Montag, 9. April 2012

A wonderful gift....

Hello!

How was your Easter? I hope you all had a great time!
Our Easter Sunday started with snow. A lot of snow...actually too much snow :-)
But as you can see on the picture above I did not need to search for gifts, mine came with the
mail :-) Karin made all these treasures above, just because I made a comment on her blog about the candy eggs...how cool is that!!!?  I love the wonderful colors of the candy eggs, but look at the
ladybirds and the other Easter candys! I will always treasure these!

Karin, vielen, vielen Dank für diese wunderschönen Oster-Leckerlies!


Here you can see my wonderful Forget-me-nots covered in snow...but I like the colors nevertheless :-)

In the meanwhile I have some dollhouses here:
- the Ballerina´s house : unfinished
- Pippi´s Cottage: unfinished
- Miranda´s Magical Seedlings: unfinished
Some might say, it would make life easier to finish them before I start something new and
You are so right!!!!.....but then I saw something so cute on Daphne´s Blog ...
Time to start something new again!!!! 

So I´ll start a tree-stump-house :-) Of course I will also need a mouse to live in
this house and so I ordered some felting stuff and started to practise:


This is Spike, my first try. Not good but I love him nevertheless. The poor lilttle chicks cannot run away...they don´t have feet :-)
Felting is quite some fun and today I started my mouse:


I felted the legs and arms and then I used some foam for the body and another little piece of foam for the head. For the nose and the eyes I used fimo, which I painted and then I used the powder of my soft pastels to  "decorate" the face a little bit more. And here she is:

Jenny Mandelblüte
(Jenny Almondblossom - my daughter Jenny chose the name)



That´s all for today...next thing is the treestump-house :-)
Have a wonderful week!

Hugs, Sandra

30 Kommentare:

  1. SNOW? Where do you live, Sandra?? At the northpole ;) ? No, I am kidding: here it also is very cold for the time of the year.Few weeks back we had 20 degrees, now almost 6!! But we never had snow in april.
    Your needlefelting is awesome (the very cute mouse), you did not do this before? i can not believe it!
    Also congrats with the gifts from Karin, they are beautiful Easter miniatures!
    Hugs, Ilona

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  2. So viel geschneit hat es bei uns nicht, bei uns hat es vor allem gehagelt und es ist schön kalt. Deine gefilzten Sachen sind ja toll geworden. Ich kann gar nicht glauben, dass du das noch nicht lange machst. Die Maus ist ja entzückend und die kleinen Küken sind so süß. (Es ist gut, dass sie nicht weglaufen können, sonst mußt du sie ja immer wieder einfangen).
    Liebe Grüße Craftland

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    1. Hihi! Da hast Du mit den Küken nun auch wieder Recht!

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  3. Congratulations for the lovely gits you reserved from Karin!
    -Sandra, I must say that Jenny Almondblossom is a real beauty! I'm in love!♥ Your daughter gave her the perfect name. Are we going too see more of these adorable mice?
    Hugs, piikko

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  4. What a wonderful post Sandra. It made me laugh because I also have several dollshouses unfinished, and rescently I found another project :) but I am trying not to think about that one yet :)
    I love your idea for the tree stump house with a mouse and Spike and Jenny Almondblossom are wonderful, I can't believe these are only your first attempts at needlefelting, amazing!!!
    Your gifts from Karin are gorgoeous!! How wonderful this blog world is!!
    Hugs,
    vicky xxxxx

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  5. Thank you Ilona and Piikko! I don´t know if I am going to make more mice. The second one would be more difficult as it would have to fit in shape and size to the first one...and it will be just a small treestump house :-)...maybe a baby-mouse???
    Jenny, my little one said that I must make her a mouse: Pink with purple ears. Maybe she also want some glitter on the tail, who knows?
    Hugs, Sandra

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  6. Haha, i know exactly what you mean. I have so much projects at the same time too. I also have a treestump-mousehouse not finished yet.Your mouse and dog are so cute, i can't believe it is your first time, they are so perfect. Love the gifts you received too. I love the photo with the forget me not flower in the snow, gorgious color.
    Hugs
    Maria

