Happy Birthday Mary!

A 4th Birthday treat!

birds of a kind ....

one of our chickenpants, by matty ...



and a lovely barn owl, by daisy ...



we have been doing some thank you letters, they do a line of writing and draw some lovely pictures!

Something cute!

when matty presented me with a drawing of a rat made in yellow felt pen on the back of some stickers paper, I just had to find a way to preserve it, with its fresh simple lines and very ratty nose ...



so I traced the image using the trusty window as a light box, onto some lovely vintage linen ... and carefully followed the design in back-stitch ...



I know I am not the first person to work with their children's drawings like this, but I had to have a go, as hubby was watching one of those Jimmy Stewart Movies!

following in my footsteps ....

Daisy asked me to show her how to do a running stitch she saw in a felting book from the library, so i looked out some soft fabric and bright thread...



Matty decided she would like to have a go too...



she concentrated for a long time, and produced some very small neat stitches - for a first go!



isn't that lovely?

Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Anniversary ...

i am thankful to be celebrating our 4 years of marriage, and am taking stiv out for dinner tonight,
thankful for my little healthy family,
and my stabs at creativity ...
thankful also for my blog visitors and kind comments over the past couple of years i have been blogging ...

Please come back tomorrow, for a giveaway, which you can have in time for Christmas, urgh did i say that word already!?

hugs
cat xxx