Doing it Myself

I have been bugging Hanna Andersson to put out more Dala Horse Pajamas every year since they quit carrying them. Ha! I just had a breakthrough. On Spoonflower, you can design your own fabric, and I know how to make pajamas. I've known about Spoonflower for a long time, and I don't really know why it has taken me so long to put those two thoughts together. Seriously. I have called Hanna Andersson. I have used Contact Us, and now I've posted to their facebook page. Maybe I'll let them know I'm making my own.


                                                     
While we are at it, I started making Cabochons for jewelry this week. They aren't fabulous yet, and the picture blows up on my Etsy site to a size that would make any of us nervous (think of when HD TV came about and we could see the nosehairs on a newscaster):

My surprise at seeing the tiny 1" cabochons blown up so big is that I can see faults in them that I cannot see with my eye. One had a splash of paint on his cheek! Once I saw it in the photo, I was able to scrape it off, but it's a little horrifying to have arwork studied at that level.

On the subject of Doing it myself, I remembered back to when I had purchased a Gerber Baby Charm (with points earned off babyfood jars), and decided to make a matching charm for Paige. I found a girl in Denver who could convert my sculpt into a pendant. I made a sculpt of Paige, and at about 1/2" it was adorable! I set it on the counter while I mothered...and then I set something on top of it and cracked it in two. It had been fabulous.

But now that I'm back in the cabochon/sculpting business, I got to thinking I can make charms! I just have to find the right person to convert them from sculpts into charms. You may look at the cabochon and think "yeah" right. We'll see. 

My next blog is going to be photographs of the stacks of projects I'm building. 3-4 Nook Cases cut out and waiting to be sewn complete with zippers etc ready, the quilt, Maybe I shouldn't tell you, so you'll still read it.