Safari beads

Safari beads ready to be hung
Originally uploaded by manueb

This is a little wall hanging that I made for Gabe's room with Fimo clay. I made the animals with cookie cutouts and rolled faux wood logs and beads. Looks very pretty and bright and colorful, and amuses Gabe a lot. That's the whole point. To keep him entertained :)

Gabe's new bedroom painting

Gabe's new bedroom painting
Originally uploaded by manueb

I made this painting for Gabe's bedroom, to hang above his crib. He's been grabbing everything that we hung too close for his reach, he broke his crib mobile and was always going for a wall hanging too. So, there was nothing above his bed for a week or so, which made me sad. So I made this for him, and he loves it, loves the bright colors. I was very inspired by "Ange Lapin", so cute :)

Stone necklace

Stone necklace
Originally uploaded by manueb

I made this necklace a couple of days ago with beads found in various stors around Austin. There's so much to choose from here, it's awesome.
It's Lemon Chrysoprase, Quartz with Tourmaline insets, Onyx beads and the pretty drop like pendant is also Onyx. I love stones. I like them better raw then shaped and polished, but I like how this turned out :)
I just wish I had more time for crafts right now... Too much house work going on. Oh well!

Gift for Ryker - part 2

"Hey dude, what's up?"
Originally uploaded by manueb

A couple of crazee bunneez hanging out in a wiker chair in our backyard. Nothing unusual at our house! Blue polka dot bunnee left us though, he now belongs to Ryker (his nursery theme is bunnies, I hope he will love this one!).

Gift set for baby Ryker - part 1

Gift set for baby Ryker
Originally uploaded by manueb

I made this for baby Shillington numero 2, now due in 7 weeks! A little quilted blankey and a set of geometric toys. Somehow the dodecahedron can end up stitched as a star if you rotate the pentagons in the right way. COOL. I think Ame liked it a lot, success!

Gift for baby Zelie

I made this set for baby Zelie, Isa and Torstein's newborn daughter: a blanket, a blankey or receiving blanket, and a plush cube toy.


They just received it today so I can finally post it online, I think Isa likes this set a lot.
It's totally something I should think of selling!!

Little zipped pouches

Little zipped pouches
Originally uploaded by manueb

I started making little zipped pouches, they haven't turned out perfectly so far. I still need to figure out how to stitch the zipper so that when I turn the work inside out everything looks neat. But on the picture, you can't tell..
I found those beautiful fabrics at the Silk Road on Lamar. Great store with very unusual patterned fabrics, a lot of asian-japanese ones too.