Monkey business...

This little monkey came home with me yesterday to join some of the others little  monkeys that live here.  You can see some of her friends here.  She was made by artist, Judith Eppolito, from mohair and wool felt. She has pretty German glass eyes and wears vintage clothing. 

She is quite photogenic...

She loves to watch 

birds and be outdoors....

As you can see, she is very cute and about 4 inches tall seated.  She told me her name is JoJo and she will be a great friend to the Steiff Jockos who are into everything around here...so inquisitive!  And the little needle felted  monkeys I make fell in love with her instantly as I did.  Yes, there will be lots of monkey business around here...as there are sock monkeys and other monkeys who haven't even met her yet.


It's cool and cloudy as you might have guessed from the photos.  It really seems to be a true fall day. The pretty flowers in the photos will be gone soon due to frost...and I will miss them.




As always,

enjoy the day!

Artisan gifts I received...

Over the holiday I received some wonderful artisan made Christmas gifts. Here are some photos with the artists who made them. Wherever I could, I have supplied links. Much talent!

Pottery Mushhroom

by Julie Whitmore

Hand carved and dressed
Snow Baby
in wood
by Hanna Hyland

Woolies
by
Valerie Weberpal

Tiny Vintage Sock Monkey
4 " seated
Maker Unknown

Hand knitted,
felted and needle felted bag
by Martha Plona

Altered recycled book
by
Carol Hawes

Felted Winnie & Piglet
by UK artist
Kim Crowley

One more thank you to the givers and the artists. I treasure every gift!

Happy weekend,

as always,

enjoy the day.

The more it snows...

Good morning from a blizzard! We are at the end of it, fortunately, and have had no damage. The blizzard was kind enough to wait until after Christmas to land upon us!

We had a wonderful Christmas and hope you did, too! The little monkey in the photo above was gift from a dear friend. He seems to be quite old and so sweet in his little red flannel outfit. Baby Monkey is about 4 inches tall sitting down..and such a joy!

Time to dig out today. The sun is just starting to shine though it is bitter cold. The wind chill factor is less than zero at the moment. Mr. DollZandThingZ is using the snowblower as I type.

Whatever your weather,

enjoy the day!