Robert Robert is here!

Finally!  Robert is in my shop and on Etsy!  That took forever...!

Robert - and Ava's rogue artwork

I finally dug Robert out from under a pile of other WiP's the other day - sewed him up - and last night stuffed and sewed him shut.

He was left on the dining room table, to remind me to find time today to photograph him so that I could list him in the shop....

..well, I was allowed a little lie-in this morning.  Which meant that Ava dug out her crayons and apparently with much excitement coloured Robot in.  Well, started to.  Until Flower Daddy realised what was going on and stopped her.

Robert has the makings of a pink heart on his chest.

...and rainbow stripes on his back...

Oh well, tonight I will stuff and sew another.  This one I will be leaving somewhere out of little fingers reach!  Tomorrow, hopefully, I will photograph him and list him in the shop.

When Chloe next sleeps I will pull out our nice fabric crayons and let Ava have a proper go at turning Robert into her own personal and very cuddly work of art.

Never a dull moment in this little house!

Please Say Hello to Snappy, Stanley and Molly

Here we have Snappy the cheeky crocodile.  He thinks he is a bit of a clown with his sneaky water squirting flower!

Stanley the pocket rocket sausage dog with enough attitude for two great danes.

And last, but definitely not least, Molly our lovable geeky artist.

Alrighty then...they are finally in my shops...and they are all looking for new friends to love them and cuddle them and breathe new life into them!  You can find them in any of your preferred places :: my shop ¦ Etsy ¦ Folksy

As always, I love to receive photo's of these dolls all coloured in by your little artist...so, please do send them to me.

I really do need to create a Flickr group for these....!!

New Product New Product New Pr-o-o-o-duct!

Ok, ok, ok!  I am just a little excited to have these in my shop now.  I first mentioned them w-a-a-a-y back in September last year.  I just can not believe that almost 7 months have gone by since then.

I finally conquered my fear of my mammoth sized screen week ago, and today, I squeezed in time to print a bunch of these quirky-fun tea towels.  

The design is my own, created especially for you or your little people to colour {or, you could just enjoy it as it is}.  You could use it in your own kitchen, or save it for a special Granny.  There is also plenty of space above the print for a memorable message to be written to your favourite person.

We have coloured the tea towels with crayons as well as Crayola fabric markers.  I must say that the crayons were a lot more fun, and most definitely easier for little hands to use.  We taped the tea towel to the table and coloured away, then I wrote Ava's name and the date on the side...and posted it off our Grannies, with strict instructions that this work of art was to be Used and not just sit in a drawer!  

I kept the marked coloured one for me....

So, hop on over to 1 of my shops and grab yourself some colouring fun!  

Sneak Peak - new doll softie in progress

I was allowed some much appreciated time this weekend to do a little screen printing.  I have had a few new acetates ready to burn to my screens for far too long.  I managed to do a few at the end of last week.  But printing is MeSSy....and I need guaranteed child and baby free time to get stuck in.  I don't really fancy cleaning ink off of either of them....or cleaning where ever they spread the ink!  Or re-printing everything because they pulled at them, smudging the prints...or any other mischief they get up to while my hands are dirty.

So here is little miss Lucy all printed and drying.  She is an intelligent little girl who is a bit of a neatness nut, but loves colourful boots and buttons.

I need to get these all ironed and stitched together, which may take a little while...but, if you have a special need for one, please let me know and I will hop to it a little quicker.

I have also printed more of Hillary Hippo, which I ran out of a week or few ago.  So these will be in my shops soon too.  There is also a friendly crocodile and sausage dog waiting to be burned....watch this space!

It is sunny right now, rain is coming later today, so us girls are going out to enjoy some rather chilly sunshine.

Where ever you are......

Sneak Peaks

Coming soon....

The hippo's are all ready to be sewn and stuffed.

The tea towel print needs some minor adjustments (and I need hubby to make me a longer screen) and then they are ready to go!  The picture is printed along the bottom of the towel and there will be some fun text across the top of the tea towel.  I am SUPER excited about these.  The picture is hand drawn, which gives it a lovely fluid and relaxed feel.

A 2 1/2 year old colouring demonstration:

....my little budding Picasso.

Colouring in Doll: Emma - examples

I have been meaning to post the original coloured in Emma doll for some time now, just not quite getting around to it.  But, here she is!

She was hand drawn, the dolls are now almost all screen printed, and bigger than the original.

This coloured doll example has been added to the shop.  I coloured Emma in with fabric crayons.

You could, of course, colour her however you see her - maybe she is wearing a spotty or flowery dress, or stripy tights?  Send me your take on her and I will post it here.

Silk screening busy-ness

I am busy updating the soft colouring toys for the shop.  Changing them from hand drawn to silk screened - a little more finished in appearance, I hope.  At the same time I am also adding to the animal range...an elephant to start with.

Progress is slow, but I had a wonderful 2 hour time slot the other day when Lily was at nursery and Rose was having a lovely long nap (times like these really don't come often enough!) to focus on printing.  I have also ordered some sew in labels, which I need so that I can finish these off and get them loaded into the shop.  They're coming from Worldwide Labels on Etsy...I hope they arrive soon!

And...a friendly crocodile

And here is friendly Clare the crocodile.  She even has a flower to share with you.

Finally :: Colouring Toys, here we are!

It has taken me far too long, but I have started uploading them.  It might take a big longer, what with the grunting and groaning of little "Rose" sounding like she is about to wake up.  Wednesdays are my 'me' day - the only day of the week when 2 year old "Lily" is at play school...and I have a teeny tiny bit of peace and time to do what I want to do.

So, here is Emma...a colouring in doll.  She is 23cm tall x 16cm wide at her pigtails.

She is hand drawn on to cotton fabric - so each one will be unique.  You have the option of her coming 'flat packed' (i.e. ready for you to sew and fill) or sewn, filled and ready to colour.  12 fabric crayons are included with either option for maximum colouring pleasure.

I also have 2 bunnies in the pipe line, as well as a crocodile - hopefully they will appear soon!

Emma (flat packed) :: All nice and neat and ready to be posted.

If you are interested.....please click on the link to the right.  Also, if you are busting at the seams for one of my other colouring toys, please drop me a note and I will expedite my process!!