Whooooo loves ya?

Happy day to you! I am in such a good mood on this beautiful Tuesday...it must be the sun shining and the warmth in the air. There are chickadees in the bird feeder, such cute little birds. I haven't seen any robins yet but I'm sure they'll be here soon! Anyone who has them already, can you give them directions to my house? Thanks!

I cut some pussywillows this morning and made a very simple arrangement for my kitchen counter.

Now that says spring, don't you think? They're sooooo soft! Feels like our kitty Willow!

Have you seen Sandy Gervais' owl tutorial on the Moda Bake Shop? They are tooo cute! My daughter and I were looking at it together and she asked if I could make her one. So I made this on Friday...

You noticed I added wings, did you? Ah! What a keen observer of detail you are! Well, after I made the wingless owl, my son saw it and asked for one of his own with "boy fabrics." So I made him this little guy, with fabrics he picked out himself...

But I apparently neglected to include two of his favorite states, Nevada and Wyoming. Since he thought it could use wings too (and I agreed), I used those two state fabrics on each wing. Then Annabelle wanted wings too so we chose the elephant fabric. The wings were simple, I just drew a template onto freezer paper and cut out four (two different fabrics) for each owl. I stitched them wrong-sides-together, turned RSO, and stuffed lightly with polyfill. Sewed the openings shut, added a button and sewed to the owl. Easy!

Mr. Owl and Owlivia

Once again I didn't have crushed walnut shells to stuff the bottom of the owls, so I used those little poly bead thing-a-ma-bobs again. They worked great!

Tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day...any big plans? We usually have corned beef sandwiches and cole slaw, since Dave is not a big fan of traditional corned beef and cabbage. He has a late meeting tomorrow night so we're going to celebrate tonight instead. Tomorrow a contractor is coming over to help plan our front porch and walkway remodel. I'm so excited, I can't wait for that to get done!

Have a wonderful day!

♥ Jen