Create 365 - Day 191 & 192

Okay, lots of stops and starts this past week. I have also just started studying for what hopefully will be a new (additional) career. Unfortunately, since I've been trying to figure out what works best in getting both studying and sewing done, I have only finished two days worth of 365-worthy stuff. The good news is that I think I've figured out how not to exhaust or stress myself out doing both.

Anywho, now for the good stuff. This cutie pie was a test doll to work out the kinks of what I have in mine for my gaggle of nieces this Christmas. I customized it to my taste since I'm keeping it. Here is my 13" tall Cutie Vamp Doll.

The ones for my nieces will not have fangs or bat dresses but you get the idea. The next ones will be twice as large, and will be fleece where this one is felt for the most part. They'll also be all machine stitched except for detailed bits. I'd never finish if I had to sew them all by hand!

This is counting as two days because the doll body was done one day and the dress was redrafted and sewn the next available stitchy day.

Well, time for me to get studying! Yay?

xx ~Static

Create 365 - Day 179 to 184

Well I got a little behind but not really. Maybe by a day. I unfortunately forgot to snap a pic of a recent item before I sent it off so I'll just have to make up for it in the next few days, right? Right. Anywho here's the latest batch of stitchy goodness...

Top row: Creepy Carnie Conversations, Dusty Catacombs, Vampire Kisses
Mid L: Hey Little Sister v2
Bottom L & R: The Roses are Red Red Red, Tumbling Cats

Click the image to check them out along with the other goodies in my shop!

xx ~Static

Create 365 - 148 to 161

Okay, so, due to things that could not be controlled (migraines, my scattered creativity, an over-thinking brain and a bit of squashed hope) I am obviously way behind posting. I have been creating though! Here's what I've worked on during my blogging absence:

Day 148
Swirly wall switch.

Looks much better than they ugly, cracked thing that it originally was.

Day 149
Here is a Daisy Circle Skirt.

Oh wait, there is no pic yet because I wore it already and now it's in the wash. As soon as it is laundered and ironed I'll add it in. You'll just have to take my word on it.

I made another skirt for myself, hurray! I keep seeing cute skirts and dresses but so many are too short for my taste. I prefer knee-length or longer, thanks. I just don't want to be getting "friendly" with all the town every time I bend over, ya know?

Day 150 to 156
Seven new limited edition reversible headbands.

Top: Kittens and Cobwebs, Peaches and Screams, Pushing Up Daisies
Mid-Left: Peach Dreams
Bottom: Daisy Chain, Sweet Zombie, Candy Kittens

Click the pic to go see all 32 of the LE headbands I currently have available.

Day 157 to 161
Dahlia Barrettes, one of which which will be given away soon in celebration of breaking 900 on my shop's Facebook page!

 

It looks like I lost a little over a week's worth of creating but it couldn't be helped so I'll just soldier on. Hopefully I can keep up with my 365 a little better now and not take 2 years to finish it! We shall see, we shall see.

xx ~Static

Create 365 - Day 64

Catching up on Heroes while finishing the new look for the remainder of 6 chairs. I'm loving the contrast to the table and floor.

Now I just need to get the hooks in place for the tiebacks and, voila, my dining nook / additional workspace is done. Yay!

Now what else can I use my staple gun on? Hmm...

xx ~Static

Create 365 - Day 1

2013 has gotten off to a good start. I've decided to endeavor to create at least one thing a day, every day of 2013. What should I call it? Create 365? Another upside to doing a 365 is I'll post here more often. Yay!... Yay? Oh boy. No, no I can do this!

I was going to try this last year but well, you know, excuses.

Anyway, to start off the year I stitched up a baker's dozen of limited edition headbands! I did them over a couple days but I'm counting them all as day #1 since that's when I finished and listed them so nyah.

