staring at the sun

I am a little behind sharing my latest pieces, so my next few posts will be all about my artsy fartsy stuff. 

I knew I was going to use an ungodly amount of  baubles for this piece, so I used a ridiculously thick and soft piece of felt.  Any time I hit a snag, I pretty much had to say the hell with it, and move on.  There were no backsies due to every single stitch being gobbled up by the felt.

This piece has already sold, but I took some pretty snazzy shots for prints, so it will live on in different ways.

My niece, Autumn picked out a jar of buttons for me during one of their family trips, and a few are in this piece.  

This is for all you I Spy fans.  Autumn's buttons are the fuzzy red one (something I would have never looked twice at but am now obsessed with finding more), an orange umbrella, and a red star.  Can you find all three?