Fall Leaves TableTop Decor - Handmade By RSS Designs In Fiber

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

My Whole Life I have loved Nature -- and some of the most beautiful are the turning Leaves in Fall in a riot of colors: Golden Yellow and Orange and Orange Reds and Coppery Reds and Browns.  Growing up in the Midwest USA, I loved seeing all the lovely colors in the Trees every Fall Season!

So-o-o, it is not surprising that Leaves in colors they turn in Fall ended up in my Handmade Crochet!

My newest Crochet Creation is this Table Runner with a Square Center with Irish Crochet Leaves in Fall Colors - Border with a Dark Brown - with Crocheted Chevrons on 2 sides echoing the colors in the Square .... 20 Inches Long by 9 Inches Wide:

Here is a matching set of Crochet Coasters (or small decorative Coasters) - with 2 shaped as Maple Leaves and 2 shaped as Oak Leaves .....

.... And here is a 14 Inch Square with Solid Orange Irish Crochet Leaves - 8 of them - "Openwork Crochet", where your furniture or table cloths show through.

These are 2 Crochet Designs that I sold in my Etsy Shop with Crocheted Fall Leaves ... email me if you would like to request them in a Custom Order.

Love Animals! See Wild Eagle Nest Live Cam from Big Bear in California

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

With my Love of Animals - Both Wildlife and Pets - if you have read anything I have written about that online, you will understand how much I LOVE this Live Cam of a Wild Bald Eagle Nest in Big Bear, California!!!

It is on You Tube:  https://youtu.be/5b2dUgK6VV4  

I have watched it several times since discovering it - with the Eagles doing different things.

You can check it at any time!

I live in the Antelope Valley - southwest of Big Bear and on the southern side / slopes of the San Gabriel Mountains - and a few times, when walking in the fields in Pearblossom - I was sure that I saw either an Eagle or Falcon or other such large bird way up in the sky - I figured that those large birds probably lived in caverns or trees in the Mountains.

But this is the first confirmation I got of Eagles living in and nesting in the Mountains of Southern California - Big Bear, California, where this Eagle Nest is - is in the San Bernadino Mountains - east of the San Gabriel Mountains, where I live.  I spent a week one December winter years and years ago in Big Bear - nice any time of year with a very nice drive up to there - but in mid-winter, like December, it is often covered in snow -- it was that week I was there.  

Apparently, if it is snowing, you can sometimes see it snowing on this Eagles Nest - since it is Live.

I tend to reflect the things I love in Life in my Arts and Crafts - here is a White Eagle I crocheted years ago in Filet Crochet (it sold, too)!

And here are a few more Filet Crochet pieces of Animals that I have made:

Coral Red and Yellow Rose Doily - Bright and Bold Handmade Irish 3D Rose Crochet For Spring

Ruth Sandra Sperling
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Do you like Bold and Bright??? ~~~ Here is my newest RSS Designs In Fiber Handmade Irish Crochet Doily with 3-dimensional, multi-layer Crochet Roses in Coral Reds and Bold Yellows - Great for Bright and Bold Decor!

A Round Doily with 12 multi-layer Crochet Roses - each one having 5 layers of 6 petals with the bottom layer being Green (to look like leaves on a Rose Flower) -- Handmade Crochet By Ruth Sandra Sperling of RSS Designs In Fiber.

Brighten up any Table - or Dresser - or Shelf with this Coral Red and Yellow Floral Design Decor Accent -- 11 1/2 Inches Wide!

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Bright and Bold seem to be popular this year, so I am going to share several more colorful Handmade Fiber Designs items from my "RSS Designs In Fiber Etsy Shop" - with Bright and Bold coloring!!

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New! Holly Leaves and Berries Crochet Round - Table Topper or Wall Art - By RSS Designs In Fiber

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

A delightful, vibrant Red and Green Winter Nature Decoration for Home / Office Decor:

Holly Leaves and Berries Crochet Table Topper By RSS Designs In Fiber

Hand-Crocheted in Fashion-Weight Cotton Threads:

~~ Emerald Green ~~

~~ Bright Red ~~

~~ White ~~

~~ Christmas Berry Ombre in Red, Green and White ~~

For the Winter Season - Green Holly Leaves with Red Berries is a rather popular decorating item - so I decided to make this so it would be large enough to be a Table Topper (or Wall Hanging)!  It is 17 Inches in Diameter - and would be nice on bare furniture, on a tablecloth or hung up.

