Felt Quiet Play Mat

So if you've seen my Pinterest boards ever, you know that I love felt crafts and have a whole board devoted to them (see here).

Last fall when I started my blog I was also trying to come up with a cute, fun, homemade gift idea for a 2 y/o girl.  I saw this awesome quiet book at Nap Time Crafters.  When I was brainstorming on the phone with my mom we came up with an idea for a "dolly dress up" quiet book made with felt.  Well needless to say, this project did not pan out though I spent MANY MANY hours on it... it just wasn't what I wanted it to be.  Someday I will revisit it but in the meantime I was still searching for something handmade to do (and in a time crunch now).  I had a ton of felt which I had bought for the quiet book so I was looking for an easier felt idea and found this post for a felt play mat....

Photography Crafts

I've been sadly lacking in time spent in my craft room and this week looks like it will be no better as I'm in the planning stages of a project.

But in the meantime I didn't want to not post all week, so I thought I'd share a few fun "Picnik-ed" photos.  I love taking pictures of nature and I also love tweaking/editing photos.  As I have not splurged for Photoshop yet, Picnik has been and absolutely awesome awesome find for me.  Though I do want to splurge for the "Premium" version too, I'm making do pretty well with the free features.  My favorite features are definitely Cross Process, 60's effect, Vignette & rounded corners.

Anyway, here are a few photos I edited with Picnik.  (And I'm most definitely not being compensated at all for this post about Picnik, I really truly just love it)

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