I've Always Wanted to Learn to "Felt"

But I never thought it would just "happen", especially the way it did.

You may or may not remember our rescue of the "White Family"

They have remained with us along with our other babies and everyone has adjusted quite nicely. In fact, Mama Bonnie was spayed this week....

based on weight and the fact she was a "bleeder" that only cost us $476.....but I digress.

The family sleeps in the garage during the day, and of course, they have toys, beds and lots and lots of room.
Without me knowing, they somehow pulled down an old wool blanket I had on top of a shelf.......and it was totally ruined before I knew they had it over in the corner.
So, they got to keep it for their own, but I wash all their bedding regularly...and this blanket was no exception.
I decided to go ahead and try and "felt" it with hot water and a hot dryer, thinking I could somehow salvage pieces of it for something "crafty".
You can imagine my surprise when I found these two wonderful, thick felted rounds in with the dried blanket.
They are better than boiled wool and are......of all things......white dog hair.
No, they don't smell, as a dog's hair isn't what smells, it is their skin.
So when the hair is washed it has absolutely no smell at all.
These rounds are beautiful.....I just don't know how it happened, if it would ever happen again, or even how to make it happen.
But you can bet, I'm going to keep checking that dryer to see if any more form as I wash their bedding.



My week just gets crazier and crazier :)

Dang....I did it AGAIN!

A couple of weeks ago I picked up a bag of buttons...imagine that....

Me buying yet more buttons.

This time I simply dumped the entire bag and contents into an old trunk I have set up for mixed media findings.....just because it looked good and added something else to the mix.

On Saturday a lady came in and started going through the buttons,

picking these two cards up inquiring about the price.

I knew what I had paid for all of them, so simply said the buttons were $.25 a piece, making each card $1.50........she looked away and tossed them back into the trunk.

After she left, I was curious why these would not have warranted the price I ask her to pay.

I was amazed..... these were vintage, Made in Japan , hand painted ceramic buttons.

I immediately pulled them out of the trunk and included them with my Saturday Ebay listings.

The auction ends this week and the buttons are currently at $103.50 with many, many watchers......go figure.

So, hopefully, my lesson of "Pay Attention" will soon be learned and

I will spend more time sorting through what I bring into the Shoppe......

AND, I'm sure glad she thought they were overpriced :)

Thank you for stopping by,

I always love it when you come.