Thursday, May 24, 2012

Gingermelon Patterns!

If you've never been to Gingermelon's shop on Etsy, you should! She has the most sweet and adorable patterns for little dolls. They are all hand stitched and made from hand dyed felt in colors that look good enough to eat! I've been coveting every pattern in the shop for the longest time but I couldn't decide which ones to get first, so I've just been drooling. But today I went ahead and bought a few and I am so excited to get started making my own versions of these sweet things!


Sweetie Pie Doll...I think the name says it all.



Pocket Pixie pattern

And then there are these lovely ladies, looking as if they came from a candy colored Victorian daydream, articulated paper dolls! How much fun are they!



I am already feeling inspired! Next time I'll get a few of the animal patterns. I cannot say how much I love, love, love these!

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Strawberry Cuteness

Awhile back, while trolling around the internet for craft inspiration (as any true serial craftress should) I came across the cutest pattern for a little strawberry dollhouse.


I immediately knew I wanted to make one, and with my daughter's 8th birthday coming up, the timing was perfect. Not to mention it's just the sort of thing an 8 year old girl would love. As I was purchasing the pattern I was thinking to myself, "These are so adorable! I wonder why I haven't seen any finished products like these for sale anywhere?" Then I started working on it. And now I know why you don't see finished sewn plastic canvas dollhouses for sale. They're a big time drain! I mean, the execution itself is very easy, a child can do it. But it's just monotonous and time consuming. Especially if the piece you're working on will be seen on both sides. If that's the case as you're sewing you have to make sure the back looks as nice as the front.

Well, finally, my little dollhouse is getting very close to being finished. Which has gotten me thinking about finding a little occupant. I'm not sure if the wee doll who will live inside this strawberry house should also be strawberry themed or if that would take the theme a little too far. Meanwhile though, I did a quick Etsy search and found several charming options for a strawberry doll.








They're all so sweet, I can't decide which would be best!





Monday, May 21, 2012

Illustration Friday (On Monday) - Sight

This is my entry for this week's IF topic, Sight. This was actually a page out of my 2011 Sketchbook Project, Submarines and Dirigibles.