Charming Stitches

I stitched these strips and scraps of fabric onto paper. They are waiting to be framed. I am going to hunt down secondhand frames and paint them to coordinate. They were fun to make and I think I needed ttime away from plushies. Just a wee bit. I'll put them up on Etsy as soon as they are finished.

skinnies and minis

I made smaller and taller monsters. I love the littlest red and pink stripey one. I want to keep her. But I may sell her as a pair with the taller pink red stripey.

It's a great windy day here.

Has anyone ever seen the movie The Dreamers? There was mention of movie watching for the interiors over at Alicia's Posie blog and I totally do the same thing. Rewatch movies for the interiors :D Most of the movies named are the ones I watch, but I don't think anyone mentioned The Dreamers. It's a risque movie, sometimes too shocking for me, but the Paris apartment featured is soooooooo amazing. It's tattered and dreamy. The kitchen......the wallpaper....the lighting. Well the whole darned thing. It's really a dream set.

My Etsy is slow. It's a downer. I'm looking into getting my little monsters into some real shops around Portland.

Toodles.

Saturday

She is a wee one. Her tiny legs remind me of Christmas jammies. Do you think I am crazy for already tuning in to Christmas music?? And popping in the Nutcracker Ballet DVD for background sound?? It puts me in the mood to make cute things.
Later today I am going to start working on the Dreaming of a White Christmas look. I may have to go rent a Bing Crosby flick :D

Monster Tabitha

Monster Tabitha lives in a room of peeling rose chintz wallpaper. At night her little lamp glows and it's the most charming sight indeed.

This little story of hers makes me want to buy bits of vintage wallpaper to make her a shoebox house :D

I used to own so many wonderful little junk bits . Jewelery parts, paper, rusty doodads, pretty ribbons. Everything to adorn such a little box house. But as we moved I kept getting rid of them. I told myself it would be good to not have so much junk.....yeah, whatever! Now I wish I still had all of my old crap!

:D

A new gang

I hardly have time to think of things to write. I pretty much just have time to sew and snap pics and get on to cleaning or playing with the kids. I will try to be a better blogger!! ahhhhhhh.

Peppermint Monsters

Peppermintstick Monsters..... This is how I thought of them.... I got way ambitious last night and was overwhelmed by all these fabrics and ended up with a real monstrosity. Like more is not more but...well I just couldn't stand to look at this craft gone wrong so I cut off the great stripey legs and then thought up the Peppermintstick Monsters!

I'm having real fun packaging these guys!

Sugarplum Monsters

New sugarplum Monsters. I am simplifying their design. Sometimes simple is better. I am using new fabric for these. Sometimes I need to work with new fabric because of my inspiration. Also I am showing how I am packaging them. I love adding a bit of pink fluff !