Deer in the fog

Deer in the fog
Originally uploaded by AlwaysInspired

This is my sweet little salt shaker that I bought at a yard sale for 10 cents! He didn't have a mate and I just couldn't leave him there to be all alone. He's tiny too and that is one of the reasons I love him so. I took a few pics of him in the grass. I thought this one was interesting because when I took the pic my camera lens fogged up from the humidity in the grass. Sort of a neat look, I think. My addiction to tiny is getting worse!

Merlin's a Superstar!

I went camping this weekend and had so much fun! We went fishing, ate wonderful camp sorts of food, sat in the sun, and just plain relaxed. It was great. I also wanted to share the link to a wonderful blog. My little furball, Merlin, was asked to be on her Scrappy Dog Sunday feature. He was thrilled. Check out his interview here http://fasterkittykill.blogspot.com/

Mushroom Applique

Mushroom Applique
Originally uploaded by AlwaysInspired

Another part of the personal swap package to my faerie friend, woodland_faerie. I made her son an appliqued outfit. The mushroom was just done with me cutting out shapes of fabric and sewing. I didn't really use any sort of pattern. I love how it turned out. I also did a pair of shorts to go with the shirt that have a tree on them. If you'd like to see the whole outfit check out my flickr. I love applique!

Bag of fairy treasure

Bag of fairy treasure
Originally uploaded by AlwaysInspired

I made this bag to go along with Autumn Rae. I just love this picture as well. Sort of like a fairy dropped it and treasure spilled out. I filled it with a handmade sage wand, feather, leaf, rusted nail, rocks, and such. Things a fairy would keep on hand. I managed to use 4 fat quarters to make Autumn's outfit, this bag, 2 appliques for an outfit, and a fairy shawl. I still have 2 small squares of fabric left over too! Enough to embroider somethig fun onto them.

Autumn Rae

Autum Rae
Originally uploaded by AlwaysInspired

Autumn Rae has finally reached her new home so I can share her with everyone! She is a woodland sprite with wings. If you'd like to see her wings skip on over to my flickr account for some fun pics of her before she left my house! She was so much fun to make and a joy to send to her new home. Her eys are hand painted and glittered, her hair is super soft yarn too. She wears a leaf pendant made of glass. Her dress has ruffles and she has bloomers that match the green of the top of her dress. Her wings are detachable for ease of dressing. She was so much fun to make!

Owl

Owl Case
Originally uploaded by AlwaysInspired

When I saw the free pattern from Badbird was an owl I just had to stitch it up! You can visit her blog by checking it out over there -->.
She has the cutest embroidery patterns ever. I've stitched up 4 of them so far. I just thought this little guy would look great on this premade pillow cover I had laying around in the dungeon. If you'd like to see a close up of the stitching flitter on over to my flickr page.

Patriotic Gnomes!

Patriotic Gnomes!
Originally uploaded by AlwaysInspired

The new Friends of Craftster Raffle is going on and people loved my gnomes so much they thought it would be fun for me to do patriotic gnomes this go around. The theme is something about how you celebrate the 4th of July. The top and bottom canvases are my normal 2x2 inch hand stretched and the middle one is 2 inches wide by just over and inch tall. The middle canvas has a fire work done in glitter! I bought new glitter and just had to try it. The top gnome is waving old glory as the bottom gnome sits on a firecracker! Better watch out or there may be an accident!