Everyone is always interested in where people work. So, today I thought I would post a couple pics of where I do all of this computer fun stuff from.
I know, not real exciting, huh? But, that little green chair is where I am sitting right now writing this. It is where I do all my photo editing, listings for my shop, and hanging out on Twitter. What I am excited about today, is that I finally got my “Etsy art wall” hung. I hope to add more to it as I collect more art from my favorites on Etsy!
Clockwise from top left:
Bunny with Etsy sign was a birthday gift last year from my brother-in-law nism.etsy.com
The fawn and Nessy little paintings, I did one weekend for fun.
I plan to rotate feltidermy on the wall, just so I can enjoy them a little before they go off to their new homes. One day I hope to fill that whole wall with Etsy art!
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed your little peek into my workspace. I hope you all have a great weekend!
Friday afternoon when P.Nut and Chippy Prototype heard we were going to Ribfest, they decided it would be great for her first outing.
P.Nut ran and snuggled into my purse and said she was ready for action!
While waiting on the platform, she got very excited for her first ‘L’ ride!
P.Nut thought it was pretty neat that she was the only squirrel on the ‘L’.
The festival was very crowded and everyone was drinking beer. P.Nut was glad that we thought to bring a bottle of water.
Watching all of the ribs getting grilled was fun! P.Nut didn’t eat any of them, she is a vegetarian, but she thought the cheese fries were great!
She really enjoyed seeing a couple bands that she has listened to in the office at home. The Harlem Shakes were fun, but she liked Office the best!
After all of that, it was time to head back home. She couldn’t wait to tell Chippy all about it. P.Nut had so much excitement that she fell asleep on the way home. Telling her adventure would have to wait until morning.
Saturday morning when I got up, I found her in the dining room with Chippy Prototype and Iris. She was having so much fun telling them all about her evening out.
P.Nut can hardly wait for her next adventure! She read something about Andersonville Midsommarfest in one of the papers, that might be fun…
The new little squirrel has had quite a week. First of all we decided that she is definitely a girl, she’s just too cute not to be! She has had lots of meetings with Chippy about what being the squirrel about town will involve. She has also spent time meeting all the other plush and feltidermy.
We would all like to thank everyone for submitting their ideas for her name! There was one that stood out to us as soon as we saw it. Thank you to Jessica of PlushroomSoup, she gave the suggestion of the name P.Nut and is our winner! The name P.Nut really couldn’t be more fitting for this little squirrel!
Thanks again and please stop by tomorrow to see P.Nut’s first adventure to Chicago Ribfest!
Recently Chippy decided to go into semi-retirement. He will keep up his Twitter page and probably have more time for it once his retirement starts. You see he was made as a prototype out of acrylic felt over 2 years ago and has been on many adventures, including a trip to Las Vegas, since then. All of the traveling in purses, carry-ons and pockets has taken it’s toll on poor Chippy.
So today we are introducing his new little assistant! From now on this little squirrel will be going out as the squirrel about town for girlsavage and this blog. This little one is smaller and stitched entirely out of wool. We do need help from you, you see the little squirrel doesn’t even have a name yet. We thought it would be fun to let you all pick the new name!
Please leave your suggestion for a name in the comments. The person who submits the name that we pick will win a Petal Bunny pocket mirror, like the one shown above. The name will be chosen and winner announced this Saturday !
Chippy and the new little one would like to thank you in advance for your help!
I’m very excited this afternoon to have just received my copy of Frankie Magazine!
I couldn’t wait to open it up to see feltidermy in a magazine. On page 20 I found it, Feltidermy, in print! Yay!
I had been contacted by the very sweet Louise Bannister of Frankie in March asking if I would be interested in doing an interview. I had never done one before, but thought it sounded like fun! I had assumed that it would be for the online blog. I actually found out from a customer that the piece went into the actual magazine. Which also cleared up the mystery of why, all of a sudden, I had more than the usual amount of orders from Australia.
I couldn’t be more thrilled right now! Thank you Louise, Frankie Magazine and all of my wonderful new Australian customers!
If your still waiting to get your hands on your very own feltidermy, there are a few in the shop right now. Including Bunny Rabbit 47, which was added to the shop today. There are also a couple new mini/wearable feltidermy too! Don’t hesitate to ask me about custom orders too, I love doing them!
Thanks so much for stopping by and have a great day!
What a nice way to start the week! Thanks Alison, aka TeenAngster !
I recently received more exciting news about feltidermy. Frankie Magazine is running the article on feltidermy in their newest issue! I hope to get a copy of it sometime this week, I’ll show images of it after I get it. I feel like Navin R. Johnson (Steve Martin) in The Jerk when the new phone books arrive!
Lately I have been thinking back to the Richard Scarry books that I enjoyed as a child. I could spend hours studying the pages of his books. The idea of animals living their lives like humans just fascinated me to no end. I decided with Easter on it’s way and Peter Cottontale hopping down that bunny trail, that I would share a few anthropomorphic bunnies that I found browsing Etsy.
Not too much to tell you about today, I finally got 8 hours sleep and I will be putting one of these new plush in the shop later today.
Yesterday on Twitter, Etsy asked people to post their favorites on their blogs. I still can’t seem to figure out how to insert the Etsy Mini in this blog…So instead I’ll give you this, if you haven’t seen it yet. Leslie Hall and some Craft Talk, this song is stuck in my head already.
Sprout and Manipogo wanted to help greet you all today… I agreed since they are wearing their green! Sprout is the newest addition to the shop.
I am taking a 1/2 day to celebrate and cook today! The corned beef has been brining in the fridge for a few days. I found the recipe through Craftzine’s Blog. It was really pretty simple, you just have to give it at least 3 days to brine. The real recipe is here at Chow.com. I hope to have some good photos of it tomorrow.
I’ve actually been spending quite a bit of my free time cooking lately. I think the spring weather has me wanting to try new fresh recipes. Last Friday I used Martha Stewarts Lime Meltaway recipe to make orange meltaways.
I just basically substituted orange whenever the recipe called for lime. I’ve done this with lemon too, these are so nice with a cup of tea!
On Sunday I made a couple different things…. First was the cranberry lime scones I made for breakfast.
Here is my recipe :
~preheat oven to 500 degrees
Sift together:
1 1/2 cups white flour
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 Tbs. sugar, I use turbinado sugar
cut in 1/4 cup very cold butter so you have little butter particles that are about the size of a small pea.
stir in:
zest of one lime
Juice from 1/2 of the lime
Enough milk to make 1/2 cup when added to lime juice, I use soy milk
1/2 cups chopped frozen cranberries
Round up on a floured surface. Knead very lightly. Pat out to about 1/2 inch thick. brush with 2-3 Tbs of milk and sprinkle 2 Tbs more sugar over top. Cut into wedges. place on ungreased baking sheet. Bake 8 minutes until golden brown.
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Recently Chippy decided to go into semi-retirement. He will keep up his 
Thank you!
What a nice way to start the week! Thanks Alison, aka TeenAngster !
I just basically substituted orange whenever the recipe called for lime. I’ve done this with lemon too, these are so nice with a cup of tea!
Here is my recipe :
The recipe worked out really well, I’ll be making this again and again!