Friday, December 14, 2018

Christmas Countdown 2018

Check back daily for updates......

1 Crazy Cat Lady Ornament day until Christmas!




2 Lainey Lou Who Ornament days until Christmas!



3 Santa McOinker Ornament days until Christmas!



4 Froggies in Scarves days until Christmas! Ribbit!



5 Toads in Sweaters Ornament days until Christmas!
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6 Ladies in Hats Ornament days until Christmas! They have all their shopping done, do you?
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 7 Orange cat and Kitten Ornament days until Christmas! 
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8 cute Alpaca and Llama ornament days until Christmas! 


           9 mini Glower days until Christmas! 



10 Torch Ornament days until Christmas! 




11 cute Doggie Ornament days until Christmas!


12 Wild Llama Pin/Ornament days until Christmas!

Monday, December 03, 2018

My Final Event of 2018 Coming up this Weekend



Three shows down and one (big one) to go.....my last show of 2018 is next Saturday night at the Yelp Indy Totally Bazaar at the Indianapolis Central Library! it's FREE, but you must RSVP! (it rhymes - LOL) 


Indy was just named one of the Top 20 Cities in the USA to Shop Local and the Yelp Bazaar was just named the best holiday market in Indiana!

I will be on the 6th floor this year, so start at the top and work your way down! I will also have a FREE Llama Badge for the first 25 visitors to my booth (no purchase necessary).

I will have a full complement of doggies, kitties, the entire McOinker family (including the newest addition 'Santa' McOinker, Lainey Lou Who (dressed up like Cindy Lou Who), lots of sloths and grinchies and snowmen and more! 






A great evening for Friends night out to get all your holiday shopping wrapped up (or started!)


Hope to see you there - 

Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Santa McOinkers

Santa McOinker Ornaments


Ho Ho Ho, Oink Oink Oink!! 

The Santa McOinkers are here in time for Christmas! This jolly little group will be making their show debut this Saturday at the Zyntango Farm Holiday Market!

For more info about this show, click here:

I will also have a few at my final show of the season, the Yelp Totally Bazaar on December 8th!
Don't forget to RSVP for the Yelp event. Click here for more information about this show and the link to RSVP!

Monday, November 05, 2018

The Crazy Cat Ladies have arrived!

The latest addition to my collection of ornaments are my Crazy Cat Lady Ornaments!
Crazy Cat Lady Ornament

Crazy Cat Lady Ornament - SOLD

Crazy Cat Lady Ornament - SOLD
 Since I am a crazy cat lady myself, I thought it was only fitting to make an ornament!

Crazy Cat Lady Ornament - SOLD
Of the four original prototypes I made, only one remains.....but I have more in the works and will have some at each of my remaining shows in 2018!

My next event (Westfield Band Boosters Holiday Craft Show - November 17) kicks off 4 consecutive weekends that I will be selling my work in and round Indianapolis. See my events calendar on my FB page for days and times and details for each show!

Woven Dimensions Events - November and December 2018

Hope to see you there!









Thursday, November 01, 2018

Fall/Holiday Shows 2018 **UPDATE**

My show calendar for the remainder of 2018 is now 100% complete.....*ALL EVENTS ARE NOW ON MY EVENTS PAGE ON FACEBOOK AND LISTED BELOW*




Go to my events page on Facebook:  Fall and Holiday Events 2018
for more information about each event!
Here are links to the events so far too:
OCT20
NOV3
Sat 10 AMby Do It Again Recycled Art Market
NOV17
Sat 9 AMby Westfield Band Boosters






NOV24
Sat 10 AMby Hoosier Artisan Boutique


******Just added******    

DEC1




DEC8


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One event I will be participating that hasn't posted their event page yet is the Yelp Totally Bazaar 2018 at the Central 
Library! This event will now be held on a Saturday evening and with extended hours! The date for the #YelpBazaar2018  is Saturday, December 8th at the Central Library in downtown Indianapolis. The doors will be open from 5:30pm-6:30pm for Yelp elites only and then 6:30 pm-11 pm for the general public. More details and parking information will be listed on the Facebook event page once that is created and I will add this event to my calendar once it is posted as well. ***UPDATED*** THIS EVENT HAS NOW BEEN ADDED TO MY PAGE! PLEASE RSVP ON YELP TO ATTEND!


