Betz's New Book and baby gifts

Well, Betz White will have a new book coming out soon showing off all her felty techniques. If you haven't already cleaned out the thrift stores of their wool sweaters (great prices this time of year!) you will soon.
Her blog is nice too, I like the most recent post about seeing all the clothes at Goodwill. I have been on a tear this year with the girls and have been getting most of their items at thrift stores and adding lots of ribbon, buttons and even some fabric paint. The upside is that most of the stuff I have adorned has been lovely (that's me being modest!) the downside is that sometimes it takes me a month to get the project finished, which, at Nora's age is not really workable. She has grown right thru a few decorated items covered in embroidered ribbon! Oh well, I have nice baby gifts on hand now.

Crafter's Flea Market

The next one will be on July 14th and the signups have begun. We have had a lot of fun at the last few in our parking lot and I think that this next one will be even better. Personally, I think it needs to be really hot for a flea market. I don't know why. Somehow it makes the shopping better, maybe because brain cells work better in high heat? Anyhow, go sign up, clear out that crafty stuff you don't want anymore so you can make room for your new obsession.
www.craftersfleamarket.com

Glass Lizard

Mike made a tiny wirey bed for this guy, how cute! See more pics at Mike's Picasa album.

This is the lizard I gave away in the earlier post, Free Beads.

a quirk of art

This blog has some amazing found object jewelry including this necklace...I do so love making something out of the nothings that clutter our world. I save just about everything. I have a giant jar of bottle caps that keeps getting bigger, three big jars of ribbon scraps and fabric bits (color coordinated, of course!) and every pocket of every tote bag I own has rusty bits I have picked up when walking along the street. I try NOT to pick stuff up in front of my daughters, as they are so young they will indiscriminately pick up anything. For instance, I DON'T pick up dog poop, no matter how interesting it may be. They might. It is a hard lesson to impart, what you can and cannot pick up on the street. Bottle caps, yes. Chewed gum, no. Rusty bit of interesting wire, yes. Dead bird, no.
See how confusing it is?