its a mad mission

Bill calls this new, limited edition work, “Smoking candle in the midnight breeze.” He’s considering opening an etsy shop.

…and soon to be on Etsy for public consumption.

It’s official: I’ll be teaching here next month. 

I’ve got to say, this felt I finished last night is one of my new favorites.

…with five new bundles of joy. There’s more to come, but I wanted to get things moving. First 3 sales get free shipping, b/c I don’t know how much shipping actually costs. It’s a great way to find out.

www.junebugfelts.etsy.com

It’s one of our favorite finds on allrecipes.com:

Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings

We add a bag of mixed veggies. It’s not really summery food, per se, but summer hasn’t arrived yet here yet, so we’re squeezing this meal in before it does.

The fair went amazingly well this weekend, and I had a great time. We (and I say “we” because Bill was an incredible help this weekend ringing up sales and doing anything else that needed doing) sold almost all of the 19 felts. I sat in front of the booth a good chunk of the time and stitched, which ended up being one of my favorite parts of the fair. Felting is a rather abstract concept until you see someone do it live, and people were as fascinated by the art as I am. As a result, we hit nearly 90 registrants for the felt class I’m teaching mid-summer at the church. Looks like it’s going to be felt classES, and that’s fine by me. It will be good to be teaching again after such a long sabbatical (from ESL teaching last time).

Here’s some shots from our booth this weekend. Anything felted is ours, the painted dolls are by Goosegrease, and the prints are by LiveFromBrooklyn.