I Smell Christmas!

Hello there! Thanks for joining me! I have happy news: my house smells like oranges and cranberries!

It's Black Friday today, and you know what that means, right? Riiight? Yes. Holing up at home with a steady stream of coffee and Gilmore Girls, hiding from Black Friday. (I DID sneak out this morning to buy the aforementioned cranberries and oranges, but that's about as daring as I get.)

So you know that person who decides to fold socks and alphabetize their movie collection to avoid doing their taxes? That would be me. Productive procrastinator. In order to avoid working on one mobile, I've been working on different mobiles. It's a pretty handy system so far.

At this point, I'm avoiding working on my Wizard of Oz mobile.

The final product will have the strings cleaned up and knots finalized, of course, but I CANNOT figure out what to do with the frame. I think it looks all spare and wrong to leave it as it is, but I haven't the faintest idea what to change. Maybe if I glare at it long enough it'll come to me. Or maybe some lovely person out there has a suggestion on how to fix it. *gazes hopefully into vast interweb void*

Until then, I've been working on another project: Felt Bunny Mobile with Carrots and Cabbages!

This one was a blast to make. I made it while watching Good Mythical Morning with my family. I love the holidays. :)

If all goes according to plan, my next post should be something akin to a tutorial. We'll be working on a mobile featuring tiny felt kittens and balls of yarn. Can't wait!

Thanks for stopping in! I hope you're doing well and I appreciate you. 

Much love and holiday happiness,

Millie

November Status Update: Overload

Hullo, everybody! 

This has been a nutty month for me. (I'm working more hours at my new job. My etsy shop is picking up. And don't even get me STARTED on NaNoWriMo!) I'm juggling several large-ish and time-consuming things at once, and I'm not sure how good I am at juggling yet. Most of my attempts so far have ended with lots of dropped things and a few bruises. Hopefully, with practice, I'll get better.

Here are a couple of things I've been working on this last week:

This one is similar to an earlier piece, but I'm playing with different initials and color schemes. This is an especially fun one to make; it's snappier because there's no need to mess with balancing the frame.

                                                      

This one has been sitting dismembered next to my desk for a few weeks. I love making the pieces for the mobiles, but occasionally I just can't bring myself to go through the pain of prepping and balancing the frame (it's pretty time-consuming), so the poor thing just sits there. I'm hoping to get better about that. 

I've got several other works-in-progress right now. 

 This one is going to be part of a poinsettia wreath. The centers of the flowers are going to be little gold jingle-bells. *furtively starts pulling out candy canes and twinkle lights* It's not too early to get into the holiday spirit, right?

I'm excited about this one. (I love all cloud- and sky-related decor.) All I need to do is finish the tails on the kites and we'll be ready to fly. I'll post pics when it's finished. 

There's also one in my head involving planets and flying saucers, but I figure I ought to finish the ones I'm working on first... right? Especially the Oz one. Guh. It's being such a PAIN right now! (I'll tell you about it next time.)

Well, I'm off to try to make some more progress. Thanks for stopping in! I hope you're doing well and I appreciate you.

All the best,

Millie