Would you like a little cheese with that mouse? :o)

This is Chester Mouse. He loves cheese!!!!

He wonders if he bribes the little mouse with a small slice of cheese it will trade with him. Doesn't seem fair that the wee mouse gets the bigger slice!

Now come on wee pincushion mouse trade with me! Well can you at least share?

PANIC BEAR

This is a little bear I just finished for a Christmas present. (Ok so I'm running a little late LOL)

My son (he is 17) designed this bear for his friend.

She is a huge fan of the band Widespread Panic - http://www.widespreadpanic.com/ - so he wanted a "panic" bear for a gift for her.

The logo on Panic's tummy is called the Note Eater.

Panic bear is axp 5" and made out of mohair with an ultra suede tummy inset and paw pads. The appliques are made out of velvet and suede.

I have been tagged!
By Sherrie of http://sympletymes.blogspot.com/ and
Laura Lynn of http://teddiesbylauralynn.blogspot.com/

Now I must share 5 interesting things about my self that no one knows.

1) I look and feel like that picture in the morning until I have coffee and wake up.
2) I love and collect strange vintage looking bobble head Halloween decorations.
3) I make up and sing weird songs on a whim. (I don't sing very well so it drives my family crazy!)
4) I love all types of styles - vintage, primitive, anime, traditional, quirky etc. And I have several projects in various mediums started in each of these categories.
5) I have two dogs that follow me around and are always touching the back of my knee. When I turn around to walk in a different direction it is like pushing a revolving door.

Now I'm suppose to pick people that I would like to know more about, so tag you're it! Please list five things about yourself & then tag five other friends.

Kerry http://starfinmaidenartjourney.blogspot.com/
Patti http://patti-lavalley-designs.blogspot.com/
JudiA http://leapingcalf.blogspot.com/
Linda http://linda-artandmore.blogspot.com/
Helen http://helldg.blogspot.com/

Every feel a little bit snow flakey?

This is a little snowflake pin. She is apx 2"

Her body is made like a paper doll - out of felt and card stock. Her hand and shoes are clay and her head is cloth covered clay.

I made her for a Winter pin doll swap.

My kids think that I have totally lost it and that she is the "weirdest" thing I have every made.

I guess she must extremely weird then because they think that my sock monkeys are pretty strange too. LOL Oh well. Sometimes you just gotta make something that is a little off the wall :o)

PIN DOLLS

Here are some pins dolls that I have made.
The jester pins are just under 5 inches.

The fairy type pins are just under 4"

Christmas Pin Doll Swap

Before Christmas I participated in a pin doll swap.

The theme was Elves or Santa.

Here is the little elf that I made and the one I received.

Mine arrived first so they got to play, tell secrets and talk about Santa until the little bear elf was sent away to her new owner.

The elf was made by Kelly.

http://cambridgegiftsbykelly.blogspot.com/

I just love him.

Thank you again Kelly!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!

I am so excited to start the new year. I just know 2008 will be an awesome year!

I hope everyone has a wonderful, creative prosperous, healthy and very happy year!
To start thing off my little bear set Mindy and Lyn are the Spotlight bear for Mini Teddy Hugs Magazine.

This is an online magazine.

To read the issue you can click here.

http://www.miniteddyhugs.com/
Be sure to click on the Spotlight link to see Mindy and Lyn :o)

They are available in my Etsy shop.
http://ydaydream.etsy.com/

I finally finished up a Christmas present. Yeah!!

These are fleece throws. They are quite large and very soft.

The blue one has the Cowboys logo on it. My hubby picked it out for his Dad so I hope he likes that team LOL

The animal print one is for my mother in law. It has apx 164 hand tied yarn tassels on it. I really like the way it turned out. I want to keep it! :o)

Now to find a box and get them mailed. I hope they make it before Christmas.

My name is Lola and I want to be showgirl!

When I heard I was going to Nevada - all I could think of was dancing and the glamor and the lights!

OK so I may never go to Las Vegas but I can dance on my new owners desk and watch as she creates her beautiful art!

This little bear is apx 5"

She has and embroidered nose and paw pads which have been shaded.

She wears a hand beaded ribbon around her neck.

Christmas Mice




These are a couple of Christmas ornaments that I made.
I finished them a couple of months ago but they were for a gift so I couldn't show them.
I wanted them to be a surprise :o)

The mice are about 3" and made out of a wonderful upholstery velvet.
They are based on some vintage ornaments that I have.
(The mice also have tiny whiskers that don't show up in the photos and their collars are ribbon and beads)

These were such a joy to make. They were one of those projects that just went together like a dream. They didn't come out like I had planned but I really like the way they turned out.

(They pictures are not very good. The color is a bit off - but what else is new. Someday I will learn to take a good picture LOL)

Meet Annie
She is a 10" silly little sock monkey.

Around here the boys are calling her "Bump in the Night"
They think that she looks scary!
Annie isn't scary but she does like to get up during the night and have a little snack. Maybe it is the refrigerator closing that scares them? :o)

Annie wears a little charm around her neck that says "Believe"
She believes that she is beautiful and wants to remind everyone to believe in themselves and in there dreams.

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE AUTUMN IS????????????????


I love Autumn. It is my favorite season.
Only this year.......
I can't believe that it is mid October and is still 80 degrees!!!!!
It makes is so hard to be creative.


It took me three months to finish little Maggie. She is all dressed up in her pink, black and white knit suit waiting for the leaves to change color and fall gently to the ground. She may look like a girly girl but she loves to jump in the leaf piles :o)

Maggie is a silly sock monkey. She is apx. 10 inches (7 inches sitting), She. wears a beaded black ribbon around her neck, wrists and ankles. She also has pink polish on her fingers and toes.

