I've been rather slow in listing new items in my Etsy shop. I blame my computer. It's been on the fritz for a while now (meaning it likes to shut down when it's been on for what it considers too long!)

At any rate, here's the latest item - Hair Band with a small, but very sweet felted ladybug:

So how cool is this? IndieNorth.com pulled together a "Something Blue" Gallery on their site today (the theme obviously is handmade items that are blue...)

Anyways, one my little blue felted flowers was featured in the mix! I'm #2. Yay!

You can check it out here.

P.S. For those of you not familiar with Indie North (I only just recently discovered them myself!) they're a Canadian Indie Business Collective.

I met and saw Jennifer's creations at the Stitch 'n Kitsch in Waterloo. I love the simplicity of it.

You can read about Jennifer and check out her work on here site: www.jennifersgraham.com.

I added some new items to my Etsy Shop tonight including felted magnets.


I am particularly fond of the sushi. (Ok, I really do love the sushi! It was so much fun to make!)

Every year growing up Easter was all about good food, company and decorating eggs.

I can't say much has changed except that I now partake in the decorating aspect of things. My parents are Slovenian, so decorating eggs is done in traditional old school style. My Dad was taught by his Dad and he has now passed on the tradition to me.

It starts by dying the eggs using onion peels (all natural baby!) They make the eggs this lovely golden red/brown colour.

Then using a sharp blade, you etch/scratch your design into the egg. My Dad's style is all about portraits of famous people (usually of the political variety). When I finally grasped the technique (meaning stopped breaking eggs) I went with a more abstract patterns and designs. (I can't draw portraits for the life of me!)

Anyways, check out all the egg decorating pics here!

The violets in my windows have been blooming like crazy for the last couple of weeks. Clearly this is a sign of Spring!