Felt Food...the dirty truth.

One of few (and only) perks to having plastic toys is that they are easy to clean. Though it is not quite as easy to clean felt food, it is probably easier then you think. I found a great website that details all the steps to keeping your felt food looking clean and delicious. Instead of retyping the steps, I am just going to refer you to the page at the American Felt and Craft blog on how to wash felt food. There are also a lot of other interesting articles about felt on this page.

Featuring Felt Veggies!!!

I just found out that my felt veggies was featured on the blog, the long thread. Check it out.

Crafty Wonderland

Today from 11-4 I will have a booth at Crafty Wonderland at the Doug Fir. Come and check out some of the fabulous things being created here in town.

I am also excited to announce that I will be selling a new set. The set is based on the wonderful cookies that can be found at a great local bakery in town, Two Tarts Bakery. Here is a sneak peek. More details about the set and bakery will be posted soon.

Felt Food in Action

I am excited to report that my food has been mentioned on a blog other then mine. My roommate Cory gave some of my food away as a gift and it seems to be a big hit. That makes me want to do a happy little dance but I will hold back. I get weird looks when I do my happy little dance.


Check out the post by clicking on the picture or check out the whole blog at The Handmade Experiment
(I hope Emily does not mind that I used her picture. It was so cute that I could not resist)

Stick out that pinky when you sip!

Last night I decided to work on making some little tea bags for all the little girls (or boys) out there who are just dying to throw a tea party. My friend Anne had mentioned that she had seen some super cute felt tea bags on Etsy and thought I should try to make some. I agreed that it was an excellent idea. My roommate said that she liked the idea of a see-through bag and I totally agreed with her. Half of the fun is in the little green leaves. What kind of person would I be if I denied them their moment to shine? This what I came up with.

What do you want on your sandwich?

I will admit it, I was a complete slacker during the entire month of January. Now that it is a new month it is time to get down to business. So far this month,I have been working on a felt food deli platter or basically fixin's for various sandwiches. When trying to decide that to make, I ran into a small snag. Turkey is a whitish circle. Provolone cheese is a whitish circle. It is like I am being attacked by nondescript whitish circles. They are sandwich basics but how do I differentiate between them? At least Swiss cheese has holes so there is no confusion. I suppose I could make the turkey another shape but I am not sure what shape. If anyone has ideas I would love to hear them. In the meantime, I am off to make some bacon and tomatoes for BLTs.

It is good enough to eat.

The main project that I have been working on the last few months is felt food. It is totally fun to make and personally I like to make things that are useful like toys. I think that it is a throw back to my desire as a child to own and operate one of those little plastic pretend kitchens. The closest I ever came was little pretend stove top. I did not have a lot of play food so I remember that I ended up using this mini Mr. Potato Head from some fast food kid's meal. The only thing that you could remove was his feet so I had to cook a potato that was smiling at me. I think it left scars. These are some of my favorites: frozen treats, sushi and pigs in a blanket (with tater tots)