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Is it okay to be boring sometimes? 

Today I had planned to do a paper collage, but I couldn’t get the inspiration for it.  Paper just isn’t giving me the love today so I decided to go back to felt for one day and I made another gift card holder instead.

 I made the eyes using that french stitch and the eye on the left came out like it’s supposed to look!  I’m real happy about that.  It pays to be persistent and practice!

 No promises for tomorrow.

Well, today I did everything free hand by cutting into the felt and just letting the forms emerge.  I knew I wanted to do an owl themed card holder, and today the owl came alive for me.  I even gave him a little branch to sit on.  He was a joy to make.

 Ok, so today I stepped it up a notch and used a blanket stitch!  I did it by watching this tutorial someone posted on youtube and it really made the whole thing very easy.  I tried to do a french stitch for his eyes, but that was a lot harder than I anticipated.  Makes him look a little goofy, but eh.  Anyone got any advice on doing a french stitch, I’m all ears.