Introducing Hugimals™ = Huggable Animals

Zebits, Churtles, and Tiraffes, OH MY!
are now available for sale at my Etsy shop.


[ zebit™ ]


[ churtle™ ]


[ tiraffe™ ]

Full grown and baby ones need good homes.

I had so much fun creating these.

Watch for Elefish™ , Macows™ and other original safari hybrids to come :)

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© 2007 Whirlwend

WhirlFlowers are sprouting-up

Some before and after photos...

Creating Goodness Again

Want to pop-in and say hello. Have made enough progress on my craft room that I have been able to get out my sewing machine to play a bit. Shelves are up. Love having everything at my fingertips now.



My favorite way of organizing my fabric stash is to wrap the yardage around a piece of illustration board which I got at the comic book store in bulk. Then I can stand them up like books to see what I have quickly.



It is a tight fit, but the love seat is nice for sitting with my computer and creating new goodies for Whirlwend. Hope to share some of it soon. But first I need to finish painting ... this wall will be a pale avocado.



Happy to be creating handcrafted goodness again.

What a Whirlwend!

My crafting room is such a mess...took a photo of the current chaos. I am in the process of getting everything under control. Considering wall colors. My husband has even said he would build wall shelves for all my jars of crafting goodies. Think he is tired of seeing it all over the house. All I have to do is mark the walls with painters tape where I want them, he said. Of course, I am doing this instead :) Progress is slow at Whirlwend tonight.

A Little Odd Forest

As a handmade lover and crafty connoisseurs, Singaporean designer, Lynda Lye's Little Odd Forest makes me smile. She also has an Etsy Shop.

(image from Forestprints Design)

"Inspired by the wonderful childhood fantasies of bizarre fairytale adventure stories set in magical forests, resplendent with quirky images and wonderful illustrations of talking monsters, animals and trees."

And her equally wonderful bags are as quirky and colorful as her imaginative forest.

Hope this little odd forest brings a smile to your face as well.

Whirlwend has Entered

Whirlwend has finally entered into the Belknap Fall Festival 2007. Not sure why I waited until the last minute to get my entry together. I had grandiose ideas. Thinking I'd make another hand-crafted book of my stuff like last year. Ended-up using old purse photos all on one sheet (see below). Happy to say they have all found happy homes except one.

Japanese Goodness

I have been loving Japenese goodies for a while now. From toys to origami to fabric. I mean how can you resist Sanrio's Chococat? Just way too adorable! Yesterday I could not resist this Japanese cookbook. And if you know me, you know I do NOT cook much (though I am working on it).

A blog I love by wee wonderfuls has a bunch of wonderful links to these Japanese craft sites: Atelier Akiko (which has amazing quilts and purses) ; Ripple ; and Anano Cafe (which has huggable animals and other cute products).


(image from atelier akiko)

Last but not least, I want to share a sweet little online shop called re:makeables. It has the cutest Japanense fabrics (the cottage print is on it's way to me as I type), plus trims, buttons, beads and books.


(image from re:markeables)

Wow...that was alot for my second post. Enjoy!

WELCOME!

My name is Wendy and I am Whirlwend. By-day, a Graphic Designer for over
15 years. And in spare moments, I use my crafty skills to create one-of-a-kind handcrafted goodness. Watch for my new creations at whirlwend.com. Enjoy!



This is a new product I started making this Spring and Summer...I call it a Whirlflower. It is hand knit from wool, then felted and constructed to make a cute one-of-a-kind brooch. For springing-up an outfit or whatever else and brightening the day. I have a million flower peices to put together and felt. I definitely like the knitting part of the process the best :) Enjoy my new blog.

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=5904509