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Oh jane, I wish the best for your family and I do hope that you find strength through all of it. :hug:
Kimberly W.
Awwww, Marshmallow!!! *wink wink, nudge nudge* hee hee! Well, you already know I love her, Jeannie!! 
Kimberly W.
Awww, man, Judi! :hug: I haven't had anything that made me grrrrrr lately, but I dunno if you already took this into consideration (I am NOT trying to :doh: you) but I use my toaster oven to do my clay things, and just in case you didn't already know this, you have to set a toaster oven anywhere from 25 to 50 degrees lower than a reg oven and decrease baking time by about 10 to 15 mins. Being a baker, I've gotta remember this; I've burned a whole batch of multigrain bread once! Now that's a :doh: ! LOL
Kimberly W.
Hee hee hee, glad you're back, Penny! And........ you weren't writing this thread on the loo, were you? 
lol
:hug:
Kimberly W.
Oo, this is fun!
1. What time is it? LATE
2. What's your full name? Kimberly marie Whitlock
3. What are you most afraid of? drowning or burning to death
4. What is the most recent movie that you've seen in a theatre? Oh geez... same thing as the others - kids, no babysitter, do something else when kids are away... lol
5. What was the most recent book you read: The last Harry Potter book
6. Place of birth? Mobile Alabama
7. Favorite new food? ALWAYS been my favorite - Pho - vietnamese beef noodle soup
8. What's your natural hair color? brown
9. Ever been to Alaska? Nope, would love to
10. Ever been toilet roll papering? Yep
11. Love someone so much it made you cry? More than once
12. Been in a car accident? More than once
13. Croutons or bacon bits? both!
14. Favorite day of the week? Saturday, it's the day I get to catch up on sleep! lol
15. Favorite Restaurant? Asahi Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar
16. Favorite Flower? You know, I've never really thought about it?
17. Favorite sport to watch? Soccer
18. Favorite Drink? booze - Salty Dog... non booze - I'm addicted to Tropical Punch Kool-Aid
19. Favorite ice cream? Vanilla Bean
20. Disney or Warner Brothers? Both!
21. Favorite fast food restaurant? I try to avoid clogged-arteries-in-a-bag
22. Color of your bedroom carpet? beige
23. How many times did you fail your driving test? 0
24. Before you filled out this, who filled it out before you? Sonya from Sunnie Bears
25. What do you do most often when you are bored? I forget what 'bored' means
26. Who will respond to this the quickest? I have no earthly clue
27. Who is the person you enjoyed reading their responses most? a couple here and there
28. Who is the person most likely to respond? See answer #26
29. Who are you are most curious to see responses from? See answer #28 lol
30. Favorite TV show? I have no time to watch tv shows
31. Ford or Chevy? Chevy trucks, baby!
32. What are you listening to right now? the air conditioner blowing
33. What is your favorite color? I'm wishy washy...
34. How many tattoos do you have? 2 and I hate them
35. How many pets do you have? 2 dogs, 7 fish, 2 mice, about 12 crabs, 1 shrimp, 6 snails and do anenomes polyps and coral count?
36. Which came first the chicken or the egg? ACK! EVERY TIME SOMEONE ASKS ME THAT QUESTION, I END UP LOST IN THOUGHT FOR THE NEXT 4.25 HOURS!!!!! brb 
37. What would you like to accomplish before you die? Figuring out what came first, the chicken or the egg. Or I'd settle for raising good, moral children, being a good wife, and making people smile with my bears.
38. Who's answers did you enjoy the most? Everyones! This was fun!
Kimberly W.
Ooo Jeannie! That choco wabbit is WONDERFUL! Very cool, and what a great job you did! ~>Still amazed at how you can crochet teddies!
Kimberly W.
lol, great idea, Kim Bee! Being the avid non-exerciser that I am, I do not own any exercise mats! lol
Kimberly W.
Aww, Penny, I hope you're back soon! And I hope you can at least get the files back that you want/need!
Kimberly W.
Very cool, Tammy! I can't wait to meet my first TTer, too! There's another TTer who lives within a half hour from me, Kimi Springer; isn't that cool?? We've got to get together some time!
What fun!
Kimberly W.
Oooo, good job, Eileen!!
I have Adobe Photoshop cs2, and STILL haven't mastered it! lol
Kimberly W.
