Letter Banner and kitty...

 I have a new niece on the way, so for her baby shower, I made a banner using the new alphabet banners from Big Dreams Embroidery.

 Since my niece is a big fan of Hello Kitty, I made the banner for her little one using Hello Kitty Material that I found at JoAnn's.  I love Hello Kitty! 

 The letters are so easy to do, and they look really nice once they have been stitched out!!

 I hope that they will like it!  I think I need to make myself one using some Star Wars material that I found at JoAnn's!

Last week we found this cute kitty at work that I named Julius (Orange Julius, get it?).   He was in our wood pile out in the back, and he was yelling really really loud whenever anyone would go back to see him.  It was funny, it was like he wanted you to see him, but he then he remembered he was supposed to be afraid of you.  LOL  I think he just needed a really mommy.

Luckily, one of my friends found a home for him, and I hear he was really happy to be there.  I'm so glad when kitties find new homes.

A day to play with my beads

 Today I took the day off from work cause I just needed a day off to play.  I was going to sleep in, but when you have cats they have other ideas.  So  I was up early sorting beads and decided to play with my beads today instead of my embroidery machine.

Here are some of the things I was working on today:

 I love the sun!  These beads I found at Beverly's, they are just so fun and happy and on the flip side there is a moon!

 The lanyard above was a request from a friend of mine.  She wanted something in Patriotic colors, and since most of my bead collection is in the basement somewhere, I went out to buy some blue beads.  I like how it came out.  I found the big blue heart bead at the flea market awhile ago, and the red and silver findings I found at the bead show last weekend.

 Today was also my beachy themed jewelry day.  I just love all things that have to do with the sea.  I spent a lot of time at the beach when we were kids, so there are a lot of really fond memories of spending the late afternoon going to the beach while our parents were surf fishing.

 I found these little bobbers at Cabela's on our last trip to Reno.  I just had to use them in a pair of earrings. 

 And these things are called spoons.  I think they are just too cool and remind me of many pairs of earrings that I've owned in the past.  Plus I remember someone asking me one time why I like earrings that look like fishing tackle.  So of course I had to find a way to use them in jewelry.

 They make so many cool colors!  Love the silver/teal colors of these spoons.  Now I want to take a trip out to Scheel's to get more!!

And lastly, my nephew has wanted my bullet earrings/charms in red.  And my flea market lady never had them.  I was so excited to see them at the bead show last weekend, so of course I scooped them up!!  One actually is just red glass, and the other has a fire polished sheen to it.  You can't really tell with the photos. 

I really need to invest in a mini photo studio!!

That's all my creations for today.  Tomorrow we will be on to embroidery!!

Embroidered Owl and University of Super Villains

Today I actually got to use the owl applique on a garment.  I bought this jumper for my future niece a couple of weeks ago, and just thought they were a little plain.  So I decided they needed a little decoration.  And the owl fit perfectly!!

 (Yes, I think I need to take a better photo too).  LOL

 I think she's so darn cute and sparkly!  I just love how she turned out.  I might embroider "Lil' Hoot" on the back, but I'm waiting to hear if my niece is actually going to be a niece and not a nephew.  LOL

 I also embroidered the owl on a bib.  I think that turned out too cute!  I'm going to embroider her in different  colors within the next couple of days.  And I want to see what other designs she has to embroider.  I did find a cute turtle the other day, turtles are always cute.

And her's the blue owl close up.  I really like this owl!

 

So, last weekend we were driving around downtown and I saw this hanging from one of the bank buildings.  How cool is that!!  I tried to google what this could possibly be, but nothing yet.  Hmmm, will have to check it out!  Maybe it's Dr. Horrible??  LOL

Embroidered Owls and new necklace

 One of my nieces is very fond of owls. So I found this great program on etsy by artapli.  She has a lot of great designs on her site, and I really loved these owls!  The design comes with 5 owls in 7 different sizes.  I think that is so awesome!  I just love how she included all the designs.  Plus she included a free design in my purchase.  I know I'll be purchasing designs from her again!

 I'm really starting to like this applique embroidery.  I was a bit fearful at first, not knowing what I'm doing, but now that I'm getting more and more used to doing it, it's really very easy to do!

I'm also working on some jewelry.  I posted a necklace I made for my sister-in-law awhile back, and one of my friends said she wanted to order one.  And I took it to work, and my friend at work wants me to make her more jewelry. 

Now I'm getting inspired to create more things.  Check back to see what is next!