Bird Doodles Pearl Mini Wall Ornament

Thanks to everyone for the kind get-well wishes :) I'm still stuck in bed, but slowly getting better. I'm glad I had all these swap projects made already so I can post SOMETHING! It's making me crazy not being able to be up and crafting, but I think I might do some embroidery. That's one craft I can do while laying down! Anyhoo, this is a little wall hanging/ornament I made for the bird swap.

It looks like inchies, but the squares are actually 1 & 3/8 inch. I put them together by sandwiching string between the square and another thin panel on the back with hot glue. And some faux pearls. The bottom is just twisted wire also with faux pearls!

Here's my favorite square! Bird Party!

And my other favorite. I hope you guys like! It was pretty fun to make, and another good way to display inchies, even though these aren't technically inchies. Meh, 3/8" doesn't make a huge difference.

Birdhouse Mini Art Quilt

Tada! Here is my very first attempt at a mini art quilt! It measures aboooout 9x12'' give or take. The edges aren't perfectly straight, and I had no clue how to finish the back, but I'm still reasonably proud of it.

I made some good use of the decorative stitches on my sewing machine to do the quilting. It took FOR-EV-ER.

I ventured to do a bit of applique and I really liked the way it turned out. I felt like it also took forever to do the satin stitching on the sewing machine, but it would have been MUCH longer if I wanted to do it by hand.

I did do some hand embroidery here on the bird, but not much. Happy Saturday :)

Chickadee Painting

Wahoo! The new power cord to my computer arrived today! I'm so happy.... Now I can blog from bed. Yeah, I threw out my back again on Tuesday night and have been laying in bed since, but I did get out of the house on Wednesday to go to the doctor and for my MRI today. Results on Monday.

This painting was for the Birds Birds Birds swap on Craftster! All those projects have been received, so I'll be able to post them. This is watercolor and acrylic ink and scrapbooking paper. Needless to say, I haven't done any new crafting, except for punching like a million rinchie bases while loco on pain pills. My new 1" circle punch arrived and it's FANTASTIC, especially impressive while under the influence of drugs*. It punches through watercolor paper and cereal box with the greatest of ease. (It's EK Success brand from stampin' up. I highly recommend it. ) Anyways, have a super weekend everyone! Go outside and run and jump and have fun for me :)

*No, I don't condone illicit drugs, use as directed.