#oliver mouse

I had never seen these, they’re amazing! Today here are a few but I’ll do more of them soon!

As Valentine’s Day approached, Oliver monitored the progress of the box. He did this mainly by peering out his window to see who put valentines in. Sometimes he scurried out and emptied the box’s contents into his mailbag. He wondered how many were for him, but as the official valentine collector he felt it would be inappropriate to peek at the names on the envelopes. On Valentine's Morning, Oliver sorted all the mail and got ready to make the deliveries. Here he is with his mailbag:

He went from house to house, giving each animal his or her valentines. “Many happy returns of the day!” he wished each recipient. No one quite knew what he meant, but everyone was happy to receive their valentines. As he walked Oliver sang a little song:

I've been delivering Valentines

all the live-long day

I've been delivering Valentines

what more can I say?

After Oliver had visited all the houses on his route there were still a few valentines left in the bag. These were for him! He hurried back home to open them. Here’s some of what he found: Max made a card out of a postage stamp from his collection

Flora gave him a pink candy heart to nibble

And Jeremy painted him a tiny portrait of how they were friends

This year, Lucy Owl made embroidered valentines for her friends. She said she wanted to do something with a real "wow" factor, which is where people say, "Wow!" when they see the thing. We can't be sure yet whether it will work, because Valentine's Day hasn't arrived yet. But anyway here is how she did it:  Lucy took some red felt, and drew heart-shaped designs on it. The designs were not too complicated, just some hearts and the first letters of her friends' names. But she was careful to make the letters as pretty as she could. Then she embroidered over the lines of her drawing. She used back stitch, which goes like this: