I have been wanting to take my Squat Creature pattern and turn it into a dino-style plush for a while, and I finally did it. It was one of those rare and very enjoyable times that I make a pattern and it works out on the first try!

I also used a face/mouth style that I haven’t used on any of the creatures that I’ve sold yet–this is my “beaky” style that I’ve done for several plush that I kept for myself. It is near and dear to my heart as those particular creatures have gotten played with and provided much enrichment in my home and for my daughter. I love the smiley, innocent expression.

I’m not normally drawn to pastels. I recently ordered some fabric and sometimes I like to get low-quantity/last-chance types of fabrics because in some ways it narrows the range that I have to choose from. This forces me to work with colors or textures that I normally wouldn’t choose (this is the same reason I enjoy shopping at used clothing stores or on eBay). Combined with the fact that I’m no longer making plush that *has* to look just like something in the real world, this can lead to fun and unexpected results.

I ended up with these pastel colors and came up with the idea to combine them in this way, and I love it. Actually, this palette reminds me a lot of vintage (I was tempted to say “retro,” until I realized that anything from the time period I was a child is, in fact, now considered vintage!) baby and children’s clothing and gear, and I love that. I have very nostalgic feelings for toys and gear from that time period.

Here is another creature I recently made in the style that we’ve seen before with Barbara Ann and Terry. I love this design and I love it even more now that I came up with this adorable hooded capelet for this style plush. It provides that extra something while not detracting from the design.

This plush will be available in my shop tonight, September 16, at 6:00 PM EST and adoption fee will be $125 to include free domestic shipping (international shipping is calculated at check out).

I had so much fun working up this doll merging one of my creature head patterns with an Everybuddies body pattern that I’ve always loved, but haven’t used in a while–it doesn’t use any darts or joints but is still poseable. I got the idea (while having a bout of insomnia the other night) to make more humanoid versions of my creature dolls–I was excited about making human dolls that had a bit of a befuddled personality to them, like my creatures. And the result didn’t disappoint: Dizzy is a bewildered looking boy with a pouty open mouth. His hair is the piece de resistance, as it can be brushed in different ways to give him different looks. I personally love the hair-standing-on-end frazzled look.

As I’ve said before, I like it when my dolls come out looking as if they’re experiencing emotions, or have personality traits, that we don’t normally enjoy or which aren’t typically reflected in commercial toys. I felt this boy seemed a bit anxious and I gave him an “anxietie jurnall” prop to reflect this. I also felt this doll came out looking a bit like an old man AND a baby, which is really the best outcome I could have hoped for. If you can relate to having been told you were “wise beyond your years” or “an 80 year old trapped in a young person’s body,” maybe you can relate to Dizzy as he pens the following heading in one of his many journals “Diffrent things that could go rong.”

Dizzy will be available in my shop tonight, September 16, at 6:00 PM EST and his adoption price will be $155 to include free priority shipping in the US (international shipping extra and calculated at check out).

I had so much fun working up this doll merging one of my creature head patterns with an Everybuddies body pattern that I’ve always loved, but haven’t used in a while–it doesn’t use any darts or joints but is still poseable. I got the idea to make more humanoid versions of my creature dolls–I was excited about making human dolls that had a bit of a befuddled personality to them, like my creatures. And the result didn’t disappoint: Dizzy is a bewildered looking boy with a pouty open mouth. His hair is the piece de resistance, as it can be brushed in different ways to give him different looks. I personally love the hair-standing-on-end frazzled look.

As I’ve said before, I like it when my dolls come out looking as if they’re experiencing emotions, or have personality traits, that we don’t normally enjoy or which aren’t typically reflected in commercial toys. I felt this boy seemed a bit anxious and I gave him an “anxietie jurnall” prop to reflect this. I also felt this doll came out looking a bit like an old man AND a baby, which is really the best outcome I could have hoped for. If you can relate to having been told you were “wise beyond your years” or “an 80 year old trapped in a young person’s body,” maybe you can relate to Dizzy as he pens the following heading in one of his many journals “Diffrent things that could go rong.”

Dizzy will be available in my shop tonight, September 16, at 6:00 PM EST and his adoption price will be $155 to include free priority shipping in the US (international shipping extra and calculated at check out).

This was the last doll I made as part of my upcoming drop. It hearkens back to some creatures I made earlier this summer and has fewer extra features. I felt this doll ended up looking decidedly babyish and I love that it has that infantile look, while some of my other new monsters, while still looking like babies, have a more sage or wise countenance.

I gave this bald alien baby large, wide set eyes and a very slightly open, smiling mouth with a tiny set of teeth poking out of the lower lip!

This alien baby will be available as part of my next drop and the adoption fee will be $165.

I enjoyed adding a horn feature to one of my earlier monsters, the Mendy Monster (who has since been adopted) and decided that these two babies could use them as well.

For this monster, I also added goblin-style ears to match his/her contrast color eyelids, nose and muzzle. I love that this monster has a serious, wise-beyond-their-years look and looks very alert and focused, but also still has a babyish overall personality. The combination of purple and grey was a spur of the moment decision because I saw how well the hues looked together.

This monster has a decidedly fairy look, and one follower said it’s the first monster I’ve made that looks definitely female. The almond shape of the eyes does give an impish and feminine energy! I love the way this green fur feels–it’s very soft but still has a tufted look (unlike many luxe cuddle furs which have a choppier look).

Both of these babies will be available as part of my next drop–purple and grey monster’s adoption fee will be $185 and magenta monster’s fee will be $175.

As I’ve said before, I love studying animals and their infinite different visages. Last year I was on a serious mole-rat kick: not just the popular naked mole rats, but all of the other varieties, including the clownish African Mole Rat, also know as the Big-Headed Mole Rat.

I also recently got interested in walrus’, which took me down a tangent of reading about poor Freya, but I digress.

I decided to work on a creature face that would have a hanging, flattened jowl somewhat like a walrus and as it evolved I also noticed rodent characteristics like my beloved mole rats. I settled on very large, low, far apart eyes. This was a fun design and I love the result. I placed the teeth sort of where you’d find them on a mole rat, but not as close together. And, while the teeth aren’t as long as tusks, the shape of the jowls definitely screams Walrus.

This baby will be available as part of my next drop and the adoption fee will be $175