If you want to win these cuties, just click on THIS LINK, and LIKE & SHARE the post on Facebook.
Go, go, go!
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Win a mini flapjack breakfast!
I'm just popping up quickly to share this give away I'm having on my Facebook page.
If you want to win these cuties, just click on THIS LINK, and LIKE & SHARE the post on Facebook.
Go, go, go!
If you want to win these cuties, just click on THIS LINK, and LIKE & SHARE the post on Facebook.
Go, go, go!
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Return of the Dodo
A lot of my famous Tiny Animals have been out of stock recently, but now it's time for some to make a much anticipated come back!
Today I spent the morning cutting out quite a few critters, including: puffins, ducks, dodos, and raccoons. As he's one of my all time favorites who has come back (from the extinct!), I thought I'd share some recent production photos of the humble dodo.
Here he is in progress. He comes from tiny pieces of felt--flat felt, not wool roving--and is hand sewn and stuffed into a tiny plush.
Many people make the mistake of thinking my tiny animals are needle felted. I suppose that's because there are a lot of such products out there, and needle felting is currently quite popular. I, however, use a number of techniques on my critters, mainly sewing.
When I set out to make a new tiny animal, I always research the real animal first. This proved somewhat difficult where the dodo was concerned! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the most accurate resemblances we have this extinct bird come from scientific sketches and some taxidermy.
Still, inspired by The Eyre Affair, and my crazy sense of humor, I pressed on, doodling my best tiny dodo shape (I can't draw for the life of me) for a pattern, and planning the colours and finer details. And thus the tiny do was born.
Here is the finished creature:
Not so very extinct after all! You can buy a tiny dodo here: Moss Mountain shop.
By sheer luck, it would seem, most of my tiny animals "come out right" the first time around, and I have never met an animal I couldn't make, tiny dodo being no exception. He is one of my tinies that I am the most proud of.
What is your favorite extinct animal?
Today I spent the morning cutting out quite a few critters, including: puffins, ducks, dodos, and raccoons. As he's one of my all time favorites who has come back (from the extinct!), I thought I'd share some recent production photos of the humble dodo.
Here he is in progress. He comes from tiny pieces of felt--flat felt, not wool roving--and is hand sewn and stuffed into a tiny plush.
Many people make the mistake of thinking my tiny animals are needle felted. I suppose that's because there are a lot of such products out there, and needle felting is currently quite popular. I, however, use a number of techniques on my critters, mainly sewing.
When I set out to make a new tiny animal, I always research the real animal first. This proved somewhat difficult where the dodo was concerned! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the most accurate resemblances we have this extinct bird come from scientific sketches and some taxidermy.
Still, inspired by The Eyre Affair, and my crazy sense of humor, I pressed on, doodling my best tiny dodo shape (I can't draw for the life of me) for a pattern, and planning the colours and finer details. And thus the tiny do was born.
Here is the finished creature:
Not so very extinct after all! You can buy a tiny dodo here: Moss Mountain shop.
By sheer luck, it would seem, most of my tiny animals "come out right" the first time around, and I have never met an animal I couldn't make, tiny dodo being no exception. He is one of my tinies that I am the most proud of.
What is your favorite extinct animal?
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Relaunch & Giveaway for 5,000 Likes!
Dear faithful Moss Mountain lovers,
At long last I have decided to begin blogging again! The last few years have come and gone, not without major ups and downs, and I have learned a lot about business, not to mention life!
I want to thank every one of you who has joyfully celebrated my successes, and supported me in all I do, because without your encouragement, I couldn't have continued.
Being a self employed crafter/artist/miniaturist (and writer!) is not an easy job no matter what others may say. Many people will never understand why I choose to do what I do, but I have decided that that is their issue, and not mine.
Those of you who, like me ("We happy few," to quote Shakespeare's Henry V), have a passion for the creative, in whatever form, know that to devote your life to anything less sublime would be a complete and utter waste.
Now, enough of this soppy talk. It's time to celebrate 5,000 likes on my Facebook page. As a thank you to all of my fans, I am giving away a Christmas sheep for the tree! Just click here to be taken to the giveaway. :)
At long last I have decided to begin blogging again! The last few years have come and gone, not without major ups and downs, and I have learned a lot about business, not to mention life!
I want to thank every one of you who has joyfully celebrated my successes, and supported me in all I do, because without your encouragement, I couldn't have continued.
Being a self employed crafter/artist/miniaturist (and writer!) is not an easy job no matter what others may say. Many people will never understand why I choose to do what I do, but I have decided that that is their issue, and not mine.
Those of you who, like me ("We happy few," to quote Shakespeare's Henry V), have a passion for the creative, in whatever form, know that to devote your life to anything less sublime would be a complete and utter waste.
Now, enough of this soppy talk. It's time to celebrate 5,000 likes on my Facebook page. As a thank you to all of my fans, I am giving away a Christmas sheep for the tree! Just click here to be taken to the giveaway. :)
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