Meet Milton

Hi y'all!
Say hi to Milton the Monster!
I made him after being inspired by a felt monster of the same shape on Pinterest. I have heaps of cool fabrics to use up, so I drew out a pattern & sewed Milton out of some fabrics instead of felt & I really like how he turned out!
He has one big felt eye & a big lopsided smile with his tongue sticking out, as well as a big torso & short Asian legs like Willy {belly laugh!} I gave him some taggies sewn in the side cos Jaimeson does still love to chew on taggies & he has a small plastic rattle inside. And I embroidered Jaimeson's name on his butt cos Jai's not gonna be able to find many personalised things, so when I can personalise something for him I will!
And I made Milton totally, from drawing pattern to cutting, sewing, handsewing, stuffing & finishing, in just 2 of Jaimeson's sleep times! Not bad!!
You like?
:) C

Op Shop Swap Parcel Arrived!

Hi y'all!
Happy Friday! And it is an especially happy one, cos my Op Shop Swap parcel arrived from my partner Lotti! Thank You Lotti, I love it! {hugs!}
For the first time ever I participated in a Swap! I was encouraged by Yvette and our recent spate of Op Shopping, to take part in the Op Shop Swap being held by Jody Pearl from the Reinventing Fashion blog. And it sounded like fun! The swap consisted of 3-5 items, including something handmade and something Christmas themed. Lotti got my parcel earlier this week, you can read about it at her blog Lotti's World, and I got her box of goodies in the mail today!
She sent me some awesome Christmas Scrapbooking supplies (which will totally come in handy for my December Daily album- oh I still have to post about that one!), a gorgeous Frog Softie called "Finnigan", isn't he the cutest? {cuddling him!} He's even wearing the sweetest little pair of boardies, Just like Jai has! And the sweetest little leaf-shaped ceramic dish. It is just beautiful!
Thank you so much Lotti, I had lots of fun shopping and making things for you, and I love what you sent to me too!
And now that I've had one successful Swap experience, I'm participating in the Vintage Sheet Swap over at The Love Supreme. Yay!
:) C