I am a
Nigella
What Flower
Are You?
Well, I have a squirrel for a pet, puppies for a pet, and I know I need kitties. How about parakeets? The only other thing I could see was goldfish and they would fall in the water category and not the pet. Hummm, hard, hard choice, I considered a ferret but that would be way confusing! Duck? No. Horse? Nope. Pet birds are nice.
And why aren't this birdies called a 'dove'? Because a pair of doves would sound funny........Boo....Hiss..... Bad joke, I know. C&G Design
Whip up that de-licious cake!
Get ready to spread the sweetness around!
Pink Saturday is a year old!
So many parties to attend! So many goodies are at Beverly's.
Crash the party and have some fun!
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Just the awards presentation left, *sigh.* C & G Design
4 blocks left....wooo hooo! C&G Design
This is a picture taken from the posing of a bed sheet and although Ann face is alittle squiggled on the navy dressed Ann, I think it still works.
This will finish up my water animals, and I'll move on to the insects. I think I have a great group of amphibians.
But it was reeeally easy, all I had to do was follow it like a spiderweb, out from the center, back in...doing the outline stitch along the way.
I'm glad I chose this version of sea turtle. C&G Design
Happiness is.... pretty, pink , phlox. (Click Pink)
Happiness is.. prefect, pretty, pink, phlox.
I concluded 5 categories, zoo, barnyard, insect, water and pets. All done for 4 blocks of the first two categories. (4 x 5, is my goal) I need 3 insects, I have only a ladybug so far.....I need 3 water, funny.....I included the beaver as a water animal, what else could I do with it? 
I need 2 pets, I included the squirrel as a pet, there isn't a pest category!
I found this cute set in a plastic bag and marked $1.99 for the pair. That's a no brainer, and still on the shelf for muuu-wa?!
My 1995 collectible book has this pair listed for $10 to $15 a piece. Remember, as a rule, dolls or doll association will increase at least $10 each decade since determined valve (exclude something faddish or currently popular).
The puppies were interesting to do because it is similar to the turkey with it's different lines, and challenging to do because it calls of "predicting" the ending threads. I had to finish the little puppy before I jumped to the big dog, I saw no sense in jumping 4 times when I could do it once. I did pretty well, I cut only once and that was at the paws.
Like how my Maine Coon cat wouldn't move for anything, you can see his white collar in the picture. So I photographed the grouping on him last night. And he still didn't move! 
Surely, I'd at least deserve a closer look, OHHH! How I don't like missing something by that much! A smidgen. Following her would only make me look stalkerish, and she is still talking on the phone.......
I want to say at this point, I thought the dress on this doll was not original, but I've since changed my mind. The only information I could find on her was the ad shown above. This dress is one piece, I suspect her shoes were hot pink to match, she wore simple socks. It might be difficult to find hot pink shoes but maybe with EBay, I'll have some luck. My doll has no rips in her skin, she does have this hole in the back of her neck, I thought it was for a pull string that broke, but it is apparently for ventilation. She is stuffed with something so soft, I can't even describe it. She will slowly return to her shape after being squeezed in the tummy. I believe this hole makes this possible.
Back to the cell phone talking lady, Well...we found ourselves at the hard goods, she still on the phone, me pretending to shop. Much to my amazement she ended her conversation and double checked this baby doll, put it in the seat of her cart two times.....digging her glasses out of her purse, checking the neck....(no marks)...and just when I was going to give up, she slams it down on a top shelf and quickly walks off. The poor guy looking at the stationary made a slight move towards my doll, I a-u-t-o-m-a-t-i-c-l-y reached across his face and grab this lovely beauty. 'Sorry', I said.
Okay, she was $12.99, a bit more than what I usually pay but.....I knew, Horseman? The oldest doll maker, I can spot one from across a gym!
The Horseman site has a listing of all dolls made by the company, the site claims if it is unmarked it is not "Horseman". It also states many parts, heads and molds were made for other companies.
Doesn't this look like Kanga and Roo from Pooh?
I guess I might have a few exotic mammals. C & G Design
I'm not a foremost painter, I have my accents I can use and get by with. This sounds simple, wet paper (soaked) with 6 parts water to 1 part acrylic paint.
I'm under the impression this is a quick method of creating beautiful works of art.
The book also talks about loading you brush properly, that hasn't changed.
I haven't attempted this kind of painting but I plan to. Cheaply comes to mind, no canvas as you really can't wet a canvas. Regular craft paints will do too!
But look at the marvelous blending, effortless.
The end result is spectacular. 
I printed it from a different site, one that doesn't allow to size???? What's with that? Anyway, half the picture got cut off and I had to add it myself. It came out quite large in comparison to my fabric.
Whoa! I'll have to be careful when I sash this one! C&G Design
This stitchery is really fun, words can't describe how smooth it goes and how much ( how little) attention is needed to do this. I guess maybe the big stuff will come later. The quilts have a specific quilting pattern and I have not decided if that's what I want, I haven't decided anything yet, any suggestions?
It's been wonderful to write to 'the world' over this past year, I've made some lovely friends and learned so much from them. The cyber-world is a definate connection to people otherwise would of never met!
My give-a-way is this adorable set of Ann and Andy, which I made in 1996 and are marked such: 
I'll have this badge on my sidebar, clicking on it will lead readers to this post. If you would like to be entered into my give-a-way, comment on this post! If you would like to be entered twice please feel free to use my badge/ link for your blog, just let me know you have done so. I'll put all the names in a bag and draw on on June 5 th. So, please remember to check back! I'll need addresses! Oh, so many people I'll want to have these! My mother and sister are exempt from this contest, just cause....they've know me all my life and can get this stuff anytime!
