Frankenfinger.

ARRRGHHRAH!

I'm done with Winter. Finished. Screw the snow. To hell with the freezing cold.

It's official.

I'm ready for Spring.

Sadly, this Winter thing will surely hang on for another month or two at least... What the hell is up with that, anyway? Stupid winter.


Now that that's out of the way, let's get down to business. May I present to you my latest Salvation Army Thrift Store find:

Hell yeah!

I certainly didn't need another basket - I've managed to amass an impressive pile over the past while - but I just couldn't leave this one behind. There's something about it that reminds me very much of an old square basket my parents had when I was a kid. It's a little strange, but I'm not really sure why. Maybe it's made from the same material. Looks like corn plant leaves to me.

So anyway, I love it. I got it home and decided it would be the perfect spot for the embroidery floss and felt I purchased at Michael's craft store last weekend. Much better than the Michael's bag I had been storing it in up until today!

It's perfect. I'm so pleased!

So I might as well explain the felt and embroidery floss. It has been what's got me occupied on the crafting front for the last little bit, after all.

I decided to go into Michael's over the weekend, and look around at what they have. I love that store. It's one of my favourites. I ended up waltzing out with a bunch of felt sheets and a huge pack of embroidery floss. Why? I don't know. I don't even know how to sew. I mean, I know the very basics... I can sew on a button. I can sew a straight line. But that, friends, is about the extent of it.

Since I had all of this felt and embroidery floss, I figured it was time I learned a few different stitches. I figured a simple, easy, fun way to do it would be to make crazy-looking finger puppets. So that's what I've been doing!

It's been a lot of fun!

Smelanie and the Beanstalk.

Remember the bean I planted in a jar of dirt a few weeks ago just for fun? The thing has been sitting on the window sill in the kitchen and is still (miraculously) alive and well. In fact, feast your eyes on what I noticed just yesterday...

A little baby bean! I almost shit my pants!!