First Etsy sale and WIP Wednesday

When I woke up this morning, I had a strange email from paypal saying someone had given me money. Initially I thought it was spam, but, lo and behold, my first etsy sale! So two little finger puppets are now on their way to New Caladonia, USA!
In honour of my first sale, here are some more finger puppets, Mr Buzzy Bee!

WIP wednesday, Im working on a blanket I found at ravelry, a freeform 'pattern'. For some reason the colours have come up bad in the photo, but its nice to use some of the odd balls in my stash. The dirty blue one is actually a lovely turquoise



What an exciting morning! I feel a little sad about sending off my little creations. My sister is sure its not worth it, and Im sure they take me longer to make than I realise and perhaps I have under-valued them, but for now Im happy, and especially happy that other people like them too!

Now, to stop procrastinating and begin my study for the day...

New puppets

A month between posts, a new record! Its been a busy month, and about to get busier with Uni starting in March.

Ive been coming up with some new finger puppets, see below the frog, octopus and shark. Im working on creating sets to sell them in with themes which kids will like. An underwater creature theme for the octopus and the shark, and a garden theme for the frog, with maybe a bee, butterflies and a bird? Or Insects? Im not sure. These ones will be up on Etsy soon, sold individually. A few more weeks should see the sets go up.





I made the hand model with plaster and disposable gloves. It has a few air bubbles and inconsistencies, but I quite like it, and it serves the job well. No having to pester my family for a 'hand'. Lol, sorry, I can't resist a good pun.

Easter gifts are well underway. The pattern I'm working with is by Tamie Snow from Roxy Craft, you can find the free pattern here

Finally my sister is off night shift, so I can move about the house at day time without fear of waking the troll under the bridge. Also I got Harry Potter from her cave for some photographs.

Im pretty happy with the way he turned out, although the sleeve ends need a bit of work and his scarf could be better. Meagan carried him around all Christmas day introducing him to various people. And yes, she is 26, not 6. Pattern from darncatcrochet.

I have been busy (avoiding pun's here) with my bee's the last few days. Ive pretty much got the pattern sorted out now, although you will notice some of them are a bit different.



I have a few more to finish off, I have run out of yellow wool which I had in my stash from an op shop years ago. I have begun making octopus men now. Hopefully the kids at RPH approve

One good thing about Helen's insistence that I blog is getting out the camera again. Im using my sisters for now, but if Im going to justify buying myself a DSLR in the near future this is a good way to get back into it.