Princess Bubbles Creates

LeeAnna  has asked Do you like Spring? Why?  what makes you feel Spring has sprung around your house? I love spring!  It means the end of winter.  It means being able to be outside and enjoy it!  No more bitter icy winds whipping my face.  It means sunshine, warmth, flowers starting and bird songs.  It means summer is just around the corner.  Love it! It also means that my sweet hubby will start barbecuing again.  He makes the best hamburgers!  I love barbecue season!    It is interesting how differently we eat from season to season.  I never use my slow cooker in the summer.  I wonder why. I like dreaming of travel.  We are planning to go to England in September.  At least that is the hope!  I like researching all the places to go and see.  The Bayeux Tapestry is supposed to be on display this fall.  It would be so interesting to see it.  

  I honestly never imagined that I would make an art doll.  Never say never!  I saw some on pinterest and they inspired me.  This is the back of my doll.  It is a chance to play with brightly patterned fabric and embroidery stitches.  She is so fun.   This wonky girl might end up being a character in a book for one of my grandchildren.  I must finish my dragon book first.  So many ideas!

 I am loving the pinks and magentas right now.  I love most colours.  It is fun to see how they play together.  I wouldn't mind doing some stitching into this mandala.  I am mulling over whether to stitch directly onto the paper or transfer it to fabric in some way.  So many options!

 More flowers!  I have used silk, printed fabrics and some really interesting textured fabric.  I have also used some fabric that I painted/dyed myself.  It is all so satisfying.  It is a simple pleasure to create these little beauties with scraps. I am still pondering how I will use these flowers.  I wonder if I could use some of them to cover a journal.  That might be quite spectacular. I am linking to https://kathysquilts.blogspot.com/

  LeeAnna  has asked Do you make anything special for Easter dinner? Do you use special recipes or tableware? Do you order chocolate bunnies to give out or keep? Do you bite the ears off first? What about hot cross buns or other special cookies? share your recipe? This is the first year that I am hosting Easter dinner.  My MIL has always done it in the past.  I am making a turkey.  Family members are contributing to most of the other things.  I don't want to spend all day in the kitchen.  Fair is fair. We buy the giant Kinder Surprise eggs for our grandchildren.  They seem to enjoy them.  We usually make them hunt for them.  They enjoy that just as much.  We bought Lindor chocolates for the adults. My hubby likes hot cross buns and usually buys a package when he does the groceries.  I am not a big fan of them.  I am happy that others in the family like to bake and will provide pies for our Easter dinner.   I like...

 I have started another butterfly.  So far, I have only pinned the fabrics in place.  The stitching comes next.  That will pull it all together.  It was fun to play with brightly patterned fabric.  They are mostly cottons so not a lot of texture, but I can use interesting threads and yarns to add texture.