Left Column (top to bottom): Tumbling Cats - Purple Turq, Creepy Carnie Conversations, Dancing Skeletons in the Fog, Happy Ghosts in the Attic

Middle Column: Black Cat in the Garden, Victorian Lady, Three Witches, Aztec Dreams, Black Cat in the Garden at Night

Right Column: Candied Flowers, Dancing Skeletons, Creepy Conversations, Tumbling Cats - Purple Black

♦♦♦♦    ♦♦♦♦    ♦♦♦♦    ♦♦♦♦

A random few from the above pic are already listed with more going up tonight and tomorrow. I try to spread out my listings so more people browsing Etsy will see them. But you, my fabulous fiends, get the sneak peek!

If there's one you want that hasn't been listed yet just convo me on Etsy and I'll happily list and reserve it (24hrs) for you. Sold out? Want a different fabric combo? Just ask and I'll happily see what I can do.

Also, after the 15th, there will be an upward price change. I was going to do it this week but I'd like to give my faithful fans a chance to grab their faves at the lower price.

Hope you all had a fantastic New Year's Eve! Here's to a amazing 2013 *raises coffee cup*! xx ~Static

Why am I up so early?

The answer is the cats are out to get me. No, really, they are! *Looks around nervously* Whew, they're sleeping. For now.

Since I'm awake I thought I'd show you a couple things from my perspective. First thing in the morning...

That cup is full of delicious manna (coffee). Notice how nothing can be focused on until that nectar of the gods has been consumed? Powerful stuff. The tilt of the photo is due to my face being strongly attracted to the table top. The attractions wears off after awhile so no cause for alarm.

After a few sips of manna I was able to take a few more snaps. Here's the amazingly bright turquoise fabric I mentioned on FB along with some combos I'm probably going to go with for headbands (top matching to bottom).

You like?

And, last but not least, a pulled back view of what my kitchen table looks like when no one can hear me scream...

See that? Poor Hobbes won't even look.

Well, I'm off for more manna and then hopefully I'll work on my Tiger Buddy there for a bit -- I can only work on him a little at time for fear of hand cramps-- and then stitch up those headbands as a breather from His Stripeyness.

xx ~Static

Mother's Day Giveaway

Static White's Stitchery is happy to present a Mother's Day giveaway via the awesome site WhatTheCraft!

No, I'm not giving away my mother (even if the thought did cross my mind *winkwink*) but here's a peek at what I am giving away...

All the details are here: http://ow.ly/akfQ5

There are many ways to enter and to get extra entries, so be sure to check it out!

Miss Lex of WhatTheCraft.com will randomly select one winner after the contest closes. You can enter up until April 22nd at 11:59 PM EST.

Much luck! xx

Black Velvet Diva Capelet

This is probably the last one I'll do. Trying to get slippery, but lovely, lining onto velvet is a pain in the rear. Hell, anything to do with sewing velvet is a pain! But velvet's so pretty! I know. Sigh. Anywho...

Every diva needs a capelet to ward off the cool night airs! They're absolutely perfect for early Autumn, Spring or cool evenings out on the town. Wear it centered, jauntily toss it over one shoulder, or fold down the collar. You can even wear it stripe side out if the feeling strikes you!

See the listing here for details.

xx ~Static

September Headbands

I've already sold of couple of the latest batch of reversible headbands (just finished listing them today!) but here's a preview of what's still available of the latest ones:

Top row: Aztec Dreams, Sugar Skulls, Secret Garden

L mid, L bottom & R bottom: Day of the Dead Bonfire Party, Secret Garden 2, Madame Butterfly in Blue

I do have many more styles to choose from. You can find all of my reversible headbands and other spooky-cute goodness here. Or, maybe you're looking for my Zombie Hand Puppet PDF? It's hiding out in my supply shop, here.

Thanks for looking and hope to see you in the shops!

xx ~Static

August Headbands

I'm baaaack with more headbands!

I've been busy and forgot to post the batch of headbands I did in July (most of those are gone now anyway, hurray!) but here's some of August's...

