Sometimes it is impossible to keep things in. Even if your mouth has been stitched closed.

This one is just overflowing with love – it all just spilled out and bubbled up into the atmosphere.

I feel really strongly about this piece. I’ve been down in a plush slump for a few weeks now, and this one just hit me yesterday on a chilly walk back from the post office. Within minutes I was sitting at the sewing machine. A day later it was complete – and  I LOVE it. I am an avid believer in emotional honesty – and anyone who knows me will agree. I don’t hold anything in. Neither does this guy.

A Muted Haiku:

I can’t say a word

About anything at all.

Still my heart is loud.

The Ornithopter.

Ok, this one doesn’t fly. I actually sketched this bird over a year ago. Suddenly, in the middle of my week-long-slump I had the overpowering urge to try it out.

It was a quick project, and pretty simple.

But . . .

It’s a finger-puppet! Fun!

A Manipulative Haiku:

Perched on your finger

I’m  trying  in vain to reach

the seed in your hand!

A big Thanks to Christine Renee of re-conceived for including me in her fantastic new website – ChicagoCrafty.

It is a comprehensive guide to all things crafty in the Windy City. How exciting!

I’ve admired Christine from afar for a long time – she’s a fellow seller at Depart-Ment with a penchant for Zombie lore. 

Check in soon for more plush from me – I can feel the inspiration striking me as I type . . .

A big Thank You to Heather of Dream Bird Designs for summing up exactly how I’ve felt this past week. 

And for featuring that Crazy Ungulate! Remember him?

It’s a plush-of-sorts. Actually, it’s a pillow. But I made it myself! I bought some luscious Marimekko fabric to spruce up my new couch.

Check it out:

My love affair with Marimekko started a very young age, thanks to my parents who kept us amply supplied with dishware, place settings, and awesome mugs boasting the signature simple, mod school-buses and blue elephant-cars.

I have been in a plush slump – but the creative urge will not die! I’ll be boarding the plush train again very soon.