Buzzmills

Marching in a band...

These were the words that were being chanted as we left the playground... Hope you have a wonderful weekend!  

And, just because it's funny and silly, here's a little customer appreciation picture of the Easter bunny cosies from earlier this week...

Easter lambs (and a bunny...)

Sometimes kids cooperate and play together...

The cat doesn't bug you too much...

And you are able enjoy each other telling stories and such as you finally finish up something you started a while ago!  And, that is how it went today...

Way back in the beginning of March I started some little Easter lambs for my etsy shop...but then sickness, business trips and my Covert Robin gift came first...oh yeah and these little bunnies that I knew I wanted to make!...And, now, just about a week before Easter, they are finally listed!  

Oops, a bit late in the game...but, if you are interested in one for an Easter basket let me know ASAP and I will do my very best to get it to you in time!  

Oh, and just because...one new little bunny too!

Okay then, back to enjoying this beautiful Spring day!!  Thanks for stopping by!

A, too silly, bird's nest...

I had a bit of brown wool roving left over after making some little bunny ear egg cozies.  So, I thought, bird's nest...

I made the nest the same way I made the egg "hats" but, for the nest I made it a bit more shallow.  Then I added a few little felted eggs...

Cute and tiny...

And then I had an idea...put it on a headband.  So I cut out a small piece of brown felt, added some glue and sandwiched the headband between the felt and the nest.  Cuter?...

Hmmm, as it turns out, not cuter :(  Violet agreed to put it on so that I could take her picture, but declared it to be TOO SILLY to wear!  

Ahem, too silly you say?...says the girl sticking out her tongue...

So, now it sits on the mantel...

Vroom, a Retroish car shirt...

Over the weekend we had another little boy birthday party to go to :)  The last time he was at our house he showed great interest in one of Henry's cars, a yellow car...And, so, a gift idea was thought up...

Between the mustard yellow diamonds, the vintage boy and dog hanging out of the windows, and the corduroy wheels, which make me think of elbow patches, it has a bit of a retro, old-school feel to me.  

I love the puppy, doesn't he look like his ears are actually flopping around in the wind!

I think I am going to have to recreate this one for Henry, especially after seeing the birthday boy wearing it!  So, perhaps for KCWC I will be making a slew of t-shirts for Henry!

Bunny ears, a request...

A couple of weeks ago I received a request from a friend.  She had seen some bunny ear egg cozies somewhere that she wanted to get but then, when the time came, she couldn't find them.  

And so, always up for a challenge ;)  I volunteered!  At first, I thought that she wanted wool felt bunny ears, easy!  But then, after further discussion, she actually meant felted wool bunny ears.  You can see how that is a bit confusing...

I am by no means experienced at felting.  I have done a bit here and there, and we did make our own felt balls for our acorn Christmas tree, but this was maybe a bit over my head. I used this tutorial for "How to make a felted stone" from Lil Fish Studios as a starting point.  

First, I found some of our old plastic Easter eggs to use as a mold of sorts.  I simply pulled apart a square of wool roving and then laid another square in the opposite direction on top of the first one.  Next, I pressed the wool over the plastic egg and carefully dipped the top into a bit of hot soapy water.  Once the wool was wet I gently rubbed and pushed and formed the wool onto the egg.  After my egg "hat" was formed I left it on the egg to dry.  For the ears I took a small amount of wool, got it wet and soapy, and carefully kneaded it into an ear form.  Next, I snipped some pink ears and noses from wool felt and a bit of embroidery floss to use as whiskers.  And now, the next step shows the felting novice in me...I hot glued the wool felt pieces onto the felted ears and cap to finish off my face and attached the ears to the cap with hot glue as well.  I know I know that is probably not the proper way to do it, but then again, I was winging it!  

Either way, they turned out pretty cute, don't you think?!!

And here they are in their safe place waiting to get packed up...

Tee hee, those ears crack me up!! :Have a lovely day! :)