January Makes

Frosty Fringed Alistair

We had a frost as thick as snow here yesterday. This is Alistair who we pass every day on our way to meet the school bus. He's a handsome coo and likes to stick his tongue out at us (except when I have the camera to hand!) He has beautiful blonde highlights along his back and fringe but the frost was so thick that these were hidden yesterday.

I'm planning a few new coo pictures this week and have felt drying above the wood burner this evening ready for tomorrow.

I have been busy making more felt landscapes though. I know they all feature the same little cottage and sheep but they are in great demand! Seems everyone wants a wee cottage to day dream about living in.

 'Distant Glens'

£40

These are listed in my Etsy Shop Here

 'Poppy Stone Cottage'

£40

 Wee Landscape With Poppies

£35

 'Purple Poppy Stone Cottage'

£40

My Etsy Shop is also choc full of jewellery as well including these iridescent textile and resin heart pendants.

All my pendants are £20 each and come gift wrapped in a wee box.

I'm loving having a laptop to work on instead of just the family desk top PC. It's great to be able to sit in the warm for a start! The PC is in a different room from the wood burner and I'd much rather sit by the fire during the winter. I'm hoping the wifi will work outside in the summer and maybe even allow me to use the laptop in the summer shed! That would be great! But we shall wait and see.

The new camera is taking a bit of getting used to and I've reverted to our old one for close ups of my work. The new one is great for outdoor shots and landscapes and I'm sure I'll get used to it for taking macro shots but they seem to need heavily edited and I don't think that the laptop gives a true representation of the brightness and colours. I've had the laptop hooked up to the other monitor today and that made a big difference so I'm sure I'll be able to get some great photos with the new camera soon. It's just getting the time to play around with it that's the problem. Plus the other PC has gone off to my brother to be fixed.

Hopefully I'll be back with some new Highland Coo pictures soon. Our neighbours herd have a new addition but I haven't been able to get a good photo of it yet. You can just about make the wee thing out among the hay here.