v is for violet

I have been wanting to explain what I mean by double and triple sewing when talking about my plushies. I decided to use one of my newest creations, Zeke, as an example of how I put these guys together.

I started by choosing my fabrics, I chose to back my blac… Continue

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my work is going to be featured this month!!!!

It's like the first time I ever sold anything on Etsy!!! I sold one of my plushies today and it made me really happy because it was one that was very very close to my heart :) The octopus on my avatar! yay. I am sooo excited. I started my weekend off by making a new plush but I wasn't too happy with it, check it out and tell me what you think:

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Hello All, I am currently sending in all my apps for holiday craft shows and I can't help but wonder if this is going to be a Merry Christmas? I know everyone is worried about not making as many sales on etsy as they did the same time last year. i can't help but think, what would we do with out Etsy??? We would be stuck in our houses with all our little creations :) I am keeping my fingers, legs, arms,eyes and everything crossed for everyone so we can have a great holiday :) let me know what you… Continue

Ok, if you haven't already check out my shop. I have the crappiest rating EVER!!! It's all because I had some terry that bled even though I washed it a bunch of times. Anyway, the person who left me the negative feedback has disappeared so i am stuck with a crappy rating. I am determined to get that feedback up!!!! I am buying like crazy and trying to sell like crazy and pretty much doing what I can to get that crappy rating up. I'm just a little bummed that I couldn't do anything to help the pe… Continue