Garden

In case you were wondering why the crafting has been going slow lately. Well I've been outside setting up a garden.



We have to garden in raised beds because our ground doesn't seem to drain. Plus we have alot of clay. Its just easier to garden in raised beds. Of course it back breaking work to fill the beds. But once you have them filled, its not so bad. We are working on the second dump of garden soil now. This is our kitchen garden. It will be filled with herbs and vegetables we use most in the kitchen.

Flower beds too






Check out my awesome birdbath:

I found it at Lowes.

The only way to plant mint, in pots, LOL:


Anyway, we still have 3 more garden beds to fill with soil and one flower bed.

The shoes done

Here are the shoes close up.





The pattern:

She's done!!! Introducing Sporty Poppet

I finally got the poppet made for my niece. She's really into sports so I wanted to make this special for her. I copied her school uniforms.

Soccer:


Close up of the shirt:


Volley Ball:


Skirt, Shirt and purse:






Face Close up:


Nekkid Shots:






The clothes all laid out:


I made 2 uniforms, one shirt, one skirt, a pair of shoes, socks and underwear and one purse. Ineed to tweek the shoes a bit. The grommets I used on it are not wanting to stay in the felt so I'm going to just sew around the holes. But basically she's done. I created all the patterns for her clothes. I had fun creating her.

My oldest son has requested one now. He's requested one with boy parts. So I'm hoping to start on that soon.

Books last week

I read a number of books last week. Easy to do when your kiddos are sick.

Paperback
The Undead Next Door - Kerrelyn Sparks - This is 4th book in her "Love at stake" series. I've enjoyed every book in this series so far. I reccommend it for a good read.

e-Book
Shards of the Mind - Theolyn Boese - This is book 2 in Ta'e'sha Chronicles - I love this series. Its a very emotional series. I can't wait til the next one comes out. Its nice to see the characters grow. The Ta'e'sha Chronicles are about a species of beings that are from another planet and can change into merpeople. You meet the captain and his family and their aquisition of a human mate. You can find it at Loose-id.
http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=670

I bought and read Camille Anthony's entire Werewulf Series. She also publishes at Loose-id.
http://www.loose-id.com/searchresult.aspx?CategoryID=13
Multiracial and I guess multispecies I love a good werewolf story.

Its some good readin'

Crochet Chickens

I made Crochet Chickens for my youngest son's class for Easter.









They have plastic eggs inside them. My greatgrandmother made my brother and I some of these so I just had to make some of these for my kiddos. I made theirs 3 years ago and I use them every year.

St Patty's Day Skirt

I made myself a patchwork skirt for St. Patrick's Day. I found a cute fairy shirt and some green and black sock from Hot Topic and just had to make a skirt to match.







Detail of the hem's stitching


Detail of the fabrics used


It took a heck of alot of squares, LOL.

Inspired by:
http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=226380.0
Tutorial:
http://indietutes.blogspot.com/2007/05/patchwork-circle-skirt.html