Youtube Treasure

I just wanted to take a moment to thank all the talented people who share their instructional videos, skills and tips, on YouTube.  What an amazing resource and I really appreciate, enjoy and continue to benefit in so many ways!  

Thank you!

This Jack o'Lantern was made by following the instructions on The Felt Studio's YouTube tutorial to create a 3D vessel.  It was fun and a great learning experience!  I didn't believe I would be able to make such a round pumpkin from something that started out flat!!  

For those who saw this Jack on Facebook, I finally was able to fix the problem of the lid shrinking more than the pumpkin:  I used the cut out face pieces to enlarge the lid and now it fits much better!

Can you hear the waves crashing?

When my sister was here on vacation, we did a paint-along on Youtube together, but we painted with fibre.  This was our aim, a beach with rolling waves washing up onto the shore.  Lovely!  It's a JOONY Art that you can watch here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5exfXe300A4

 

I had gathered the fibres together in advance and she brought along some that she thought would also be useful, especially textured fibres for the clouds and white caps.

It was a lot of fun, and we got pretty far along in our one session.

Afterwards, we both finished our pieces on our own and it's amazing how different they are!  Each is unique and beautiful!

We'll have to do this again sometime soon!  It was a good learning experience and really quite fun.

Bunnies everywhere! Happy Spring!

Here's a view of our dining room and parlour, it's so hard to photograph so I decided to try a mini video:
 

It gives a better sense of the space.  This area is for all our guests to use, to relax, to share wine with friends or play bridge on the big dining room table.  

Yes, those are bunnies and lambs on the table, and bunnies in the windows.  Here are some more images of our Springtime home... ignore the snow.

And here's what our guests enjoyed this morning:  Eggs in a Nest with avocado and alfalfa sprouts!  This was followed by apple-honey cake and a cherry German-pudding cake.

Elora and Fergus on YouTube

I found this very nice introduction to Fergus and Elora on Youtube; take a look and then come and see it for yourself!



Also take an aerial trip over the falls, filmed with the use of a drone, very neat!

Here comes 2012!

To everyone, may 2012 be everything you want it to be!

For your viewing enjoyment (and because it's fun), I've posted some videos on YouTube, including my ratties getting into the liquor, the 3 needle-felted masterpieces that Amber Rose Lawrence created for us and Willow body-slamming herself on the beach:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ScratchingattheWindo/videos

Oscar nominations pending?

Okay, while they are decidedly amateurish, I've made two mini videos of Giselle the French Maid and Devina the She-Devil Rat! They're both on YouTube, but you can also catch them on their individual webpages. The purpose: perhaps someone on YouTube will stumble upon them and who knows?!

Besides, poor Giselle was still heart-broken about not getting any bids at the Philly auction and needed some loving attention to feel better!