsy Plush Teamers is that members create a stuffed version of our logo, PT Stitchy, who was designed a couple of years ago by the extremely talented Nervous Onion.

 

I finally got around to finishing my plush PT this weekend.  Another team member, Zfla, suggested I put PT on top of a globe pincushion, a nice touch as we're a worldwide team.  And I'm not one to turn down a good idea, especially when somebody let's me use one of theirs!

Go Plush Team!

  

Snow

 

Hedgie and I prefer the felt kind--it's warmer. 

 
 

Hello?

Yup, you probably want a darn good reason why I've been incommunicado for the last several weeks.

Let's just say the whole contractor putting in new windows and doors did not go as smoothly as I would have wished, and although I now have a studio of my own--YAAAAAAY!!!--other parts of the house still look like this...

 

That chair with the roll of white paper is where I'm currently taking photos, such as this shot of ricrac trim.  That I didn't pin on first.  And then didn't realize the ends weren't even until I was almost finished hand sewing the trim on.  

 

Reminds me of the seminar my husband took years ago, where they taught them the "Seven P's of Success":  Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. Yup.

Anyhoo, I wasn't about to let those mismatched ends remain in plain sight, so I came up with a solution that made me quite happy (anything that even remotely works out right now makes me happy):

 

 

 Slap a heart on it and we're good to go! Works for me!