Along with these adorable bookworms, I have also completed a few other new friends...
-Sarah
Finished! I'm sooooo glad I added the little grad caps. They add so much to the characters. I hope the buyer has lots of fun with these guys, because I sure did! I love this picture. Just imagine what this guy is thinking right now. Hilarious! Along with these adorable bookworms, I have also completed a few other new friends... Aren't they fun characters? I'm so excited for how they turned out. I'll be listing them soon so they can get started on their puppet adventures. Oh the possibilities!
-Sarah
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Here's a little peek at a recent custom order : They gave me a concept image and a few specs, and here he is! (I actually created three of these guys to perform at three different venues in the same puppet program) Very simple, but kinda cute. Sometimes simple is best. I think I may end up making some little grad caps for these guys just to reinforce the whole bookworm image.
It was fun to work with fleece again. I've been dealing with fur for a while now and was really starting to get sick of random bits of fur floating through the air and sticking to my clothes, the couch, and the dogs. The good news is that all of the fur filled escapades have led to some really great puppets. Don't believe me? Just take a gander at the Furry Muppet Puppets page :) I've also got a new one listed on Etsy. I know it's probably confusing to list my puppets in two different places, but I value my Etsy customers too much to only make these puppets available on one relatively undiscovered and obscure website. This is a very young website still, so I expect that it will take a while longer to really be noticed. Speaking of which, please feel free to share this website with your friends, bookmark it, or follow the RSS feed; not just for the sake of growing this website, but I also want you to know about all the great sales and coupons we'll have in the next few months to help you out with your gift giving (I know, I'm shameless). It may be a bit early in the season, but lots of people already have Christmas on the brain. (Puppets make excellent gifts, by the way. Just sayin.) We will be listing lots of new items both in our shop here and on Etsy in the next little while, so I hope you stick around. Anyway, to finish up my rambling post I just wanted to share some things that are in the works that I am very excited about:
Well, that's it for now. Happy Wednesday! -Sarah I had a package arrive in the mail yesterday! I love getting packages! Especially ones that my husband laughs at. But how fun are these? Maybe I should use them for some halloween deco too... Five packages of animal eyes-Hoorah! I was down to one set of the big blues and a few of the small ones. Now I have no excuse not to start sewing! We ordered these eyes from Lisa and Ed's eyes and more. Love them! Their prices are amazing and they have the best selection I have seen (especially in the larger sizes). The ordering process is a little awkward at first, but they are amazingly quick to respond to emails and called me immediately when there was a question about my order (I forgot to specify that we needed washers for the backs). It only took three days for this package to arrive and they are perfect!
~Susan I am the proud new owner of my very own DSLR camera! It's about time, let me tell you. I've been playing with it all weekend and I am so excited! Finally I can spend more time on the actual puppets than the photo editing! Anyway, today I had a little photo shoot with my new camera and a couple of new friends. Enjoy! (It's more fun if you click through the caterpillar pics really fast)
By the way, Froggymodo is now available for purchase! Just click on the Shop button from the menu above. And here's a little preview of another fun fellow soon to be listed. I'm very excited for him. He's quite delightful and has already expressed his wishes to me to always be cast as a "friendly monster". He's not so good at being mean.
-Sarah I was hanging out with my sister today, making plans for future puppets--oh my gosh, the fur we found!!!--and she shared this video with me. I dare you not to laugh or sing along. Oh my, this makes me happy. In other news, I have been creating some more characters to add to our puppet family. These three are almost ready to go. They just need eyes and arms. What do you think? I'm definitely getting an Elmo vibe from the one on the right. Well, back to the sewing machine. Have a wonderful Monday!
-Sarah Introducing Froggymodo! This funny little froggy is the result of a project I started months ago and had given up on. I found him a few days ago in several unassembled, squished pieces at the bottom of a box. I don't know why, but I decided that now would be a great time to finish him up. He's not quite what I envisioned when I started all those months ago, but I think he turned out kinda cute. A little funny, maybe, but any frog can be a prince in my opinion. Ooh, maybe I should make him a crown! Anyway, he is cute. He is done. He will be available in my Etsy shop shortly.
What do you think of him? Would you kiss this frog? -Sarah PS. See those piles of fur behind him? I have been cutting out fabric for days getting ready to make some more furry muppet monsters! Wow, wow, wow! Who ever thought this little business would grow to have 300 fans? Certainly not me. I'm completely thrilled. Thank you to everyone who has helped us get here! It's one of the best feelings in the world to know that people appreciate my work. In honor of these 300 amazing people who have shown support and facebook love for On Hand By Hand, we are having a giveaway! I haven't decided yet what the prize will be, but I'll keep you posted. In the meantime, head over to our facebook page to enter the giveaway. You know it will be awesome.
-Sarah UPDATE: The prize will be a custom made baby monster puppet designed by the winner! How exciting is that?! |
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