There is a Ring of 18 Green Crocheted Holly Leaves with each one having a Red Crocheted Berry - here is a closeup of part of that Ring:

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Custom "Made-To-Order" Decor in Orange for Fall - Handmade Crochet By RSS Designs In Fiber on Etsy

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

Hi!  This is RSS Designs In Fiber on Etsy - and I do Custom Orders per a customer's request, but I also have 2 "Made-To-Order" listings in my Etsy Shop and both are in the Fall Color, Orange!!

The Photo above is of a 5-piece Pumpkin Coaster Set as pictured.  I already sold one set on Etsy - this is for a "Made-To-Order" listing for the whole 5-piece set, but you can do Custom Orders on Etsy - and if you would want a set of 2, 3, 4 Pumkin Coasters - or more - or even just one, you can contact me on Etsy to arrange it!

Here is a Photo of an Orange and Cream Potholder, Hand-Crocheted in Afghan Crochet:

I also have a "Made-To-Order" Listing for a Set of 2 of these Potholders on Etsy!  These are great for handling Hot Dishes, Pots and Pans!  That Listing is for a Set of 2 - but you can put in a Custom Order on Etsy for any number of them!

There is time to make Custom Orders for Halloween, Harvest,  and Thanksgiving - just go to my Etsy Shop - either of these listings - or send me an Etsy Convo - or click on the "Request Custom Order" button in my Etsy Shop - to contact me for your Custom Order!

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Spring Floral Crochet Decor By RSS Designs In Fiber - Including Newer Items

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop or On Fire For Handmade -- or Privately

In Southern California, a warmer climate, there are Flowers that bloom all year long - though, depending on the exact spot and how cold it has gotten, it can greatly vary what and how much they bloom.  But in Spring, they start blooming more and more - and they are all the Inspiration for the Crochet Flower pieces I make!!

This 14 1/2 Inch Diameter Doily with Shamrocks and the Yellow Flowers that accompany them often usually represents early spring - March - but in Southern California I very often see the "Shamrocks" or "Clover" with or without flowers all year long - when it rains or they are watered, they add a bright green ground cover that I really like!!

Green Shamrock Doily with Yellow Flowers - 3 Leaf Clover Shamrock Decor By RSS Designs In Fiber

More Spring Florals:

Red Hearts and Flowers Table Topper - 16 Inch Square - Diamond or Square Shape - By RSS Designs In Fiber

Spring Pansies!!

Poppies pop up all over the place in California all Spring!!

In different areas, Tulips bloom early, mid and late Spring!!

Crocheting Roses - some 3D Multi-layer - and some in Filet Crochet Lace is something I have done all along - here are a few of them available in my Etsy Shop now!

Here are two that are relatively new - in the brighter colors we very often see in Flowers at all times of the year in Southern California:

Whatever you are doing this Spring, I hope you are enjoying the Colors of Nature - but my Floral Crochet can always decorate you own spaces -- at all times!!!

New Bright Red Flower Doily - And It's In Handmade Finds By On Fire For Handmade

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

The Bright Red of the Flowers in this Doily may be a good representation of the some of the Brighter Colors for the coming Spring!!

I decided to make these Flowers with an unusual thread - a DMC Embroidery Floss in the "Color Variations" Line, which has a blend of Reds in it - just beautiful!

In these 2 Closeups, you can see the Red Floss Thread clearly - especially the second one - showing  one motif really close up!

~~ This Second Closeup is of one corner of the Red Flower Square Doily - and you can see the Red Floss I used - and the Lace Design - clearly!

The Square Doily can also be displayed as a Diamond like this:

AND -- Anne Hopfer included it in her "Cherry Tomato [Red] Handmade Finds"!! ~~~ You can Vote for "RSS Designs In Fiber"!!

