owl say, these are cute!

aside from the horrible pun of a title...

this weekend was filled with lots of hand stitching! my sister found this really cute felt owl pattern from the blog Snowy Bliss and enlisted both mine and my moms help in getting the project started. the blog has an etsy shop where you can buy and download most of the patterns mentioned within the blog.

the stuffed felt owls are really cute and fairly simple if you have experience with hand stitching. most of the owl is done with a blanket stitch, which gives it a cute homemade look. the only machine done part is the application of the front piece to the back piece, making it strong and sturdy enough to be stuffed and durable. all the hand work makes the project a little time consuming, but the finished product is well worth it.

We're also making little removable tutu's for three of the owls. we are giving them to our little cousins in june after their national dance competition in vegas.

here are the owls separated into steps

one owl stuffed and done...three to go!

new beginnings

i feel like this is a season of new beginnings. like a new cycle is starting and everyone is moving forward. it's interesting to see where all these new life paths are leading. i know some amazing people that won't be a direct part of my life anymore. i'm sad i won't see or talk to them as often, but i'm also very, very proud of them.

change makes me antsy, but i've grown more fond of it. i have a bad tendency to have a negative attitude toward change when it's not on my terms, or i'm not prepared for it (i know, i know. welcome to life). i'm trying to take it in stride and work with it, in the faith that it's leading me to something better. i feel that i'm too comfortable where i am in life and i want to change that. i feel i'm finally in a position where i can facilitate a change.

reality tv

i had a whole post written up...that i'm REALLY glad i chose not to post. not because it was something i'd be ashamed of, or regret telling the world. nothing like that. i'm just relieved.

Anyways.

during my first year of college i tried out for a reality tv show. yeahhhh. i wasn't going to do it, but i figured why not?! it was through the school and would be an online series. i'm sure i could have been a little more dramatic (much more of what they were looking for, i'm sure) but i really did it more just to know i did it. just so i wouldn't look back and go, "why didn't i just go for it?".

i'm coming up on one of those situations now. i want to have more of a 'just go for it' attitude. i'm young (despite feeling like a mother in my mid forties) and i don't want regrets. i want fun stories to tell my kids.

so here's to making new stories to tell.