90% Imagination and 10% Toy

Kids need to play with toys that dont require push buttons! A good toy is 90% children and only 10% toy.
- Susan Linn " The case for make believe".

I was so happy that last year has ended with happy ending. I got a feedback email from my customer. He send me the pictures how his son played with the doll that he bought in Wattle Festival. I asked his permission and he let me show the pictures of his creative son.

The owlets flied to Frankston

I almost forget to tell you about the owlets. I send them to Franskton. My customer asked me to make christmast gifts. I made red and white stripe and the head with every color that I have. So It is a quick trick to made people think about christmas. Luckyly I got narrow ribbon that has red and white stripe to hang them.

If you need them just pop to Jam and Cream Cafe. I wont appear in any craft market after Spring market in Rosanna. See you on "some where" craft market  in middle of next year....:).  Now I think I need a rest to get fresher ideas....:).

Crochet Christmas Pudding - freeform chrochet !

The lady in the cafe is really fond of handmade...:). Im happy that I know her. She likes to challenge me to make something. She asked me to make christmast pudding....I couldnt find the pattern in the net.
The size that she wanted is as big as a mug.

This time I know that you can use the freeform crochet...:). You can make any shape you like...
1.  Made the cream
2.  Made the pudding
3.  Put them together



Free-form chrochet



Chocolate Pudding...:)

As big as a mug..:)

Then for decoration I made leaves and berries...
Taaaa Daaa.....

Then as usual I made the small versions of these pudding. I found the pattern from June Gilbank website. I modifiy the base few more stiches and changes the decoration so that the pudding similar to that the lady has in her cafe.

The little chocolate cake in the Jam and Cream Cafe...:)

These are the christmast decoration

How small are they? Are they make you drolling?



Where are the other troops?

The rest of my troops are in CAFE...
I put them in CAFE JAM and CREAM. The cafe is very "homy " and you can many great stuff . You can drink te coffe and very yummy cake there.

Please see their page if you want to know about the cafe...:)
https://www.facebook.com/#!/jamcream?fref=ts

My troops didnot come back..:)

This morning was very beautiful day. The forecast said it would be shower or two....but It didn't...:).
I had lovely morning. My table was next to my friend, Alessandra and young manga artist 'Lizzie'. We shared stories and had a lot of visitors and of course finally I met Nicole who organized Spring Sunday Market. It was fantastic.

I couldnt made any good pictures as my phone is not so 'smart' and I didnot bring camera. My stall position gave backlight effect on the photo. But if you visit CPS Op Shop you will see the sunday spring market photos much better.

These were some of my troops this morning.

Some of them didnot come back with me. They found good homes...:).
Thank you everybody...:).

Spring Sunday market in Rosanna

Nobody likes to be lonely, so does the girl. I made a companion for her.  I made pirate boy...:).

They will greet you on Sunday Spring Market in CPS-Op-shop Rosanna, http://www.facebook.com/CPSOpShop , 43 Beetham parade, Rosanna, Melbourne next door to Miss Marie cafe...:). So why not to have a coffee then browse around some handmade stalls surrounding the opshop? It will be held tomorrow, Sunday, 21st October, 2012. Some of the profit will be donated to CPS Children Protection Society.

There will be something new coming in my stall for christmas tree decoration:

And whats next? I packed them in container this morning:

Just pop in Sunday Market, you will find out my collections...:).
See you have a nice weekend everybody...:)

Little Red Riding Hood

Suddenly I missed to make girly doll after making many animals dolls. Last summer I made 3 girl dolls..then I revisited the pattern that I made, I wanted to make "Little Red Riding Hood". I have made 2 kinds of finger puppet but haven't made the tag-along-doll.

This is the prototype:

I thought the hair do is a bit too much for her. It was hard to put on the hood. This time I thought the felt will be good for the hood.I should find the wool-blend felt for the better quality than acrylic one then I should think another hair-do for this doll....:).