Pumpkin Time

I'm getting ready to list these cute new pumpkin ornaments I just made in our Etsy shop, but it seems to be broken at the moment... sooo... watch for them to be listed soon!

They're the first of many I hope to make, including some jack-o-lanterns and fall leaves (followed by Christmasy things as the season gets closer). They're made out of felt, stuffed with polyfill, and sewn with embroidery floss. The hanger is ribbon. I hope you like them as much as I do!

Still Kickin

That's right, we're not dead!! Hurray! Obviously we haven't updated this blog lately, and that's for the simple reason that there's been nothing to say! Since we started our current jobs Red Thread Plushies has been pushed by the wayside...

...until we got custom orders! Jezebel was the last one, and this is the one I just finished today: a jackalope! It's always fun and challenging to do custom orders, and this one was especially happy because... who doesn't love a jackalope?! He's bigger than any plushie I've made yet and is really really cuddly. He has a fleece body with felt embelishments (and pipe cleaners in his antlers :). The eyes and mouth are some great new product I bought... it's similar to shoe laces but smaller, very smooth, and a bit glossy. I think it gives the face a more polished look than embroidery. What do you think?

Nathan's contribution was the tail, below. Isn't it cute?? It's a really nice touch.


I hope you like him! I'm pretty pleased with how he came out :)

Jezebel

Heeeere she is! I sent Jezebel the honey bee out this morning. I'm so happy with how she turned out. Now if only I could get motivated to make more... ;)

Crammed Organisms Week 2

I was fiiiiiinally able to find a few pictures from week two of Crammed organisms. There's our little dragon, Peter, on the wall (he's green... near the middle towards the bottom).


And here's a little preview of the book that was published for the show- inside is a spread for each artist. I'm excited to get our copy!



And finally, here's a grainy sneak-peek of my latest project! Our most loyal customer has asked for yet another custom order, this time a honey bee. All that's left to do is the wings (and I have one done). I'm actually really proud of this one. I was worried about making a bee because I didn't know if I could do it, but I LOVE how she's turning out!

I'm sorry about the long absence. I hope I can update more from now on :)

Crammed Organisms Week 1

Sounds like Crammed Organisms got off to a great start this weekend! The folks running the show posted a bunch of pictures of the gallery of plush for week 1, and guess who we spotted! That's right, our very own Persimmon the lion is hanging out with his new pals in St. Louis. Check out the rest of the pictures to see all of the fun entries. It's really cool seeing my work hanging up in the same room as that of some other artists I admire. What a great show!

How does your garden grow?

I don't have much in the way of plushie news (with the new jobs we haven't been making much), so I thought I'd fill you in on our garden!


I hope you can see the rows of lettuce in this picture... it's looking great. I think we have 5 varieties of lettuce and they're all growing really well. They're one of the most successful crops at this point.


This is a closeup of some of the lettuces. I hope they continue looking this good!


Our corn is still looking good too. It has been growing, which is all I can ask for.


Several of our types of plants only managed to sprout one or two plants. This is one of one and a half zucchini plants... there's one and a half because the other one got chewed on by something. I think this is a really weird looking plant because it has a couple round, smooth-edged leaves and one very jagged leaf.


Here's an overview of part of the garden. There are pea plants by Nathan's shadow's head, big broccoli plants above my shadow's head, and the row of big plants you see are red potatoes.


The potatoes are definitely the most impressive and encouraging plants at the moment. They're growing super fast and are big, hardy, and deep green. I'm SO excited that they're doing so well... since potatoes are my favorite food and all ;)

The most recent news is that our carrots are beginning to sprout. Nathan also bought some new herbs yesterday (Italian basil, sweet basil, rosemary, and parsley) and planted them today. They really filled out the herb garden nicely.

Our garden is being weird in that many of the crops are only growing/growing better at one end of the garden. For example, we have a ton of good looking pea plants growing at one end, but at the other we're just growing dirt. It's really strange. A few crops haven't sprouted anything at all, so we'll see.

We're going to see the new Indiana Jones film tomorrow, and then to visit my parents for the long weekend. I hope you have a fun weekend too!

Box-O-Plushies

I think we're going to make the deadline after all! We finished our last entry Monday night and sent the box out yesterday with 2 day shipping, so I think it'll get there in time to be in the Crammed Organisms book. Whew! Above is our final entry: The Country Mouse and the Town Mouse. It was a big project, but it came out as I had pictured it so I'm pretty happy. Sorry about the very green background... it was dark when we finished and they got packed in a box immediately after this photo, so we couldn't do an outdoor photo shoot. Oh well!

Here are the rest of our travelers:

Peter the dragon

Linus the monster

Persimmon the lion

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On another note, I thought it would be fun to show you our sitemeter hits by location from the last couple days- hits from all over the world! How cool!! Hello, all!