Best Christmas Ever

I just NEEDED to let the world know

Today I am OFFICIALLY ENGAGED to my Beloved!

I found the ring among our Christmas presents!

This is The Best Christmas Ever!

It'll be hard to beat this Christmas now :P

Angel Clay

This Angel was made especially for my Beloved's adopted family in memory of their late son Clay, may he rest in peace...

(8 July 1986 - 21 May 2009)

Pillows

For Christmas My Beloved requested a neck pillow and something cushiony for his pc chair.

His adopted mother gave me two pieces of cloth & an old neck pillow.

This is what happens when I put my creativity to use!

He was VERY impressed stating it looks so professional he wouldn't have noticed it's made with two different fabrics if I hadn't told him.

I was rather surprised by the result myself but then it was a very important project, I wanted to do justice to the fabric given to me by his adopted mother with which she had planned to make a pillow for her son (my Beloved's best friend)- she never got the chance, he died in May 2009...

As you can imagine, my Beloved is a bit of a nerd.

He's been wanting something cushiony for his "throne" so I made a couple of pillow cases using brown flannel.

My Beloved loves sinking in it.

I wouldn't be surprised if I found him snoozing on his chair one night!

The last project before Christmas is another Angel made especially for my Beloved's adopted family in memory of their late son.

Then I'll be taking the rest of this week off to relax and enjoy presents. I think I deserve it!

Sackboy

I've been wanting to make this adorable character from the PS game "LittleBigPlanet" for a while, I finally completed him yesterday!

SackBoy is made with brown flannel carefully double stitched and the zipper is in foam.

I must admit I had some problems creating him because of the fabric: flannel is more elastic than felt and I'm not used to it, so I had trouble making/keeping the shapes.

In fact I had to remake the head twice and even now I'm not entirely satisfied with it.

Of course we're also our own worse critics- my Beloved absolutely loves his new game related plush and thinks it perfect which is all I need to continue with my crafting (*smile*)

Since it's now officially Christmas season I thought it appropriate to make SackBoy his own felt Santa hat, which he seems to like.

Even Kirby is wearing one!

I'm not sure what my next creation will be.

I have to post-pone my projects to work on my Beloved's Christmas Presents from his Wish List which I'm still waiting to receive so I can get started.

So many things to do and so little time!

Btw when will they make "LittleBigPlanet" for Wii??

Note: I'll be remaking 4 characters from the "Xmas Plush Collection" for my Etsy Shop because my Beloved's adopted mother bought them yesterday.

Considering nobody here has showed interest enough to purchase them I don't think it'll be a problem...

Beloved Presents

In October I made a plush Kirby for my Beloved since it's one of his favourite oldie Game characters (I found pattern & tutorial online here)

My Beloved made the delicious butterscotch+peanut butter covered Lackey Chow Mein Noodles which Kirby seemed to enjoy as much as I did!

In October I made a plush Teddie for my Beloved based on one of his favourite games.

I haven't given it to him yet, I'm waiting for the right moment ;)

In September I created this Pixel Art for my Beloved based on his favourite oldie Game characters which are now decorating the walls of our Computer Room.

Each character was made with 1x1cm foam squares hand cut & applied with hot glue to white cardboard.