Inspired by this photo in the most recent Marie Claire Idees I made this lanky linen guy. I’m really not sure what kind of animal he is. I put a fishing weight inside his body and filled his feet with poly pellets so he has a nice heft. I’m in a pretty big creative funk. …
two elephants (no tusks) – bare essentials
I took off the tusks on the first elephant and I like him better – simpler. And I made him a twin. I love how weighty these are – they have 2 ounce fishing weights inside and they sit so nicely. Fishing weights are awesome. These two will be part of the set of toys…
Today was Roxanne’s birthday party. We did some alphabet crafts involving lots of alphabet stickers, read some alphabet books, had alphabet pasta for lunch and an alphabet cake (those are little alphabet cookies I baked on there) for dessert. Charlie built a lovely centerpiece with the alphabet blocks. It was alphabetastic. She woke up this…
elephant (bare essentials)
This is a page from a notebook I have in which I paste in images that may inspire soft toys. I see images that I like all over the place and am forever clipping little things out of the most random magazines and catalogs to put in this book. Some time ago I put this…
Hot Air Balloon
One of my oldest friends, Julie, emailed me a few months ago saying that she’d like to commission a toy for her daughter, Carly’s, room. When they moved into their house in Colorado there was a pre-existing hook in the ceiling of Carly’s room and Julie couldn’t find anything she was happy with to…
Toyzzzzzzz
Hey! My show is highlighted in the Boston Globe again today. It is the Shopping Tip of the Day in the Sidekick section. I really like the headline they came up with – so clever. And it is nice to see the autumn tree doll in print. She’s a beauty, and still available here.
blue lizard
The last piece for Flora at MassHort is done – this blue lizard. I will be dropping the whole crew off, all twelve toys, on Wednesday morning at 11:00. It feels good to be done with this order. I’m itching to create something new.
three snails
Three snails. One lizard to go and I can drop everything of at Flora and move on to the next project. I will be making a set of toys for Beehive Co-Op in Atlanta. Beehive is a very cool store and was featured in the most recent issue of ReadyMade. I’m also going to start…
soft snail in a real shell
Inspired by this I located some seashells and made a little soft snail to go inside. Now I can’t decide if I love him or if he looks like an elementary school craft project.
third bird for MassHort
I bought the blue fabric on this bird’s outer wings at a church rummage sale in Wellesley in the fall. It is actually a cloth napkin and if I’m remembering correctly there was more than one. Why did I only buy one? I think I purposely torture myself. It has such a bird feathery design…
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