Grey Cat Plushie

   Earlier this month my eldest came up to me and asked me if I could make her a grey cat plushie for her friends birthday.  I said "sure, what did she have in mind?"  she wanted a grey kitty posing with a peace sign with sunglasses.  Now... I'm sorta new to this whole plushie thing.  I pretty much just draw out what I'm going to make first, then trace it with tracing paper and cut that out and use that as my template.  A kitty with a peace sign and sunglasses was something I've never attempted before.  I told my daughter "sure, I like a challenge." and then she throws in at the end "its for this Sunday"... which was a week from when she was telling me all of this.  O_o  

Now usually when I make a plush I take my time and usually I make mistakes. Which is fine because  it's all part of the learning process but this time I had a time limit.  I puffed out my chest like superman and reassured my daughter that she would have a grey kitty with a peace sign AND sunglasses to give to her friend by the end of the week. 

I had tons of luck when making this because I had no huge mess ups.  The worst thing that happened was my thread knotted up as I was sewing. 

It's not a perfect but I had fun making the little grey kitty with a peace sign and sunglasses.  I met my first deadline and I gained more experience.  But the most important thing out of all this was my daughters friend loved it and at the end of the day that's all that matters.

The charm was added as part of the gift

The eyebrow on the right of the picture was a little off but I fixed it once I realized it and continued taking pics.

Hand sewn - Materials: Felt

Just a quick post: Self portrait

It's been awhile since I've shared anything that I've done.  Too much procrastination on my end.  Thought I'd share something real quick before finally hitting the sack. I was determined to post something before the night was over.  Well.... the night is over and it's 5:26am.  I've been working on it all night along with changing a couple of things here and there. 

Self Portrait

Done in Pencil and the rest was done in PS CS6

My bed calls and I must OBEY!  Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good evening and Good Night!  Just thought I'd cover it all depending on what time or part of the world you've come across this silly little post!

*In case you're wondering, yes, I used the same background for both picture and blog :) ....at least for now.

Creeper Plush

As the school year is coming close to the end, I wanted to make something for my eldest daughter to let her know how proud I was for all her accomplishments she has made.

She is a huge Minecraft fan and I thought this little Creeper would go well with her Enderman plush.

:)

Just Hanging out :)

Game of Thrones

The North Remembers...

Stark House

Anyone else excited for the 4th season to kick off tomorrow? 

Materials used: Polymer clay, Acrylic paint

Steven Universe

Steven Universe is animated television series created by Rebecca Sugar. Its is produced by Cartoon Network Studios and is the first show by the studio to be created by a woman.

:D

 "In Steven Universe, the world is protected from evil threats by the Crystal Gems, a group of intergalactic female warriors who use the power of special gem stones embedded on their bodies to summon magical weapons. The four Gems are: Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl and Steven. Steven is a young boy who inherited a gem stone from his mother, a Crystal Gem named Rose Quartz. As Steven tries to figure out the secrets to using his gem, he spends his days in Beach City doing activities with the other Crystal Gems, whether it's helping them save the universe or just hanging out."

 

Just a quick Update

I just wanted to do a quick update on a couple of things I've been up to lately. There are a couple of things 

I'm working on. Two of them will be done in a week or so. The other is more of a project I plan on working on over time.

Here's a preview of what I have so far.  I will definitely talk more about the origins of Pearl when I complete the other characters but if you watch the show you already know :)

Next I have this dollhouse that my lovely sister-n-laws mother was kind enough to pass onto me. 

I've been working on making some miniatures out of polymer clay.  This is what I've done so far.

 

It was my first time but it wasn't too bad. Definitely need more practice. This is a project that I will work on from time to time and when I make any changes to it I will update my progress.  

The inspiration for making the bread loafs came from a very talented
 artist I came across on Youtube named SugarCharmShop

Her Bread Tutorial Here

Check out her channel and see her other awesome creations. 

That's all for now & thanks for stopping by!

The Ladies of Adventure Time series 3

Adventure Time is one of those series that have such a variety of characters I'm always stuck trying to decide which character I want to make.  So I thought from time to time I'll make some here and there and make sorta like a series of posts every now and then.  I'll probably do that in the future for any other post that involves multiple characters. 

  In a past post I made a couple of characters from the show. My favorite one has to be Marceline cause well she's my fav. :D This time around I went with Flame Princess, Lumpy Space Princess and Cake.

   

 I thought I would include an extra pic of cake just because she looks better when I darkened the background a little bit.

Of course everyone else got their own individuals as well ;)

Lego Movie Inspiration

I had the pleasure of going out and spending the evening with my family last Friday.  We decided to go and catch a flick and we saw The Lego Movie.  I'm not sure who was more excited to see this me or my 9 yr old. We all loved the movie. It was funny, heart warming, sad, awesomely animated and its all about the legos... what's not to like.  

I enjoyed the movie and characters so much I thought I would make my own.

I focused on 3 out of the 5 main characters.

Emmet, Wyldstyle and UniKitty

Left to Right: Wyldstyle, Emmet and Unikitty

Back view

The 3 pics below were my inspiration to create the next 3 that follow this one. 

More pics and somewhat of a visual process on how I made Wyldstyle using Polymer Clay...

Enderman Plush

     This Enderman plush was a Christmas gift I made for my oldest. She's a big Minecraft fan and most if not all of my inspiration all-things-minecraft come from her.  The game can be quite addicting and the possibilities are endless. You can create a whole new world, build your own city or town but in order to do so you need to mine for supplies to build tools and better structures (blocks) depending on your taste.  You can mine day or night but beware when the sun sets...the mobs come out to play.  If you choose to stay awake get your trusty sword ready and be prepared to deal with zombies, skeletons come fully equipped with bow and arrows, spiders, creepers and enderman.  Some of these mobs can be found during the day or even in caves so its best to check your surrounding and always have your guard up (I speak from personal experience).

     The Enderman is a particular favorite here. I personally like to watch and see what he's going to take (please don't steal one of my blocks from my (  *fill in blank*  ) or where he's going to teleport to... preferably not behind me. 

Handmade plush. Added some rice inside his hands, feet and tush to give him some weight.
Measures 17.5 inches tall.

The Amazing World of Gumball

If there's one thing I could appreciate its a fresh take on an animated series like The Amazing World of Gumball.  The show combines different animation techniques such as 2D, 3D, realistic 3D,claymation and stop motion.  After looking into the development of the show, turns out that the creator Ben Bocquelet decided to take some of the rejected characters he created and put them all into one series.   Though the show has been around since 2011, the silliness and chaos combined with the different layers of animation is what makes it stand apart from all the others.  Hoping to see this one stick around for many more years to come.  

More Individual pics  :)