Hope it's worth waiting for.....

Finally, I 've managed to take some photographs in focus. Amazing!

My new toy is.......

........a Pfaff 350p needle felting machine. How cool is that? Well, I guess that depends on how much of a gadget queen you are - and that is my other name ;-)

And here are some things I did at the weekend with it:

A pin for my friend Valerie to say thank you for Saturday night
another little flower

and a flower attached to a hair grip (beautifully modelled by Beth!)

Stop Press!!

I've sold my very first thing online!! A handbag! Yippee!

Playing with felt and a Big Shot

I did something today that I've thought about doing for ages; I used a Sizzix die to cut felt. Although the blurb says you can, I am a little cynical and needed to try it for myself.

Sadly, the photos I took are somewhat out of focus, but the general idea is apparent. A trawl through my button box provided the centres. Some of the finer outlines never made it; the felt was acrylic and quite thin, and fell apart on a couple of occasions.

I have a bag design in my head that I think one or two would look good on and a couple more might make a brooch, too.

The family is all home from their visits away; son has returned from Sweden, daughter from her Nanna's. House is now back to normal - half term is just aboout over and so it's back to business as usual tomorrow.

How long until Easter?