Waldorf Puppet Making

I finished the puppet up last night. Gosh, I'm so happy with how she turned out!

I used wool locks for her hair. I really love the soft look they give her. As though she weren't soft enough, yeah. This was my first time using locks. They were such fun to arrange and needle felt into place. The whole thing was a lot of fun to work on. I can't wait to make up a bunch more. You may even find a few in my little shop at some point.

It's a rainy dreary day out so I couldn't really capture the loveliness of the silk. But we painted them with watercolors and it has such a gorgeous shift of pink to peach to yellow. I loved the results of this technique so much that I'm going to paint some larger silk pieces to make curtains for the girls' bedroom window.

And I'm going to send you off with a winner for this week's giveaway....

Sunshine Mama

Congratulations! I'm going to contact you right now and you will have till 2-21 to get back to me. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, friends!

Mama Crafts

Today I had some mama crafting time with a friend. We made puppets from silk squares while our little ones played together. Crafting is one of my very favorite things to do, but creating with friends is even better.









We went our own way with them but you can see much of my inspiration here.

I'll be back here tomorrow to show you the finished product and I'll have a winner for you of this week's giveaway. You still have some time to enter if you haven't.

Highlights of a Birthday... Number 5

Today my Zoe is five. Five years old. Today there were presents opened when mama still had sleep in her eyes. Today a special cup was toted around all day (Thank you, Laura, she loves it!) and a t-shirt made by mama just the night before was proudly worn and shown off to everyone.



A set of toys from Anne Moze came just the day before and are so loved already. She and Kaiya played with these beautiful figures all evening. What a joy to sit and listen to them making up stories together!



One more shirt I didn't finish in time (but just finished up now that they've gone to bed). You can find the pattern for this one here.

We read 'On the Day You Were Born' in bed this morning. I can barely make it through the ending... "We're so glad you've come!". So, so very glad, Zoe Gail!

XOXO

Happy Valentine's Day!