Strawberries....pincushions....birds.....snowmen...and pudding....

My friend Tracey over at Glitterbug Studios and I have been in a craft frenzy! We talk to each other just about everyday about ideas we want to start on or creations in the works. It seems January does this to me. In January I like to break out the old needle and do a little sewing. I like to work with felt (both wool felt and acrylic) because it's easy to hand sew and doesn't ravel. The other day I was surfing and came across this very talented felt artist, Jen Segrest who is the author of the book "Pretty Little Pincushions". Anywho I decided to tackle one of her tiny adorable pincushions. She has an tutorial on Flickr for them, click here to shoot on over to check it out.

I made mine slightly bigger than Jen's bottle cap pin cushions. I used the lid off of a salad dressing bottle. If you use a salad dressing lid then use a CD to trace around for the top part (the red felt). The ruler is for your Jacque! (my buddy from CA always tells me I need to put a ruler next to things so she knows how big/small they are). Hey Jacque, it was 25 degrees here today!

I made little 2 inch long pins decorated with tiny glass beads (they're secured with a crimp bead underneath the last bead).

Since it was a chilly 25 degrees here today, I'm thinking I'd like to be this little snowbird and fly away to some place warmer......wherever that may be since it seems to be cold everywhere lately!

Dusted with a little glittery snow......

Complete with little birdie feet.........

Hey! Hope you had a great Monday! Check back tomorrow as I''ll be posting new Ebay goodies just in time for Valentine's Day.