Flowers, Butterflies and Birds

The weather has been so nice lately! We've been spending a lot of time outside, and having lots of fun. While staying with our cousins, I saw a lot of birds and butterflies on their flowers. I had so much fun taking pictures! I took them a while ago, but I'm just getting around to posting about them now. :)

The Monarch butterflies were the main subject of my photos. I loved following them around, trying to get a good shot. This is one of my favorites.

A hummingbird came as well. Their wings beat so fast, and it's amazing to watch them.

A Monarch butterfly landing on a flower.

And a close-up shot of a zinnia. The pink is so beautiful and rich!

I love taking pictures of God's creation!

Outside My Window

This will be my last outside my window post for a while. I'm taking a break because we've been really busy. When things calm down a bit, I'll do this again!

So, on to the pictures! A butterfly had landed on the clover and I managed to take a few pictures before it flew away.

And a slightly blurry shot of a rabbit. I tried, but it wouldn't stay still!

I also had a few small caterpillars crawling around my plants.

And I had a wasp land one of my leaves.

I hope that you've enjoyed seeing what I do outside my window every week. I sure had fun blogging about it!

Playing With Pictures

I've been taking a lot of pictures lately and editing them on the computer. I've seen so many others do it, but never actually got around to doing it myself. I finally did and here are the results!

These first two are pictures of daisies growing around the house.

I took the picture, then changed it to black-and-white and colored in the center.

These are pictures of a bucket full of felt daisies in a shadow box.

I did the same thing, changing it to black-and-white, but this time I made the picture grainier.

I love playing with pictures!

Jean Jackets

Recently, I made a pair of jean jackets for my dolls, Marissa and Robin. It was the first time that I had ever added sleeves to a project, and they turned out really well!

I left Robin's jacket unfinished so that the edges would fray.

I used old pairs of jeans for both of them and for Marissa's I used a pair with butterflies on the back.

I had a lot of fun making them and am now ready to make other things with sleeves!

Outside My Window

This week, the clover blooms.

They smell so sweet! I love having my window open and sitting on my bed, reading or writing.