Angel, Mushroom, Roller Squirrel

Some of my favorites this week are these teeny quilted paintings. They're not too teeny really, about the size of a postcard. I've had these blank wooden frames hanging around for quite awhile. I'm sure I got them on clearance at some point. I tackled the edges with an X-acto knife, painted them with a crackle finish, and sanded them up a bit.

I think they turned out just right.

This little angel is a snapshot of sorts of a new painty quilt I'm working on. You'll probably recognize Amanita from her debut a couple of weeks ago. The tiniest of those buttons are only about the size of an aphid. (For those of you who don't know how big a ladybug's favorite snack is, that's about 3 millimeters.)

We had to leave big fluffy-tailed squirrels behind when we moved from Florida out to the Oregon Coast. Here the squirrels have pitiful little tails, and are quite small themselves. So it's been awhile since I've seen a bushy-tailed one. They do have wheels, right?