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This little felt horse is my contribution to week of color. He’s one of my first needle felting
experiments and very, very mini, about 2 inches long. (I’m still scrambling a little work wise but between tonight and tomorrow AM I’ll get caught up on correspondence).

More great stuff in my mail this week. This beautiful (and beautifully made) purse is a surprise from Kathy winner of the whiplash acorn. I love it Kathy, it’s the perfect size and really lovely colors.

And this from Rose

It’s so up my alley, thanks Rose.

These are a couple of fancy, tattered and tragic Miss Haversham sorts of birds. They are made out of the incredibly fragile scraps of an amazing victorian dress. The bird in profile was one of my very first birds and her sister was made last night. I’ve been picking up scraps and lace and too far gone victorian and edwardian clothes on ebay lately and plan on making more fancy birds. I’m trying to decide between these three photos for a little postcard. I used OvernightPrints for the first time last Christmas and was very happy with what they did, happier than with things from more expensive printers. If anybody has another great postcard/ printing source I’d love to know about it.

This is the first of several thank you posts for all the great stuff that has come in the mail the last week. Marianne sent this wonderful package.

She included this felt bird string as a surprise and I love it. It’s adorable and beautifully made with
lots of interesting details. Each little bird is meticulously embroidered with a unique patten on one side and a little wing on the other. It’s hanging on the deep burgundy shutters in my apartment looking as if it was custom made for that very purpose. And the buttons! Little individually wrapped packages of fantastic buttons. One of the green buttons is featured on todays horse. I had a too busy (still catching up on email) and kind of lousy week and Marianne’s package arrived on one of the most miserable days. Beautiful buttons and gorgeous handmade birds were just what I needed. Thanks Marianne!

I’ve been wanting to name a horse cormac for a while and
today a cormac finally turned up.

I barely, barely squeezed in a horse today. My nightmarish busyness ends tomorrow afternoon. It’s still a busy week but nothing like the overload horror of the of the last six days. I’ve got lot’s to catch up on and lots to report in the next couple days.