White is the Crafting Color of the Day ~ Catnip Mice and Wood Stars

I slipped and fell on Friday of the Memorial Day weekend.  I wrenched my back and knee.   I still had a bunch of cleaning to finish over those 3 days.  I worked even though I was sore and exhausted.  I decided I deserved a break yesterday.  I relaxed, walked the dogs and finished off some laundry yesterday.  Now I feel like I really need to accomplish something.  I set aside my altered Rummikub® doll because I know it will take me quite a few days to complete it.

 

I have quite a bit of faux fur that I’ve been meaning to use in some way.  I decided to do something simple.  I thought I would make some catnip mouse toys for the cats.  I cut a 5″ strip off of one side of the fur.  Then I cut the strip into 5″ segments.  I sewed each segment into a cone.   I’ll be adding embroidered eyes, stuffing, catnip and tails later.

 

A few years ago I bought 6 7 1/2″ wood stars.  Although I’m not fond of grungy primitive, I really like Americana.  Since the 4th of July will be coming up soon, I thought it was about time I painted my stars.  I’ve just started preparing them .  I just primed them.

I generally work on a few projects at once.  Today I had my stars and mice lined up on the table and I had to chuckle.  All of today’s projects are white.   I chuckled because I love color.  I generally have multi-colored bits and pieces all over my table.  It’s kind of refreshing.