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new owls in the shop

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And birds and spiders too.

scouts

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*This week will be the last opportunity to order sweethearts for a while – I won’t be able to take new orders for the next few weeks (I will still be adding ready made sweethearts occasionally).  I will stop taking sweetheart orders on August  20th.

tiny theater

 stage

You are walking in the forest and come upon a tiny theater……..

To be continued.

barnabas – shop update

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I’ve just put Barnabas in the shop and there are also some new  spiders -

pink bustled spider

and new pirates, campers and corsage girls.

polka dot bird

miss bird says hello

preparing for departure

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Just before they depart, they line up for inspection, equipment and name tags.

ambassador of good will - ready to depart

an owl, a ship and a ballerina

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new birds

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I’ve added some new little birds and sweetheart sets to the shop and I’m working towards the next update which will include boats, bats, spiders, ballerinas and owls, they will be in the shop within a couple weeks. Please join my mailing list if you would like to be notified when  new things are available.

ballerina

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shop update and auction for haiti

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I’ve added some new sweetheart sets to the shop that are ready to ship, a couple notes on this shop update:
* Many of the new sets will be available to order ( delivery in 6-8 weeks) shortly after the original set is sold.
* I’ll be adding new things – little birds, sweethearts, and maybe something new everyday next week – so please check back.

A sweetheart set is being auctioned here to benefit Haiti.

dark bird- progress

Slow progress, stitched and stitched.

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work on a new bird species

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new birds and diy gift tags

You’re getting 2 presents this week. The first is DIY gift tags (download tags here).
awtag (I added some glitter to his acorn cap after I cut them out).

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And I’ve just added new birds to the shop.

eternally curious willet

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I took a new photo of the willet ( made from an edwardian lawn gown) for a project I’ll tell you about later. She’s examining a painted detail on a beautiful little table I got at the flea market a couple weeks ago.

boro owl and birds -wip

update 10/15:

beakI’ve abandoned the plan to put new things in the shop this week, instead it will be the beginning of next week. I was photographing things yesterday and this morning and  saw lots of stuff I felt iffy about or didn’t like.  I was particularly disappointed in the indigo owl,  among other things his beak was completely wrong so I’m re -working it now and already like it much, much better.

boroowlprog

birdsprogress

I’ll post a couple more progress photos here later today.

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froth, foam and the daily bird

underskirt

This truly glorious antique underskirt is destroyed in the skirt sense, it’s so fragile I’m surprised I was able to hang it for the photo,  but it  will make a  wonderful  foamy, boiling sea for a paper mache ship.

Bird news: the daily bird is back  for one week.   I’ll post one little bird for sale in the shop Monday through Friday,  the time will vary. I’ll post a link here in the side bar each day when it’s ready and also on twitter.

*little clarification – I’ll post a link here in the sidebar but will not be emailing subscribers for each daily bird *

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This is Monday’s bird matilde in a pine tree in Prospect Park.

couture

I’m working on lots of  things for the shop including  a small collection of sweetheart birds, one of a kind things, detailed and intricate, elaborate and self indulgent – couture girls, la belle epoch. I’ll post progress photos here and if you’d like to be notified when they are ready you can join the shop mailing list.

couture

dolls

I was working on this girl last night and she reminded me of a story I read as a kid. I must have been about nine when I first read it and I still have the book, a collection of stories, “The Doll That Was Rich” was read so frequently that the book falls open to the exact page I was thinking of: ” On the table in front of them were two dolls, one dressed and one partially dressed. Beside them was an open parcel, full of bits of bright colored silk; and beside that again was a work basket.” I still love the idea of a basket of fancy scraps and somebody to dress up.

More shop news: Just for fun, I’m adding a new section of found things, very small collections of very small things, flea market treasures, stuff I love- like this mini iron and trivet.

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The first collection will be up within the next couple weeks – just six little things .

new things in the shop

Ahoy, merry wobblers! May the wind always be at your bustle!

Paper mache sailboat #6 and lots of other things are in the shop now.

miniature finery

Tiny top hats, corsages and boutonnières.

And a little blind lamb.