It's been a little while since my last post. 
I've been moving fabrics to clear a set of drawers that I was borrowing from my brother. 
Lots of material there!  I guess I'll have to use it up somehow... (insert knowing look here as plushie patterns are eyeballed)

I was awakened around 3 in the morning, by a barking in the yard.  Fox or coyote, I couldn't say.  Probably coyote, since foxes tend to shriek more than bark. 
I shooed it away with a powerful spotlight I have, and made another discovery.  Out in the woods  behind my barn, a doe was curled up with a newborn fawn!

It was a pretty special moment. 


Commissions are open, feel free to inquire if there's anything that you'd like made.  I'm willing to negotiate as long as it's fair.

The Quarter - and Doll Eyes

Years ago when we were kids, I went to visit my cousin and she was upset. 
"Some guys gave me a quarter and said 'here's a quarter, go buy yourself a life..." 
I thought it over, then told her. "So why are you upset?  Those idiots gave you a free quarter!"


The moral - Take a step back and see who came away with more.



As for plush business, I experimented with making my own eyes out of polymer clay.  I rolled them so that I could cut the rolls for identical eye slivers. 
It worked great in theory, but I hadn't worked out how they would attach.  I tried making some into buttons, which warped the shape slightly. 
Then the final test, sewing them onto a doll came.  In short, the poor thing looks like a deformed muppet.

I'm going to keep trying though, I also don't think these eyes are the safest for kids since a good tug right now could pull one off. 
Until I perfect the idea, these will strictly be used for art dolls until I get one to work the way I want them to.

I've also created molds for stuffed animal noses, and will be making my noses available at some point. 
I'm still working out some kinks.