Little Gifts

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week at my daughters' school. In addition to contributing to the big gifts for their teachers, I made these little gifts. The girls' class is known as the Turtles, hence the theme. Sorry for the horrible background in the picture. Scanning 3-D objects on my scanner is tricky.

Glossy White paper; Wasabi, Bayou, and Basic Brown inks; brayer; Natural Prints SU! stamp set; sticky note pads; Velcro dots; double-sided tape and sticky sheets; microbeads; and Pentel RSVP pens.

Color Trend

Here's a color trend that I love: Gray, Mustard, Terracotta, and Olive.

Margaret posted pictures of her Margaret's Stitch.



And Arielle posted this week's ColourQ choices.


Pictures distorted to encourage you to click through to see the originals.

Five on Last Friday

Last Friday was a beautiful day here in DC. A perfect spring day. Too gorgeous to spend all day inside.

I had an errand I needed to run. I was planning to do it at the end of the day, but remembered that I had a telecon. At lunchtime, then, I retrieved a bag from my car and took metro from my office up to Eastern Market, ran my errand, bought a sandwich, and walked back to my office. Gorgeous. On the way, I passed through Barthodli Park and by the fountain (pictured). It was the first time I'd been there.

So here are my 5 on Friday for last week: 1) Walking 2 miles, 2) on a beautiful day, 3) while accomplishing both an errand and some exercise, 4) through a park I hadn't previously visited, and 5) seeing a beautiful fountain and learning more about it. It was just delightful!

Palm Sunday

L on left; A on right

Thinking of You

March was a busy craft month for me. Not only did I make good progress on the bunny ornament I pictured yesterday, I attended Stamp Camp and made cards for a card swap. The swap happens this weekend. Here's the card I made. The theme was Flower Power.

Stamp sets: SU Shades of Nature and Warmest Regards;
Paper: Sage (yes, that's supposed to be Sage), Banana, Brilliant Blue, and White;
Inks: Sage and Bashful Blue; Red Gingham ribbon

Design copied from SU spring mini catalog, 2006

Except for the "Manly Card" swaps, I tend to make sympathy or get well soon cards. The swaps usually have a lot of happy, bright cards, so I like to add something a little different to the mix. Sadly, I also find I have need of more of these types of cards than I would like, and they're not ones I want to be making at the last minute, which is usually when I need them.

Easter Bunnies

Remember this little bunny from 2008 and the Bride's Tree Stitch-a-long?

Shortly after I stitched it, my DH brought home this adorable baby rattle from Germany.

In early 2009, I was inspired by the colors and decided to stitch the little bunny again. It took me 3 tries to get the colors to work (I still think the blue's a little dark), but I finished stitching this just in time for Easter this year.

Sorry for the faded colors; my scanner wasn't cooperating today.
The orange and the blue of the stitched bunny match the rattle closely, in real life.
The threads used were DMC : Orange (3854), Green (164), Blue (3325), Dark Brown (434), Brown (437)
Fabric is a scrap of 18 count cream Aida.

She needs an ironing and some whiskers. I'm going to turn both bunnies into ornaments for my daughters. Maybe by Easter next year.

Happy Easter!

Welcome, Treasurer Hunters! Your letter is L. The pattern for the above chart is available from Free Patterns Online. Your next stop on the hunt is a visit to Christine at The Alchymyst's Study. Want to learn about the Hunt? Visit Jo at Serendipitous Stitching.

A small project I stitched a few years ago.