Mini Menagerie

I still have a couple more to complete but I thought I'd share some of my latest work, a custom mini menagerie!

Sleepy Olifont is always prepared for a good nap with his eye mask & blanket. (Sleepy Olifont is not a Mini but he may have a lil sibling soon)

Mini Kawaii Piggy can't wait to be snuggled.

Mini Dolphin wants to go for a frolic.

And Mini Hippo will have you know that his large cranium is due too his massively intelligent brain, thank you very much.

I forgot to mention that the Mini's are between 5" & 7.5" long. Hand-size and squishable.

Custom Can Be Frustratingly Fun

Yes, getting custom requests can be frustrating but in the end they can be pretty fun too. I look at it this way, it keeps the rust off of the brain gears. I have schooling in clothing design, creating and many forms of art & craft but not once did I take any doll making courses. Sure I've read a lot of books and look up info on the net if I need to but there is a lot to be said for hands on learning. That said, it takes me forever to come up with a new pattern since I have to think in 3D and my mind does not work in the usual ways, so I am told. There are no creature-creating-forms, like a lovely convenient dressform, I could work off of unfortunately. It all has to come out of my discombobulated brain.

Why do I bring this all up? Well, I have a repeat customer that I absolutely love and dread requests from. This customer loves to only give me the absolute vaguest of descriptions such as "a bunny" and "a panda". But in being so vague I can make them however I see fit. I have an idea of this customers sense of humor, likes & dislikes so off I go right? One hang up, I have to do them from absolute scratch! So I pour over my books and think and think and stab at the paper and think some more. Finally, eventually I get it just right. Have I mentioned this customer is extremely patient and I'm a perfectionist? Hah, yes we're a good customer/creator match.

So without much more rambling here are my latest creations:

Big Ninja Bunny Foo & Spawn of Ling

Big Ninja Bunny Foo carries a grey felt throwing star & a felt carrot that doubles as a throwing knife (not pictured, sorry). Foo is made of squishy soft fleece with pose-able ears, felt nose & hand embroidered face.

Spawn of Ling has a hand stitched stick of tan & green felt bamboo. It can even be twisted to look like that novelty bamboo. Spawn of Ling is made of the same squishy soft fleece, has hand embroidered mouth, hand stitched felt eye patches and nose.

Big Ninja Bunny Foo also brought along a friend who now chases after my Scrap Bats. Meet Mini Ninja Bunny Foo:

As you can see he is still learning the ninja-ing thing and the Bats are still getting the better of him. He's also available for adoption!

So in the end, you see, it's all definitely worth it!

VOTE FOR ME @ CafeHandmade.com please!

My fairy bear Tepalin...

...is up against a doll by KimmerMonroe in a friendly competition this week on CafeHandmade.com!

You must vote! Please. I love you. Really.

The competition is at the bottom of this page:
http://www.cafehandmade.com/ALittleFun.html

RockerByeBaby was the winner last week so congrats to her!

 

Thanks in advance! ♥ xx ~Static

New Critters!

Not only is there a new Scrap Bat flapping around but there is also a mysterious little bunny that snuck in one night and has yet to leave.

 

Sverrir & Mini Ninja Bunny Foo

As you can see the bunny tries to practice his stealth on the Bats but he's just not very good at it... yet.

 

xx ~Static

Featured!: SWStitchery.Etsy.com on Blogasaurus

It's so great when I stumble across things like this. My Skully Elf Ornament was featured on Blog.Blogasaurus.com!

Check it out here: Not so traditional Christmas - http://blog.glamasaurus.com/2008/11/28/not-so-traditional-christmas/

xx ~Static

Review: Custom Cranium / DeadThingsGrrl.Etsy.com

This little guy is Florian from Custom Cranium (DeadThingsGrrl.Etsy.com) and was everything I'd hoped he would be from the pictures in the listing!

