who lives in a barn?

hi! i have a new listing in my etsy shop: barn finger puppets storage pattern.

a customer came to me with an idea of a storage for finger puppets. she requested me to design a barn storage for the farm friends finger puppets.

even though it took me weeks before i could finally managed to come up with the template, now the barn pattern is now ready to be purchased in etsy.

the barn storage can be folded and carried like a little bag. or you can also leave it open and hang it on the wall for display with the finger puppets inside.

aren't they adorable?

i might come up with more storage ideas for the princess, zoo, and many more! :)

hurry visit my etsy shop! the barn storage will be a great christmas gift for your little ones.

and don't forget, you can still have the 30% discount in my etsy shop until 25 november.

who lives in a barn?

free valentine pattern

valentine's day is coming soon. and i would like to share with you a very easy pattern to make a cute hugging heart plushie. you can download the free pattern here. enjoy! :)

free valentine pattern

more patterns giveaway from floral blossom

hi, i have good news for those who wants to receive patterns giveaway from floral blossom.

few days ago dona from sewing smiles of smiles contacted me and asked if i would be interested in sponsoring a giveaway on her blog. of course i said yes. she has this very amazing blog and she has the biggest heart in helping to seek charities for the children at the children's hospital where she lives.

dona is one of my best customer, and she told me once this story about one little boy that has been very sick and how the people at the hospital couldn't get him to smile no matter what they did until they showed him the little monster finger puppets that dona made for him. now he has the biggest smile every time he plays with the puppets. i was so touched and happy to know that my patterns (through dona's able hands) could bring back the smiles of the children at the hospital.

the giveaway runs from april 24th through may 3rd. the winner will be announced on may 4th. just go to this link and follow the requirements. hurry! :)

the giveaway is closed now. and we have a winner! congratulations to gina from catwhiskers! 
stay tuned for more information on patterns giveaway :)

more patterns giveaway from floral blossom

free felt santa and rudolph christmas ornaments patterns

christmas is coming, and i have a little present for those of you who celebrates it! :)

remember the picture of little santas and rudolphs tree ornaments above from my post last year?
i have decided to share the patterns with all of you. actually i have been wanting to post this freebies since weeks ago, but could not find time to do it.
my apologies. so here it is. i hope it's not too late for you to make them. after all, they are very very easy to make. you can make a dozen of them in one day only :)
you can download the pattern and instructions here. i hope the link works.

please don’t use this pattern, or the finished products following this pattern for commercial/retail purposes :)

merry christmas!!

free felt santa and rudolph christmas ornaments patterns

lego pencil toppers

last week i received a custom order for some lego themed pencil toppers from a customer. she wanted the pencil toppers to consist of the colorful lego bricks plus the lego (mini figure) head.

i usually make animal head’s pencil toppers, so this lego thing is new to me. i like challenge, so i accepted the order. the only problem was, i didn't know what a lego head is. so i googled the images to find out what a lego head looks like. this was what i found.

and this was how my lego head pencil topper turned out.

not bad, right? i'm so proud of my self.

here's the clearer view of the lego pencil toppers set before i packed them up for delivery.

the pencil toppers were quite simple to make. maybe the rather tricky one was the lego head. but just see how cute they turned out to be. they will make perfect fillings for birthday goody bags or christmas socks.

i'm planning to post a tutorial and patterns for the lego pencil toppers soon, if time permits. just keep checking this blog!

lego pencil toppers

pooh n friends finger puppets

my long weekend was filled with sewing some finger puppets orders. i also received a custom order to make a 'pooh n friends' finger puppets. so i googled the pictures, and came up with pooh, eeyore, tigger, piglet and heffalump.

my favorite is eeyore. and because i'm a 'details freak' i had to make the tail with that cute pink ribbon on it. drop dead cute!!

pooh n friends finger puppets

meet the little monsters

meet the little monsters, the latest finger puppets collection in floral blossom's etsy store.

i have been keeping the idea in my head for some time. to create cute little colorful monsters for children to play with, so they won't be easily afraid of the monsters hiding under their bed, closet, the attic, basement...

i'm telling you it's not easy to create monsters that are cute and friendly looking. i had several earlier designs that i think would easily haunt the children in their nightmares than to accompany them in their play. i had to scrapped them off for good.

do you think little girls will like the little monsters? or maybe only boys will like them? i hope my little monsters will soon generate their own fans. after this i think will come up with more themes for boys. robots, maybe?

