love bird

While hubby and I were at the beach with his parents, I was looking through a Crate and Barrel catalogue from this past Christmas. Christmas on the beach... in July! It worked for me.
They had an adorable set of bird ornaments, which were made out of white fabric. So cute! I tucked the idea away and knew I had to make something like that...

...so out came the sewing machine! I had a little bit of an old wool sweater that I used to repair hubby's boiled wool slippers, and it's a pretty bluebird color. A few snips, stuffing, and topstiched letters later, it became a lovebird!

more spring - robins

As I was walking by the lilac bush, I heard this robin mommy tweet at me...

Here are the five(!) baby blue eggs:

bits, birds, bunny

in other news, I painted a birdie the other day:


and I just made a knit bunny:

snowy

it has been snowing all day so far - i woke up to big fluffy fake-looking flakes that looked like they belonged on a movie set in the middle of the summer. it's really pretty snow, and i'm enjoying watching it fall as i sit here at my desk. the only downside to snow is the driving in it. well, and the cold. but only one of those is preventable, so i'll just try to be happy anyway.

so we bought a new car... and we're picking it up tomorrow. it'll be so much easier for us to be able to fulfill our scheduled commitments. i really hope it turns out to be great! my husband is excited about having a car at all, and the fact that it's a bit sporty makes him happy. (ps - it's fire engine red! whoa!)

before things really got going this morning at work, i was able to take a few minutes to sketch a picture of a red-breasted nuthatch on a piece of scrap paper. i used a photo that one of my flickr friends took as a reference point. it turned out alright - i haven't sketched much lately. i should get back into that.

speaking of which - i should be getting back to practicing piano and voice. and doing art more often than once in a blue moon.

and i should get back to work.

i am thankful that God provides the work of our hands.