Monster Magic

Looking forward to trading at Run to the Hills this weekend with the fabulous Socksy Beasts. Lets hope the eather holds out for us! More info on the event can be found here http://www.runtothehills.org.uk/

Well, I managed to get the custom starfish order made up. I was really stumped with this one trying to work out how to not just make a plain star shape with a smiley face, but I cracked it and am really pleased with the result. I just hope the person who has ordered it is pleased, I will blog about it a little more when I have traded it over .

Also managed to make a couple more ice creams today, Blackcurrent and Lemon Sorbet nom nom nom! I know I prob didnt need more ice cream stock atm, but I have been wanting to make these flavours since I made the first batch so couldn’t resist! Now just need a sunny day to photo shoot them.

Lets hope for as productive a day tomorrow!

Well, August was supposed to be a time to rest, reflect, redesign, restock and rebook! So far we are half way through and I pretty much haven’t done any of the above – oops! But, each day is another and as I have the week off work this week I am filled with a new determination to get stuff done Really need to get some stuff prepared for Christmas! So I finished a custom order for a one-off starfish today which I am very pleased with (will post a pic once it is handed over) and now to get on with the rest of the mile long list!

Had a lovely afternoon with socksy beasts today, and another yeti has found a happy new home
I should be back this week with some monster magic news, a slightly new direction and a few new items. Watch this space

I hope everyone had a lovely week, I had a great time at the apples and pears craft fair yesterday at the Art Organisation in Nottingham, and many thanks to the lovely couple who bought the grey yeti, I am so pleased he has a happy home .

This week I am going to share with you My Paper Crane. The type of plush is not all that similar to mine, but as inspiration goes, these are pretty fabulous. I absolutely love the ethos behind this plush: Plush toilet, why? why not! That is exactly what I think plush should be, it doesn’t have to be all teddy bears and bunny rabbits and so I just love the element of quirkyness in her work. I think the plush toilet has to be my favorite piece so far, but I also love the moldy bread! it looks so sad, and makes me feel so sorry for them. Below is a few samples of her work.

If you want to have a look at some more of the fabulous work of My Paper Crane you can find their website here, Etsy shop here and Flickr account here. I strongly suggest you go and have a nose at the Flickr account, sooooo much inspiration for me there.