HELP! Artistic Advice Needed!

Alrighty, I'm making these buttons of bear faces... but I can't find a good material to make the ears out of!

The actual button is wooden, with paper and gloss... as you can see below... I tried foam, and I think it's uglier'n'sin. Well... ok, maybe not that ugly, but certainly not as cute as I've been envisioning!

Maybe the foam coated in a nicer scrapbooking paper? Sculpey? Any suggestions?

I'll work on it more tonight... the sculpey might be promising... but GAH! Poor guy has such ugly little ears!!!

Harumph.

It's very aggrivating when you can't find the proper materials for the project you're working on!

Oh, and they no longer seem to sell just a plain ol' cheapo hole-punch at Michael's anymore! You can only buy the ones that are going to cost you around $6!!

Grr... Aaarrrgh...

Over the next couple of weeks you'll probably notice some changes to my logo... I'm trying to "Halloweenify" it a little!

This would be Zombearry... he's not really that well done, but I only had 3 minutes to zombify him!

New craft pics tomorrow! No... really!!

Taking a Moment for more Mushrooms!

Oh yes, I'm on a Mushroom rampage (but I'll only bother you with one picture... the rest of them can be found shortly on Etsy... they're high gloss... so pardon the reflections!)...





I'm also working on some pins... they're far from perfected, a bit rough around the edges and all that... but the prototypes have held up to the rigors of use!




And yes, in case anyone is wondering... I am still toiling away at that one mystery creature... I have a feeling he's been fiddled with too much now to be any good... but I'm determined to see him finished!

Another Fantastic Giveaway!!

Ok, this one is from Ginger at Bearbits... who is an absolutely wonderful person! ... and her bears are cute and have 'tude to boot! (Good, cute 'tude)

Here's who is looking to head out into the world:


and here is where you can find the give-away thread:

http://bearbits.blogspot.com/2009/08/silver-anniversary-giveaway-3.html

And ANOTHER great giveaway from Cart Before the Horse... you could win this great doll, or some excellent patterns :)

http://thecartbeforethehorse.blogspot.com/2009/08/200-posts-and-giveaway-or-two.html

Halloween giveaways galore!

I think I've mentioned, I LOVE Halloween... and all the Halloween themed blogs around seem to be doing give-a-ways (I guess it is that time...)

Here is another one with many, many, many things to be given, all of them absolutely wonderful! It's Primitive Folk Art Talk and Tea's Blog and it's a collection of artists who do amazing work:

http://pfatt.blogspot.com/2009/08/pfatt-fall-blog-giveaway.html

Back from Vacation!

Well, I had a lovely week long vacation and now I'm back and in full craft gear!

I plan on doing sketches today for the art doll I want to make (her head is done... but I have no idea what I want to do for her body!)... and finally cutting out the rest of my 'mystery' creature that was, and then wasn't, a bear! (I've been having a real brain fart over what exactly to do about him)

I've been making Halloween themed spool dolls, and Lucky Mushrooms and Unlucky Mushrooms... so here are a few pics!