Iris thinks of herself as a Greek goddess with her lush lips and impatient stance … it’s why she always seems to have her hands on her hips, no doubt tapping her toes. The truth of it though is that she is more messenger than goddess, her purpose being to take those dreams that are lovingly whispered in her ear and help make them come true, she’s on first name terms with the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus and, most important of all, the Fairy Godmother. Of course the more cuddles and love she gets the more likely she is to pass on your hopes and dreams.

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These fun chaps were supposed to be sock monsters but they just aren’t at all scary.  In fact, they are so cute it hurts me to look at them so I think they must be banished to the sock drawer from wence they came!  (They didn’t really, they are brand new non-smelly socks).

This is something of a brand new obsession for me and I can’t seem to stop making them, which is unfortunate because I should really be making up a stock of birds for the upcoming craft fairs.  There are so many possibilities and since making these two at the start of the week, I’ve made a further two that are entirely different despite being fashioned from the other sock in each of the pairs.  It’s so much fun seeing your creation come to life, it’s a bit addictive.

This happy chap is known to his other sock friends as Ben the Bovine.  His peculiarly dimpled lips make him look somewhat like a cow and he is teased daily for this unfortunate feature.  In reality he is a sheep (or at least that’s what our three year old thinks) and he needs a loving home where he can be supported in the pursuit of baa-ing.

Sergeant Slim here at your service…stiff upper lip and no messing around.  See the thin yet ever so carefully crafted moustache?  He spends hours every morning grooming his facial hair.  Those who know him better, see a twinkle in his eye though and we all know that when no-one’s looking he’s as batty as the rest of the sock creatures.

These and the other sock creatures I create will be on sale at the craft fairs we’re attending this winter…details soon.

Veronica is a plushie that Jolene made way back when she was just getting into crafting in a more substantial way, discarding patterns and trying things out for herself.  I’m pretty sure she was based on something Jolene saw on-line somewhere, although what or where is now long forgotten.

For a while I was uploading bits n’ pieces of Jolene’s work to my deviantart account and it was there that Veronica was spotted by fellow ‘deviant’ Bumba-Meu-boi, aka Marcela, who showed her admiration in the comments section.  It was admittedly a while before Jolene saw the comments, although once she had she took it in her stride and decided to offer Veronica free gratias as it were …

… it took a while to get  to the post-office although it turned out that it was cheaper (and quicker) to post the parcel to Brazil than it has been to post items to the USA!  I’d imagined it would have been the other way around?!

The picture above shows Veronica languishing on our window sill soaking up what little sun we get, you can even see the last vestiges of snow in the background.  Gladly Veronica arrived safely in Brazil and Marcela took a couple of pictures, below you can see Veronica lazying happily in the sun, yeah I know!  It’s alright for some!?!?

Anyway, I hope Veronica has a lovely life, not only in a different country, on a different continent, but also in a different hemisphere … where the weather is seems so much more appropriate for sun lounger like Veronica.  Now, we just need to find something else to fill the gap in the shelf!