New Digs and New Items!

The past two weeks have been more than eventful. I went to Brooklyn, NY and left with all of my worldly possessions. I moved into both my new apartment and my studio space in Louisville.

My New Home!!

I started a job at the coolest hotel I have ever seen (21 C).  I also started work on some new items that I am crazy excited for.

I mentioned in my last post that the trunk show had given me some great inspiration and feedback.  Tiffany Embry had commented on how much her cat would love my tiny octopus creations if they were only filled with cat nip.  After some sourcing I've starting cranking them out.

They are filled with organic cat nip from local natural food grocer Rainbow Blossom.  Like most of my yarn creations, they are crocheted from old sweaters.  They also have eyes made of tiny jingle bells.  The dangly tentacles, jingly noises, and catnip psychedelia will be sure to make these things your cats favorite toys. I plan to grow my own catnip this spring/summer for future batches.  The fact that I have an amazing porch off my third floor apartment makes me want to get lots of gardening projects going.  I have room for quite a few planters.

A set of items I make regularly are plush dinosaur and octopi.  I recently started making a few GIANT dinos.  The FLNL & HNLY biz card is there for scale.  These cuties are HUGE!

I've also begun work on some textile wall art.  I'll share some photos as they progress.

I'll leave you with a few photos of the studio I am sharing with Joan Schulte.  

We are located at 1220 Bardstown Rd in Louisville, KY.

We are open 11-6 Tuesday-Saturday and 12-4 on Sundays.  I am around most days either in my apartment on the third floor, in my studio, or behind the front counter.  Come say hello and check out all the artwork this place has to offer.

Etsy store open for Business

It has been a week of sewing for other people. I put up a craigslist ad in hopes of getting a few small sewing jobs and got several responses. I sometimes forget that my sewing skills are a money making commodity. It's been fun making everything from crib skirts, to flags for this rad inventor, to sewing labels in shirts for a local clothing line.  I'm going to NYC the first week of March to get the rest of my furniture and belongings for my legit move to Louisville, and all this extra cash is going to help me pay for that moving trip.

I've also been hard at work photographing my wares for submissions to some regional craft shows as well as my new and improved ETSY STORE!

Finally!  My new etsy store is finally up and ready for orders.  I had forgotten how long it takes to post items well.  But now the hard part is done and I can share it with everyone all over the globe.  Maybe I can get an order from Helsinki or Dublin or Taiwan.  A girl can dream can't she?

You can get to my shop from both the "Online shop" tab at the top of the page as well as the rad looking widget on the right.  Or you can also just follow this link.  Happy shopping!
FLNL & HNLY at Etsy