.......and a winner is.....Moi!

This is the necklace and close-up shots of the necklace that I made with the 9 Scrabble Tile Charms that I received via swapping through a group I belong to on Flickr called Altered Dominos & Other Altered Game Pieces. We have a wonderful group of ladies (I don't think any men belong to this group at this time) that create some awesome altered art! When the necklace is not worn, I will hang it one the wall so that I can see the artwork.






Isn't this a beautiful bead? This froggy's name is Lizzie. I won this from Larry's Beads that is located in my home town of Belleville, Illinois. And if you go to Larry's website and vote for his site you will be entered to win one of his beautiful beads too. Hop on over to Larry's and good luck winning.




















I recently won a book from Lindsey over at Craftside....and I am tickled. It's a paper quilling book titled: The Art of Paper Quilling by: Claire Sun-ok Choi. I've already begun making some of the floral arrangements. Not many mind you, but I have begun. I really need to get pictures taken of the book and what I have created so far. I so enjoy paper quilling while watching TV. Since my little fur baby, Coffee, likes me to sit right next to him, it's one craft I can do in the recliner.
And here they are.....a few pictures I finally took today.

Keeping boredom at bay

also made a couple of stuffies from needle felting. Both were suns and my Mother has one of them. When I was visiting her and was showing her some of the items I made she loved the first sun, so I strung it on some thread and hung it from her ceiling so that she would always have sunshine in her room. So I don't have a picture of the first one I made. And this one is double sided with a different face on each side.

I'm having trouble with formatting today for some reason. And I haven't been able to figure out why. If you know why and can help me, I would appreciate it. Also my photo program won't allow me to turn my pictures around today. Guess it's not a good day for me to use thi8s computer. And I hate Windows Vista!

Above is also a Dotee Doll I made for a swap over at Swapbot.com. I still have a piece of the fabric to make myself one of the dotees. I can't wait to see all the dotees made out of the same fabric and all the ways they will be embellished.

Since I have been home from the hospital I have been trying to keep the boredom at bay with some crafting when I feel good or not busy doing my exercises, or the nurse stopping by to check my protime. Prior to going into the hospital I gathered a few art supplies and made sure that I could get to them because I knew I would not be able to get into my craft room with the walker. I have just way too much stuff in there. Above are a few of the items I quilled. I've also made some earring but need to put the ear wires on first before I take the pictures.