You guys are so funny, and thank you! Man, I'll tell you what... this needle felting is ADDICTIVE! All I do all day is think about what I can make, what I should work on, should I do a Pocket Bear with a needle felted face, etc, etc, etc.... And I need to be working! hee hee
And thank you so much, wendy, I really try for that oh-so-sweetness with these little mice, so to hear someone recognize it is truly a compliment!
Kimberly W.
Oh my goodness, Wendy! They are SOOOO cute! I swear I'm going to have to have one of those little platy's one of these days!
Kimberly W.
Hi all, here is Daisy! She was made of hand-dyed wool (my first crazy color dye job!). Will someone please let me know if I'm (seriously) committing copyright infringement with this girl and her name? It seems to me as though a mouse named Daisy that is a storybook character sounds really familiar.... Of am I thinking of Maisy?
She's doing that classic 'one foot back, hands clasped behind her, shy girl' pose....
Would someone please let me know? Oh yeah, and what do ya'll think??
Kimberly W.
Those turtles are awesome, Charlotte. I'm with the other two, I couln't tell you how much they are worth. No one really can but your consumers, I'd think. It depends on how much time you spent on them, detail, etc though. if you're wanting to sell them outright (not auction-style) you should take into consideration how much time and effort you put into them, and let people decide if they are willing to pay you for what you think your time is worth (say, $75....$150... I dunno).
I'm no help... sowwy
Kimberly W.
Yes, Judi, you are too right! I do pinch and kind of roll around the ball a bit, shaping the wool as I go to get the shape right for what I'm making.
Also, here's a tip. Mohair roving felts HORRIBLY! It took me FOREVER to get it even going down into a ball! SO nerve-wracking! I've found the finer and 'kinkier' the fibers, the easier it felts. I like the New Zealand wool and corridale is so nice, too!
By the way, what is core wool?
Perhaps the reason you are having such a hard time pulling off a chiunk is that the strands are so long? Mohair is like that; long, silky, and straight. Not good for felting. At least, thats in ny opinion; I could be way off base!
Kimberly W.
I do just about all of my felting in my hand. What I do is pull off a piece of roving (you want your hands a little further apart to pull off a chunk; if your hands are too close together, you end up sitting there pulling on the same fibers and really have a hard time getting a piece off). I gently roll the chunk in the palm of my hands til a crude, fluffy ball shape is made. then I start poking away. You have to pokepokepokepoke for quite a while, with each poke you'll be working a couple fibers down into the core of the wool and making it tighter. It takes a little while. Like I said, I work with in my hands (between my index and middle finger, and my thumb being careful to try not to aim that needle at my fingers!), so I turn the wool all the while I'm poking at it. eventually, after a few hundred or so pokes, you'll notice the ball has drawn up into a smaller, tighter ball.
Does that make any sense? I am new at this, too, so I'm just giving you a tip on what I do! It doesn't make it right, but I get the shape I want! LOL
Kimberly W.
lol, you all make me laugh SOOO hard!
I didn't make this thread, by the way, to egg on the other thread. I hope that is all done with. It was just a good way to lead into my new little dynamic duo, and well, if it weren't for felted mice and all the hoo-haa over them, I probably wouldn't have gotten that MAJOR itch to get them!
I do NOT like long, skinny legged spiders; they give me a SERIOUS case of the willies!!!!!
I do love rodents, even the little mice seem to have an intelligence beyond the average animal (although I do think animals are far more intelligent than we give them credit for).
By the way, both of their doo-dads look exactly the same, so I think (whichever they are) I have two of the same sex. They look like girls to me, but I still named the darker one William, and the lighter one I've now named Henry.
William and Henry! They're the two boy mice from Angelina Ballerina.... I really like that kid's show. So I might have to change thier names..... I'll see if they grow man-parts.
kimberly W.
Hey Kim, thanks! But you know what? I already have a copy of it, have for years, but never got a chance to read it yet!!! LOL
I need a break! lol
Kimberly W.
Hey, no problem! Well, you just keep plugging away at it! You are really good for a newbie!! Here's a tip: If you think something is kind of off, try looking at your bear in the mirror (hold it up and look at it's reflection) Don't ask me how it works, but it gives you a whole new perspective on the bear's face, and oftentimes you can see faults better!
Best of luck, and let us see the bear when you are done!! :)
Kimberly W.
