matryoshka ornaments

**apparently my phone has forgotten how to rotate images**

i made these little ladies for a swap i'm hosting on swap-bot (http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/43585)... simple little felt ornies ranging from about 2.5" to 4" or so. made up my own "pattern" (read: pretty much cut felt pieces till they fit)... pretty easy, super cute, i think they'll look adorable on a tree. :)

PINK ornies!!!!

so, this week i joined this... http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/41167 ... and then i made these silly lil pink felt ornies... as you can probably tell by now i ADORE felt... it is such an underrated and versatile medium!! it is truly one of my favorites... i am lucky to have a couple of die cut machines at work and TONS of dies to choose from, so i took my pink felt up there and came back with stars and squirrels... a bit of stitchin' and stuffin' later and voila!!

Nesties! kinda loosely matryoshka based...

These first pics are of the nesting dolls i did for this swap-bot swap, http://www.swap-bot.com/swap/show/43562 , they are from maize hutton's cute pattern (http://www.maizehutton.com/matryoshkadoll.html) but with a halloween theme. The backs are done in the alexander henry skullfinity fabric.

These were my first idea for the nesties... they will accompany the skull set to their destination... i really liked the idea of the bat->skull->candy corn->pumpkin idea, but then wondered if i shouldn't have gone more traditional and made the set that started this post. damn ole second guessing myself.

silly felt zombie girl...

made this lil zombie for the same swap as the zombie girl featured below... it'll go with her when she gets mailed off to a new home so she won't be lonely... it was just my version of the zombie ninja ya see on the interwebs. :)

made this lil lady for a swap-bot swap... nothing overly special.. felt... red chenille stems (pipecleaners!) in the arms, legs and neck so if you cut the "skin" she's nice and gory underneath... of yeah, they make her pretty posable too...

More crappy cell pics of summertime projects...

first we have a silly tiny kitty made of felt, it's actually dark purple with pink stripes and is about 2" long... very cheshire inspired...
a rescued altered goodwill tiki... just did some distressing, ok a lot of distressing, and some sharpie for contrast...

an in progress pic of a painting i did for a misfits fiend (a friend's son) for his birthday... this was pretty early in the process...

some YUMMY fabric i bought at the CHA supershow...

a flannel dance bag i made for my daughter (and a matching one for her best friend)...

alice paper doll for a swap-bot swap... the hair and clothing are all felt...

Back to work!!! UGH!

hahahaha, actually i am kinda excited about the routine being back in my days. summertime=willy nilly dixie and bug!! i did quite a bit of crafting over the summer, but of course took very few pics. meh. we got to go to the CHA supershow recently, that was RAD. i even got to meet the CRAFTY CHICA!! i was soooooo super stoked! let's see what kinda pics i can scrounge up... i'm lame and they are all gonna be cell pics... sorry. :)

The King's new toy...

I'm sooooo excited!! He hit "buy it now" on this little cutie last night!! Our goal this weekend is to figure out how to get it home! :)