An Exciting New Adventure

It feels like it has been a very long time since I posted last. I have been away from the computer a good bit and that, as you know, is always a good thing to do every once and awhile!

As the title of the post suggests, I have a new project that I am very excited to finally share with you. Starting in February, I will be selling special dolls for each month of the year. I have been making these for awhile now, they are known as my "Calendar Girls." The special thing this time around is $6.00 of every doll sold is going to a different charity each month. I know what you are thinking - no, this is not my idea. This is something that the very talented Ashley G. has been doing for quite sometime. I have always thought it was such a beautiful thing, that I really wanted to do it too!

I am truly so happy and grateful for every single lovely person that stops by my shop, buys a little something from me, or sends me a kind message. So, thank you to all of you!!! Oh, I almost forgot, I am posting "February" in the shop right now, here is a sneak peak of her! I just love her!!

Doxie Valentines

Happy Saturday to you all! I have lots of fun projects planned for myself, but before I get to them, I wanted to post that my new Valentines are up in the shop. These are the ones that I was telling you all about before here. I just really like them and they are very different from anything else that I have done.

Okay, so tomorrow is my Mom's birthday and we are all getting together this evening for a celebration of great food, wine and of course cake! She is a very special lady and quite worthy of a big celebration on her special day. I am off to make her some pretty jewelry for a gift. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!!!

Popsie Pig and Henrietta Hog

They are the very best of friends.

Also, Popsie (on the right) is available here.

I finished these gals yesterday and I have started on another project today. Today, however, is one of those days that the fingers and the needle and thread and the creativity just want to drink tea and do nothing. So, nothing productive has occured. I did however, get a little seedling of an idea I am going to tinker with this evening.

Keep your fingers crossed for an exciting and more fruitful post tomorrow!

More Cupids!

On the Pea Soup agenda today was finishing my little piggy dolls. More on those two tomorrow, (wait to you get a look at the little dresses that they are wearing!!!) But what I wanted to show and tell with you today are these little cupid tags:

These are one of my first attempts at using my drawings in a final design. Usually my drawings are translated into wool felt form. And I did make these little cupid bears as an ornament of course . . .

But I thought that this would also make a cute design for some gift tags and so they are available here!

P.S. I hope that if you are somewhere that is as cold as it is here in the mountains of PA, that you have plenty of wool sweaters, hot cocoa and snuggle buddies to keep you warm!!!

You're Sweet

I have been making so many new designs that I can't even keep up with what I have written about on here and what I have posted in the shop! I was looking for some fabric today and I came upon a stack of pins that I completely forgot about. The good news is, there are going to be lots of new things in the shop in the next couple of weeks, including (for starters) what I just posted here.

As for productivity in the Pea Soup studio, it has been a pretty quiet weekend here. Yesterday, Ed and I went to my favorite craft store. Being the sweetie that he is, he left me loose there while he wandered around in other stores (I try to do the same for him whenever we are in a music store, it seems only fair;) I got lots of great little things, papers, beads, felt, fabric quarters . . . It was fantastic! Today, besides cleaning and rearranging the bedroom, I started a couple of little piggy dolls, they will be in the queue for shop additions soon!

Cupid Bear

Hey All and a Happy Friday to you!

Just wanted to post that this little guy is up in the shop. I mentioned earlier that I have been doing some sewn pieces based on my illustrations. This is one of them and I am really tickled pink at how it turned out. I especially love the detail! The bow and arrows are made with floral wire and thread. I mean, he's wearing a head band for goodness sake!!! I made three of them so if you like him - check him out soon!!! Thanks a bunch everyone!

I just wanted to show you all a new little set of pins that I have been working on. I have tinkered with the idea of using the designs on my "Foods in Love" card series (as seen here, here and here) as pin ideas. A few days ago, I whipped up a batch of cards and decided to make a few to see how they look. I was pretty happy with the results, above of course is "Makin' Bacon" and he is already available in the shop.

And we have little "warm and toasty" one . . .

Theres also a little fried egg, a cupcake, a pear and this little guy:


I will have them all up in the shop soon!

I am also very excited about a little series of pins and ornament dolls that I have been working on today. As for right now, it is a little secret, but I will be posting here and on etsy my new little creations soon!!! (I will give you a hint. They are extra cute, they may have something to do with bugs and they may be made out of wool felt - that's an easy one I guess!)