Gnome more plain Jane

I finally got a picture of the felt beard that I made my sister Lindsay for Christmas. Personally I do not know if there is anything else in the world that makes a girl look sexy like a little gray beard.

Tender Loving Empire

I am excited to report that my felt food is being sold in a store in Portland, Tender Loving Empire. It is a small shop in one of the active spaces between the Pearl and the 21st/23rd area of NW. (corner of NW 18th and Lovejoy) They have a lot of interesting stuff going on that you can check out that their web page: www.tenderlovingempire.com. I personally recommend going and checking out the store.....and buy some felt food while your at it.

Stick out that pinky when you sip!

Last night I decided to work on making some little tea bags for all the little girls (or boys) out there who are just dying to throw a tea party. My friend Anne had mentioned that she had seen some super cute felt tea bags on Etsy and thought I should try to make some. I agreed that it was an excellent idea. My roommate said that she liked the idea of a see-through bag and I totally agreed with her. Half of the fun is in the little green leaves. What kind of person would I be if I denied them their moment to shine? This what I came up with.

What do you want on your sandwich?

I will admit it, I was a complete slacker during the entire month of January. Now that it is a new month it is time to get down to business. So far this month,I have been working on a felt food deli platter or basically fixin's for various sandwiches. When trying to decide that to make, I ran into a small snag. Turkey is a whitish circle. Provolone cheese is a whitish circle. It is like I am being attacked by nondescript whitish circles. They are sandwich basics but how do I differentiate between them? At least Swiss cheese has holes so there is no confusion. I suppose I could make the turkey another shape but I am not sure what shape. If anyone has ideas I would love to hear them. In the meantime, I am off to make some bacon and tomatoes for BLTs.