Tying up loose ends

 

            Today, the mistress of the Manor invites you inside. The weather is exceedingly dreary in the Hollow  and all our fuzzy friends  are busy tidying their burrows, shining up their copper pots, sweeping the winter cobwebs from their little birdhouses and tying up loose ends in preparation for spring. So, won't you please join ME  instead, for tea and oranges?

Just ring the doorbell....

And I'll show you what I've been up to.

It has been a real trial trying to get Lil Miz Mouse to stay still long enough for me to draw her likeness.... but when she got stuck to the honey pot, she had no choice but to keep still!  I was able to portray her true personality. My, she is a terribly nervous little lady .

 

     I really think I should stay focused on the book illustrations.... but sometimes you need to get away from a piece, just for a little while and do something completely different.... just for fun.
So I pulled out all these "loose ends", but I can scarce decide which to work on!

 

Making these baubles and trinkets is quite fun...

but this papercutting has been sitting here for several months.

and I have barely put the paint to the paper,

as you can see. 

This cat  painting has been finished for years, but when I was inking the title on the top of the painting...using an extra elegant Old English font, I misspelled a word....
 

and I still haven't fixed it.

All these chocolate molds need to used to make chalkware

AND

This beeswax is just waiting to be melted and turned into BUNNIES.

 

Decisions, decisions! Loose ends! What shall I do?

Lets just finish our tea, and I'll think on this later