my new roomie!

orland the watching owl mini, originally uploaded by little black forest.

Well actually not mine he belongs to my daughter,but I made her promise I could keep him in the living room until she graduates. Which is 2 years from now! He was made by Belinda at LITTLE BLACK FOREST she does such lovely work. You can tell how well made her things are by looking at the pictures but when you see it in person...her stitches just blow me away..and make me try harder. I just finished up what Im sending to her tonight...pictures tomarrow if its not raining.:)

Audrey

thoughtful, originally uploaded by annieoakleaves.

She is finally done and going into the shop today! I have had her on my mind for a long time and was waiting for the perfect vintage fabric for her dress,which I found on etsy.She has vintage jewelry in her hair,on her shoes,clutch,and dress. She even has vintage eyelashes.Originally I wasnt planning on making her a stole but her head was so heavy from the jewelry I needed to something.I have another one started in pink for valentines day but first Im going to finish a very special gnome girl and a very special mushroom. :)

Look who is coming to my house!!!!

Owl for Annie, originally uploaded by Old School Acres.

Im doing a trade with Laurie at Old School Acres,I cant help but feel like Iam the luckier one on the trade.I will post photos of mine when she is done. :)

Bee happy!

bee, originally uploaded by annieoakleaves.

Ive been making an attempt at polymer clay and painting lately.Painting terrifies me,it pretty much always has but living with the fantastic painter that I live with it kind of puts things in perspective for me as to just how mediocre my skills are. Im going to keep plugging away at it though,maybe this time next year I will have something fabulous painted..... or a closet full of unfinished objects! Things have really been going fast since Christmas,I will say that Christmas totally whipped my butt this year.I took on way more than I could handle and stay sane with.Why do we do that?Alot of times no one really notices so why not sit back and relax....I Do Not know.
I have some great things Im really excited about going on around my sewing machine.Cant wait to show you....... :)

Lolly Lolly

Lolly Lolly, originally uploaded by annieoakleaves.

This is a mushroom i finished last night.I have several more that just need faces,which would probably only take me a half hour but i cant bring myself to do it yet. lol Id like to try some differant expressions and things like,ah well,tomarrow maybe. tomarrow for sure I will be listing alot of fabric and vintage things. Its a new year, out with the old in with the new. How is your new year so far?

little gnomey girl

little gnomey girl, originally uploaded by annieoakleaves.

I dont think that female gnomes get enough credit so I decided to try to make some.now that she is done though she seems to be bugging me for a Mr. So I guess I will get on that.Maybe after Christmas though,I seem to just be barely keeping up with everything I wanted to do. Isnt it that way for everyone every year? I bet Martha had her shopping done in June. :P

unnamed girl

nest, originally uploaded by annieoakleaves.

She had dozens of names while I was working on her. Now I cant think of anything.Any suggestions?

Martha Stewart er I mean Martha Mushroom

Martha Stewart er I mean Martha Mushroom, originally uploaded by annieoakleaves.

I don't have alot of time tonight but I wanted to show you what I finished today.This is my Martha Stewart tribute mushroom! she actually started out as Frannies Mr. (sorry Frannie) but she was just screaming out to me that she longed to be Martha Stewart.(probably due to the fact that I tape every Martha show and watched them while sewing) She has a wooden spoon(always use a wooden spoon) a rubber spatula and a nice "faux" jadite bowl. She even has a nice faux bois dress that I know Martha would love to go with her large faux bois collection.Ok so maybe Im a little stalkerish but I swear I dont have pictures of Martha cut out and taped all over my walls! Anyway I have pictures of Martha doing interesting things in my flickr.. and you can have her for your very own if you go to my etsy :)

Franni's Silly New Hedgehog Friend

Franni's Silly New Hedgehog Friend, originally uploaded by ggmossgirl.

It's always hard for me to send my dolls away .By the time they are done I have created an entire world and life for them in my mind.There have been a couple occasions where I have had to borrow them back for photos and I was quite shocked at the condition they were in.lol But it looks like Gretchen is giving Frannie a good home and lots of company!
I spend alot of time haunting Gretchens shop,flickr and blog lately. You should check her out too!

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my first button fairy

my first button fairy, originally uploaded by annieoakleaves.

I joined swap-bot recently and Im really enjoying the people Iam meeting and getting things ready for the swaps.Hopefully as I go along these button fairies will get easier and look better. lol