~Bracing Ourselves~

Things..they are a changing ..............Our storms grow more and more intense all the time.....this year we've had stronger thunder storms than ever with "tornado like" events happening more and more frequently. Just last Sunday we had a storm come through, it was a strong storm here, but on the other side of town it looks as if a bulldozer went through and ripped up anything in it's path. There is a flattened path through a field of corn that looks as if a tractor trailer drove right down the middle of it...tree's ripped out by the roots, tossed on houses, telephone poles ripped out of the ground..it's unbelievable and now comes Hurricane Irene!

A Hurricane has not targeted the Northeast in this manner in over a hundred years..they say this is going to be a catastrophic life changing event. I just looked on NOAA at our specific warnings and we are expect to have 4-7" of rain!!!!!! Truly..how does one process that....I was expecting hurricane force winds and heavy rain...but I see now...that was quite naive............

....I have spent the last two days and will continue to do so today, finishing all of my machine sewing so that when Hurricane Irene decides to force herself upon us on Sunday, I will still be able to work, albeit by candle light, and my moppet making will not fall behind..something I can not have happen with a show coming up next weekend. We've also purchased our food, water, batteries, candles, ice & generator gas for the upcoming storm as days long power outages are expected. After last weekends storm and 20 hour power outage...we will not be caught unprepared again! I have filled every pot, empty bottle and jug in this house with water....we have gas in the grill tank so that we may heat our water and do our cooking there and thank goodness...we have our generator to keep our basement from flooding. Tomorrow I am going to make doughnuts, coffee cake and zucchini bread as well as spaghetti and meatballs.

I truly thought this would be enough to get us through..but now....4-7" of rain..and possibly more in some areas.. I'm truly at a loss as to what more we should do....this is far, far worse than I imagined and we are not even in it's direct path!!!!

My heart goes out to those of you in it's direct path...you are all in our thoughts and prayers.


Be safe & be prepared!!! This may all be for nothing & good Lord..let's hope it is.

Many blessings, Doreen

~Inspiration...My Wonderful Customers~

Meditate.
Live purely. Be quiet.
Do your work with mastery.
Like the moon, come out
from behind the clouds!
Shine

Buddha

Good Sunday morning to you. It is an absolutely gorgeous morning here in Vermont..breezy, gosh I love the wind..it's truly one of my favorite things...the sun is shining, the temperature is a perfect 72*... I can hear the whir of the chainsaw coming from our woods as Mark trims and clears out smaller tree's to make way for the really big Maple's to grow and become strong, the birds are singing and the leaves are rustling....perfect! I'm getting ready to finish up my last few orders...grass stuffed pillows and beeswax.....they will be completed, packed and ready to leave first thing tomorrow morning and then I will be able to concentrate solely on show offerings.

Before I dive in to finishing orders..I wanted to pop in, say hello and share a wonderful email I received from a dear customer. She adopted sweet "Brunswick"

during my last web show and I just received the most wonderful email from her regarding him....

"OMG DOREEN- I LOVE HIM! I cannot even describe how much- tons! He is amazing as is the beautiful orange velvet pumpkin-OMGOSH a million times- honestly-over the moon! Charming the pants off me! Get the picture-lol? Thanks so much- feel honored to own him!-Karen."

Words can not express how wonderful and thankful a response like this makes me.....My desire is always that someone will fall in love with these little moppets as much as I do when I create them.....and this is proof..it does happen and I am SO very, VERY happy!!!!

It's a good feeling to know that you are truly doing what you are meant to do. Thank you Karen and thank all of you for always giving me such wonderful and amazing compliments and encouragement...I am truly honored!

Wishing all of you a very wonderful Sunday. Hugs, Doreen

~Frolicking Into Fall Web Show Is Now OPEN~

Good Sunday afternoon to you. Gracious what an absolutely gorgeous day we have here in Vermont. It truly is Fall like..I LOVE IT!

I wonder if perhaps my Fall offerings for this month's web show brought about this change in weather...:)


Please meet Young Ferdinand The Mouse..I have been working on this new mouse design for quite a while now...he took me forever..I played around with different head and body sizes..different fabrics..different paws...oh goodness..I love his paws but it took me forever to figure out how to make him stand on his own without needing a base, being weighted or balance from his tail. It took many, many notes, sketches and practice runs....to which I used MUCH fabric and materials (muttering and cursing was also involved from time to time)but I finally figured it out..and of course, it was one of those things that once you got it..you couldn't figure out why it was so difficult to begin with. So anyway..here he is and I must say, I'm very happy with him..and quite proud of him.

Next we have Brunswick, what a little sweetheart this guy is!!!

At times, when I make a little sweetie like this I often wonder why I dabble in so many different things...and think I should really just stick to bear making....but anyway....back to the topic at hand...
~BRUNSWICK~
In person..he seems like a real little bear cub..he's VERY, VERY huggable!!!!


I love his little witches hat....I prefer it off him though, and over his shoulders like a hood...it looks so cute!! Brunswick also comes with this wonderful vintage velvet sawdust stuffed pumpkin pin keep..where he enjoy relaxing now and again...

Next we have Dover & Chester

Two sweet friends out for a lovely stroll in the crisp Fall weather. :) I love these two (I love all my things I know)..but I think this set is just adorable and I especially LOVE Dover's (the little Elly) sweater!! After I made it I was thinking..goodness, I wish I had one like this!!!


And..as promised, I also made a couple more pillow sets for this web show.




I'm running short on time so I need to finish up now...if you have a moment...stop by my website and visit Frolicking Into Fall. (I share a delicious recipe for Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cake)

Wishing you a most wonderful evening. ♥Doreen