Remarkably, despite the negative degree temps, I’m in a much more holidayish mood this week. My new and improved spirit is due to some amazing customer service (will spill the details after the holidays), a few holiday successes and some super fun holiday parties with good friends. Add to that my handmade gifts being nearly finished and ready to ship out and I’m one cheerful elf today!
These are the last guys to be packed up. They’re bookmarks made from pre-painted wooden heads, pipe cleaners, felt and ribbon. I was stumped for “little something” gifts and then I found this idea in my sketchbook. I think I saw it in one of the many old craft books I’ve checked out from the library. They’ve definitely got a kooky 70s craft vibe.
I glued little craft floss hair-dos on them and then stuck pipe cleaners in their heads, used more glue to make a felt pipe cleaner sandwich and then whipstitched around the edge.
Sending out poorly glued together crafts that will likely fall apart in shipping has become something of a tradition of mine. Like these and before them these. I’ve got my fingers crossed for these gals!
I made a new flickr group of all my Christmas crafts, poorly glued and not. It’s here. I like to look at it when I feel like punking out on a handmade gift. It either motivates me to get going or it makes me feel accomplished enough already to take the pressure off myself and just rest. Either way it’s good!
I love them! Their hair, their expressions… Super cute!
They are adorable!!! I flicked back to see your other little darlings too, you really are very clever :o).
Hi Hilary,
I love your work and have been a visitor to your blog for a while now. I’m also an artist and sell my work on etsy–and I’m so worried for all of us who make and sell cute and whimsical things, whether they’re for kids or not.
I’d love to hear your thoughts on the CPSIA law that just passed. I’m so worried.
They are wonderful! Thanks for sharing such a great idea!
These are awesome and totally year-round appropriate too. I may make some for the kiddies.
Simply beautiful and inspiring… I love how the one with maroon hair looks like Frida Kahlo.
I. Love. Them. Love love love them!!!
Too much. My heart.
those are so cute!! i love their little facial expressions. they would make reading even the most depressing books more fun.
OH MY!! I love these!
How unbelievably cute!
So cute!
Very, very sweet!
what a nice idea. they’re really charming.
doro.
I love these. Where do you get your beads?
I need a tutorial on the hair alone! FAB!
those are so awesome!
i tried to click on the link “good friends” to view that blog and my computer said that site is infected with “malware”? i’m not sure what that is but i wonder if you should let her know to investigate it?
omgosh, those are SOOOOOOOO CUTE!
These are too cute! I love their hairdos, especially the buns!
So adorable! Love their expressions and hairdos!!
They are just the cutest!
Hi there, I just found your blog recently and it’s so inspiring. Thanks for sharing your creativity.
I love all the little treasures.
It looks like you live in my old stomping grounds. I grew up in Palatine and am a big Cubbie fan. 🙂
These are just so sweet and cute!!
Hil, I have to say the ones with the somewhat cross expressions really make me laugh. Eyebrows!
Hello, I wish you
and your family a lovely Christmas with many presents.
After this happy new year!
kind greetings of Ines and the Casarthbaeren
gosh I think they are really sweet 🙂 lovely idea. Beary merry christmas, Catherine and the bears x
I love the bookmarks! Great job!
I absolutely love your bookmarks. You’ve reminded me of some fabric bookmark ideas I sketched a while back… Thanks.
Oh, I do like those! I was just wondering about bookmarks today, thinking how much I like to use them, and how crummy it feels to use a supermarket till receipt. Happy Christmas!