Accomplishing Nothing

It’s been an odd sort of week.

I’ve been feeling out of sorts thanks to the party my hormones decided to have.

So I haven’t had much energy and I can’t seem to focus on one thing.

I started three projects today and didn’t finish one of them.

I found these wool sweaters at the thrift store. 

They are 100% wool so they felted better in the washer and dryer then the first sweater I bought.

This is what they looked like before I shrunk them down to a size of a doll sweater.

I loved the color and the little snow flake pattern.

They are ready to go. Now to figure out where they’re going and what they’re doing.

I played with some glitter. Which is very hard to photograph.

I’ve only had this German glass glitter since last year.

 

I’m glad I took some pictures because now I see I missed quite a few spots.

My eyes seemed to be very blurry today for some reason.

I’ll blame it on that crazy party.

I made this cute little rosette out of some sweater scraps leftover from my pumpkins.

I need to make a few more of these. But they are very easy to do.

I do have a plan for these. Let’s just hope I don’t forget it.

My memory has been in the crapper.

Moodiness, weight gain, memory loss…..

I thought I had another few years before all this fun stuff started. Lucky me gets to start early.

I love how they stick the PERI before menopause now to try and trick you.

So you don’t feel so old.

Was perimenopause even around when our mothers and grandmothers went through it?

Back then it was just “the change”. And it was whispered.

What exactly were they changing into?

I’ll leave you with a bit of my favorite TV mom, Kitty Forman from That 70’s Show.

Only Kitty can make menopause hilarious.

And the next time my hormones decide to throw a wild party they better bring a bottle of wine.

Hope you guys are having a great week.

:)

Sweater Pumpkins

Have you heard of the new FOLK magazine?

This is their first issue.

I love the way they embrace living simply. Nothing fussy or fancy. It’s about enjoying the beauty that is around you and the little things in life that bring a smile to your face.

I fell in love with this issue so I subscribed.

I’m looking forward to when the next issue arrives in my mailbox.

I had picked up this wool sweater at the thrift store and I wanted to try to felt it.

It didn’t really felt they way it should have because it was a blend and not 100% wool.

But it did soften up nicely and so I wanted to find way to use it.

Inside of FOLK was this how-to from Deb Kennedy. She made these cute sweater pumpkins.

It looked easy enough so I thought I’d give it a go and see how they came out. 

There is no sewing involved so you non sewers can do this.

Here are my versions.

 

I like the way the stem curved a bit on this one.

 

I was able to make both of these out of just one sleeve.

Now I want to go find more wooly sweaters and make more!

I still have the body of the sweater left so I need to see what else I can come up with.

I’m thinking a cozy pillow might be nice.

Have you repurposed an old sweater into something else?

Leave me a link, I'd love to see it.

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