all my snacks should be so happy

My daughter loves the clothespin dolls, which is gratifying because what if I decided to give them up & she thought they were boring?  She plays with them in her wooden doll house, unlike her beloved (plastic) playmobil, which she will only play with in her old (plastic) Little People house -- there's a purity of concept there that deeply appeals to me.  Somewhat unexpectedly, my son instantly requested one of his own, so:

I need to work out the whole short hair thing a bit more (& I see now that my son is right, the arms are too long), but I had fun painting the details on this one, especially the robot shirt.  I realized, while working on this, that one of the things that appeals to me about the clothespins is the sweet little challenge posed by the limitation of form.  Not to get too philosophical about clothespin dolls or anything.

Look at that popcorn!  I'd been seeing around the blogs that Alexander Henry fabric is showing up at JoAnn stores, so I set off in search the other morning.  I did indeed get my hands on a couple of AH prints, plus the usual half-yard or two from the calico wall, & THEN I found this ridiculously irresistable flannel.

I think that it's excellent of my sister to be giving me the chance to do a set of wedding invites, since I didn't own my gocco when I did my own wedding junk.  The invites themselves are very simple, on cream textured paper, but the other pieces are more playful & today I'm going to try my hand at a little two-color printing.  I'm in love with screenprinting as an art form lately (look at this great print I found on etsy), so of course I am jumping at the chance to play around a little.  (I am also jumping at the chance to go wedding cake tasting with her this week, hurrah.)

Comments

[erin]

love the flannel you picked up!

[Angrysumie]

AAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

I am close to needing to physically restrain myself from leaping up from my desk RIGHT THIS MOMENT to drive to a JoAnn in search of that fabric!

Ha!

[jen t]

Love that fabric! My daughter got a sewing machine for christmas and used it for her first pillow sewing project.

[gkgirl]

that fabric looks like so much fun!

and i love the clothespin boy
:)

[Gina]

A wonderful find! I'll have to check with our Jo-anns and see if they have that fun print.

[jeanetta]

ohh i love the clothespin boy. i made some that were girls and my daughter went crazy for them. i know what you mean about them getting excited about the old fashion toy and forgetting (if only for a while) about their modern dolls. my son has been begging me to make one for him too and i was afraid that the leg split would be too high but now that i see yours i think i will have to give it a go. thanks

[mo]

I have been eyeballing that flannel everytime I go to Joanns. It really is so sweet but I just don't sew a lot of flannel. But it is so cute! Maybe next time. I did get some cute Alexander Henry stuff yesterday from there for $4.99 a yard. I like that they are having more of that sort of thing at ol' Joanns.

[kimberly]

Came across your blog today and am LOVING it!!
I don't have a Joann's near my city, and (I realize I'm a total stranger) I'm wondering if you would ever consider picking up some of that extra AH fabric? I would be willing to pay for its cost, shipping, and a finder's fee... :) THanks!!

[Lana]

awesome site! You've got some very cute stuff! Check out my knitted stuff at www.knitnstuff.blogspot.com

[anthony morrow]

i was browsing design sites and gocco sites when i came across yours
i wanted to let you know that the flannel's at joanne fabrics are released by the reps AOK.
the artist is an acquaintance of mine. if you would like to see more of the same work by that wonderful artist, his name is johnny yanok. he and his wife create irresistible retro modern work.
google artistst of kolea baker
and johnny yanok illustrations