As the description said, " Fluffiest Snuff Stuffy EVAR!" I got quite a deal considering this item was handmade with recycled stuffed animal body and professionally prepared animal skull and tail. Not to mention, the custom etched shot glass with a drawing of Florian and the shop name that was an extra little gift from this seller. Everything was sent via Priority mail and packaged with lots of padding around the dolls head and shotglass. You can tell this seller takes great strides to send everything so that it arrives flawless and in a timely manner.

I have since been back for more and definitely will again!

~Static

DIYScene Team September Swap - Pt.2

I received a nice little surprise from Canada this afternoon, my secret swap package!

I didn't recognize the real name of the sender of course, in this day and age of usernames, but I opened to find it was from Daddysgirl/GlamGrenade! Here's what I found inside:

A red hand stamped bat scarf, pumpkin bell earrings, candy, toy bones, spider clutch purse with a big fat spider on it(!), skull fabric, art cover mini notebook, witch finger puppet, a Frankenstein & bats scrapbooking pieces!

The scarf is quite warm and snuggly, made of a sweatshirt type material but without the fuzz. Great for people like me who want to sneeze every time they pull a sweatshirt over their head. The clutch will hold all my makeup and then some. It also has a strap that I can clip on and off, put my keys on and generally keep me from losing my purse! Excellent.

Check out her shop for similar scarves & clutch purses you won't be disappointed.

 

xx ~Static

DIYScene Team September Swap

It was a Halloween theme! I couldn't pass that up.

Here is my completed rendering Pet Zombie Creations painting Crying Jealousy in fabric on a 14" wide tote (all from scratch!) with a couple of my Postcards, a Charm, an Autumn Black Rose, a couple Moocards and a wooden coffin full of candy.

 

As you can see I decided to do something a little different. I was itching to do another fabric portrait and found this to be a perfect opportunity! I thought PZC's painting would be perfect with it's undead, zombie-like feel for the Halloween theme. The colors were chosen not only to compliment the image but pink, purple and black (in that order ;D) are her favorite colors. Voila, PZ's gotta brand new bag.

Ok it wasn't as simple as I make it out to be. You can get a glimpse of my madness in my in-progress pics on my Flickr photostream.
Enjoy!

New items, reduced prices & a Bday Code!!

New items have been listed and prices have been lowered on all my accessories by 25-50%! Check them out and scoop them up while they last.
Here's a taste of what is currently in my shop: Etsy
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And, don't forget you have until 9/23/08 to use my birthday code, SEPT23! Just Convo me though Etsy with SEPT23 as the "subject" and the items you would like in the body of the message. I will make special "reserved" listings just for you! Not applicable to the "sale" section (which already has discounts of 10% or more!)

Not signed up with Etsy yet? It's free & easy, click here to get started.
Look forward to hearing from you! xx ~Static

Celebrating My Birthday Early...

...with a couple of new items & a SALE!

 

First the new items:

  

 

Now for the SALE!:

The code SEPT23 will get you 10% off any regularly priced item in my shop (items in the "sale" section not included)! Good until 9/23/08.

Just Convo me through Etsy with SEPT23 as the Subject & what items you would like in the body of the message. I will make a special reserved listing just for you.

 

And, keep your eyes open for an awesome yet very limited run of striped bloomers that will be joining my shop shortly!

 

xx ~Static

SWStitchery.Etsy.com

New goodies from your favorite Stitchery!

Cephalopod, gears & bats!! Oh my.

 

Come on over and check them out :D
xx ~Static
SWStitchery.Etsy.com

DIYScene Team July Swap

Can ya guess the theme? LOL

These are the goodies I made for my swapee, an awesome DIY clothing designer, Brooke of Crossbones Couture!:
A 14" x 14" canvas pillow cover w/ a from scratch applique & black ribbon ties at the back.
A cellphone/zipper pull skull & heart dangling charm.
And everyone should have at least a little stash of skull beads! ;)

I can't wait to see what I get & this time we have no idea who we're getting something from until it arrives!