I finished this soft elephant last night. She is made from a scarf I found at the Salvation Army in New London around Thanksgiving. Actually, there will be two of them because I accidentally sewed two right pieces and no left pieces so I had to cut out two left pieces and thus, two identical… 

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We had a nice weekend. Even though Charlie and Roxy were both feeling sick Saturday morning, they managed to make it Tot Time so I got a chance to go thrifting in Waltham. I always find such good stuff at the thrift store on Moody Street and this was no exception – there was a… 

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I finished the frog last night. It was so weird because I started working on him after the Simpsons, maybe at 8:00 pm or so, and then finished him up in what felt like no time at all, maybe a half hour, but when I looked at the clock it was 9:23 pm. Wow! When… 

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I had several requests recently for more mice. I hade made a little fur mouse probably six months ago, maybe longer, and got some good feedback on him so I busted out the pattern pieces again yesterday and made up another one. This time he is linen (boy do I love that big piece of… 

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There was an interesting article in yesterday’s New York Times about what makes something cute. Scientists have studied visual signaling and identified the following features that make something look adorable: -forward facing eyes -round head and ears -round body -small, flat nose -floppy limbs -eyes set low on the head -body fuzz Interesting to think… 

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I made this little guy from the same book that the giraffe is from and although he is a little cutie, he is not the hedgehog of my dreams. He’s so tiny! Seriously, this guy fits in the palm of my hand. I am hoping to have Charlie take the pattern to work and enlarge… 

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As promised here are some pictures from the carved stamp stationary swap moki set up. Click here and scroll down a bit to see the entire contents of the package and who made what. My favorites tended to be those featuring bird stamps like these three but I also think this lion is adorable and… 

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We had a nice Christmas weekend, full of great food and good company. We managed to find a babysitter on Christmas Eve and treated ourselves to some awesome South Indian food in Framingham. And on Christmas Day we went for Lebanese food with good friends during the daytime and ordered super spicey Chinese food with… 

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My bears are now for sale at The Village Baby in Brookline, MA.