fairy teeth

my niece is about to lose her first tooth so, as i did for my nephew, i'm sending her a tooth buddy:


i've been told that she's got another wiggly one as well, so i've gotta get crackin' on making up some more! (they get one for each of their four front teeth...)
happy wednesday, friends!

more buddies

last week was one for stuffing things. i stuffed the birds for ornaments and i made and stuffed a bunch more tooth buddies.
here's the newest line-up:


my favourite thing about this batch is the color scheme going on with their eyes and mouths. b got me a big jar of buttons and in it were lots of these matching greenish-blue buttons. i liked how there were lots of buttons in there that were this same color, but the pairs were of varying sizes and shapes.
these gems were also in there:


ooooh, i love those colors together:


anyways -- yep. so there's a new batch of tooth buddies.
here are some of my favourites:
minxy:


marv:


this guy, with the crooked little smile who doesnt yet have a name:


and this guy - whose face i love:


he doesnt have a name yet either. (if you've any suggestions, please do leave them in the comments!)


look at how much fun they seem to be having all hanging out together. they look like they're playing "ha'" (remember that episode from the brady bunch?)


i think that these little guys are gonna be in a magazine this coming month, but i'm not positive... we'll see. just in case, i'll be restocking the shop.

the new fellas (and lassies)

due to the sensational success on sending two toothmen into the world in as many days, i've whipped up a new crew. here they are:


haha. (sorry -- i can't help but laugh when i look at these guys -- especially when they're all lined up like a little gang. hilarious.)

i've created listings for some of them so far, but the rest will have to wait until tomorrow.
for now, meet:
la gamine:

check out those legs! woot-woo! (that's supposed to be a whistle sound.)


she's available here.

and then there's old blue eyes:


i love the way this pair of vintage buttons works here to give him a big sparkly-eyed face.


he's listed here.

next, may i present, violetta:


she's the skinniest of the bunch and she looks to be a little shy, but i assure you, she's quite sweet.


you can find her here.

and lastly (for the time being), here is mister brown eyes:


what physique! i think he's almost my idea of a perfect tooth shape.


his listing is here, on etsy.

looking for someone to love

i know i said that i thought i was going to keep those extra toothmen around to keep me company in the studio, but this one particular guy was giving me the feeling that he really rather wanted to maybe find a new home:


look at that face! he wants to see the world, or at least be united with someone (besides me) who thinks the world of him. he's got some love to share.


so -- i set him up as a listing on my etsy shop as a tooth buddy. he'll be mailed with some little coin envelopes stamped with the words "tooth fairy" so that he can help out with tooth fairy duties if called upon. the child could put his/her tooth in the envelope and put it under the pillow and then the tooth fairy can leave the loot in the same envelope or in one of the spares or however else he/she sees fit. i've thought a lot about (and had many suggestions to do so) how i could make these guys into tooth fairy pillows and this is what i've come up with so far. i know i could sew a pocket onto the backside of them, but i just dont want to -- i think it would detract from their charm. a tooth fairy pillow is only used so many nights in one lifetime -- i want my toothmen to be adored ALL THE TIME.


so -- check him out. (here is the listing.) snap him up for your favourite five year old (or thirty-five year old, or sixty-five year old.... ).

**whoa! one day later and he's already been scooped up! toothman is off to live in salem, mass. lovely! so now his buddies are eager to see if they can find new homes, too. i've just listed another (here). we'll see how it goes!

lineup; of teethmen

sba (my nephew) lost his fourth tooth, which means that i need to send him another toothman. he gets one for each of his four front teeth, so this is gonna be the last toothman for a while; until bb (my neice) starts loosing hers.

although i only needed to make the one, i couldn't help it, i couldn't stop -- i made four. i love making these little guys! check out this crew:


haha! i love how they all turn out so differently and with so much personality. i draw each one freehand on the fabric, and then when i sew, i never follow the lines exacly, so i never know what they're gonna look like until they're turned out and stuffed and stitched up. sometimes i finish one and i go, "oh..." as in, "bummer." but usually i look at them and kinda fall in love each time. i like how the green-eyed one in this bunch has kinda dumpy hips and a really spacey look on his face. and how the brown-eyed one crosses his legs. (that happens sometimes, i'm not quite sure why! it's serendipitously unintentional.) i think i like the one on the left the best, but i've been known to be a sucker for the tall and skinny-legged ones.

and then look -- turn them around to see that they have butts! hAHA!


another unintentional feature that i love.
oh toothmen...
so -- one goes to sba and then the other three.... mmm. don't know.. i kinda think i'm gonna keep them around the studio to keep me company for a little while. we'll see.

toothmen!

hahaha! i love the way these things turn out. they are ALMOST as good as the original toothman that i made for dana and my badass little tooth.
i made these up yesterday and put them on etsy.... click on over (www.chezsucrechez.etsy.com) and check them out!