L to R:
♦ Cherry Bombs at Midnight <--last one!, Haunted Carnival (big square), Rusted Gold
♦ Flashlights in the Boneyard, Naughty & Nice, Rue Dreadful

 

Also today is your last chance for my 25% off sale section. So check it out before you miss out!

xx ~Static

Crazy Hair Days

April showers bring May flowers? Well, it's June and it's still raining which is giving me some serious "medusa" hair days --imagine booty length curly hair frizzed out and grabbing at everything. Rawr! So, because I'm tired of braiding and to keep my wild tresses from wrapping around piercings or trying to strangle me... I'm on a headband kick!

I have made a bunch of super awesome-riffic headbands for your lovely heads (and mine. Down, hair, down! *Whew*)

A handful --hairful?-- have already sold. Such as, Cherry Bombs & Bottle Rockets took off minutes after listing! Lucky for you, I have a duplicate or 2. Although, many of the fabrics are hard to find or discontinued so there will only be a very short run of these!

My headbands are made of cotton unless otherwise noted (some blends and even a silk blend). All are machine washable. And --the best part!-- they're reversible! 2 styles in 1, hot damn. Here's a sampling of them.

Click on the pic to head straight to my shop and grab your own!

xx ~Static

Cloud 9 Is Made of Stripey Socks

Two more packages arrived the other day. These...

... because my friend and old roomy doesn't want me darning my holey old socks. But, but they're stripey and still have a *little* life left in them :'( Love you, Donna, thanks! All the sock pics are from SockDreams.com because my digicam batteries are still charging. They like to torture me. SockDreams has the best stock of stripey footy-leggy goodness. Evah.

And, the other package had a Voodoo Dude magnet (damn that's a strong little magnet!), a swirly black & red bat plaque, a black bat pin & and black cat tie tack pin. All thanks to a swap with the adorable Jinn aka DreadfulDesigns!

Again, this is Jinn's pic because my digicam is on strike. You'll just have to imagine the cuteness of the other items. Believe me, they are.

Aaaaaaand, there's still one more package that arrived yesterday! It is definitely awesome but I'll save it for another post. I'm sleepy and it going to be a part of a whole other kind of awesomeness. My digicam better be behaving by then!

EDT Year Long Bday Swap Gifts Pt 2

Yesterday I just had a feeling I had better check my mail and I'm happy I did! There was a brown paper wrapped box waiting for me from ForeverFall. It was sealed with some seriously industrial tape but with a little "help" from my kitties I got it open. Yes, I'm one of those people that undoes the tape on wrapping paper. Hey, it's all about recycling. Anyway, while the kitties decided who would get nesting rights in the paper I sawed away at more tape on the box. Which, I might add, was conveniently labeled as to which side to open. Of course it was in my lap upside down.

Within the mounds of black tissue paper I found this...

 

Isn't she lovely? She even has crazy hair like mine! Her name is Sideshow Siouxsie and her little buddies in her hair are Trilla & Trixie, on the left, and Mr. Obselete: the Man With No Arms, on the right.

Thank you, ForeverFall! You really have a talent and should have a whole slue of awesome sideshow dollies & hair sculptures in your shop! ~Static

EDT Year Long Bday Swap Gifts Pt 1

My birthday is the 23rd of this month. I'll be, um... 29 (again). The ever so awesome AgonysDecay organized a Year Long Bday Swap for our team which of course I couldn't pass up. Each of us sends out 3 gifts throughout the year and then when our bday rolls around we receive 3 gifts. It's a secret swap so you never know what you're going to get or from whom! But of course they're always awesome because they're from EtsyDarkTeam members so you can't go wrong.

In my last post you got to see what I sent out this month, now you get to see what I received. My first birthday gift (of three) arrived the other day from CoffinCritters!

A Cemetery Rose scented soy candle (that didn't make it into the pic in my excitement) with moss, a ghostly kaleidoscope, bubbles, a handmade skull jar with cemetery dust for luck (and boy could I use some!), an off-white round lidded box painted with black stripes on the lid and embellished with a skull key, a voodoo dude bottle cap charm and a small purple painted box with black stripes and stitches!

