Moon*&*Stars Studio
Today we had snow...We've had flurries before but today a bit of it coated the ground...And for Pollyanna, it was all new!
She got all the way across the yard before she noticed there was something different about the ground under her feet.
Then she tried to shake the snowflakes off....
And then she decided to taste it....
and REALLY liked it!
She was so excited!
Let's see how she does in DEEP snow!Another one of my life long favorites...Her voice is so much like an instrument to me..now and then. This is one of my favorite songs from her album "Blue" And the paintings in the slide show are hers too... If you have never listened to the words to her song "A Case of You" check it out. Pure Poetry and Very Beautiful...
And i don't even need batteries or a cable hookup to enjoy it!
I first heard this beautiful voice when i was just a girl. I used to listen to him constantly. I would play this album softly at night and fall asleep to it... Happy Thanksgiving everybody...
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"Full Moon Outside my Bedroom Window"
Pug dolls and finger puppet by Melissa at
and wool felted miniature pups by Stacey at
I love these little dolls, and the women who make them are really special too!
It's a little big on Pollyanna, but i am sure she will grow into it
This is the first dog sweater i have ever made, so now that it is finished, i can see how i would make a few changes to make it work better for me and for the dogs. Polly seems to like it tho and was in no rush to take it off. It is SO cold out there today i am sure she welcomes the extra layer! 
Even with the sweater on tho, as soon as the dogs come in from the yard, they make a bee line for the stove
snug as a bug in a rug....er....a sweater....
From this tangled mess, comes.....
some new jewelry, with more on the way. Here we have a blue lace agate necklace, some chunky garnet pieces, and as always the popular pearl pieces, some bracelets and gobs of earrings....
...more teddy bears knitted up, and waiting to be stuffed and sewn together. Some will be for small children, embellished with embroidered features and a few will be thread and button jointed with safety and button eyes....
And in this pile you can see a little baby sweater almost finished in a soft blue and pearly white yarn, a new patterned hat for Lola, a super small dog sweater in the works(my first one) and a loomed snowman doll almost ready to be stuffed and shaped.
And as if that wasn't enough, my new knitting class started at The Paper Sparrow. This time we are learning to knit mittens....
My teacher Linda is starting me out with two different methods of making mittens to see which one i like best...The traditional double pointed needle way, and the "Magic Loop" way on circular needles. I like both methods but i think so far the Magic Loop is my favorite. I know that with more practice, both methods will get easier, but right now knitting with four needles feels like i am wrestling with a porcupine in my hands! (Keep your fingers crossed for me that i can get this lesson right)
So as i type this, this is what my kitchen table looks like at this very moment. What a mess! But with time and a little bit more focus, i should be able to wrap a few of these projects up and get them to the shop before Troy Night Out and the Victorian Stroll. What have you been up to?
Thanks CM!
When Aunt Peg saw my first bear, Cornelius, she asked me to make two bears for her grandsons for Christmas. Because the boys are very young, these teddies have no joints or buttons, or small parts that can be pulled off and swallowed...
The pod like shapes they are laying on are more bear parts knitted up and waiting to be stuffed and sewn together. And when they are ready they will sit on the shelves of The Paper Sparrow, waiting for children to take them home!
Well, i finished my second doll, using the Mother Bear pattern, but made a few changes on my own. This little critter knit up much faster, now that i know what i am doing, and i did my own thing with the face pattern too.
Meet Miss Kitty
and she even has a tail!
And here is a hat and scarf seti just finished. The hat was knit on the loom, and the scarf was crocheted. I'm tagging every thing up, and bringing them down to the Paper Sparrow for the Holiday shopping season! I just can't believe it is almost Thanksgiving and before you know it, Christmas will be here. I'd better get going!
I hope some little boy or girl will like my dolls enough to take one home...
I was surfing the net this morning and found one of my favorite movies available for free! It is the 1982 biography of Mohandas K. Gandhi, simply titled "Gandhi" What a wonderful movie! If you have never seen it, it is worth pulling up to the computer for the next 3 hours or so. Or if you prefer, it is a great movie to rent or own. For me, Gandhi is an example of how to live on this earth in peace.... Check it out here or in your local rental store. Netflix has copies too! Enjoy!
Gandhi spinning cotton
I call these little guys "Buns". They are made much like my other sock dolls, but using only one sock per doll. Their faces are painted on and the paint is non toxic and permanent, so it is washable and safe for children of all ages....
Buns have cottontails too! 
And here is my first knitted teddy bear, using the pattern i bought from the Mother Bear Knitting Project. I just finished him last night. I am hoping that the more i make, the faster they will make up. My intention is to send them to the main office for shipment to an African country, to children in orphanages who are suffering from HIV/Aids... For more info, click here But for now, i might just see if i can sell a few, with the profits going to the project for shipping and operational costs.
maybe i'll make him a matching hat too!
This little sweetie is one of the recipients of the Mother Bear project... Any knitters out there want to help? They have a pattern for crochet too! Their motto is: "Make a Bear-Make a Difference"
Ok, that's one leg in the seat....
Let's pull the other leg up....
Ok, now...how do i get my buns in the seat?
ok...let's try to spin around...
now i need to scoot back in the seat.... (Pollyanna is trying to help)
Ahhh! Just right!
I think i will sit back and listen to a few nice toons on my toy radio...
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