Scissor Quirk

Cozy Cups...

I had my lil Mr. Moustache cup cozies for sale at the craft show over the weekend - nestled all snug and happy on a little sample paper cup, piled with their lovely plaids peeking out. :) Everybody loves em (me included!):

They were so fun to sew! I thought you might want to see a peek at the finished guys - a little bit of my booth, for now. I always take a billion photos of my booth at shows, but the booth has looked pretty similar for the whole Spring show season, so I'm not sure if I'll post more photos of it or not...lol.

I'm definitely craving a new sewing project, now that these guys are done!

Anyhoo - hope you're having a lovely Tuesday! I've had a tough time getting back into it this week, but I'm chugging away. :)

Coffee Cozies...

A few weeks back, I made some little Mr. Moustache coffee cup cozies/warmers for a local craft show I had coming up - they'd been in my sketch book for *so long* but it had taken me a while to perfect the pattern, so it was that much more exciting to see them all finished after the long wait!

They're still in progress in these photos - hence the pins.

They're made from the softest oatmeal flannel, with little appliqued faces and bright & colorful flannel plaid insides - I have a reusable travel mug, myself, but I was totally tempted to buy a paper cup just to use one - lol. I think I'll slip one in my purse for those few times when I'm out & about and have forgotten my mug - I''ll try not to do it on purpose! lol.

It feels good to have a cute lil useful guy that will save some of those paper cup warmers - I've been extra environmentally aware, lately - probably due to listening to more knowledge network at night while crocheting, and it feels good to make healthy choices with not only the groceries I buy, now, but the things I use everyday. Aaah. :)

I'll have these guys listed in the shop in June, after my next local show.

Oh - and I found out this week that Bubbly Shnooks got into The One of A Kind Show! It was a *big* goal this year - I'm super-excited to start prepping for it!!

Got Craft?

If you're in Vancouver, while away what's supposed to be a rainy day at Got Craft? today - my fave indie craft show!! It's a pleasure to vend and shop at!

I'll be there all day with my Bubbly Shnooks, and there's always a line up at the door first thing in the morning for the free swag bags - they're legendary!

I made the cutest lil moustache cup cozies today - can't wait to share em!

Lil Crochet Octopus Clan.

I have another craft show coming up on May 8th (Yay, Got Craft!) - and the first batch of lucky shoppers through the door gets an awesome 'swag bag' full of goodness from all the vendors! There's literally a big line-up, because of this...

I was kind of stumped on what to do for my contribution, until I started playing around with my yarn and ended up freestyling a little mini octopus crochet patch! I made the pattern myself, and figured he'd be cute to wear as a pin, or even to sew onto a kids' shirt or a bag!

He's pretty cute - and his little tentacles even curl on their own, a bit!

I'm pretty psyched that I had an idea and could translate it into yarn, too, without a pattern of any sort! super-exciting! And also a little addicting...I'm sure there will be more and more of my own lil patterns popping up here, this year, now, as I explore that side of yarn!

What would you sew your crochet octopus patch onto?
I loved them all stacked together in the box, as a clan! :) he he.

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Shnooks loves hats!

I made this lil octopus (you know, my logo guy Shnooks) plushie for the Spring craft show I had a booth at last week, and it was *so exciting* to get him done, because he'd been one my favorite sketchbook ideas for a long time! Bascially, he's a cute lil hand-sewn felt octopus guy who has a lil green dinosaur hat, on! And the option to have multiple inter-changeable hats!

I quickly snapped some pictures of him the morning before I left for the show on my messy desk, and he's since found a new home, but here he are some peeks:

He also had a bunny hat, for Easter, but I didn't get a shot of it!

We decided he needs a few more hats (yay!) for the next craft show I have coming up the first weekend in May - do you have any ideas? I'm thinking a bear hat with cute lil round ears, a white bunny, and a pink dinosaur! he he. Lemme know what you'd like to see on him!

He got rave reviews at the fair, too - which was super-fun to see in person! I'll be making more, for sure, and stocking them in the shop in late May, as well. :)