~ Creative Cold-Snap ~

 Iggy likes to sleep.

~ mostly 18 hrs every day.

 Until the clock strikes midnight,

... then he gets the wind up his fuzz-butt and flies around the farmhouse

 like a superhero with a bottle-brush for a tail.

and when he does that, he keeps me awake, or wakes me up like, hourly....

if HE is up, then I should be up too.

 {in a cat's mind}

So to turn the tables,

I pester him during the day when he is trying to sleep.

making sure to wake him every so often like he does to me - 

but at least I don't pounce on him 

or try to get in his mouth 

or pick his nose 

or pull any covers off of him

or open cabinet doors

or turn on sink faucets 

{yes he does, and sometimes flushes the toilet too!}

Here he is trying to take a nap in a sunbeam on the bed:

isn't the little pain in the neck adorable?

Ok Ig ~ I'll let you doze for a couple of hours...

{{ but you'd better keep one eye open for Mom. }}

 

So I am totally into this embroidery-thing.

it was always a fun thing for me to do, and I have always loved it.

every now & then I would embroider something.

even sold a few finished embroidered necklaces and pins ~ 

wearable folk art, as I like to call them.

this is a necklace that I made a few years back, and decided to keep it for myself ~

folky, whimsical & fun 

 ❤ 

I added buttons, pins and ribbon...

even an old rusty thimble.

I was thinking about holding a class for something similar in February ~

would anyone be interested in coming to the Farm and make one with me?

Here are Robin Redbreast {Cock Robin} and his Jenny Wren:

I'm all done with the embroidery, 

... now onto the 'finish-finish'.

the shading was something that I didn't know I was going to do until I was doing it...

things like that happen with me ~I just let my hands & my needle do their thing.

Robin is so dapper ~

he is shy, and fumbles a bit when in Jenny's presence.

he's never sure what to do with his walking stick when she is near him,

~ so he twirls it about and holds it behind his back sometimes

just to show off.

Jenny is quite demure ~ very quiet and patient.

she is gifting her dear Robin with a garland she made from honeysuckle vines ~

and they will hang this above their nest after they are betrothed.

I'll be working on the Parson Rook next ~ the preacher who marries them.

{{ You can read their entire story over there on my sidebar --->>  }} 

and I can tell you now that I am SUPER excited about working on him!!!!!

but in the meanwhile I wanted to stitch a tiny cat...

so I am.

the blue lines will wash away with a spritz of water, 

and my threads are DMC so they are colorfast ~ 

I'll finish this into a brooch,

 me thinks. 

Oh! and I was searching through my 'stuff'

and found a whole 'nother box of floss that I had previously wound onto thread cards 

and seemingly rainbow-color-coordinated them into a plastic box!

the stuff of dreams...

For those of you interested and have asked,

the embroidery group that I created on FB is called

Humble Work Hand Embroidery 

the group is for hand embroidery, no machine embroidery, no cross stitch please ~

If you would like to join, click on the group name above :) 

Keep those hands warm my friends!

Blessings from the Farm

 ~ Lori