Tissue Paper Collage Birds and a Wool Woven Nest

January 4, 2012
By phyllisarts
Tissue Paper Collage Birds and a Wool Woven Nest

A nice project for a freezing cold January day! We made a huge mess making these little birds! But they are so bright and shiny and uplifting! We cut the bird shapes from card-stock and made little collages with old newspaper and scrapbook paper and old maps. Then we layered and layered and layered...

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Watching the Squirrels

January 3, 2012
By phyllisarts
Watching the Squirrels

Can you see the squirrel sitting on the stump eating a pumpkin? Rainey loves the squirrel family and has been worried about them since the big Halloween storm took down many branches in their oak tree home leaving their nest exposed. She’s been leaving dried corn, gourds and now pumpkins out for them. It’s...

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Fourth light of Advent

December 18, 2011
By phyllisarts
Fourth light of Advent

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Super soft and sweet up-cycled wool sweater felted to perfection

November 18, 2011
By phyllisarts
Super soft and sweet up-cycled wool sweater felted to perfection

$40.00This Super soft and sweet up-cycled wool sweater has been felted to perfection! It is really soft and very warm and oh so sweet! It has one button closure at the top, a pretty pink flower made of felted sweater and a vintage button, and for a s...

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Waxed leaf mobile

November 8, 2011
By phyllisarts
Waxed leaf mobile

We remade our wax mobile with some new leaves. They hang from a tree root we found after some trees fell a few years ago. We also added acorns made of felted balls a d real acorn tops.

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Dipping pressed Autumn leaves in melted beeswax

November 8, 2011
By phyllisarts
Dipping pressed Autumn leaves in melted beeswax

Today we are dipping some of the Autumn leaves that we have been collecting on our nature walks, in melted beeswax. We do this every year. It is so pleasant to smell the melting beeswax and see the lovely Autumn colors! The wax really preserves the leaves. We have a basket of waxed leaves...

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