I will also have a few select items for the holidays at 42 West Gallery in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania.








Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Happy Halloween!



Happy Halloween...
Wishing you a monsterful great day!!

Monday, August 13, 2018

First Fall Show is THIS WEEKEND!!

My first show of the fall/winter season is THIS Saturday, August 18, 2018!!

I will have several new items including......


Funny Bunnies with flowers....




Sloth Ornaments!




Mini McOinker Ornaments.....


Sowly McOinker Ornaments     



    Peter Bunnies
                                                                                                
          
B.F. Toads in Sweaters



 Bats and other Halloween Ornaments


 and LOTS of Llamas and Wild Llama Pins!

And lots more!!

For details and profile of the 30+ artisans, click here:



My booth will be indoors, look for my lighted trees!

Hope to see you there!



Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Duds to Studs.....Reworking Failed Designs into Something Cute!

Elebunny or Buniphant

Sometimes...in the course of designing and making, a few duds happen.....my original elephant design was smallish and I was never really happy with it....a few years ago I redesigned the elephants and they are much better and fun....but I still had a couple of the smallish duds leftover....I had cut off the trunks, but still had the bodies left to 'revamp' into something new....I am designing a new Funny Bunny for my bunny collection and I wanted to try out the facial details on something I had lying around to see if it would work as planned....digging thru my duds, I found one of the old elephant bodies and thought this would be the PERFECT character to try out the new Funny Bunny face details......and it was....Looks pretty good... So what do we call this??? A Bunifant? or an Elebunny? Might even be a deranged mouse!  

Next was a doxie dud....



This was a first try for a dachshund....nope...too round and not long enough....so, reworked the face and turned up the nose a bit....Mutt doggie....another dud to stud! 

And then there are the Goat Dogs!


Goat Dog - natural




Both of these started out as goat bodies....I trimmed off the horns and made them doggies! They are much better dogs than goats, especially the white one! I even poofed them like I did for some of my llamas! 

Instant Studs! 

Goat Dog - white

There is a back story on the name 'Goat Dog' and why it make me laugh and smile.....my brother's family had a dog (Bennie) who had a toy that was a doggie shape, but if you rotated it 90 degrees, it looked like a goat! It had no eyes or any other markings...just a 'goat dog' shaped fleecy toy....That toy was the original Goat Dog! 

Friday, July 13, 2018

What's new?

What's new?

Mini McOinkers in colorful overalls!
Basket full of Mini McOinkers


And Nicky Bunny bunnies inspired by a Richard Scarry bunny!

Nicky Bunny bunnies

All of these and more will be available at my first show of the season in August at the Red Geranium Artisan Market!

Wednesday, July 04, 2018

Happy Independence Day!


Happy Birthday America!
Celebrating with some patriotic Wild Llama Pins!
Have a safe and fun day!

Tuesday, July 03, 2018

Summer 2018



B.F. Toad in a sweater vest

     Spring.....(we never really had Spring weather here in Indiana this year...went directly from Winter to Summer)...shows are now complete and I am working on securing all of the dates for my Fall and Holiday shows....I will post updates as I get acceptances from the shows...I will also post the event pages for the shows I am doing on my Facebook page so you can check there as well...



I already have one show confirmed for August - The Red Geranium Artisan Market on August 18th from 9 am - 3 pm in Noblesville, IN. 
  Click here for more information: Red Geranium Artisan Market

I am also working on a few new ornaments including a plethora of llamas and alpacas with various costumes, additions to the McOinker family - Sowly FINALLY makes her debut  and so do the Mini McOinkers, and another Bunny is in the works too (based on a Richard Scarry character).

Here is a peek at Sowly McOinker...
Sowly McOinker
Also, my new toads in sweater vests and froggies with scarves (AKA B.F. Toad and L.L. Froggy respectively) are hopping out of my studio almost as fast as I am making them!
L.L.Froggy's with scarves
I will have all these and more at my shows this fall, but if you can't wait that long, just email me or contact me thru my Facebook page via DM...


Happy Summer Everyone