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Wee peeps

Whenever I need some inspiration, I pay a visit to the Vintage Children's Books group on flickr. I pop in there from time to time and do my group owner thing, and marvel at the fantastic images that have been added since my last visit. Amazingly, the group has grown to nearly 3,000 members, and has over 18,000 images in the pool! 18,000! I'm truly blown away. As always, flamenconut from loopy London (her description) has the highest number of contributions with 1,366, followed closely by finsbry with 1,132. I can't fathom it, between them they have scanned and uploaded almost 2,500 images. That is worth a big wow!

These images are from flamenconut's set called Wee Peeps, a collection of artwork depicting little people, fairies and so forth. Fairyland Tales is by Rene Cloke, the others are by Mabel Lucie Attwell, one of my all-time favorite illustrators.

I love the sweet and jolly scenes she painted, with children, animals in costume, fairies and pixies all playing happily together.

What a lovely world she created!

By the way... whenever I post something I've made (especially when I struggled a bit in the creation of it) your super nice comments are the best part of the entire process. I know I should reply to every comment, and I am constantly vowing to dutifully reply to every one, but then I get distracted and go off in some odd direction, and there ya go. In case you didn't know, I love hearing what you have to say, and I appreciate that you took the time to leave a comment. It means a lot. Armloads of thanks... you guys are the greatest.

Cheers,

Jenny

Woof woof

What happened to June? Apparently I spent most of it either sick or in stitches. This "pupkin" is for a fun secret project. So don't tell, okay?

Oops! There she goes!

Cheers,

Jenny

You are cordially invited...

Home again from our travels, and I brought back a lovely souvenir in the form of a nasty cold. So, no photos of charming New England villages or anything like that until I feel a bit better. I don't even feel like making anything. The only thing I've been creating is a growing pile of discarded tissues.

To top it off, today is my birthday. Now that's not particularly fair, is it?

No doubt I'll bounce back soon, but in the meantime I will thoroughly enjoy my little pity party. Thanks for stopping by.

Jenny

Off we go

We're heading up to New England for a bit!  (but not by boat)  I'm so excited! We're attending Katy's graduation, then tootling around New Hampshire and spending some time in Boston.  I've temporarily closed Loopsies, but it will reopen on June 4th,

I just speed-hemmed four pairs of pants, next time I'm taking them to proper tailor... both because of the time and hassle involved, but also because it is now painfully obvious that I lack skill in that department.  Oh well.

Cheers,

Jenny

image by Scarlett Veith

Happy face

Thanks for the suggestions (and encouragement) about how to do my doll's face.  I ended up painting a very simple smiling face, and it was so much easier than I expected.  Easier than embroidery for me, because I have lots more experience painting than I do embroidering. I also added some pigtails, a skirt, some ribbon trim and hair bows.  And little felt shoes...

I was really surprised at how much personality adding all these things gave her.  And I love how she has lots more of a rag doll vibe going on now.

Once I find I proper box, off she'll go to Eren, who is taking all the dolls made for the Craft Hope Project down to Nicaragua. And hopefully then she will bring a smile to a little girl's face!

Cheers,

Jenny

Mini mushie from my little mochi

Myra of my little mochi created a great tutorial for making these adorable felt mushrooms. You can find it on the Etsy Storque page. 

I'm still in doll-making mode, but will probably be stitching up my own little shrooms very soon.

Polka dots... who could resist?

Cheers,

Jenny