Baby dino tutorial!

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Originally uploaded by Licorice Tree / Tobiah P. Mundt

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pet monster

i started making this guy on friday… i thought he looked a little rodent like so went to the pet store and bought him a toy for inspiration.

he needed a rodent like tail, so i lightly felted a long piece of wool.

i wanted to get cartoon like ribbing on the tail and but needle felting [...]

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Hurri-crafting

what does one do when there is no power for 2 days?   well, you craft of course…and then you clean your craft room.  lucie is a needle felted puppet that i never finished because there was always something about her that i didnt like…her face, her mouth…her ears.

then along came hurricane ike and a [...]

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Kiyoshi 淳 ! needle felted umbrella bat

Meet Kiyoshi 淳!

last week i set out to needle felt a bat with wings made with umbrella parts. his wings turned out better than i thought they would because they have a full range of motion despite the wool. when i was almost done felting him,i decided to try a cabbage dye to give him [...]

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Batty

i went a little batty yesterday when i got sick of making sugar foots. i have been wanting to make a bat for a while now, but i wasn’t sure how i would approach it.
should he be sweet or mean? white, black or some random color? i still don’t know.
i did know that i wanted [...]

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Donny: sugar foots#3

i finally got over my fear of polymer clay! i have had a stash of translucent and flesh colored clays for years now, but have been too afraid of phthalates to use them. i knew when i started making the sugar foots that i would have to get over it. sugar foots need teeth and [...]

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Horns

i needle felted some horns last night…gotta get ready for the holidays. maybe i will FINALLY put something on my etsy page.

made a bunch more this morning and dyed them pinks and reds

ooooh, boiling horns…

the horns are a-drying right now. once they are completely dry, i will sew clips on them and tighten up the [...]

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Sugar foots#2 waffle eater

I finished my second sugar foots yesterday, sliced the nose off of my first one (i cant get it right) and almost finished the third. I think #3 is the best by far. i will post him tommorow.
Sugar foots #2 waffle eater made me proud when he was featured in the Craftzine blog and [...]

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crafty weekend

i made alot of stuff this weekend to make up for the mini travel break. where shall we start…
i finished the hawk for the plush totem and needle felted all of the pieces together and decided to dye it with tea to make it look like a wooden totem. it took a long time to [...]

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Totem progress…

i am out of town traveling with the hubby, so totem progress has not been that great. i have started the owl and the cat so far, but they both need COLOR…and more personality…
i usually go through a period when i hate whatever i am working on- if i love it the whole way through, [...]

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