I'm going to have to find a good spot in my livingroom to display all my birthday goodies. It already smells delish in here thanks to the Cemetery Roses candle and it's not even lit! Be sure to check out the awesomeness of CoffinCritters for yourself at her shop. Now to freak out the kitties with bubbles *muhuhahaha* Thank you, CoffinCritters!

I'll be posting about my 2nd gift shortly! ~Static

My Creepy Valentine... MrsEvils style!

Just before Valentine's day I received a package from MrsEvils. She was my Creepy Valentine gifter! I let a girly *squee!* when I opened it to find these absolutely squeetastic gifts (click for a closer look)...

A handmade stripes & heart Vday card, a zombie squirrel cross stitch kit, a bloody knife hair flower, a devil ducky, 3 pairs of stripe socks & a "Stabby" cross stitch magnet!

Here's the inside of the card...

The dino of love's gonna getcha!

MrsEvils is beyond awesome and if you haven't checked out her shop yet, well, you should. You'll find zombie dolls, creepy cross stitch, killer jewelry and more!

♥Thanks so much, MrsEvils!♥

Dirigible Tote Bag - Striped Silk Blend and Green Brocade

A lovely soft tote to carry your notes on steam engines and books on dirigibles. Or, to help ease your burden of collecting specimens of delicious Halloween candies!

See listing for more pics & details.

Gothy Beans Stitches

As an artist/designer/seamstrix/whatever it's a great feeling when you realize people that run some of your favorite websites are buying from you!

I had a custom request for a Scrap Bat™ back in November from a username that seemed familiar but I didn't dwell on it right then because I was busy with the pre-holiday.

Once I finish the custom Scrap Bat I went to send her a message, of course, and her icon of Mr. D finally fully lit the flickering bulb over my head... GOTHYBEANS?! That GothyBeans? Oh... OH! *giggled like a little girl*

I have now, yet again, had the honor of creating for her one of her very own characters. Meet Funny Bunny!

     

If you have never read the Gothy Beans comic strip you really are missing out. It's gothic, sarcastic, and just a wee bit silly. I love it!

Black and Red Stripe Fleece Scarf

Just over 3" wide alternating and serged snuggly fleece strips, 9 Red and 10 Black.
Super soft and warm!

See the listing for other pics & info.

Scrap Bats™ - Poinsettia, OOAK collectible bat doll

This sweetie's name is Poinsettia and is a distant cousin of Incencio's (the last Scrap Bat™ that was adopted). So again a bit of Honduran White Bat, some Striped-Faced Fruit Bat and maybe a bit of Red Bat for good measure? Who truly knows? I don't speak Bat all too well so I may have misunderstood here or there ;)

See listing for more info. No US shipping charge!

Part 3 - LushPunk's Custom Zombie Head Bag

You know when you make something and you contemplate making up some elaborate story as to why it will no longer be for sale? Yeah, I love this bag as much as LushPunk does! The listing couldn't have been up for more than 15mins before she pounced so here's some images for you to drool over and descriptions to chuckle about:

 

 

Are you ready for impending zombie attacks? Well you should be. Whether you're a Zombie Hunter needing to carry supplies & Zombie deterrents, or a Zombie on the prowl you need this awesome bag!
This Black/White Striped Cotton Messenger Bag is lined with a super soft Red Vinyl that has a faint Black "rub". Vinyl makes for easy clean up for Zombies & Hunters alike! It's also a great match to the Cranberry Felt of the Zombie's eyes and blooooood *ahem*.
♦ approx 14" x 14"
♦ 48" long padded strap
♦ Hand cut Felt Zombie Head with hand stitched eyes & bloody mouth
♦ 2 inside pockets! (Not shown in pics)
♦ 3/4" magnetic snap
♦ Red top stitching

 

So what do you think, should I make more? :D