Joyful Puttering: Collecting•Creating•Connecting

I made another tree....this time one side was blues and greens....with black and white and metallic accents. The second side is similar to t...

"She believed that all people deserve love, support, and equality. She believed that her husband was the love of her life, her children...

I was looking for images on Pinterst of pine branches for a project and this image came up. I had to pause for a minute to figure out what w...

I was quite taken with a fabric/needlework piece Tracie had hanging in her living room.  I was drawn in by the circles....and totally inspi...

I can't help but celebrate when this blog connects me with other artists....especially when we find common ground.  Christine and I have...

What a difference a few french knots make.

I did a little handwork on my June project during the ride back to Lexington today. We've been taking two cars the last few trips to Mai...

This is the inspiration piece that got me interested in needle punch.  I found it several years ago in a little handicraft shop in the middl...

Here are a few needle punch projects patiently waiting for my return....they've been waiting a long time.  I want to write a little abou...

After a few hours of yard work I settled in this afternoon and worked on hand stitching through an entire Red Sox game with Paul. I'm ge...

These are actually rocks that I felted with wool using a wet felting technique.  I wrapped the rocks with layers of wool roving and with soa...

I am writing this on April 12th and it's mom's birthday....she would have been 89 today. One of my favorite things I have from my...

...or in my case " bluework ."  It might be hard to tell but this is actually navy blue. I had seen some interesting repetit...

Here is another spread from my Pinterest inspired journal. This page was inspired by this pin of a quilt found  here  on flickr...

   I saw this on Pinterest and it inspired  me to make this card for a friend. I used  floss to hand stitch the pine branch. ...