Chocolate Bunnies and Diamonds for the Curatorial

I made some of my plush chocolate bunnies for our friends Christy and Shannon's new online shop, the Curatorial! You can get these softies right here, but act fast, these are limited quantities at the Curatorial!


Here is a close up on this little bun's face! I love how he looks so happy.


I also have my Diamond Hairpins on the Curatorial, too. I love how they look! So bling-y!

Flossy Bobbins Featured in Cross-Stitch and Needlework Magazine

Please check out the March issue of Cross-stitch and Needlework magazine, especially page eight - my Flossy Bobbins are featured in their Fab Finds!


Here is my Flossy the Dachshund on the contents page. I think it looks great with the pink thread, too!


Here is the Fab Finds article. Check out the cool stuff featured! What an honor to be included in this article!


You can check out this magazine at your local book shop, and you can check out my Flossy Bobbins in my Etsy shop!

What's Your Project? Tea Towel Embroidery

This year I have been trying to work on at least one project a month for myself. This month I have been doing some embroidery. My friend mailed me a Stitch Kit, which is great because it comes with everything you need to begin stitching. I did not use the provided patterns, so I just drew on my tea towel with a pencil.




I used back stitch and got the hang of it really fast. I embroidered before, but not in a long time.


I used the split stitch on the paws. It was a little tricky going around the curves of my illustration.




Then I added the features to my Nilla embroidery! I love the way the face looks.


Last I added some stars around Nilla for a little pop of color and the stars are fun to stitch!

Indie Craft Experience Holiday 2012

This weekend we will have our tables full of handmade goodies for the holidays! Please come by and say hi to us at the great event Indie Craft Experience!

Etsy Craft Party 2012

Last Friday was the day for Etsy Craft Party! We hosted it here in Athens, Georgia at our favorite local shop, Treehouse Kid and Craft! We had so much fun, too.


This year's theme was "Wish You Were Here." At our party we made postcards, travel journals / zines, and one inch buttons and magnets.




Ruth made these great buttons of her pets, Owen and Jack.


They look great!


Our friend Heather made some pins with some of the designs I provided that you can find in my Shoppe Sugar Cookie. She customized them with her friend's band name. They look awesome!


Here is Josie, me, and Allison! We had a great time hanging out at the Etsy Craft Party!


Sara also came to the party! I love her Etsy shop, too.


Here is Katy and Leslie

New Goodies at Shana Logic

Raoul helped me make a bunch of new things for the awesome indie shop Shana Logic! Here are some of my new Awesome Animals button designs that I made.


And an old favorite, the Readin' Animals Pin Set. These are great to get you into that "back to school" mood. Not sure if I am ready. Oh, wait, I am no longer in school!


Here are my Hugging Animals Pin Sets getting packed up to ship to Shana in Michigan! I love these animals. I love hugs, too.


Each morning I have a cup of hot tea, even in the summer time. I just can't shake it. My usual is Red Rose Tea, but sometimes I change it up and have some animals in my tea, just like these little button badges!


I also sent a batch of notepads to Shana, too. Here I am organizing my notepads into stacks. Gotta try to stay on top of this!






Shana Logic will also be carrying some more of my zines! Go zines! Hooray for zines! Please check out all the goodies of mine that Shana Logic has to offer goodies of mine that Shana Logic has to offer right here!

Hedgie Wood Pin Worn By Ting

One of my new favorite blogs is called Ben Loves Ting. Have you read it before? Ben and Ting live in Singapore and have the best adventures together!


Ting wore my Hedgie Wood Pin from my Shoppe Sugar Cookie on Etsy! Doesn't she look great? I love that this little hedgehog was their "pet" for the day! ❤

Tell the World About Etsy Athens Style

Over the weekend we had a walk around our town, Athens, Georgia. We took some photos of my handmade goodies from Shoppe Sugar Cookie on Etsy. We took these photos to add to help people learn about Etsy around the world, and to show a little local love for Athens.


Here is my Flossy the Giraffe Embroidery Floss Bobbin hanging out at the fabulous 40 Watt. How can you not love the 40 Watt? I have seen so many amazing bands here, it is for sure the best venue to see music in Athens. LUV!


Everyone in Athens knows that the University of Georgia's team mascot is a bulldog, so these statues are all over town. This one is interesting cos it looks like a postcard with the type going across, and the other side (not pictured) has illustrations of local stuff. This photo features my Flossy the Pony Embroidery Floss Bobbin.


I also took this one with Tofu Baby.


We came across my Tiny Record Player Button in the window of Low Yo Yo Stuff! We did not even place that there, we just came across it this day. How cosmic!


Lastly, we went to see the double barrel cannon. I placed my Pickle Plush inside, then we called it a day. Hooray for Athens!

Summer ICE 2012

Over the weekend Raoul took me to Indie Craft Experience, or ICE Atlanta. We had a good time walking around and checking out so many of the tables and awesome crafts. It was quite a mix! I did some shopping, too.


We liked watching Noosh Studios pull their t-shirts through their very own portable printing press! How neat is that?


I loved this display from Atlanta Institute of Stitches and Craft. They offered linen ribbon by the yard, yarns in all colors, cute washi tape, and crafting kits. How inspiring! I got a kit to make a miniature needle felted forest at their table.


Some of the artwork on display that ICE attendees created at the craft station.






Adorable earrings, barrettes, and jewelry on display at Camille's tables. You can find her beautiful goodies at Cameoko. I really like her fabric earrings and hairpins.


We also sampled some yummy macarons from Bookie Macarons. Hooray for this new yummy addition to ICE! We had peach and earl gray flavors.

We had such a fun, busy day at ICE. We look forward to the next one!

Dolly Day

I took a needle felting workshop at our local favorite store, Treehouse. My class made needle felted dolls. Here is mine, this is the first step. This is the form for the body, including the head.




I made my doll by working on needle felting the head and body first. Then I worked on the arms and legs. Here is my doll in progress. I think it looks sort of like a marshmallow head and body!




I attached the arms by needle felting them to the body. The teacher said to try and make this as seamless as possible. This takes a lot of poking the felt with the special barbed needle. It is fun, and the more you felt the wool, the tighter it becomes, and my doll sort of shrunk a little at this point. It did help shape the doll's neck and arms, though.


I added the legs the same way I added the arms. Here is my doll in progress.


I decided my doll is mori girl inspired, so I gave her natural color tights. I used a light color that was mottled and pale tan color.


This is as far as I got in my first class! I really like how my doll is shaping up at this point.


I worked on some outside of my class, too. I added brown shoes with yellow buttons. I think they look really mori girl and they came out so cute!




I added a camisole as her underpinnings.




And then she got some undies!






Here I added her hair. Then I felted it at the part. I did mine down the center and I made braids. I did not felt or tie the braids, so later on I can maybe give her a different hair style later on. I think she looks cute with the long braids. She looks really mori girl then!


I am adding her face next.




Now she has a face! I made her have green eyes.




I sewed her some clothing - a top from an old turtleneck my mom gave me. I used a boatneck shirt pattern from my Blythe dolls. It fits her pretty good! I made a little skirt from some eyelet lace.






Then my dolly went to school!