RIP my dear sweet boy.

Skeezix 09/26/1994 - 12/11/2009

Holy Moly

It's been over a month since I posted anything.

I've got a few needle felted items in the works., but, they are a few weeks away from completion.

So I'm sharing some pics of the boys on their new beds, aka my couch!!

Buster my six year old.
Nearly my three year old.


Skeezix my 15 year old. God bless his little heart.

Here's Spider

Meet Spider.

He left for his new home in Kansas earlier this month.

Spider is completedly needle felted using, dorset and norwegian wool.

He sits approximately 5 1/2 inches tall.

He wears a hand beaded collar and sits on a matching needle felted mat.

Amulet Bag

This is my first amulet bag.

It's made using tublar peyote stitch.

The strap is made using odd and even count peyote.

Bag measures 13.5 inches from including fringe and strap.

Body of bag measures 4 inches tall and 2 1/8 inches wide including flap and fringe.

Happy Happy Birthday

You are 15 today!!

Dear sweet Skeezix
Born 9/26/1994

Meet Beauty

Beauty the greyhound and her leetle needle felted look alike.

Sweet leetle Beauty is needle felted using,
Romney wool, Dorset wool and some Norwegian wool.
She measures 6 inches long and about 3. 5 inches tall including her ears.
She's wearing a hand beaded collar.

Happy Birthday!!

Happy Birthday Nearly!!

You turn three today.
You are the noisest dog I've ever owned!!!!

He's finally done

Here he is.

This is Toddy. He's my latest creation.

He's completely needle felted.

Toddy stands about 7 inches tall and sports glass eyes.
He's created using the needle felting method.
I used 3 different wools, Norwegian,Dorset and Romney.
Thanks so much for looking.

WooHoo

I finally finished something!!

Here's a cute little custom made tote bag.

It measures 10" tall, 10 inches wide and 5 inched deep.

The picutres are printed on cotton fabric.

Thanks for looking

Hey!

I'm still here.

Been busy playin' in da wool.

Doing a little wet felting as well as needle felting.

Have started on a little beaded amulet purse too.

Will post pictures of all when they are completed.

Meet TJ

Here's a whippet I just finished.

His name is TJ.

Tj is needle felted using a few different types of wool, Dorset, Norwegian(black) and Romeny.

He sits about 5 1/4 inches high and sport a beaded collar.

He also sits on a needle felted mat.

The beaded collar is made using delica beads, fireline thread and the peyote stitch.

This is Tj with is cohort Maribella.

Thanks for looking

For Patience

With special permission from Laurie Erickson. Photo by Laurie Erickson, copywrited image.

I beaded this likeness of Giacomino and Maria.
There are 9900 beads in this tapestry.
It measures 5 1/16 inches wide by 6 3/4 inches long.
It is hand made using delica beads, fireline thread and the peyote stitch.


Patience, I hope you like it.

Wow. It's been two weeks

since I've posted anything. Well, all I've been doing is beading. I've made a few more pairs of earrings. But, how many of those can I post. The weather had been really nice lately, like lots of sun for a change. I've been watching my old whippet get older, but he still gets around pretty good. I don't have anynew pics of him. I posted this one even though it's a few months old. That's one of his buddies Nearly in the background.

A few beaded head pins and a needle felted head pin

Here are a couple of beaded whippet head pin.

For those of you who don't wear earrings.

Pins measure 1 1/2 inches to 1 7/8 inches tall and 1 inch wide.

Made with delica beads, fireline thread, metal pin back and Hot Stuff glue.

Of course I had to make a needle felted head pin.
Made using wool, black onyx bead for eye, metal pin back, thread and glue.

http://www.dogfacegirls.etsy.com/

A tribute

So I've been beading these whippet/greyhound earrings.

I usually watch tv when I bead.

Well there I am beading and watching tv and I look over at my sweet 14.5 year old whippet Skeeix.

Then it hits me. I must do a tribute to that beautful old face.

You know the one where the color starts to fade and go white around their eyes.

So here are a couple of pairs of earring saluting all those beautful old whippet/greyhounds faces.
Thank you Skeezix.

Earrings are up for sale in my Etsy shop

www.dogfacegirls.etsy.com

I also do custom orders.

beaded heads

Still playin' in da beads

So thought it would be fun to make some beaded whippet faces.

Made using Delica beads, fireline thread with sugical sttel hook earrings.

Thanks for looking.

Don't ya just love...

Wonkey ear'd whippets.

Meet Maribella.

One of my favorite things about whippets is when their ears are all askew.

She is needle felted in a very doggy pose.

Maribella measures a mere 5.5 inches long.

She wears a very girly girl beaded(by me of course) collar.

She is completedly needle felted from 100% wool and has onyx bead eyes.

Her coloring is red fawn highlights using Copic markers.

Maribelle is available for purchase in my etsy shop

www.dogfacegirls.etsy.com




Thank you so much for looking.

Gees time flies

It seems I can't work fast enough to post every week. Ok so I'm lazy, but I do have in the works a beaded tapestry(5x7"), a quilt, a needle felted whippet and a needle felted whippet head pin.

So here are a few pics of the boys.

BusterNearly
Skeezix

A wedding quilt

I made this quilt for my dear friend Lori.

I am honored that my friend would entrust me to make this quilt as a wedding gift.

Thank you Lori.

The photos are from her daughter Liz's wedding.

They were printed on cotton fabric and stitched into 11" blocks.

This quilt is wedding present from Lori to her daughter and new daughter-in-law.

It looks like a good time was had by all.

Thanks for looking.

Every Whippets Dream

Catch me if you can!! Here's Jacko.

And yes siree he's every whippet dream.

Needle felted from 100% wool.

Measures 8 inches long and 4 1/4 inches tall.

Jacko sports glass eyes and armature in back legs.

He's been hand colored with Copic markers.

He's also up for sale in my Etsy shop.

http://www.dogfacegirls.etsy.com/