Humming Bird / Halloween

Received lovely hummingbird photo in the mail today from Tina Wilson.

She took the photo herself; my scan doesn't do it justice. She writes that the bird is a female ruby-throated hummingbird, and that the flowers are bottlebrush . This picture is from a drawing that I entered at MJF that Tina sponsored. I was the winner of this lovely photo. My Vavo loves humming birds, and they always remind me of her.

We have a little humming bird nest in our front room that we accidentally cut down when we pruned our tree last year. If I had known it was in the tree, I would have left that branch. Maybe I will post a photo of it later. It is real neat; they made it out of cobwebs.

My kids also got this card from Grandma and Grandpa Smith.

It is a cute little card.

Sorry, my blog feed seems to be a little messed up at the moment. I apologize; I am not sure why it is showing really old posts.

WIP chair

Here is a WIP for the day.

Detail of the top of the inside back of the chair. I really like carved furniture, and this has just a little bit of it. The chair is from about 1900 and has porcelain casters. I am going to make it match the two wing backs in my front room; a sort of his and hers look.

Cake + Pie Swap

I signed up for a Christmas ornament swap at cake + pie.

I think it should be lots of fun. I can't wait to start on my projects for this, plus I am in a swap at MJF for Christmas, too. Should be a neat holiday with a lot of new hand-made stuff.

The buttons are up at Etsy

I was able to post the buttons on etsy this morning.

So, if you want them, they are there.