(336) Skye's Baby Shower (the Owl Mobile in Full Action)

Nothing like waiting until the last minute!

Today on the way to the baby showers Greg and I stopped by and got the twine and attached the owls to the mobile.

The results are in from the baby shower...an overwhelming adorable! Here is the happy mommy with mobile:


The shower was set up super cute with baby clothes pinned across the fire place and presents galore.










The ladies played a game with paper bags. Each bag was numbered and had a letter and you had to feel the bag and write your guess on a pad.



The spread at the baby shower was exquisite:


Juice in the bottles was a cute touch:


Baked goat cheese deliciousness:


And my personal favorite was a potatoe skins with a squash nut puree on top:


Skye opened a tower of presents, but here are a few of my favorites:




To top of a sweet day and make it even sweeter Saint Cup Cake (mmm...red velvet):


After the shower Skye, Christine, and I had some nice bonding time constructing furniture and arranging the nursery. I can't wait to be an Aunt (again)!

Skye's Owl Babies

The owls took a little longer than the weekend, but I am happy to report they are done!


The graduating class of January 2010 (soon to move into mobile form):


My friend helped construct some branches with hooks. Now after these have set with varnish the mobiles will be ready to construct.

All-in-all the owls are a fairly easy project, but take a bit of time. Finding the right socks, cutting the pieces, sewing, embroidery and constructing the mobile. Stitching the wings and beaks and hand sewing means each owl takes an evening at best. And two if you count getting the body done. If you want to do a similar project I would recommend doing the work in stages.

On that note. This nite owl is off to bed!

(347-343) Four Baby Owls for Mobile #2

So I have been behind on posting this week, but much progress has been made. I have four owl bodies complete and this weekend my goal is to finish the stitch work.

This set is much more muted colors than (mint and brown) than the first set and will safely be done before the February 6th baby shower :)

Stay tuned for the sock babies.

(350) Owl #4 Blue's Twin

Last night I finished the owls for mobile #1. Now I just need to construct the mobile. One more mobile to go for next week! I need to get it ready before the February baby shower.

Here are the blue twin's:

(351) Owl #3 - Chubby Gray

Tonight flew by and it is not surprising that it is way after my bedtime.

After a lovely dinner with the Glennon-Olsen's we took a quick trip to Powell's. I picked up a contemporary embroidery book (The New Crewl) and got side tracked looking at the interesting patterns when I got home. There is one in particular (Peace Tree) pattern that is super cute. I think it will add it to the ever growing list of crafts.

Goal #1 still remains to get owl mobile for January baby! And so to meet this need I put together the body for owl 3, which I am aiming to finish the assembly on tomorrow. A couple more nights of work and the owls will be ready to fly!

There are several other similar projects lined up for my nephew to be also including an owl mobile and a stuffed owl that I am trying to make before her shower in February. If I get super ambitious I might add a little felted owl to the batch too, but we shall see as time moves on.

Also in the early February time frame I am aiming to construct Valentine's cards to send.

Here are pictures of Owl #3:

(353) Owl #2 - My Boy Blue

Tonight (Tuesday) I sewed the body for owl #2.

I think each of these owls are going to take on a life of their own. Now the owl needs a little embroidery and some felt eyes & wings! Perhaps that will be my mission tomorrow after my work out classes.

And on that note...it is off to sleep.

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Thursday - Up late again, but finished owl #2. Here is the final silly little guy:


Now the mobile is half way done and the owl baby has a friend!

A Slow Week

Today I finished Owl #1, but I am a day behind after falling asleep when attempting to write something for yesterday.

Owl #1 in his final form:























At least I have accomplished one goal, but perhaps tomorrow I can start Owl #2 (as I want to have the first mobile done by the end of the month).

This brings to thought something I had not considered when starting this blog. How should I count multi-day projects? To me I suppose that the whole idea is to accomplish something creative for the day and re-insert creativity into my life.

There are many things that can make you feel creative, so this can be anything that I choose to share that has inspired a creative moment. Ideally that would mean at the end of the blog I will have created 365 creative projects...though some will be repeated with different materials.

(359) Owl Attempt #1

Tonight I tested the pattern for an owl mobile I am going to put together for my sister-in-law.

She is doing an owl theme nursery so searched for a mobile and found the cutest owl pattern on Etsy at http://craftschmaft.com/.

Here is my the body of my first attempt:


Most likely I will need to practice a few owls first to perfect the technique, so there will be many little owls soon to follow.

I cut the patterns for wings and eyes, but need to get a proper sized embroidary needle to finish up.