meet the little monsters

sea creatures finger puppets

finally, after long delay, another set of finger puppets pdf pattern is up in floral blossom's etsy shop. this time the theme is 'sea creatures'. in this set you will get giant whale, crab, jellyfish, octopus and seahorse to play with. check them out!

sea creatures finger puppets

new listing in my etsy

the dogs are up on floral blossom's etsy shop. check it out! :)

new listing in my etsy

doggies!!

do you like dogs? i do. although i don't own one right now, but in my childhood, my family used to have dogs in the house.

i haven't made dogs finger puppets yet. or cats. or hamsters. anyway, the dogs finger puppets are in the making now. can you guess what kind of dogs do we have up here?

doggies!!

the land before time

i have just finished another set of finger puppets. the idea came from one of my buyers in etsy. i can't wait to list it in my etsy shop tomorrow. let's hope tomorrow morning won't rain so i can take good pictures of our new friends here: stegosaurus, triceratops, brontosaurus, t-rex and pterodactyl (wow, i'm a dinosaur expert now! lol) i'll figure out some cute dino-pet names tomorrow :)

the land before time

meet the lil' bugs

do you like bumble bees? ladybugs? butterflies? caterpillars? the lil' bugs are now part of the finger puppets collection in floral blossom's etsy shop.

i've finally finished the 'garden friends' set, after several attempts of trial and error with the shape and colour mix and match. to complete the set, i decided to shove the mushroom and replaced it with a caterpillar. but the sunflower must stay. somehow i think when you have bumble bees, then you should also have sunflowers.

i always like bees. but i fell in love with the cute caterpillar above. i think he's really cute. which one do you like best?

meet the lil' bugs

the next project

this week goes very slow in floral blossom's creative world, yet so fast in the real world. come friday again. weekend is already knocking on the door.
i have not even finished my next set of finger puppets. the set above is almost ready, 'thou... but somehow i think they're not ready yet for the etsy shop. could it be that they're not cute enough? not eye-catching enough? too simple? hmm...

the next project

cute woodlanders

see how cute are those woodland creatures crowding one spot in my garden :) they are waiting for their turn to come to your house and play with your little ones.

cute woodlanders

woodland creatures finger puppets

woodland creatures are here!!

i finally finished sewing these woodland finger puppets sets that i mentioned in my previous post. i made two sets for my etsy shop and named them woodland creatures 01 and 02. haha for creativity! :P

gosh, these finger puppets making is so fun. they are so cute i can create more and more sets with different themes.

you might notice that the pictures above are less than satisfying in quality, but for the time being those are the best i can get with this indoor lighting (it's getting dark outside) and props. i will replace the pictures in my etsy shop when i have time. update: i have replaced the pictures in my etsy (and in this blog post) with better ones :)

woodland creatures finger puppets

monday update

another set of finger puppets is on the way. can you guess the theme for this one?
i didn't know that making finger puppets can be so addictive. but they are so cute and so easy to make, i couldn't resist.

i suppose for this theme i can make two different sets. i have all the ideas floating in my mind right now but they just have to wait for a while. i hope they won't have to wait until the next weekend for me to finish, not that long.

monday update

farm friends felt finger puppets

happy new year 2011!! how did you spend your new year's eve? mine was spent having a small BBQ night with my family, fell asleep before midnight, and woke up in the new year :P

i guess i have been a bit over creative these days. the reason is because my two-weeks days off is coming to an end. i am so not looking forward to come to work tomorrow :( sigh...

anyway, i have came up with another set of finger puppets. this time it's from the farmland! meet: shawn the sheep, donnie the donkey, bentley the pig, betty the cow and roonie the rooster. i am having so much fun in choosing the pet names :)

the new set is up in floral blossom etsy shop now. check it out!

farm friends felt finger puppets

zoo friends felt finger puppets

i have updated my etsy shop with this zoo friends felt finger puppets PDF patterns. please meet: ellie the elephant, booboo the bear, lionel the lion, giffie the giraffe and kiki the monkey.

there has been some delay since my post few months ago when i said that i will make some finger puppets PDF patterns for my etsy shop. the concepts have been floating in my mind for months, but only now i have the time to make them. i still have more to come. i plan to come up with some other themes soon.

zoo friends felt finger puppets

here kitty kitty

i made some kitty magnets during the weekend. i still have some forest friends magnets and maybe finger puppets on the way.

here kitty kitty

last minute christmas ornaments

last monday i made some christmas ornaments for sale at my daughter's school. i know it's late already since it was only few days apart from christmas, and most people have started their trees decorating maybe since early december. but it's ok, we'll see how the result would be like.

last minute christmas ornaments