By the way, "Cherry Tomato" is one of Pantone's Colors for Spring 2018 - a really Bright, Bold Red, which definitely is one of the colors that "...encourages a sense of fun and playful release." (Quote from the Pantone Article for Spring 2018 Color Palette! -- I think Colors are such fun -- and Pantone with its Color Trends is fun, too!!!)

Irish Pink Roses in White Irish Crochet Picot Lace Doily - Handmade by RSS Designs In Fiber

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber
  - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

Classic Irish Pink 3-dimensional Roses

 ~~ 7 of them ~~ 

~~ Are the Focus of this Round Irish Crochet Picot Lace Doily ~~

I really enjoy crocheting - and 3-dimensional Irish Crochet Roses - are some of my favorites!

This is "Classic Irish Crochet" - but I like to add color, especially for the flowers!

This is part of my "Flower Decor Series".

See all the details in the Etsy listing!

My Newest Handmade - 3D Rose Cluny Lace Doily - Decorated with Polymer Clay Rose Beads

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

 The Rose Doily - in my Etsy Shop

I wanted to incorporate some the Beautiful Polymer Clay Rose Beads made by Julie Cleveland of "polymerclaybeads" on Etsy into my Handmade Crochet - and I felt that the 3D Rose Doily pictured above  was the best idea!

The Light Green center is a Cluny Lace pattern motif I got from a DMC Crochet Book - I crocheted in the 8 Polymer Clay Rose Beads on the end of each of the 8 spokes of the Cluny Lace patterns - so that they were in-between the 8 3D Irish Crochet Roses.

Here is a closeup, where you can see the detail of the Rose Beads on either side of a 3D Pink Crocheted Rose:

The detail on the Rose Beads are of individual Roses and Leaves in Polymer Clay Handmade by Julie Cleveland - and placed on a clay bead.

 The 3D Irish Crochet Rose is crocheted in DMC Pearl Cotton in Shaded Pinks - with 4 Layers of Crocheted Petals.

All in the Colors of Nature!

Nature in Arts and Crafts!!

See all the details including size and materials in my Etsy listing.

Feeding the Little Birds - Spring 2016

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

I've had this Bird Feeder for years - the one pictured above.  That picture was one taken at the place I lived at 2001-2012 in the Antelope Valley of Southern California, but I still have it where I live now in another place - also with Trees and Birds.

Something funny happened yesterday and today, so I thought I would share it.

I periodically fill the Bird Feeder with Wild Bird Seed - it takes a varying amount of time for the birds to find it - and eat it.  In the picture about there are 5 birds around it - if you notice, it is a Smaller Bird Feeder and they are all Small Birds - which is part of my point today!

Yesterday I filled the Bird Feeder up to the top - sometime mid-morning.  A few hours later I checked and low-and-behold, I could see some of the birds had gotten to it because a noticeable amount of the bird seed was gone!

Then this afternoon, I took another look - boy - the Bird Feeder looked totally empty!!  So, this evening, I filled it again!!

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You see, where I live now - there are a lot of Trees and Bushes over about 65 acres and around low, mostly ranch-style buildings.

And - there are Lots and Lots of Birds -- All Sizes and Lots of different Kinds it seems to me.  But one thing that is very noticeable - is that there are Lots and Lots of Ravens - since moving here, I have said some times that "the Ravens Rule the Skies here"!!

Someone I know who runs an environmental group and who I have mentioned on my blog before, John Buckley of Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center wrote an interesting article on their website:

http://www.cserc.org/news/like-humans-ravens-can-cause-major-impacts-ecosystem/

I was surprised to see his article - but I understand his points in it - I find the Ravens here where I live to be very bold - they sometimes whoosh by me very close to my head as I walk through the trees - and they are exceedingly vocal at times!!  I actually like the Ravens, but John Buckley's article drew my attention to the problem between them and the Smaller Birds, which I also like very much - so-o-o-o ---

---- I realized that my relatively Smaller Bird Feeder was a way I could contribute to the survival of the Smaller Birds - my Bird Feeder is way too small for Ravens - and they do not come to feed on it, but Yesterday and Today - I saw and heard a whole bunch of  the Smaller Birds around here - around my little Bird Feeder!!

