A Beary Happy Birthday

This bear is a gift for my good friend J.P. who purchased a camper last year and enjoys it most weekends (weather and work permitting).  He wanted a bear to match the sheets in his camper and I found this great pattern on Etsy.  I like this pattern because it is not too cutesy and the kerchief allowed me to incorporate some of the sheet material.  I was lucky that the sheets came in a bag made out of the same fabric.  Very handy for matching the bear!

I also made this tag for the gift - continuing the bear theme.  I copied a Dover image of the bear and cut up a postcard that had some trees on it.  The background is a chipboard tag stamped with wood grain.  The balloons are from a Yellow Owl Workshop set.

Happy Birthday J.P.!!

Booties!

My goodness!  It has been a while since I posted, and, I am happy to be back!!

My dear husband blew out a disk in his back earlier this year and needed a lot of care.  The poor fella was in agony at first.  Opiates helped some, but, he was not wanting to get into that habit.  Eventually, with some exceptional care from his doctor and some back injections, he is just about back to normal.  I wanted to keep him company as much as possible because he was confined to the home so much.  So instead of spending time in the craft room, I would hand sew - which I can do just about anywhere.

I made these adorable baby booties using felted wool and some printed jersey for the laces.  At first I tried making them with contrasting thread (white thread against the pink wool), but, my stitches just did not look that great.  This is the result of my third attempt.  When you are making tiny items, every little detail needs to look just right.  Or maybe I just obsess a little... LOL

The pattern came from a Creative bug class with Kata Golda 

I am hoping to expand my baby booty skills with felt.  There are some really cute patterns out there!