New Creatures

I have been working on cards with paper flowers. I got to thinking, how can this translate into my OTHER hobby of sock creatures?


So after some experiments I came up with a flower made out of socks and made into a headband or neck flower.

I haven't been able to name this new creature, so if you have a suggestion I would love to hear it. For now I just call her "TBD"

This one is a Zwid creature, made even prettier!


These are some variations on this project. Comment and let me know if you be interested in step by step instructions.
Thank you for stopping by!

Craft Fair Season!

Well the Craft Fair season is in full swing! I have been to two so far and I have another one on Dec. 4th. I have resumed sewing sock creatures! Sometimes a break is all you need to clear your head and start creating again.


Please ignore the wrinkled tablecloth! I promise to iron it before the next craft fair (well I promise to ask Jeff to iron it).

Here are the new sock creatures!

I sold the two with eye patches. Boys love a good eye patch! So questions:

• Would you be more likely to buy if each creature had a name?
• Can you provide me with some names? HA!

Thanks for stopping by! Be sure to check out my other new hobby... Wedding Blog

Shameless Plug... Selling Sock Creatures for the holidays on Etsy here:
www.etsy.com/shop/wantedcreatures

AND here:
www.etsy.com/shop/mdcardsandgifts

My first Non-Sock sewing job! (not too good)

Pulled out the sewing machine today to create an "outfit" for my sock creature. One of my co-workers is very sick and I wanted to give her a creature. I call her the "Alpha Male" of the office so we thought it would be funny to give it some camo.



I went to the Goodwill store looking for some Camo fabric. I found this old hunting vest. I washed it and it had something crinkly inside. Apparently the crinkly stuff broke apart and got all over the dryer (that is another story)


So I liked the cool pockets on the vest (Jeff says they are for your shot gun shells). So I ended up making it into a romper. Thank goodness it is supposed to look a little "off".... because it does. His new name is "Mobile Romper Unit Alpha"



I will probably put some very girly things in these pockets for my co-worker. Like lip gloss and nail polish. I mean he is wearing a ROMPER for goodness sake!


Thanks for taking a look!

Published in Stuffed Magazine!

I have been keeping this under wraps since Feb! For the most part because I was afraid I would tell everyone then it would turn out it was all a misunderstanding and Stuffed Magazine was publishing me by mistake. So on July 1st I felt like I was going to throw up, then the magazine came in the mail and I am really in it!!

So after months of not telling anyone, now I am totally telling everyone!


Another cool thing is that my sock creature idol, John Murphy, is the featured artist for this issue. John is very humble so I won't say he inspired me, but he helped me develop a passion for this great hobby! Thanks John.
Be sure to checkout his WEBSITE to get info on his latest book and see more of his creatures.

Yipee!! If you pick up an issue, my guy "Plank" is on page 133! Sorry for all the exclamation points!

This is the issue, click HERE to see more of this super cute magazine.
And of course you can see more of my sock creatures HERE.

The Birth of a Sock Creature

I am donating 3 wanted creatures to my son's school for a silent auction they are having. Since all the boys my son's age really like the sock creatures, I thought they might be a good fit. I also thought it might be fun to take you through the process of creating a sock creature. (mind you, the sock does most of the hard work). This particular guy I sewed by hand. So here we go....

Step 1: Inspiration! (sometimes mine comes from my son's drawings, it is amazing what the 9 year old mind comes up with) This time he came up with a whole page full of choices for me.What to choose....what to choose. Okay after much debate we decided this guy would be good. I have been wanting to do a set of fangs.

Step 2: Pick out the socks that will work. I decided to use a glove for the spikes on the head and a black sock for the body. The sock has a gray heel so that will be his lips. I get a scrap from a gray sock to be the arms and a scrap of white sock for the teeth. Then I cut everything out.









Step 3: sew, sew, sew all the pieces. This gives you the final skin. I usually attach my arms after I stuff him. At this point it is a mystery if he will be cute or not. I am leaning toward cute, in a creepy way. But you never know until you stuff it.



Step 4: Stuff him! Oh crud, he isn't looking so cute now! His head is twice as big as his legs and he looks like he is stuffed with pork sausage! My husband and son make fun of him for about 10 minutes with phrases like "hmmm...it's different" and "are people supposed to buy that?" and "the charity might pay you not to donate him". Then I pout for about 24 hours.

Step 5: I carry on because sometimes they get better right? Okay so I decide the glove head is looking weird so I make pigtail looking ears. I sew half the mouth, hey wait, wasn't he supposed to have fangs? Okay so I can add one fang to other half... turns into fang/tongue. Add the arms and button eyes and he isn't looking so bad now!













Step 6: Name, Praise and Delivery!
Name = "Snaggle"
Praise = "That came out great honey, I was wrong to doubt your talents" (I embellished the quote a little).
Delivery =

Thanks for stopping by! Please visit my Etsy shop Wanted Creatures.

Random Softies

I am just learning to sew (well by "just" I mean that I have been sewing for a year and still stink). I make sock creatures because the socks are very forgiving with bad sewing. They take on a life of their own and don't need much help from me.

On Etsy there are so many fantastic shops that share my love of all softies. Great artists that know how to sew. One shop I enjoy very much is called Plush Team. I am saving up to buy their annual that has tons of softies from incredible artists.

Well... imagine my delight when I found out they have a blog! I subscribed right away. One shop they are featuring is called Fur Will Fly. Super cute stuff. I love this guy.


They are also having a giveaway so if you stop by you might win winged Walter (the red guy, you know, with wings)!


Please check out my Etsy shop Wanted Creatures to see my sock creatures!