Mushrooms and Snails revisited...

I have bee bouncing back to some of my old favorite themes lately with an upcoming showcase that I am taking part in. It is a woodland themed one held by my dear friend at http://www.facebook.com/paula.wagner.184#!/PrettyTwistedKnotsCrochetCreations?fref=ts
it's not until June but I have been having a bit of fun with something different than my dolls.

I have been dreaming of a cute snail pattern for years and today I was so excited when my first trial came out so perfectly, he's only in a plain homespun at the moment he needs a little dressing up or some pretty fabrics, but I just had to share this little fella.

xoxo

Fifi ??

Here's an update on my butterfly, still not sure on her name??

Thanks for the tips everyone - the tuft of hair made her look a bit boyish, so I just went with the antennae - I knew those felted balls would come in handy!!!

And as you can see in the piccy I have been busy making pumpkins this weekend too, they still need tops. 

 Here she is enjoying a bask in the warm sunny garden - minding my fruit trees for me. xx

Have a Happy Easter everyone. 

Fifi

Here's what I'm working on at the moment, fifi the butterfly doll. Its the same doll pattern as my current dollis. I am having so much fun with this pattern and have heaps more ideas coming. 

 I started off with calico then painted almost all of the body and head bar the face, then in my delayed wisdom realised It'd be much easier to make the body out of a printed striped fabric then just paint the face antique white!! But its all part of the process - I love working on proto-types!

It has been slow going though as I have been a bit under the weather - the cooler days are creeping in. Still not sure if I'll put dolls hair on or antennae?? And legs all 6 of them - color to be black, maroon, cream, green??? still working on it, will post some more pics soon.

Nate is completely obsessed with the color orange! and its quite difficult to find him orange, age appropriate toys. So I set about to make him some small orange type critters.

He loves them, he calls them his orange guys! He got a small box and they hoon around the house in their 'car'.