Summer Crafting

Summer Crafting, originally uploaded by Effunia.

Over my 1 week vacation, I tried to craft as much as possible with my little sister. We made stamps, kokeshi dolls, friendship bracelets, played with sculpey, knitted snakes with a knitting loom and other things! it was great fun. My little sister didn't like her lion stamp, but i told her everything she made turned out great and she told me that I was just saying that because I was her sister. But I was really impressed with her carving skills. She wants to make a bunch more of the knitted snakes and then sell them in my etsy shop so she can save up for a Build-a-Bear- how cute is that?!? I told her she was really good at everything artsy, but she doesn't believe me. She keeps on comparing herself to me. All i know is that when I was little, I couldn't have done half the things she's doing now. Can you tell I'm a proud big sister? :D

I'm back from Vacation... and wanted to share some Flickr & Blog love I've received

Thanks to all of you who blogged or flickered about my plushies- you make my day!

Check out all these great pics!!!

Dottie has arrived in Canada and she loves her new home :D  Thanks to Cheryl for sharing her photos with me!!!

This pic was taken by Chelsea Ann- she's so sweet to include me so frequently in her blog posts!  I just love seeing new pictures of my mushrooms and in this particular series of photos, my mushroom is having a birthday party :D

Look at Leeanna's cute plush collection!  She makes great ones herself too, check them out here.  Can you spot my mushroom?

And lastly, Jhoanna from One Red Robin added me in her linky love last Friday, so I thought I'd return the favor.  Besides, I've coveted her plushies for over a year now and if you haven't seen them, they are super cute!  

Photoshop Fun

The images of the kid and oranges aren't mine, I just pulled them off the internet somewhere. But they were so cute, they inspired me to do some photoshopping- so fun! I think it would be a fun way to display these little guys in the future...

Wee... who knew we could have so much fun in a glass of OJ?


What's that droplet doing in my cereal bowl? I told you these little guys were mischievous ;)

*if you are the creator of the original photograph and do not want me to use it in this way, i will gladly take it down. i have no way of tracking the rightful owner since i got them through a quick internet search- thank you!*

Fanta Tröpfchen

this little guy has been causing a ruckus in my sketchbook for quite some time. behind that friendly smile lies quite the mischievous little character :D

this is a new character that I'd like to explore. there will be Milk Tröpfchen, Juice Tröpfchen and all sorts of Tröpfchen. Btw, Tröpfchen means Droplet in German- I just used that because it's a very cute word in German and I am German, so it was fitting for this time around :)

He's my first attempt - there's still a few minor tweaks I would like to make here and there, but overall I am pretty happy. What do you think?

Finally... I made a treasury of my own :D

It will expire on Saturday but until then you can see the treasury I made here. I know, I was a little bit narcissistic, but I had to add one of my latest mushrooms too ;p

Fleur the Mushroom

Sprouted: July 21st
Favorite Color: citrus orange
Favorite Drink: grape juice
Favorite Food: watermelon
Favorite Activity: rollerskating
Favorite Season: spring

Ah so sweet, I think I finally reached a point with my mushrooms where I just love everyone one of them :D

Arabella & Ollie the Mushrooms

When I saw the fabric to make these, I knew from the get go they would be my faves!!! I love them both so much!!!

Arabella
Sprouted: July 20th
Favorite Color: yellow
Favorite Drink: lemonade
Favorite Food: key lime pie
Favorite Activity: sunbathing
Favorite Season: summer

Ollie
Sprouted: July 19th
Favorite Color: neon yellow
Favorite Drink: arnold palmer
Favorite Food: twizzlers
Favorite Activity: playing with toy cars
Favorite Season: summer