What I've been up to lately...

I finished my first Plush You Submission. I might make some additions/tweaks as time goes on, but for now here's the sneak peek- what could it be?

Also I'm working on a baby blanket for a friend of mine... I decided to teach myself how to make granny squares, I'm a little over half way done. Each square is 4x4. This has been great fun to make because you can do it anywhere, on the bus, in front of the TV, at lunch... I've found it super relaxing and I'm thinking of making one as an xmas present maybe with a different pattern for someone special.

A few custom orders done

Jelly Legs Jim with Petey the Parrot Two
* I really enjoyed taking pictures of these two, and I hadn't made a paper boat since I was a little kid I'm pretty sure! I had to look up the directions on the web even...






















Anastasia the Mushroom
Sprouted: June 8th
Favorite Color: pink
Favorite Drink: tea with lemon
Favorite Food: golompki
Favorite Activity: playing with Zephir
Favorite Season: Summer

Custom order for Anna :)

My little mushroom visits Anna in Gdansk- Poland

Anna of pink-orange-red on flickr organized Little Plush visitor. I signed up to do the little swap which consisted of sending your favorite plush overseas, receive a plush from your partner and take pictures of it around your town, then make a scrapbook of the plushies adventures, collect some souvenirs and goodies and send everything back to it's owner.

I loved doing this so much that I'm thinking of making a few of my little plush mushrooms and holding a give-away of sorts that kind of runs along this theme... You get a little mushroom and in return, you take pictures of the mushroom around where you live and post them on flickr. What do you guys think? Would there be interest in this?

Anyway, Lilly the little mushroom really enjoyed it's stay in Gdansk Poland. Thank you Anna!

Welcome Bruce the Bottomfeeder!

Jennifer Strunge of Cottonmonster made this Bottomfeeder for me. She makes all sorts of terrific plushies, if you haven't checked them out- you should! Here's her etsy and blog!

I'm lucky because I own a few of hers already- a pentapod, little monster, eye and now the bottomfeeder. I named him Bruce :) He's definitely the biggest plushie in my entire plush collection. I have a thing for really tiny plush or really huge plush! I started collecting smaller plush now because... well I've run out of room... but I couldn't resist this guy.

On my wish list is one of her big monsters... I really heart this guy

Keep up the great work Jennifer!

A shout out to Jenny M!

Meet Jenny M everyone!



I just discovered the work of Jenny M! Jenny's work reminds me of my childhood. I love her use of color and her style! I can't wait to own something of hers. I'm so glad she has an etsy shop. If you want to see more of her work, visit her webpage or her flickr :)



Love love love this!!































Love these houses- is that a surprise at this point?




and I really want this!!! a village on top of an adorable creature- genius!




This drawing just makes me smile!

*all images belong and created by Jenny M, not me*

Houses

You may have already seen this article on BBC... but if you haven't I think these are sooo cool! I love artwork with houses in it or plush houses, there's something about houses that captivates me. Maybe it's because I don't have one and I would love to have one... it could be adding to my obsession for sure. I especially like plush houses, of course! And I just thought it was great that 40 crafters got together in England and re-created their village of Mersham, plus the old lady really makes me smile :) She looks so proud! And well she should be :)





I really like the work of mummysam- she makes some terrific houses :) I need to get one for sure- sure beats buying a house here in Southern California ;) Check out her store!

Knitted Octopus

I've been admiring Hansi Singh's work for a long time now and when I saw that she had a book out on Amazon with 20 patterns- I knew I had to get it. I love her patterns and to my surprise, as intricate as they look, I knitted this guy up with ease. It was helpful that she included explanations in the beginning of the book for some of the tougher stitches to refresh my memory. I made him on Saturday and plan on making a few more... right now, I'm making the snail for myself because well I love snails!

And lastly, the littlest m blogged about my pink easter bunny mushroom. I love her photo! so I had to share :)