Who?

Sorry.

I couldn't resist the title of the post. And I cannot resist the owls. I know, I am probably way past the style trend on this one, but with almost everything else - I am oblivious to these things anyway. I love owls. I have always loved owls. When thinking about this post (owl post . . . ) I thought about all of the the things that I own that are owl related. My favorite being my necklaces . . .

The one above and this one below are vintage purchased on Etsy.

The last one - I want to say Charlotte Russe for about $6!

Then there is this guy - made of pine cones - I think he's suppose to be a Christmas ornament but NO he lives in my kitchen year-round.

And there's more - so it's no wonder that I would eventually get around to making some owls. I did some owl patches a few years back and sort of taking from that design, I did these pins:

Totally fun to make and with the other new designs for this year (including the trees from yesterday's post) and some that you haven't seen yet - gnomes, mushrooms and the like - they all sort of feel right together and make a nice new batch of designs. Look for these in the Etsy and DaWanda shops too!

Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall

I am not sure when inspiration struck with this one. I do remember thinking how brilliant a concept it was but not really going to far into the thoughts of actually executing the inspired plan. So the concept is this - one pin of a tree trunk and four interchangeable tree tops - one for each season. (The eight-year old Nicole is screaming with delight!)

And so I set about creating the designs - with the hopes that my buyers would scream right along with the eight-year-old Nicole about how incredible it is - the designs themselves came very easy - snowflakes for winter, little budding flowers and pink buttons for spring, summer, maybe my favorite with a pretty little bird and of course fall . . .

Now for the hard part - how would this work? How could I make them interchangeable and yet sturdy that someone wouldn't be walking down the street and realize they are wearing a naked tree trunk where a tree top used to be. I went with a snap AND a little Velcro - a little Velcro does wonders doesn't?

And I do love it and this is definitely one of those "keep one for myself" sort of items. I am also stitching up some stand alone trees (not interchangeable) because I think those are really sweet to. In fact I am putting a summer in the Etsy shop and a spring in the Dawanda shop very soon.

Flutter-by

I have been making these little butterflies for a quite awhile. While making a few for an order, I realized that I haven't really ever done any other color combinations other than these three. These were inspired by a vintage fabric bedspread that I had as a little one. Here is the first of the new color combinations:

Its a pretty sort of rose and white color scheme and I love it. So very much that extra for the shops. Here is one if you love it too!

Spring?

Could it be? Could the season be turning??? Today has certainly been making me think that this may be the case. Lots of green and yellow and pink felt scraps on the floor of the studio and these little blooms for an order that went out today. (Thank you Blendo Past and Present - that is the name of the shop where these are going.)

In case it isn't as spring-y where you are, perhaps these colors will brighten things up a bit??

Dreamy

I have returned from my adventures!!! The Buyers Market Show in Philly was WONDERFUL (a dream, if you will.) As always, it was wonderful to meet so many great people and to catch up with all of the great friends that I only get to see in real life at this show. Many many MANY thanks to the wonderful shops and galleries that placed orders with me. Pea Soup studio production is in full swing!!!! Here is a little peak at my newly redesigned booth - oh how I love it so!!

So it has been a lot of organizing and getting things back together but I am slowly but surely there - we had a sunny day today (yay!) and I was looking at a little stack of words that I made for a show last fall and thought that they should go into the web shops as they are looking quite sad lying in the studio when they would really love to be up on the wall in a sweet little nursery somewhere - so here is the first one available in the Etsy shop:

Here is a little close up:

The word itself is made of wood, I painted it white and added the little "stitches" and of course the little teeny tiny fairies snuggled up on the letters! There are more to come - stay tuned.

Wishing You . . .

Here's Lucky. I have been making this little guy and his Little Lucky Lady friend for awhile, when I was making a little batch of these dolls for the upcoming holiday, I had a light bulb moment - "He needs a pot of gold!" So, the new addition to Lucky is his little pot of gold. Ah, I think I am in love!

This post is two-fold. One, it is to announce that I am starting to list some St Patty's day pins in the Etsy and DaWanda shops - leprechauns and shamrocks and the like. The other "wish of luck" behind this post is that very early tomorrow morning, I will be leaving for Philadelphia for the Buyers Market of American Craft show. I am SO excited and SO nervous! So, I am wishing all of my fellow artists who are also participating in the show, the very best of luck for a wonderful show! I will be back soon with a report on the show, until then, the best of luck to everyone in their big and little endeavors today!

Love and Hearts and Chocolate and Hugs and Kisses

A very happy Valentines Day to you!

May your day be filled with lots of hugs and chocolate and great friends and great partners and romance and secret admirers . . . . all good Valentine-y stuff!!!