Nifty

what's in a name

Part of the portfolio requirements for graduation include a business card, resume, cover letter, and leave-behind that communicates our image as astists/designers/makers. On the advice of my graphic design friend, Chris, I decided to make a logo of sorts for my personal "branding". He recommended doing hand lettering (see some beautiful examples here) because it would better convey my passion for handmade than any font would. So I pulled out my calligraphy pen and wrote my name like fifty times (seriously!) This is what I ended up with..

shop update!

so a few new things have made their way into my shop today..

now I'm off to the beach for a little fun in the sun! xo CBB

easter gifts!

two little cousins of mine are getting some sweet handmade gifts from the easter bunny!

bunny puppet and bear lovey

a precious little face

I'll hopefully be making up some more of these guys soon to put in my shop!

redesign

for a loooong time the tea set has been an old standby of mine but I have struggled because the old design was so incredibly time intensive that I couldn't wholesale them---so a redesign was in order! I wanted to edit it so that it was still as wonderfully fun, but that more of it could be sewn by machine than by hand. This is what I've got so far--made from wool felt + upcycled wool sweaters with accents of cotton rickrack and stuffed wth kapok making it all natural! Now time to figure out what to do about cupcakes and basket...

a pretty pile of puppets

 

today I took some more photos of these guys...

As accomplished as I have gotten at photographing puppets with my right hand holding the camera and left hand modeling the puppet (seven years of Nifty does that to you) I think I would like to round up some hand models to do a fun little shoot with them too!

New Photos!

I took some new photos of my portfolio work this morning (before it started to rain and got my posterboard background wet!)