Of rats and mice

You may have noticed that I've changed my "avatar", from reading "The Pied Piper" to my rats to a close-up of Quin my rat. That's because I read in a book on marketting that you should try to keep your online presence (as part of your brand) consistent. Also, I'm now on etsy, and Quin was my avatar there. Yes, finally on etsy! Like I said, I'm slow but eventually I do get there! Check it out at http://www.etsy.com/shop/scratchingatthewindo?ref=ss_profile ! Unfortunately, I had to leave off the "w" at the end of "window", it was too long. :(

I wanted to share this display at the Library with you all, featuring "Novels Made into Film" and staring Mr. Jingles, created by Robin Andrea! She did an awesome job of bringing Stephen King's "The Green Mile" mouse to life and I'm honored to have him, and show him off!

I also really like what I was able to do with "Jaws", still (in my opinion) the most scary movie of all time. The mini poster was found in a magazine article about summer block-busters and the timing could not have been better. Care to go for a swim?

Adding to my own collection...

This is Mr. Jingles, newly created by an incredibly gifted and prolific artist, Robin Andrea! I asked Robin if she'd seen "The Green Mile" and sure enough she had and she brought Mr. Jingles to life! I can't wait to meet him in person! On the right is Robin's mouse, while on the left is an image from the film! Too cool!
Robin takes part in my Online Hallowe'en Studio Tour, and you can check out her blog at http://needlefeltedart.blogspot.com/.

Raspberries by moonlight

Midsummer, a black mohair bear, needed something different, something new. I was putting away a supply catalog when I came across (well, they fell out on me!) bags of samples from Intercal, Edinburgh Imports and other companies... and there were so many lovely colors I would never buy: greens, blues, yellows, and... purples with lovely names like "Old Rose". From somewhere (where does inspiration come?) I thought why not give him purple paws, as if the berry juice had stained them? Why not 4 different purples? And so Midsummer Eating Raspberries by Moonlight with the Faeries now has purply mohair paw pads, to go along with a pinkish nose! Sadly, the Pearl cotton I wanted to use is very red and doesn't go with the paws, so it will wait (again!) for some other critter.


And after making so many complicated ladies and critters, Midsummer is flying together! So easy, so simple, in comparison to pesky darts and claws and wires! I'm very much enjoying the birthing process, I'd forgotten... plus "The Green Mile" book on CD is really making everything run so smoothly!

Onward!

So, what's next?

Well, as you may know, rats are my "thing" and I'd be foolish to show up without any, so 2 rats are in the works! A milk chocolate and an old-bone white!

Also a bear, a bare Teddy bear in black with a raspberry nose. I bought this gorgeous multi-tone raspberry Pearl cotton years ago and will now create the bear! Some ideas just take time to re-surface...

It was a productive day, pinning and cutting these 3 critters. I'm listening to Stephen King's "The Green Mile" and this ordinarily somewhat tedious task has been flying along: what a Master storyteller! Mr. King is truly awesome!