Handmade Holiday 2013 is well underway, and an impulsive decision to take part in a vendor market a week in advance has me churning out the softies and Xmas tree ornaments in what I’m now calling my Softie Sweat Shop. The Softie Sweat Shop offers workers comfortable working conditions and many benefits, such as dry fingertips and tiny stab wounds.
I’ve been working in a lot of multiples, as well as working on many softies at once so I’m never bored with my projects. If I’m over owls, I set them aside and work on sugar skulls. If I don’t feel like coming up with creative details, I can cut out a bunch of starter softies to decorate later. It’s a perfect system! Never mind the haphazard chaos of my crafting room, where various piles of in-progress projects sit in random areas, sometimes under books, craft supplies or a cat.
Here are some of the fruits of that labor--things that will be available for sale tomorrow, Saturday Dec. 14 at the 12th Avenue Patio Sale at 12th Avenue and Desoto (unless it rains, then here is a sneak preview of my soon-to-be-awesome etsy shop)!
If you're a devoted fan who has followed this amazingly consistent blog for several years, you might remember these little pencil/makeup/change bags from the time I failed to sell them at the Port City Market circa 2009. They're still available, but demand is obviously high!
These are larger sugar skull softies but for all you know they're microscopic because this photo has no scale. They have a little bean bagginess to weigh them down and help them stand upright. They're probably 6 or 7 inches high and they have little "fug" tags on them.
I really like this angry looking cat. I'm hoping a lot of other people also really like it and that this shared interest will translate into cash in my unsold felted money bag.
Please tell me owls are still a thing. I made a whole bunch of them.
Whoa. Do you even understand how serious this is? I had BUSINESS CARDS made, because when it comes to felt, I mean BUSINESS. Special thanks to Sam with knitting company Meat Warmer for designing these cards!
More sugar skulls. Come buy them!