Tiny Teddy Bear Pincushion

This little bear stands about 3".

She is made out of a soft purple velvet fabric. She holds a tiny fabric berry pincushion.

Her little cap is made out of the same fabric as the berry as are her paw pads.

She has beading on her neck ruffle, berry and cap. Her face has been lightly shaded with purple colored pencil.

I have been tagged

with a nice award by two really awesome doll makers.

Natalie makes the most whimsical and unique dolls. http://www.creativecharacters.blogspot.com/

Connie makes awesome pin dolls. They are so colorful and fun.

http://clothmatters2.blogspot.com/

Thank you both (apparently you haven't spoken to my kids LOL)

I am suppose to nominate 5 people - so let me think who!

Then those 5 people are suppose to nominate 5.

Copy the tagged picture and post to their blog.

Charm Swap

I finally received my charms from the charm swap that I participated in.

WOW they are all so wonderful!!

From left to right they are from

Jacque http://www.jacqueuetz.blogspot.com/

Sherry http://sherrygoshon.blogspot.com/

Sue http://loloschild.blogspot.com/

Shashi http://sewingwithmoonbeams.blogspot.com/

Fran http://www.mydollland.blogspot.com/

Bear http://bearsembroideryden.blogspot.com/

Sandra http://glitteringthreads.blogspot.com/

Kerry http://atticrosecreations-kerry.blogspot.com/

Judi http://www.artdolls.info/

Cherie http://www.picturetrail.com/cherieday

and mine. (yes that is a picture of Hazel. She wanted to participate also LOL)

Thank you all so much I love them!!

Now to see about making a charm doll to hold them.

Sherry has created a charming doll class especially to hold the tiny charms. http://sherrygoshon.blogspot.com/search/label/Online%20classes

So I finally finished up a pair of earrings I was working on. I have never made a pair of cloth earrings before so it was challenging to figure out how to attach the ear wires.

These are tiny - like pin dolls. They measure apx. 2.5". There faces are cloth over clay and they are hand beaded.

The picture came out slightly darker than they really are.

Hey Millie?
Yes Mo?
What are we doing here?
We are celebrating the 4th of July Mo.
Hey Mo?
Yes Mille?
What are you suppose to be?
I am a sock monkey Millie!
Hey Mo?
Yes Millie?
You don't look like a sock monkey! - Come to think of it neither do I.
Well, Millie Maybe we are just silly sock somethings.
Mo - Does that mean I'm a silly sock something else?
Yes, Millie you are a silly sock something else!
Millie?
Yes Mo?
What are we doing here again?
Oh Yeah

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY EVERYONE!!!!!!!!

Oh My!!

Where did June go?

With the kids out of school for summer it has been really crazy around here. June just flew by.

I have finally managed to finish a couple of things.

This is a paper doll for a trade.

She is suppose to resemble someone - can you guess who? :o)

Her bag opens to reveal all of her favorite supplies. I hope my swap partner loves her.

I'm Wee Bit.

The doll Yvette made in elinor peace baileys class on Saturday.

Elinor did my face - Isn't it beautiful? She does such wonderful faces.

What an exciting time that was.

She is such an inspiration to all doll makers and to watch her make faces was just wonderful!

I was amazed how she could take her crayons and pens and just color so fast and create a fabulous face.

The most amazing thing was that she purchased a teddy bear and doll pin from me. I couldn't believe it! She also asked me to make her some earrings. WOW she wants some of my art!!

The class was held at a really cool fabric/fibre art store. It is called 145 Art and Design Studio and is located in Culpeper, Virginia. The shop has amazing fabrics and yummy fibres and all kinds of art supplies. Noreen, the owner, is such a sweet person. She really went out of her way to make the class wonderful. She even brought us chocolate during the middle of the class. Can't get any better than that! If you are ever in the area stop by and check out her store. It is like a candy store for fabric lovers.

It was such a wonderful day! I will cherish the memory forever!

Hi - I'm Charlie and we are in the middle of a big decision here.




Yvette is getting ready for a class with elinor peace bailey this weekend.







She is really excited as it will be her first doll class. And she has heard what a fun teacher elinor is!





( I heard somewhere she doesn't capitalize her name? - is that true? )




Anyway we are trying to decide with pattern to make. (I know she should have started it already but .... ????


I don't know why she has waited. Since she waited so long to start this doll we didn't have time to buy a pattern so she is picking one from a magazine.




Here are the two patterns that we are choosing from.



Wee Bit Revisited


which is in The Cloth Doll magazine - Fall 1998.

Here are the fabrics combinations that she has chosen to possible make that one.


Aren't those tassel delightful!!! I love them and the orange is so wild.

OH! There is a glare on the magazine photo. Maybe I should learn to use the camera - instead of just monkeying around with it..tee hee :o)

Or

The Keeper of Memories

which is in Cloth Dolls magazine - This magazine was a special edition magazine publish a while ago. It's an Australian magazine I don't think they made any more. Well at least we didn't find one :o)

Here are the fabric combination for that doll.

They are a little more elegant and they are so silky. The light one with flowers is very glittery!

I wonder which she will choose. I don't see any pink and black or red which are her favorite colors to use. I wish she would hurry up! She promised to finish me sometime in the future. I think I would like a button front shirt collar and a tie. I want to be a well dressed monkey! :o)

Where did May go? It seems to have rushed by. The kids will be out of school in a week!!!!! Now lets get in that studio and start sewing!!!