Tooth, Teeth, Dentures

Tooth Fairy Pillows. silly, right? We all just stuck our tooth under our pillow and magically the next morning there was a quarter under our pillow. Sometimes we wrapped the tooth in a hankie/kleenex but the results were the same. MONEY!

Seems in the crafty world there is a trend to make toothfairy pillows. That way the toothfairy doesn't have to slip under the pillow and possibly disturb the the sleeping toothless giant.
Some of the pillows are cute and very feminine. But there is also a trend to make more masculine ones. Monsters are the most popular. Here are a few of them.



Now I have nothing against these artists. I found them all on Etsy. And you know I really like Etsy.
I just know my grandsons and their friends (4-7 year old boys). And those pillows don't really speak to a boy's idea of a tooth fairy.
then I found this artist and I was inspired. SkellytonArt
Take this face and hide something in it.


Are you with me? This artist does many cute things with skeletons. and they are all cute not gruesome.
So here is the prototype. It is between Baseball and Softball in size.


I like the face but the fabric was not working. and the hat was way out of scale.
I wanted a kind of coin purse feeling to it. Where you could turn the face around and put the tooth/money in the back. I tried using velcro for the opening and I really didn't like the puckering.





The purpose of the "tooth fairy pillow" should be two fold. To use for the tooth and to hide things in. I always wanted a place to hide stuff from my brother. I ended up using the sleeves of the kimono to my Geisha doll. He never found stuff there.
Anyway. This character who I have dubbed Smilin' Jack. Can be used for hiding things beyond tooth time.

Here we have Smilin' Jack in his almost complete front face. His Rastafarian hat is custom for one particular grandson (Kentucky). I will be making other colors.





Now pop Jack out and turn him around and you see Grim Jack. Grim Jack has a "hidden zipper" for a mouth. Closed he looks grim. Unzip it and you see his tongue and he is not so grim. This is the pocket for the tooth/money.
I used Duck cloth and painted it with sealant then did the face with a sharpie pen. The cap was crocheted with cotton. I am going to try a different zipper on the next one.


With a hanger to loop onto a bedpost Jack will be ready for the Toothfairy delivery.
My camera tends to make the white more yellow. sorry. gotta work on that more.

I would love some feedback on what you think.

Bowling in the dark

A 6 year old's birthday party is one they will remember. And in this case it is the first one that Kentucky got to invite schoolmates as well as cousins and family friends.

Glow in the dark Bowling at the Tigard bowl. Watching Emery & Josiah & Joy handle the bowling balls was a treat. they did a fair job of hefting those 6lb balls and "rolling" them down the alley, and in some cases following after the ball and slipping. . . .too bad I did not have my camera ready for that scene as cute as it was.
2 year old bowling -






Josiah & Korban







The boys were active and silly. And just as a warning DO NOT stand in Korban's way when he is ready to throw the ball. . .THROW is the key word here. That kid can run with an 8lb ball and throw it. I fear when he gets to be 13 and hormones kick in with his strength. (Football?)
THE GANG - Owen, James, Damien, Kentucky & Korban.



Pizza!






Candids
Joy & Aunt Sarah



Birthday Boy Kentucky


Korban


Mason, Joy & Colin


Tammi & Josiah


Mason & his girlfriend (Joy)

It never ends

Even though the holidays are over I am still madly stitching. Here is the Room sign for Joy's room. All in Wool. the initial design (fairy in the window) comes from a wonderful German craft book I picked up the last time I was in Hamburg. I have never regreted the German books I get on each trip. The Germanic countries have GORGEOUS craftsmanship on everything they do. I learn so much.
The actual name comes from a font on my home computer. I just loved it and knew it had to be a part of this project. Took a bit to get the detail work since this is all done by hand not on a machine!







Now for 3 more stockings.
New Years resolve. . . . to enrich my mind.