my prize

even in the depths of  sadness  right now

we musn't ignore or miss the

good things that happen

I received my prize from the giveaway on Lisa's blog

Lisa is the most amazing artist

her art is with

felting

her blog is called

Lilfishstudios

and it's in the big woods up north

and out of those woods come

art and knowledge and whimsy

and a huge talent and imagination that mustn't be missed

I know it isn't

Friday

but for those of you who haven't ventured up to the

big north woods yet

today is a really good day to go

there you will find

a little pixie

a little wood elf

dressed in her finest

vest

that her mummy made her

just wait till you see her

!!!!!

now you have to understand that this is all made by Lisa

she felts the wool

makes  the dye herself

in this case from actual mushrooms she finds in her woods

she dyes the wool

 and the thread that she embroiders with

she cuts the little wood chunks

the woman does it all

 and she has a family too

four little wood chucks and a hubby

I tell her she has magic fingers

well

because

she does

she of course didn't know when this would arrive

but it arrived at a good time

because it made me smile

and will continue to do so

thank you all for your kind words

it's going to take a long time for this to stop hurting so much

I'll try really hard to be up and positive in my posts

I didn't talk about it before because I didn't want it all to be a downer coming here

I know I have posted some negative things lately

but that's life and the way a blog works

I guess

if it's real

so we'll go on with the stitches and sillyness

and we'll smile when we can

and be greateful for

little mushrooms that find their way to us

and kind readers

:)

(and to that person who doesn't understand how one can be so sad over the loss of a pet

...get a heart)