Stitched Felt can be cute - who knew?!

I had seen Stephanie's cute stitched felt words but just knew if I attempted to cut-out letters on my own, it wouldn't be as cute. Give me a font, and I'm fine ... but free-hand? Not my thing.

But the very night she posted her Letter Pattern Download, I decided I could give it a go. I happened to have some stamped/embossed swirled felt for another project, so after the tots were in bed, and in between folding batches of laundry and Enchanted, I cut and stitched away.

This was the result. I love the swirly felt.

I had emailed Stephanie from Homegrown Hospitality to merely thank her for sharing her talents, inspiration, and the cute letter download.  I feel a little silly, but today she spotlighted my design on her {Make-it-Mondays Blog Spot}. She got a little confused on all my details (like having it for years)... but anyhoo... I love all the inspiration she shares.

So, now I just need to figure out how to display my one little word for 2009. I thought it would be cute to stitch 'family' and 'home' which are my PRIORITIES right now and then put them all in a frame. I guess we'll see what happens with that. But it sure was a fun quickie project.

Home Depot has a rebate sale on paint this weekend so we're doing some painting projects to celebrate Martin Luther King Day. Today I'm painting our dining room wall a darker shade of blue/teal/whatever it is. Oh - it's Behr's 'Hallowed Hush'. And then I'm painting one wall in my room Bavarian Chocolate. Hurray for home and COLOR!