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  7. What wonderful gifts from Karin! You are a very lucky woman! I, too, was inspired by Daphne's post. I can't wait to see what you come up with! Your dog and chicks are already cute! It feels good to be inspired and to act on that inspiration! :-) Jennifer

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  8. Those are cute gifts! II wanted them really badly!! LOL! Glad you are going to get to play with them.
    I love your dog! He is very cute. And incredible for a first try. The chicks are sweet too.
    Your mouse looks fantastic! Wow! I can't wait to see this tree stump. Sounds so cool.
    hugs
    Caroline

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  9. Wir können gar nicht glauben, dass das Deine ersten Filzversuche sind - Kompliment zu dem tollen Mäuschen. Die Kleine solltest Du aber wirklich nicht allein lassen, Mäuse sind doch so soziale Tierchen, die sich gerne vermehren... Ist es nicht toll, wenn man trotz unzähliger UFOs schon wieder mit dem nächsten Projekt liebäugelt? Wir glauben aber, dass das den Reiz ausmacht, jedesmal taucht man ja irgendwie in eine andere Welt ein... Glückwunsch auch noch zu dem tollen Ostergruß von Karin!

    Liebe Grüße
    Flutterby und Birgit

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  10. Sandra I can't tell you how much I love this post!!! You have so much going on. It's fantastic! =) I'm in love with Jenny Almondblossom. Your daughter chose a wonderful name. =) I can't wait to see your tree stump house. I know it's going to be amazing! =)

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  11. Tolle Geschenke.
    Die Maus ist super niedlich. Freu mich schon auf weitere
    Bewohner für das Maus Haus.
    Liebe Grüße
    Melanie

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  12. I also have received these gifts by karin. They're fantastic.
    Your dog and mouse are fabulous.
    Bye Faby

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  13. Hello Sandra.
    How charming little Jenny is!
    She looks so innocent...
    She will not be the one to blame, if someone eats your eastereggs! :O)

    Lene

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  14. Enhorabuena por esos precioso regalos.
    Tu raton y tu perro son fantasticos.
    besitos ascension

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  16. Sandra I'm amazed! It seems you can make anything! I love Spike, he's adorable and then you make a sweet mouse. I hope your husband is more appreciative this time and not making rude comments like he did about you squirrel! Gill x

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  17. Hello Sandra
    I am in awe of your work... I just LOVE your wee mouse, and what a perfect NAME! I would love to see your dollhouses... You are a very talented artist indeed!
    How vey kind and thoughtful of Karin to send you the beautiful gifts...
    Blessings,
    Penny

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  18. Hello Sandra! Such nice gifts for Easter and Jenny the mouse is so cute... please think about to do an other one maybe completely different as people are usually too! I know about the projects not finished.... Inspiration maybe is just the little plus we need to get as your post... DOei, claude by the way I am not going to do a bistrot with the food I bought (too much work...)the radish fit perfectly with a fabric...I will show you in a next post LOL...

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  19. Hi Sandra, I found your blog through the mouse giveaway at fluffies, now I became a follower of you. Fantastic blog and your mouse is soooo cute!!! Gr. Nancy

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  20. Your mouse is so cute! And Spike looks so curious about the chicks, maybe he is not harming them :)

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  21. Thanks to you all for your nice words :-))))
    @Daphne: as the inspiration came from you I am very glad that you like it, too!

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  22. Felicidades por tus regalos! El raton me ha encantado..en la primera foto pensé ¿donde está la cabeza? y luego, al ver el resultado lo encuentré delicioso...Un beso

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  23. Liebe Sandra,

    jetzt weiß ich endlich, wer du bist - Manfred B. - das hättest du mir ja auch früher sagen können :-)))

    Das Mäuschen würde ich dir am liebsten wegnehmen, soooo süß ... Liebe Grüße
    Renate

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  24. Oi Sandra,venho lhe parabenizar pelo sorteio que ganhou e estou conhecendo seu blog que é fofo.
    Love,Fernanda from Brasil.

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  25. Que ratinho mais lindo!Já sou sua seguidora faz muito tempo,seu projetos são encantadores.
    Fernanda

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  26. Congrats, you have got wonderful gifts!
    Hugs
    Kikka

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  27. I can't believe these are only your first attempts at needlefelting, amazing!, Send gifts to Pakistan from UK.

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