Mail call

 Hello! This is Uncle Tibbs filling in for Ajdin today. The little guy asked me if I could do today's mail call post, so here I am!

We have a couple pieces of mail to review. It looks like they were a bit delayed, but that's ok.

The first one is a Valentine's Day card from Sprinkles the bear. Aw, how nice.

And the second card is a recycled handmade art piece from Beanie Mouse.

Beanie writes, "Hope you have (had) a wonderful Christmas!" There's also a little button pin. I'll make sure Ajdin gets it.

Let's take another look at the envelope this card came in. It's a pizza menu! Mmm... pizza. I think I'll order a pizza for dinner... make it extra extra extra large... with pepperoni and sausage and anchovies...

Thanks for the cards, everyone!

UNCLE TIBBS

Stuffie Olympics 2022 - curling

My friend Sandy is hosting the 2022 Stuffie Winter Olympics - check out the details here!

My entry is for the sport of CURLING! That's right, I have my stone and sweeper right here.

I am carefully aiming the stone for the target, which is known as the House. There it goes down the ice...

By the way, did I mention that I am a one-stuffie curling team? So I have to quickly get to the other side of the sliding stone and start sweeping the ice. SWEEP SWEEP SWEEP!

I am using my mom's toothbrush. I hope she doesn't mind.

And... the stone comes to a slow halt exactly where I want it! Yeah!

Have you tried curling before?

Happy Valentine's Day! ❤️

 Hey everyone, Happy Valentine's Day! I am going to be making a special Valentine card for my Valentine. Let's get started! I have this kit which has everything I need.

It has a card, envelope, markers, stickers, and tissue paper.

I'll take a quick look at the instructions first. Ok, got it.

I'll color in the front of the card using the markers.

Then there are some glitter heart stickers which I'll put on the card.

I'll put a sticker on my nose!

Actually, an even better place for it would be on my craft apron - perfect!

Next, I'll press some of these tissue paper pieces onto a clear sticker. We are going for a mosaic effect here.

Then, all I need to do is cut off the excess tissue paper to make a heart shape.

I'll stick it on the front window of the card.

Okay, now it's time to give it to my Valentine, who is...

...YOU! You did know that, right?

Well, go on, open it!

I hope you like it!

Have a Happy Valentine's Day and remember that you are BEARY SPECIAL!

String art

 Hey everyone, hope you're having a good 2022 so far! I can't believe it's already February. Time flies, doesn't it?

Today, I'm going to be making string art from a craft kit. I'm wearing my craft apron so my clothes stay nice and clean.

The design we'll be making is a succulent plant. We've been getting into gardening and plants lately, so this is just perfect! Here I have a wooden board that has a bunch of nails already hammered halfway into it. It will be the outline for our design.

The kit comes with colored string and a picture of the final design.

We'll start by taking one color string and wrapping it around the corresponding nail as indicated in the photo.

Then we fill in the shape by going up and down, left and right, and zig zag in all directions. There are no rules in this step, so just do whatever you'd like to fill it in!

Oops, I'm a bit tangled up in the string!

Okay, now we're making progress and going up to do fill in the leaves of this design. We are using two different shades of green here.

And finally! It is finished! What do you think? It took several hours to make.

I know the perfect place to display it. It'll look great here on the fireplace mantel.

Thanks for joining me and making string art! Let me know in the comments if you've made string art before.