A gift for a baby

 That was back in January but I am so far behind in my blogging that I decided to start writing short blogposts again almost every day to cover everything that has happened and I haven't blogged about.
So here  is something I made for my friend Sarah's baby. It's an owl made of felt which doubles as a ringing toy.

I also stitched this for the baby.

Here's a photo from Sarah's blog with all my little gifts.

And then I made another owl for my friend Juliana who loves owls.

Owls for charity.

Last Saturday there was one more In my Closet workshop.

This first of the season workshop (we count after summer) was organized again exceptionally well by Anna who knows how to organize our big group in her hospitable cozy kitchen.
This time we also admired Anna's new craft room which she beautifully describes in her blogpost here.

The aim of this workshop was to make stuffed owls for Antonopouleio Foundation, an idea brought by Rena Christodulou of Diaheiros

We worked hard and thanks to the sewing machine skills and assistance of Rena and Aggeliki of Pocolocini we managed each to finish our own owl.  Here's the whole lot together, ready to fly! Aren't they gorgeous?

We even gave them names.Here's my Themistocles the Eagle Owl.

These will be sent to Patras for the afore mentioned foundation to be sold for their needs.
Of course we ate a lot as usual.

Here's what I made. Mini sausage corn muffins.

And I had a surprise too. One of the members of the group, a former student of mine, brought me a lovely wedding gift. this amazing mirror!

I love my talented students!!!!!Thank you Sophia!

Bits and pieces.

I am so much behind with everything all the time. I am sure you are tired of hearing this.
So here I will just add random photos of things and events of ....November 2012. Yes they were taken back then but I forgot about them.
So in November....
I collected these from the sidewalk, thrown out from an old school.What am I going to do with them? Maybe something I saw in Jeanne Oliver's Creatively Made Home online course.
I won't use the photo from the course as I am not supposed to. But when and if I make this into something beautiful you will see it again.

Inspired by Alisa Burke's Create Daily Holiday Edition online course I painted  some owls on sea glass and sea tiles.

 And I made a painting and collage which I gave as a little gift.

And some painted stones I custom ordered to a friend colleague of mine for my friends around the world. Aren't they gorgeous?I wish I could paint like this.

Finally something I found in the street again after a demonstration. Some poor little kid must have lost it. But it's a keeper!