365 Day 47

eyes are all on

This is what 2 days of sewing on buttons/eyes onto 100 finger puppet segments looks like.

Step One complete. Up next: eyelashes and mouths.

365 Day 46

working slowly but steadily today

If I had done nothing but sit and sew buttons/eyes today, I have no doubt I could have done all 100 pairs in time for my midnight deadline.

However, I also ran errands and worked on one of my submissions for a show.

I managed to affix the eyes onto 51 Tookies...49 to go. Then I will move on to eyelashes and mouths.






I am happy with this guy so far. I will start the plaster cloth on the ears and arms tomorrow. I am still considering giving him a tail and maybe a little more shape to his face...maybe not.

365 Day 44 -- part 2

a little more prep work before I call it a night

I decided to do a little bit more after my first entry for today. I am really glad I did, too -- because it turned out it will save me a lot of time.

Because I often have a bit of difficulty selecting colors when I am making things, I thought it would be good to "pre-select" the eyes/buttons for this batch of 100 Tookies. I recently bought several new packs of buttons in different assorted colors and it seemed like this was the perfect time to sort them into color groups. I also sorted the little shaped buttons (stars, asterisks, hearts, etc.)...it just made it easier to see the buttons that way.














As I was selecting them, I put each puppet-to-be and the "eyes" together in an envelope so they wouldn't become separated.














Since I already sorted the buttons by color and by shape, I thought I might as well put them into separate bags and store them that way.














Oh -- and look -- I actually put the finger puppet parts bins and buttons on the shelf (instead of leaving it all on the table)! I know...I surprised myself...LOL.















I started doing that seemingly small amount of work right after I posted today's earlier entry at 5:33 p.m. I hadn't even noticed that it got dark out. I couldn't believe it, but it was 8:51 -- and I hadn't fed the cats yet or set the dvr to record my Sunday tv shows! Yikes!

I scrambled to set the dvr, fed the cats, cooked my dinner, ate it while watching my shows, then I came back into the studio and thought why not save some more time and do the printing tonight, too? That is just one step closer to getting the labels done.

And now it's just about midnight and I am DONE for the night!

Day One Hundred Eighty-Two

I haven't made a guy with buttons on the side for a long time, so I thought I'd do that today.

This is another finger puppet for my Art-o-mat® series "All Ears".