WIP - pretty eyes!

WIP - goat doll ... in need of clothes!

The basic goat doll is now finished, heat to toe, now he just cries out for some fantastic steam punk gadgetry and of course, something to wear!



some metal, and machine-like buttons helped me to joint him, and I made his limbs and face from a lovely Harris tweed ... don't tell the Harris tweed people I felted it in my washing machine though!



all four limbs are very pose-able, of course, and he appreciated this as he bent to crop my lawn ...



and sat back, to enjoy the spring sunshine!

WIP - goat doll ....

I love plush team challenges, the latest one is a steampunk theme!



the categories were characters, or gadgets and I went with characters ...



been poking around in my fabrics looking to create suitable steam-punk attire for this goat character ...



and i picked up some pretty little cogs for embellishments ...

Great Eggspectations!

one day we decided to have an egg guess - we have 5 chickens and they had just had a very muddy grumbly day, when we took a vote at tea time!



and would you know it, daisy was right - I was so eggsited as it was our first time we ever had all five birds lay! Mary made that lovely egg box lable ...



Daisy made this lable, and said Matty's Chicken looked like a goose ...



Matty said it didn't ...



but all the egg boxes look lovely, would anyone like some happy eggs?

jess, the muppet doll....WIP

Muppet Jess is getting some eyes - I started with the whites, and just popped in some pins so she didn't look too strange!



she also has 2 special tattoos, just like real Jess does!



I think she looks very happy !

goat WIP ....

the sneaky eyes of groats really appeal to me. I made these sneaky eyes out of copper wrapped buttons ... this will be a plush-team-challenge-sort-of-goat ...

New by-pass opens in Weymouth - Traffic cones out of work !

This week the new road in Weymouth opened up ... I don't have any idea how to leave town now! And thousands of traffic cones who had been employed in Weymouth and Littlemoor are now without work ...



Some are out and about, looking to start something - or stop something, rather ... even the suburbs are affected!



Meet my plush traffic cone at Best of Dorset this Sunday - look for the Artwey gang!

Time for tea, tiger?

we are ready for Ivan to come to tea again!



Perhaps I don't like green tea, says Mary ...



Daisy and Matty are the guinea pigs ... mind you they would probably drink anything out of this tea set!



Oh yes, they like it ... so it must be Mary's turn ...



Well, I have had worse ...


I might give Ivan a bigger cup, tho ...

Two Angels!

one angel rat is already winging her way up north ...



both rats kiss goodbye!



i have fun making these tiny wings, and I used pearly buttons to attach them...

and then there were eggs!

we have settled into a nice routine here and chez raggy-rat ...



I get the chickens up before the girls, and then later on we look for eggs and share out veg and dinner scraps ...



and after a week and a half with us, the first egg appeared, just after Steve's birthday!



and the Orpingtons have really got used to us, in fact all the girls seem really happy around us now ...



and in the afternoon, we go in and throw a few handfuls of corn ...



one of the black-tails had a very pecked neck when she arrived, it is almost filled back in now, she looks great!



one hen likes cuddles ...



the girls have inspired some nice drawings, matty did this chicken and egg ...



and daisy drew this image, showing me and matty collecting eggs, and a nice tub of grit on a log, too!



Actually, with my red henna'd hair, I look a lot like a chicken!

An angel!

what do you think of these wings?
this is just paper, for an idea of size ... this little raggy rat is called angel xxx

horse riding, again!

trotting makes matty laugh!



it's all good fun!



daisy gives me a grin before she heads off!



Daisy thinks trotting is funny too ...



and little mary has a little ride ...

Raggy rat-bag shoulder bags!

these guys looks like big car rats, with straps ...



floppy car rats, with bellies hungry for phones, keys and wallets!



a new shoulder-rat design ...



these would look good in pink ...

flashback ... me and a hairy ginger pirate!

long before my blogging life I was involved in making a pilot for a Devon-based company. I made the puppets and, as i boasted about my puppet wielding prowess, I was involved in filming not one but two pilots ...

Evil or naughty characters are always fun to do, and this pirate was no exception!

One day I sat doodling with the girls ...

I would like to sew another barn owl soon, along with an idea I have for a goat doll, and maybe another Edward...

My Kids are COOL!