New Items Listed in the Shop!

Please head over to the shop to see the new items I listed today! I'm still working on my photos and the look of my shop (I know I need a better banner!). After you check it out, please come back here and leave any feedback or advice in the comments of this post. Thank you for your help!

I am still not a photographer!

I have been working on photos of my work all day. This latest batch is okay, but not perfect. I still don't know if they will be the right size to use in the shop. Here is a little robot, his face and control panel are embroidered on pieces from a pair of baby jeans that both of my girls wore.

This little bird is tiny. I haven't measured him yet, I think he's about 1.5 inches tall.

This little girl is going to be so cute when she's done. I may keep her for myself!

Here are Maddy's birthday presents. A baby doll and a Christmas stocking.

Here is my second toy Blackberry. I like this one better. The seam at the bottom is very nice on this version.

I will keep working on my photography skills, it would be nice if the sun would come out. Maybe I'll have to look into making a light box. My next order of business is to find somewhere locally to buy my organic cotton stuffing. The stuffing is quite heavy and the cost of the shipping is almost as much as the product itself. Well, now that the pictures are done I have to get all this new stuff into the shop. My kids have seen enough of me at the computer for one day though, so check the shop tomorrow!

Easter Cuties!

Here are the finished cupcakes:

And the bunnies:

I forgot again to take pictures of the last two pieces I finished, my baby's birthday gifts. I do have a cool robot in progress so I will try to get pictures of the birthday stuff when I snap some photos of him!

Progress Report 3/18/09

So, I've hardly gotten any knitting done this week. We have been busy with our Big Clean. Pretty much packed everything up, cleaned, moved back in. There was simply too much stuff in our house and a bunch of it had to go! I did make this prototype of a plush Blackberry baby toy:

Here is an example of why we needed to do the Big Clean. This was under the couch:

Clearly, I never clean under there. It looks great now, though! We also celebrated Maddy's first birthday.

I did finish her stocking and a baby doll, but I haven't photographed them yet. I am much closer to finishing the spring cupcakes and easter egg bunnies and hope to finish them in the next two days. Now if I could just get myself to work on my photography I could get some new items in the shop!

Progress Report

This will be the first weekly progress report at PinkAndGreenChick. I plan on posting my progress on all works-in-progress each week so you can see what is coming up in the shop and also to keep myself accountable. The first photo is a little guy I've been working on off and on for a couple of weeks, I finished him a few days ago.

Clockwise from the top: Easter egg shaped bunnies, spring cupcakes, Christmas stocking for baby's birthday. I also made these gift tags from cereal boxes. They are a little thank-you gift to put in with my orders.

Also this week, I assembled a doll I've been working on for Megan. This one definitely falls under the category of "not fit for the shop" but that was kind of on purpose and she loves it. Eventually this doll will have fuzzy pink hair (Megan's choice) and some clothes. This doll is an example of how much better my items are when I create them from my imagination instead of from a pattern. (this was a pattern)

Next week I'd like to finish the bunnies, cupcakes, and stocking as well as a different type of baby doll for Maddy's birthday. The fun part is seeing what I make that I hadn't planned on. It is usually a surprise to me too!