FO Friday 170: Rodents Galore

Spiral Tarot

I underestimated the number of size 6/0 miyuki beads in an 11g. tube, so while I wait, panting and twitching, for the arrival of the postman, let's look at another prior FO, a far more attractive picture, I guarantee. 

You'll remember that before Xmas I made a really cute and quirky tea cosy for my allocated Secret Santa SIL. Well, that was so popular, I have received a few requests from other people who feel that their lives are not complete without twinkly rodents - and first to shower filthy lucre in my direction was my friend Michelle, which resulted in this:

  As you can see, I kept the previous modifications of sparkly beady eyes and glossy stiff whiskers; I used some grey yarn for the mice as well as various tones of brown, changed the ribbon, and embroidered 'OATS' on the side in chain stitch, for that realistic sack look.     Mice eat oats, don't they ?

I liked it, but most importantly, Michelle said she loved it.

Much as I wish I could put it off, I cannot find any more excuses not to vacuum the floor while I wait for the postman to ring twice - I can't even find the dog, he is so well-camouflaged amongst the dust bunnies. As you know, he is my lil chihuahua, so rather than cuties like this:

My dust bunnies look are far more like this:

Wish me luck, and escape while you still can, to Tami's Amis where you can see some beautiful projects ....

FO Friday 49: Dust Bunny Massacre

Just like the St.Valentine's Day Massacre, except armed with trash bags, a duster and a vacuum cleaner, my own personal armageddon of cleanliness is destined for the annals of history, no doubt.

One, if not the only, goal I had this week while the children are away, was to muck out Mini Diva's sty; it isn't something I can do when she's home because DH really dislikes for the whole street to hear me being a harridan: when I'm in a temper, volume is not a concern for me.

And when I'm deep cleaning her room, I'm in a foul temper: all those CDs, DS games, DVDs out of their cases and on the floor getting scratched; all the clean clothes washed and ironed with such care scrunched up and crumpled at the bottom of the wardrobe; old sweeties with 'stuff' stuck to them; books stashed willy-nilly in every nook and cranny. And millions of pieces of paper, of all sizes and shapes, leftover from projects, drawings, story-writing and I don't know what else.

But at the end of the day, I had achieved this:


The chest of drawers has lasted about 4 years, not too bad for chipboard. And amongst the debris, I found this which I can't resist sharing with you - it made me laugh out loud:



Head on over to Tami's Amis for some crafting goodness .....