Bunny! (not sure why the first paragraph is a link)

Last night I attempted to make a rabbit keyring as a birthday present for someone. It was based on a picture of their pet rabbit. However I didn't realised that I haven't got any light brown wool left. So I had a rummage and, as advised by Rick, I went for a sort of burgandy colour as the base instead. Not sure how well this worked. We have been wondering if maybe it looks more like a dog? I like the little sequin heart nose though. But Im not sure. Its cute.... but maybe a bit alieny? Yeh. An alien dog! lol. Or a rabbit? What do you think? It took me a couple of hours to make.



My friend, Anni, has commissioned me to make her a felt of one of her wedding photos! I'm really looking forward to starting this! It's been a while since I've been able to get stuck into something like this and the photo felts are what I like doing the most. Before I start to felt the pictures from the photos, I like to draw them a couple of times in different ways so that I can look at the picture more and pick up as much detail as I can and get an idea of the shapes and proportions. The photo shows the first drawing I made along side the original photo.

Can't wait to get started :)

Tootsies, Videos and Machines

On Monday I went into a shop in town called The Sewing Shop. My friend, Emma, suggested that I enquired about a felting machine because she thought it would help me with what I do. The lady showed me the one that they had and let me have a go on it. It's AMAZING!! It would help me so much! It's so much quicker! I couldn't do everything with it,such as small details and the pictures on my photo felts, but I could do the bases for my felts quickly which could knock off a few days and it would also mean I could make my accessories quicker to build up more stock and to a higher standard! I'm hoping that within the next week I can get one! The lady said that I can go back with my wool fibres and try it out again to see if I still like it. Which I am doing tommorrow! But ooooo! I'm so excited about it!

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The other day I made a video on youtube to demonstrate how I make my felts. It's not a brilliant quality and I'm not sure my camera liked how fast I was moving but you get the idea... It does go on a bit long and you can here my fiance in the background laughing at The Fast Show in places but if you are interested in how I make my felt then here you go.... :)

Em's simple need felting video.

Key Ring Numero Two!

Just a quick post to show the second keyring I have just finished. It's a lot bigger than the last one (Mimi) and much neater. maybe because I am more awake this time? I duno! I've also added a bit of bling to this one too... What do we think? I'm guna try some different designs tommorrow.














I've taken a photo of her next to Mimi to as a comparison. You can see the difference... though the green one was missng the bling at that point!

I found my sketchbook!! WOO!

So... Here are my very simple and quick doodles of keyring ideas.... Obviously I'll be doing more but you can see where Mimi came from! She actually popped into my head when I was selecting some beads in the shop!

Im going to try another in a moment.


The fried egg is rather random.... but why not?! I'm aiming for quirky!

Thought I'd post this pic too... I was trying to give my friend, Anni, some tips on drawing portraits. So I drew this diagram uber quick.... Think it helped?!



Oh and yes... I did draw the rupert in the background! It was a present for my fiance because he loves him! :)

Keyring Numero One!

Last night I stayed up late to try and attempt to make my first keyring. Earlier in the day I had gone into a little shop in town called The Bead Pot to gather some bits and bobs. I bought a few keyring hoops (not sure what their proper name is but I mean the ones that you can split and attach to your keys), one belt loop clasp thing and some jump rings and thought I'd give them a go and see how they look. I also spotted some rings with little holes in which I thought I could try and sew some felted pieces to, and some hair grips which I will try and do the same thing with! My stock is slowly growing!

I also went and bought my self an uber cheap sketchbook for 99p which I have started to fill with ideas. I was going to post some pictures of my quick little doodles but the book has done a runner somewhere and I can't find it! Grr!

Anyway, I have a taken a photo if my first keyring on my DS as its quicker to upload it. The quality isn't brilliant but I'll take a better photo soon...

Here's Mimi...
She does need a wee bit of tidying up around the edges and I haven't properly trimmed the threads at the back yet where I have stitched on the bead and around the edge of her dress... but you get the idea :)

I've named her Mimi after me... cheekily! But Shes my first and she looks like a Mimi, and that's my mums pet name for me and has been since I was little. LOL... so yeh :) What do folk think anyway? Feedback?