Cutesy Crafty

You make me Plush X3

2007-08-07T14:33:00.001-07:00

I got going on my plush :), its so much fun.

I have made moopy bunny below, she is soo cute, a little lanky but that doesnt make her any less lovable!

And Dibley, he is not quiet finished as i didnt have enough stuffing the finish him off but you get the idea :)

The book arrived :D

2007-08-07T14:15:00.000-07:00

Plush-O-Rama arrived!!!!!!

So excited cant wait to get started.
Here are the projects inside, if anyone wished me to remove these images please just let me know.

I love so manu of them, which one is your favourite?

monster mayhem!!!

2007-08-02T15:42:00.000-07:00

I have found this book and i want it sooooooo bad!!! (i mentioned it before!)

It is called plush-o-rama and i want it so bad to make little monsters for my own fun! I have just been on the net and it has been posted, fingers crossed it comes tomorrow but we shall have to see. Here is a pic of the cover of the book and it can be found here to buy at amazon uk http://www.amazon.co.uk/Plush-o-Rama-Curious-Creatures-Immature-Adults/dp/1579908780/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/202-2740081-0321455?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186094577&sr=8-1

I was so desperate to have this book however that i just couldnt wait to make one! I went up in the loft and found all the old material of my mums i could and Chris inspired me to make this little fellow. He as originally going to be called the pester monster which is what was inspired by him! but on looking at this guy I have decided his name is Mr. Fibbles!

So meet Mr. Fibbles!

Mr. Fibbles is very naughty, he tries to steal my beer!!!!

roly polymer

2007-08-02T15:35:00.000-07:00

I decided to craft some stuff out of fimo polymer clay, mainly my inspiration came from etsy but i loved the idea of making jewellery items and beads ot of them.

I made a pair of strawberry earrings for myself and some phone charms for myself and the girls at work! (how they love my quirky charm!!!) I have made some other odds and ends which iam yet to get pictures of but will post soon.

Here are the cutest strawberry earrings hanginf from a tree. Stirling silver hooks with a metal ring attached to the metal loop inserted into the polymer strawberry before cooking. Arent the adorable!

My Peronal mobile phone charm! I know i couldnt resist it, its yet another poo,but this time with the cutest smiling toilet paper!

Lemon Charm with leaves made for veronique;

Puppy love charm made for Keziah as she loves honey her oh so cute dog which looks like a cloud!!!

Ihave also tried making some clay canes which are canes of coloured clay cleanly sliced to make beads. I have succesfully made a couple of these but i need to get them in the ovan before I show them to the world.

Monkey magic! (and other stuff)

2007-08-02T15:26:00.000-07:00

Vero at work has her lovely daughter Ella who is only two and completely obsessed by monkeys. Well I couldnt really resist making a pressie for her could I!!!! She absolutely loves them and came into work the following day to show me them in her hair, but now thinks i can put all animals in her hair for her!!!!

I just drew the design, cut it from felt and sewed it together. The blue covered one is just some fabric with a slit in the back to fit the underside of the clip through then sewn with the rest of the clip inside.

This is my felt strawberry! i love plush!!! its amazing. Only small (though bigger than a real one!) and made with 6 panels and hand stiched with love :)

a little place for your thoughts...

2007-08-02T15:15:00.000-07:00

I decided i wanted to learn to make some journals so looked up book binding on hte net and came up with a great video for coptic binding which shows the spine of the book and is delicatly threaded.

I tried a couple of mediums when doing this which were to cover the books in either felt or scrapbook paper. Though i much prefer the look of the felt on the book the scrapbook paper provided a much more quality finish.

Here are the books which i finished whilst messing around with this, i do love them and need to revisit this sometime as they make excellent gifts for friends.

Here is the view of a journal which i made for my friend Helen. It uses scrapbooking paper and has such a good quality finish. Both I and her loved it which made me very pleased.

Below is the image of the coptic binding on the side of the journal. You can see the intricate stitching. The good thing about this kind of stitch is that it keeps the book lying completely flat when closed.
This was me experimenting with felt on the journal. As you can see its sooooo pretty tho not so prefessional looking as the edges are harder to hide being thicker and i found it hard trying to find a mdium to cover the inside cover, as felt was too bulky but paper showed the raised edge of the felt too clearly.

so much to do so little time!

2007-08-01T05:43:00.000-07:00

I so need to update my blog! been up to loads lately and not enough time to show you all! I have been playing with felt and fimo and doing some needle felting. I have also seen a book, Plush-o-mania which i am desperate to get! I really hope i can find it tongiht, else its an internet jobbie :(

I will post some pics and update soon.

Sue the happy poo and forest bear

2007-04-15T11:02:00.000-07:00

I have 2 new little friends to show you now...

Sue the happy poo... as requested by my lovely friends at work coz well mike loves sue coz she is poo!

and Forest bear who is soooo cute! I am getting much better at amigurumi now and although he was really hard to make using that wool it works well as you cant see the joins or stiches :D.

ARIGURUMI!

2007-04-13T11:41:00.000-07:00

OMG so i found Arigurumi! whats this? you may ask... well its the Japanese art of crocheting small cute creatures. Here is my very first attempt ... Funny Bunny, so named as im sure as i learn to make these she will begin to look funnier and funnier :D. I love her though she is so cute.

My inspiration came from Amigurumi Kingdom which can be found here : http://www.amigurumikingdom.com/

2007-04-12T02:10:00.000-07:00

I have learnt a couple more crochet stiches... the granny square and some fishnet stiches.

I also got a little bored of the practicing and made a little bag to keep my crochet bits and bobs in :)

Crochet success!

2007-04-05T01:02:00.000-07:00

Well I have learn to crochet and seem to have mastered the basic stitches. Now i need to learn some of the more complex ones but i really want to get on with making something! my fingers are itching

Single crochet

Double Crochet

Treble Crochet

And finally a circle :D

Crochet

2007-04-02T05:17:00.000-07:00

So today i am going to start learning to crochet! would love to actually be able o make jumpers and the like! We will have to see how it goes! I know where to start just need to get some wool and maybe a book to get some different techniques!

Hair

2007-04-02T03:25:00.000-07:00

So I made my woolley hair, its pretty and took ages! I made it using merino unspun dyed wool tops, I ordered 4 types of pink and a blue. I then soaked them in hot soapy water and rolled them on a towel until my hands hurt!

I installed it onto my head and now think I might re-make it, its a little big and swaps my tiny head! I might try felting black onto the ends to suit my styling more.