Meet Vincent the Voodoo Cat

Meet Vincent - the Amigurumi Voodoo Cat. :)  He's a little present for myself.  It occured to me that I don't make anything for myself, all those cute critters but I'm pretty strict and don't let myself get too attached so they can be adopted.  But this time I wanted to make myself a Voodoo Cat friend and along came Vincent. :)

He might pop up from time to time helping me with my creative stuff and iphoneography but so far he's settling in ok and getting on well with my other two cats Hiro and Ando.

More Amigurumi Voodoo Dolls

I was asked to make a couple of Amigurumi Voodoo Dolls as a custom order. I've been making a few voodoo dolls over the past few months and love making them so it was nice to take on this custom order. I enjoyed making these two. Melvin and Matilda their names are (chosen by the customer) and I think they're too cute. :)

I've also had Voodoo Bunnies on the brain and just finished a black and purple one earlier too which I've become quite fond of. :)

Amigurumi Little Bears

I've been busy crocheting a different type of bear to the last ones I've been making.  I seem to have a thing about bears at the moment. :P

These ones are smaller and less traditional looking and I was in a bright colour mood so they ended up aqua, green and red. :)  As usual they can be adopted at my etsy shop. :)

Amigurumi Puppy Dogs

At last here's something for the dog lovers out there.  For a long time now I've been meaning to crochet some dogs.  I must admit I'm not a dog lover, to be honest I've always been scared of dogs but I wanted to try and make something for the countless dog lovers out there. :)  And here they are. Two adorable little puppies.

They'll be up for adoption in my etsy shop. :)

Amigurumi Pink Bunny - Rosie

Rosie is a pink bunny I crocheted recently and she's been adopted by a friend of mine but I thought I'd post about her anyway and show her on here. :)

Rosie is a happy little bunny who loves to go out for walks and hops on a nice day. She also has a fondness for strawberries and raspberries and loves listening to music. :)

Amigurumi Cats

Cats are my absolute favourite animal!  I've grown up with them and always had a cat about, they're just such cute, fun and curious little creatures. :)  So that may come as a surprise that there's rarely been an amigurumi cat in my shop to purchase over the last couple of years or so.

I've made a couple at various times but they just didn't look quite right to me, I don't know why.  I think cats are quite tough animals to do justice as they can come out looking evil.  Anyway I tried a new design which started out as a doodle in my notebook and was chuffed with the result. :)  I'm finally pleased with my cat design, so much so that I made two of them. :)  I love their little bells on their collars.

These little cuties will be up for adoption in my etsy shop. :)

Amigurumi Felix "Scout" McFrosty Penguin

Some of you may recognise this little fellow. :)  When I first started up on etsy I made felt plushies although the amigurumi crochet kind of took over in the end.  Well this is a little character my boyfriend designed for me and I think he's so cute. :)  He started off as a felt plushie and that's the way he's been for the last two and a half years or so.

But with deciding to concentrate more on my crochet I didn't want to lose some of my much loved felt plushie characters so I thought I'd gradually convert them to yarn and make little amigurumi critters out of them.  So here's Felix and in case he's new to you, here's his story...

Felix is on a mission from the Antarctic. Having heard about global warming his penguin clan sent him away to gather information on the world without snow and ice. Sadly, this was years ago and he is now lost and can't find his way home.

Fish was his favourite food but since leaving the Antarctic he has discovered a love for jelly babies.

Felix can be adopted at either my etsy shop or my folksy shop. :)

My Monkey Week. :)

I've been busy in my spare time over the last week or so. :)  Busy making monkeys!  I had none left, not one ickle monkey which is very unlike me.  They all went to good homes over the Christmas period so I thought it was time to get them all back in stock.

And then that got me thinking that I don't think I've ever had them all together at once.  So I grabbed this opportunity and got a pic of them all together.  Awwwww..........

Marvin, Millie, Minty, Mollie, Mikey, Mervin and Mia. :)

I'm calling this my Monkey Week. :)  One a day will be heading in to my etsy shop starting today. :D

Introducing Mia the Monkey

It's been a long time since I've introduced a new monkey to my collection. :) I'm happy to do so today. This is Mia.

Mia the Monkey is a very dreamy and whimsical little monkey. She loves to drift off into daydreams and mostly lives in a world of her own.

Mia is hoping to find a comfy home where she will be loved but can also daydream in peace. She is up for adoption at my etsy shop.

Amigurumi Robin

Continuing with another of my more winter themed amigurumis this is a little robin I made. Quite an obvious idea after making so many owls recently. :) I actually can't believe we're well into November already! :O I'd better get a move on listing some of my other ones.

Anyway, the robin is up for adoption at my etsy shop. :)

Little Plush Panda

I hadn't made anything purely out of felt for quite a while so I thought I'd make something new and fun and instead of doing my large plushies I thought I'd make something smaller. :)

I came up with this little cute Panda which can be found in my etsy shop here. :)

I quite enjoyed making it and might make other animals in a similar way.

Some plushie newness. :)

I haven't updated in a while. I kept meaning to but it's been quite stressful the last few weeks around here. They went through a stint of redundandies at work and it was all pretty harsh. :/ I got to keep my job which is good but some of my colleagues and friends around me weren't so lucky and have all gone now. :( We've all been trying to adjust to more work and people gone.

But moving on to something lighter, now the worst is over I feel like I can settle down to crafting again. :) Starting off I took on a custom order to bring Moshi Monster Poppet to life and I was quite pleased with the result.



I have a few other things I need to photo but will hopefully be back to more regular updates and also my Crafty Features too. :)

Funny Bunny Plushies

Funny Bunnies are only happy when they're having fun. They can be found in many different colours and some believe their colour can help determine their personality.

More about Funny Bunnies here. :)

Etsy Front Page!

Imagine my total surprise this morning when I woke up, logged on to etsy to see my Kittie Sparkles Plushie on the front page. :P I had to double look and check incase I was dreaming. :)

Pity it was so early so not many people will get to see it here in the UK but I'm glad I saw it and got a picture, was a nice surprise to wake up to. :D Yay to kitty etsy treasuries!

Green UFO (Unidentified Felt Object)

Bored of life on their home planet Felton, UFOs (Unidentified Felt Objects) have come to Earth to seek humans willing to give them a loving home.

UFOs are fully house trained and this green one is available on my etsy shop here.

Blood Bunny

Blood Bunny has only ever known violence.....

Last weekend I had a bit of a bunny obsession going on and came up with a bunny design I was really happy with. :D So I started playing around with it and invented a few bunnies which I thought I'd gradually share with you starting with this one.

More info here.

Maisy Moo Cow

Maisy Moo Cow has the most envied milkshake making skills in the whole of Moo Valley. Other cows have tried to better her amazing produce, only to fail hopelessly. If only they could see her dancing the night way shaking her udder from side to side – that’s the secret to her success!

Maisy is a busy cow but enjoys disco dancing and making daisy chains.

More Maisy info....

Etsy Treasury - Monkey Business!

Thank you to Marmaladytoo for making this fun monkey treasury. :D It was cool to see my little Sleepy J Monkey with all his monkey pals, heehee. :)

Pink Blobble Plushie

I listed this item on etsy last night:

Not much is known about Blobble origins. What we do know is they seem friendly and have no motive other than to add a blob of colour wherever they go. Blobbles are often found in warm places and respond well to snuggles.

You can read more about him here:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=8965349