voodoo and karma.......

Ok, you all remember my talk of voodoo dolls. Well, I made one and he is a looker I tell you.....Missy, who has become a good friend sent me a link on how to make one and I let it slip that my lack of moss was the hold up...She came right over with a baggie full to help me out. She also brought me more eggs from her chickens and a lavender and tea tree oil mix for my shingles.....a whole other tragic story but I am not going to go there....Isnt she awesome?
So the voodoo doll? I made one and here he is....He is made with one of &^%$%$$#'s shirts, some of his hair, a pair of glasses made out of wire and lots of laughter...







this is me sticking the first pin in his....um, you know......











Isnt Mr. $#@$$%^^&^$%$$# a happy doll? More pins to come, stay tuned.








Now the directions for the doll also talks about Karma....so in order to balance the whole pin in the you know thing I have to do a good deed too....My good deed is working on a quilt for an orphanage of blind kids that jean from http://quiltingranny.blogspot.com is spearheading. She knows a missionary who is going to take quilts for the children in the summer...She wants to send quite a few...I committed to two...I actually started sewing pink scraps together and this is what I have so far.....








These are'nt sewn together yet so it will probably look totally different when finished because I have to go dig out more pink scraps to get it to a twin size....If you want to help please go to Jeans blog and volunteer...She even suggests just using eight fat quarters to make a quilt top....I am going to back mine with a really soft pink fleece and forgo the batting....I am also going to make a boy pirate quilt...Please help if you can....
It has been really fun getting to know a fellow blogger... I mentioned that Missy came over for another visit. She also brought some of her beautiful hand painted eggs to show me....It is a Russian art form and boy are they amazing...She is going to teach me how to do them and may teach a class at a local community college too.













Traditionally, the eggs are full of symbols but she does all kinds of fun patterns and designs. I love the rooster...We also are getting together and making super fancy pantsy Valentine cupcakes wrapped individually to sell...I already have an order for thirty...My dad got me a mini Cricut Cake cutter so we are breaking it in and Missy has all the pans and tips and fun stuff...Just a fun thing to do together......I am slowly making headway in returning emails and visiting blogs....If I havent got to you yet, watch for me!