Small Successes

Monkey's ornament

Every day this month, I've done something creative, and most days, it was something related to finishing an art project.  It is, however, almost the end of the month and I've been sitting here this morning thinking, "haven't I completely finished a single thing this month?"

Not that I'm discounting all of the things that I have done-the doll parts that have been sculpted, the stitches that have been put in my dryad quilt, the block of the month blocks-but surely in a month I should have made something small that's completely finished!

C. Bear's ornament

Oh yes! I do have finished a few small projects.  Early this month I made a few items as gifts.  The first 3 I made for my sister and nephews in the Leaf Pod Baby class taught by Marilyn Radzat; the boys ornaments made to suit their nicknames and my sisters ornaments to reflect her twin boys.

The other item was part of a gift exchange from last year that I haven't finished up with yet.  The sweet little fabric bead went nicely on this butterfly pendant I think.  This is my first go at wire jewelry making, and I really enjoyed the process.  I think I might have to play more with this technique sometime.  The pattern that inspired this pendant can be found here if you want to make something similar.