Santa's Workshop guinea pig style :D

I have a very special customer in France who I make tiny guinea pig hutches for. Some of my favorites are the novelty themed hutches. I've made a pink castle, a fire house, a train, and my absolute favorite. Santa's Workshop. This one was fun to make and create. It even has a little guinea pig with a Santa hat inside. Putting my little hutches together are like putting a puzzle together. First I use graph paper and measure out pattern pieces. Then I cut stiff felt fabric to the size of the patterns, and I end up with a little bit of Awesomeness when it's finished. Last night I was playing with my graph paper and thought about maybe making a bakery and a candy store. I never know what's coming up next :D

Didn't think October could get any scariar

Yup! October got scarier once again.
About a week and a half ago I started my journey through: (Here comes a kidney stone ville. ) No fun! Lots of pain, Lots and Lots of medication, no eating, hardly drinking and not remembering days at a time.

Ironically I finally passed the stone 16 years almost to the hour that I gave birth to my daughter. Weird huh. Well that was last Thursday and I'm recovering just fine. I just need to gain some of the weight back that I lost.

Yes, I'm one of those people. Struggling to keep weight on skinny mini. I've been like this all my life. Underweight, but normal for me. This afternoon my husband made me an apple pancake the size of my head. No one should eat anything the size of their head :o But I did finish it.

He said he has a plan to fatten me back up. Utttt Ohhhh. He's like 40 pounds overweight and I'm like 25 pounds underweight. This should be interesting.

Okay that's my catching up for now. I hope to add something fun very soon. :D

Just checking in (scary October)

Hey everybody out there in blog land! Sorry I've been slipping but I've been busy working on things for my shop. I even had some top secret prototypes to work on. So here we are approaching mid October. My daughter is turning 16 on the 15th. Hey now there's something scary for Halloween. I just can't picture her behind the wheel of my red Town and Country van. Another scary thing about October, is just as the air seems to get chillier and chillier your reminded of whats to come. About 11 more weeks till Christmas in Etsy land. This is my first Etsy Christmas to prepare for. I already have things in mind for my own family that I have to make. I'm just afraid I'll get all kinds of orders like a week before Christmas or something. I have so many different things in my shop that I really can't get started on much. And hey, "I'm only one woman! ". Anyway, Happy October and have a happy Halloween season. I just picked up my costume today. 1 tiger tail, 1 tiger ear headband, and 1 tiger bow tie. Yup going all out. "NOT". Well maybe next year. lol Hope to check in again within the next few days................. :)

Peanut Elves, too funny :D

Here are some of the cutest elves I've ever seen. There from the Lindasgift etsy shop. She's got some awesome funny pics of them in her shop. Take a peek! :D

My latest creations

Things are starting to pick up at the Wishwithme etsy shop. I just hope I don't get overwhelmed too soon. I have 3 things to show you. My tiny guinea pig train hutch, my cozy 9 1/2" tall bedtime friend version of my tiny puppy in a basket, and my Super little Wish monster, all ready for Halloween.

One of my many birthday creations :D

Made this cake for my son and my nephews combination birthday. They're all grown up but still appreciate Awesomeness. LOL

I just had to have it!

So I planned a trip to JoAnns for a few odds and ends I needed for some of my little creations. My budget has been limited so I was there only to buy the few things I needed.

Well did you ever come across something that you really wanted but it wasn't in the budget? You just have to have it because it's so AWESOME? Well it's not like it was a million dollars or something. But I had my business budget and I wanted to stick to it.

So what I just had to have was the softest fur material I've ever felt. Like the kind of soft that you just can't stop touching. Like the little stuffed cat I had when I was a little girl. I used to rub it on the side of my cheek to fall asleep.

I mean this was soft. So I tried to find a way to add this furry element to my wishwithme etsy shop. At about $14.00 a yard how could I share it with the masses and still somewhat stick to my budget? It took me a while to come up with the answer but I did. (thats why I never take anyone with me. It takes time to come up with something awesome in a hurry LOL)

So what I did was buy one quarter of a yard. Which was enough to make 3 of these little stuffed characters I had in mind. So that was $3.50 for fabric and enough to make 3 of these little creations I had in mind. Sounded good to me. Until I got home and saw how difficult it was to work with. Well it took a few more days and it came to me. Make a little guy who's soft and cuddly and still has this awesome fur on it.

Talked to some of my family members and came up with my newest creation...... FUZZY TUMMY WUMMY. (Named by my 22 year old nephew) :D He's awesome, he's still soft all over but his tummy (Just a coolwhip cover size circle on his belly) has a softness like no other. I loved making him and I'm happy to have just posted him. I'm even thinking of offering different prints if it sells. I'll have to wait for the next budgeted shopping trip :0