Felt Music

The wonderful Felt Music have used another of my works for an advertisement.

It's so exciting to see my work in print.

Blythe & Wren

Blythe

Wren

Since my mom has saved a lot of my baby clothes I thought it would be fun to stage a photo of Wren to look like me. So here I am in my dad's arms at 1 month old and Wren in a similar pose in her dad's arms at 3 months old. I think we have the same eyes and nose but she definitely has her papa's mouth.

In Favor of Fuzz interview

I have just been interviewed by the lovely Kelsie of In Favor of Fuzz and she asked some really great questions. I have been following her inspiring blog for a while now and I'm excited to be featured in it.

You can check out my interview here.

Life with Wren

I can't believe that in 2 weeks Wren will be 4 months old. Time has gone by so quickly but at the same time I can't remember a time without her.

My days have been busy reading Peepo, playing with finger puppets, joining in with tummy time by lying in the middle of the living room floor and of course nursing and washing diapers. I think I'm finally into the routine of things and have great ambitions of getting sewing again. We'll have to see if Wren is willing to share me!

Wren

I'm sorry the blog has been so quiet, I've been a little busy the last few months making a new kind of monster.

Toys under the tree

I wanted to make toys that I felt were timeless and would be nostalgic for viewers of all ages.

The circus train has a masonite base, with painted wooden dowels for the bars, that is covered in hand dyed wool felt with embroidered details. All of the animals are needle felted and then stitched in place.

The wagon filled with building blocks was made with felt covered foam blocks and a felt covered coroplast base for the wagon. Each of the blocks is removable so they can be stacked and rearranged.

The toy oven door opens and inside is a tray of chocolate chip cookies.

The knobs on the Etch A Sketch turn.

Christmas Tree

I have finally finished the project that I have been working on all year.

I was asked to make the "Founder's Tree" for this year's Festival of Trees fundraiser for the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia. The tree will be auctioned off on November 28th. Fingers crossed it makes lots of money for the charity!

I painstakingly stripped an artificial tree of all its needles to use as the base. I used hand dyed wool felt fringe wrapped around each branch and then anchored with wire to create felt needles. I decorated the tree with "glass" ornaments based on vintage designs, yarn tinsel and twisted "metal" icicles.