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felt doll pincushion

I’ve been making so much behind the scenes. I hate things I can’t share. I’m doing a few blog tour dealios so those will pop up eventually. And I made a new design for Land of Nod. Top secret I guess. Because I’m like super spy Sydney in Alias (my new binge watch). But I made this yesterday all for myself. I’m still obsessed with peg dolls. So much so that I was compelled to make a stuffed toy version of a peg doll. I thought wouldn’t she make the cutest pincushion and she does! And Phoebe has taken her over. She made little pin earrings and a crown for her. Very cute. And I seem to have made her in exactly the same color scheme as this little peg clown bear I painted last week.

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pompom forest

The pom pom garland from the Winter decorations bin didn’t quite make it up this year. Instead it’s been piled up on my buffet to be a pom pom forest. That’s cute too. It’s sorta making me batty because I’d envisioned this post holiday, sleek minimalist new year’s thing going on in my house after the Christmas bins went to the attic. But that never really works with Phoebe around. Things are only interesting to her if they are in the middle of the living room/dining room. And at least they are cheerful which is nice. I’m working on all sorts of “fun” January projects – eating healthy, budget planning, goal making in general. The type of things from which I need constant distraction.

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easy v. difficult

Some projects are difficult. Project Life is really hard for me. The one bazillion decisions involved… picking photos, placement, embellishment, journaling, etc. I can’t tackle it if anyone else is in the house, if I have any errands or interruptions, nothing. I need big empty chunks of time because it’s so challenging for me.

Painting peg people on the other hand, way too easy. Especially since I still haven’t cleaned them up from Christmas. They’re right here on the dining room table with all the paint and the felt and the floss. It’s out of my control.

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more peg peeps

Oscar was feeling left out so I made him this fellow. Then he went back to his video games.

And I made this gal inspired by this souvenir scarf I’ve hanging in my craft room.

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peg people

Last year for Christmas I bought Phoebe the Klutz Clay Charms craft book/kit and she played with it all break. It was super fun to see her really get into a craft project. So this year I wanted something similarly crafty for under the tree. I think it was Amy (yep, here) who first linked to this Margaret Bloom book, Making Peg Dolls and made me wanty want it. It’s so good! Her projects are so cute. And I, of course, am obsessed. Wool felt and wood dolls, easily two of my favorite things. Phoebe is very into it too. She is painting the dolls and tracing the patterns and doing some of the sewing. I’m making some on my own for her as she requests new characters. We’ve got a growing menagerie (as you can see on my instagram).

Phoebe made this Grandma to go with the Little Red Riding Hood and Wolf from the book.

And here are Hansel and Gretel from the book. I added some embroidery to the felt outfits.

Fairy Godmother I came up with at Phoebe’s request. She wanted her hair in a bun. It’s sorta bun-like. I just glued a blob of wool roving on her head and then futzed with it after it had dried and sewed it in place. Funny how the tiny dab sof paint for the face relay so much character. I think she needs a bit of an upward turn on her mouth blob. She needs to be cheerier.