I love the various storybook/nursery rhyme characters that Carolyn DeAngelis designed and I try my best to do one each year for my tree. This year, I chose Jack Sprat and his wife. I love the vintage feel they have and I chose bright colors. I love how they turned out!
Friday, February 4, 2022
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
The Mandalorian
We're big Star Wars nerds, so we were excited when the new TV show, The Mandalorian, came out. Caleb's boyfriend, Alex, is also a big Star Wars and Mandalorian fan. I couldn't find a pattern, so I went in search of clipart. I wanted to provide a link, but it looks like the shop isn't on Etsy anymore. 😟 You'll just have to trust me that that's what I did. The clipart set also included Baby Yoda, so of course I did that, too. These were not for the faint of heart. Lots of details means lots of pieces. LOTS. OF. PIECES. But they both turned out great and Alex was thrilled.
Bernie Sanders
Sometimes I peruse felt ornament patterns on Etsy just for fun. (Mainly when I'm procrastinating about doing something else.) That's what I was doing when I ran across this pattern for Bernie Sanders. Regardless of how you voted, this shot of Bernie at the inauguration is forever frozen in history and I thought this pattern perfectly captured it with the right amount of detail and humor. I wound up making three of them this year for gifts and all the recipients loved it! The first thing everyone said was, "THE MITTENS!"
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Flamingo
Caleb loves all things tropical. Pineapples, flamingos, watermelon, hula girls . . . . and the tackier, the better. His classroom decor is even tropical-themed this year. I thought he definitely needed a festive flamingo on his tree, so I went in search of a pattern and found this one. It turned out great and Caleb loved it.
Wednesday, January 5, 2022
Alligator
Caleb and I went to New Orleans for a few days over his spring break last year. For reasons I don't understand, doing a gator tour was on his bucket list. We managed to fit one in between all the eating we did. It wasn't the worst thing I've ever done, but I feel no need to repeat it. We did indeed see some gators up close:
The Golden Girls
The Golden Girls is another of Caleb's favorite TV shows. I find it dated and not that funny anymore. (Don't shoot the messenger.) He loves it, though, and I thought it would be fun to make him a set of ornaments. I don't know how many different drawings and illustrations I looked at before purchasing these two pieces of clipart on which to base my designs.
Of course, I wanted to add a little bling to each one, so I added a few beads and sequins. I think they turned out great and Caleb was thrilled.
Reminder to clipart designers: I do not sell the ornaments or the patterns. I purchase the clipart and use it to make felt patterns. I profit in no way from anyone else's work.
Yeti
I make ornaments for my friend's daughters each year. They are 3-1/2 and 18 months. This year the older one became fascinated with yetis. Because toddlers are weird. I didn't think I'd find a pattern, but lo and behold, I found this one. Etsy really is a treasure trove of both patterns and adaptable clipart. I think this ornament turned out really cute . . . given that it's a yeti!
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