So I went ahead and gave it a go. I decided to use felt for my first one since it's easier to work with, but I'm sure I'll make more - and I'll start using my massive fabric hoard! ;)
She's about 5.5" tall, not including the hanger or tail. A bit big, as it turns out, but I'm pretty happy with her! I had no real idea what I was doing so I just sort of went for it...and this is what the end result was:
Bottom half:
Her cute face:
If I had blush, I'd give her some rosy cheeks. I debated giving her little pink felt cheeks, but opted against it.
I don't know if I'm ever going to be able to viably swap Dotees, because Canada Post is freaking evil and their pricing is insane. Unless I could manage to smush it between cardboard and get it to magically fit in their stupid slot-tester thing, it would be $7+ to send it to the US, and more to anywhere else, INCLUDING within Canada. Even if I COULD manage to get it to go via light packet, that's just under $3 to the US and just over $5 international...which would add up fast. We'll see if I can manage to pack them well enough to make it work!
I think this one will go live with my Mom as part of her Mommy Day gift. It's super-random, but I made it with love - hopefully she will like it! ;)
I've been crafting steadily, but not many full sets of anything. Lots and lots of random postage-stamp ATCs, some inchies, twinchies...yeah. I'll get to finishing up those sets ASAP and get more photos up, but for now, I have some inchies and stuff to post. ;)
These are for an upcoming flower-themed inchie swap. The swap calls for five, but I went ahead and made six anyway - I have the room on the card, so why not? ;)
Nine-themed ATCs:
Two-themed ATC (resend - apparently the first didn't arrive):
Next up/on-the-go: Lots, as usual. Need to finish my yellow ATC - did red and orange already. More random twinchies. One random skinny. U, V, W ATCs. X, Y, Z ATCs. Green, blue and purple ATCs.
Annnnd - I want to give dotee dolls a try! I'd never been interested in them until lately, so I really want to attempt to tackle one myself. Goodness knows I have enough fabric and felt and sequins and beads around here to do so! :P Here's to hoping they turn out well enough to swap!
I really do mean 'sort of'...I've been uploading pictures regularly, but haven't been blogging. Everything has been a little chaotic here over the past few days, between the holiday weekend and both kids coming down with colds. My four year old is holding up okay, and the baby is a major trooper (she's still happy!) but night is a bit of a different story. The baby is having major trouble sleeping, and since her crib is right next to our bed...yeah. I'm exhausted, but alive! Hopefully they're on the mend soon.
Anyhoo, on to the crafties!
Sender's choice inchies:
Eight-themed ATCs:
All 20 ATCs I made for the mega-with-a-twist swap:
P Q R S T ATC set:
Next up/on-the-go: Three nine-themed ATCs. Three zero-themed ATCs. More random inchies, and some random twinchies. Color ATC set - one red, one orange, one yellow. One random skinny card. U, V, W ATCs. X, Y, Z ATCs. More stuff I can't remember, I'm sure.
So I've been bad about updating my blog, because I absolutely HATE uploading pictures to my computer. See, my four year old daughter has (unintentionally) dropped my camera. Twice. Now, it's a major hassle to upload pictures to the computer - you have to hold the USB cord a certain way, because the port? where you put it into the camera is wiggly, and you can hear something rattling around inside. (Healthy, right?) And then, IF YOU'RE LUCKY, pictures will upload.
Well, I paid for my neglect. My laptop went weird, and hubby ended up having to do a restore...so I lost a few pictures. Boo me! Anyway, here's what was still on the camera:
Six-themed ATC for a private swap:
Seven-themed ATCs:
April's kawaii ATCs:
And yes, I've learned my lesson - I will upload photos and update my blog regularly. ;)
On-the-go: Finishing this block of alphabet ATCs. (P Q R S T - R, S and T are done, Q is half done, P hasn't been started yet.) The remainder of the ATCs I need to knock out for the mega-with-a-twist swap - done 14, need six more. Random inchies. Three eight-themed ATCs. Three nine-themed ATCs. Three zero-themed ATCs. U, V, W ATCs.
Finished my six-themed ATCs:
And my sender's choice skinny:
The skinny is only my third-ever, so I'm fairly happy with it, all things considered. :) I've made a few random ATCs and inchies, but not going to bother with photos until the sets are finished/they're going towards a specific swap/tag/whatever.
On-the-go/next up: Three seven-themed ATCs. Two kawaii ATCs. P, Q, R, S, T ATCs. Three eight-themed ATCs. Three nine-themed ATCs. Three zero-themed ATCs. A whole whack of random ATCs.
Also attempting to sort/destash my growing craft hoard, and will be posting photos of my un-needed goodies to swap on Flickr. Would clear some space and hopefully get me some things I need in return! (Like white ATC blanks...I'm completely out, ack!)
If I had blush, I'd give her some rosy cheeks. I debated giving her little pink felt cheeks, but opted against it.
