Oh Canada...

 I'm back in East Tennessee 

after spending (too short) five days in Canada

with my son and his family.

As those of you that have been following and reading my blog

may remember,

both of us have been through

some very difficult life situations

and it felt soooo good to see him again!

And my little darling boy,

my sweet grandson...gosh!, had I missed him!

And finally
I got to meet my daughter-in-law,

and she really is everything I expected!

A wonderful cook,

and a lovely person and wife and mom.

You might remember her from her blog,

now with a very nice new format. 

I also got to meet her mother, a sweet lady, I should say.

We deliberately planned this trip
to happen at the same time for both of us 

so we could meet and spend some time with the kids and grand baby

before they move to Europe

(which will happen a week from today).

As you can easily imagine,
it felt very good

but it also felt like time just flew by...

I had been in Canada before with J, my husband,

when K (grandson) was born,

almost 11 years ago.

Those are very sweet and precious memories,

and I am so thankful

to be able to have them.

Before I let you all go for now

I would like to wish you 

a wonderful Easter Sunday! 

Also, if you'd like to see it,
I'm sharing some pics 

from this trip of mine.

An Upside Down House, some Hillbilies Feud and a Ship in the City?!

Yesterday

I went to Pigeon Forge,

Sevierville.

Do these names ring a bell....?

What about the Great Smoky Mountains...?

That's right, 

I live very close to all these beautiful places. 

But I didn't go to Dollywood, for that matter,

or to any other attractions neither...

I was there with my brother and sister-in-laws,

for a little shopping  

and a nice lunch at Cracker Barrel.

And since we were there,

why not just take some pics and blog about it?

"Ah!,

the brother and sister-in-laws said,

if you want some nice pics we'll show you some interesting stuff!".

And so they did.

We started by stopping next an upside down house!,

all cracked up,

like some unbelievable tornado or alien war act

had just lifted it and then dropped it upside down!

And as you approach it,

you can even ear the crackling sounds

as if everything is just about to collapse on top of you!

Well, it really happens to be

one of the numerous attractions at Pigeon Forge,

called the Wonder Works.

We didn't go in,

but if you're interested

click the link above to learn more about it.

Across the street from this upside down house,

there's a rather charismatic cabin

(or should I say pair of cabins?),

almost cartoon looking, and still under construction.

Intrigued, I started taking some pictures.

The brother and sister in-laws said:

"That's the Hatfield and McCoy cabins".

"Uh..?, Who...?"

(I had never heard about the Hatfield and McCoy's story...)

"Never heard about the feud?", they ask.

"Nuh, uh-uh, never ever!".

And so I went online and checked the Wikipedia:

the Hatfield and the McCoys were two hillbilly families

from the latest nineteen century,

living near the West Virginia-Kentucky border...,

and it all begun with a murderer...

You can read here the rest of the story

and the legend they've become.

You're always learning new stuff, right?

And after enjoying these astonishing pieces of architecture,

I looked the opposite direction,

 and...

"WHAT?, How can this be possible?!"

 This huge humongous ship sitting right there...

"Oh, oh, OK"...

it's just the Titanic exhibit attraction!

Pretty cool, I think.

It even seats on a pool of water,

creating the illusion of cruising along the ocean!

And no, we didn't go inside neither,

but maybe some other time we will.

It was a pretty good day, and I did enjoyed it a lot.

I hope that sharing it with you might have given you

the desire to come visit the beautiful lands and country sights of

East Tennessee.

I'll see you all later!

Grandma and Grand-baby Bunny-Rabbit

These Grandma and Grand-baby Bunny-Rabbit

 are some of the gifts in the Birthday package

I made for a little darling baby girl...

The pattern for these Bunny Rabbits is not mine,

I have it for years but I don't know where I got it from.

Some time ago I had shown you another felt bunny 

I had made for my sister-in-law;

You can see it in here.

Anyway, I can already tell you that my grand-baby girl 

just loved them bunnies... she sure is a sweet darling and

I love her very much!

8 years ago me and J delightfully had welcome her

as our newest precious grandchild!

A year and a month after that

J sustained the brain injury that pulled him apart

into another different world for more than six years.

She doesn't remember much of her Papaw prior to the "accident"

but she was the loveliest one to him during the injury years!

Also she had posted an order with me for her Birthday..lol...

She ordered another

Oh La La Lolita Doll.

She really loves these dolls!

Here it is, her most recent new Lolita Baby Doll!

By the way,

just a reminder

to let you know you can find

my Oh La La Lolita Dolls

for sale here at

my ArtFire BearyNiceMade Shop.

I can tell you that this Pink Lolita Doll 

is going to be very much loved and cared for,

just judging from the hugs and kisses she got

when my little grand-baby found her amongst her other gifts!

And that... that made my day!

I wish you all a very good friday and I'll see you all later!

Art Ensemble (Crayons Roll-Out sequel)

A few weeks back I've told you

about the crayons roll-out case I had made as a gift for someone's birthday coming very soon.

I've also told you then 
it would become part of an art ensemble.

Well... the art ensemble it's done and finished!

Here's the second roll-out case,

 quite similar to the first one,
only this time shorter and longer.

Coloring markers, different shapes and sizes,
and a few other what-nots

(markers, note pad, pencils, pens, fuzzy-wuzzy stuff...) 
do a good job filling it up.

And for last but not least,
a padded notebook holder,

for all those art ideas
that just come out at the spur of the moment,
either one is on the back of the van, ridding for dance practice,
or at grandma's and bored to death!

 Voila!

One just have to open it up
and quickly let that art muse inspire the movements
of one's little hand and one's little brain!

You can find the tutorial I've used for this fine notebook holder here.

Cool, don't you think...?

And finally
here's the self portrait of the little girl
who's the BD gift recipient!

An Art Ensemble for a little darling!

I'll see you all soon!

Felt Heart Pocket

 Does it ever happen to you seeing something,

and just decide right then

"I gotta make this"?

Sometimes it happens to me.

I love work with felt.

It's just such a wonderful material to work with...

When I came upon this idea I knew right away I had to make it.

I didn't follow their tutorial;

instead I made the patterns by drawing my own hearts

the size and shape I wanted them to be.

For the outer smaller heart embellishments,

I did visually followed the tutorial for inspiration

and as you can see,

my personal version is a little bit different.

I wanted the heart pocket to hang from a doorway.

and I needed something to fill up the pocket.

I always pick my garden roses

when they start to look not so good 

and then dry them on the microwave.

They're perfect to fill up containers or to make potpourri.

This heart pocket

was just what I needed to put some of the dried beauties in!

Enjoy this wonderful spring time,

and I'll see you all later!