I have never seen the Ravens around here attacking a Smaller Bird's nest like John Buckley describes in his article - nor eating other smaller animals either -- I just usually see them flying around - or sitting around in trees or on the ground - or even walking around in the grass (what there is of it these days LOL) - very often pecking at something on the ground.  

Most of the Ravens around here seem very fat and satisfied.  I do not feed the Ravens at all - I don't know where they grab their food -, except for the seeds and whatever they find on the ground -- they don't particularly hang around the closed garbage cans on our 65 acres - but I am sure they are getting food somewhere .... but I am now on a Mission to make it easier for the Smaller Birds where I live to get food - my Bird Feeder!!

I have always loved watching birds - ever since I was a little girl, though I am not a real "Bird Watcher" with binoculars and all - I just like to watch them when I am around ... just the other day I noticed a lot of cheeping coming from this Big Bush at the corner of the building I live in -- this bush  is really big and thick - and I strongly suspect that there is a bird's nest in there - it is a rather thick bush, but not the kind Ravens sit on - and thick enough, I think, that the Ravens may not be able to get at that nest - at least I hope they won't!

Every so often I Crochet something with a Bird in it - in fact, one of my current "works-in-progress" is a rather large Filet Crochet picture of "Birds Nesting" (little ones by the way)!!  Here are some photos of completed Handmade projects of mine with Birds:

Bird of Peace

Proud Rooster by Ruth Sandra Sperling - RSS Designs In Fiber

Red Cardinal On A Branch

Lovebird In A Heart

Filet Crochet of an Eagle - Sold mid-2000's

Winter Holiday and Year End Specials for 2015 in my Handmade Shops

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber
 - Get My Handmade in my Bonanza Booth or my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

Handmade for the Winter of 2015 - All By RSS Designs In Fiber

Each Year about this time, I put together what I call the "Winter Holiday and Year End Specials"for the Handmade I have for sale online, which usually lasts from mid-November to early January.

I have 2 Online Shops this year, so each venue is a little bit different.

In my Bonanza Booth --
Automatic Discount thru Jan. 5, 2016:  15% Off any Purchases totalling $20 or more --
plus you can use any other private coupons I have given you.

In my Etsy Shop --
Public COUPON CODE:  WINTERHOLIDAY2015 -- For 15% Off any Purchases totalling $10 or more -- Good through Jan. 5, 2016.


The Collage above is All of the Handmade I've made - which are in one way or another for the Winter Holiday season - it includes:

• Decor Accents of all sizes 
• Personal Accessories of different kinds and sizes - Hats, Scarves, Bags, Jewelry

More Handmade by me in each online shop and I have more projects that I am working - I will get as many of them as I can online -- and I'm taking Custom Orders!

And --- For Those Who Prefer to Purchase Privately, the Discounts will be applied when arranging the Private Sale - just Email !

New Piece of Irish Crochet Decor I Made - Fall Orange Leaf Square Mat

Ruth Sandra Sperling
RSS Designs In Fiber
- Get My Handmade in my Etsy Shop -- or Privately

Fall Orange Leaf Square Mat - 14 Inch Square

I really enjoy doing Irish Crochet - it is based on traditional known techniques - I like the way it looks!

The above square is a pattern from a Magic Crochet Magazine with Irish Crocheted Leaves - but I did it in quite a thicker thread than that pattern called for - and in 2 Colors - this time in a Fall or Autumn Color Theme - Orange and Cream, though some might like this Color Theme at any time!!

Here is a Closeup of one corner, so you can see the design more clearly.

Closeup of 1 Corner of the "Fall Orange Leaf Square" - A Large Leaf in the Corner with a Smaller Leaf on Each side.

I made and photographed this piece with the idea in mind for it to be used as a Decor Accent on a Table - such as:

• Coffee Table 
• Side Table 
• Center of a Dining Table

 -- but you could also frame it - I think it would look best against a darker background - as a Wall Hanging.

See more details about it on my Etsy Shop Listing.