Handmade Challenge April Update

It's May?! Wow, we got here fast. I didn't actually make anything off my list in April. I figured I already have 5 in the bag, I could take a little break (I know I'll pay for this come December!)

Here is a re-cap of what I've made thus far;

1. Crochet Cake   2. Crochet Pear   3. Love Heart Pinata   4. Royal Icing Cookies   5. Easter Bunny Egg Cosies

Instead of making anything from my Handmade Challenge List, here are a few other projects I have been working on in April;

A mobile for a Labyrinth themed baby nursery! I LOVE the film Labyrinth, and when our friends announced that they were going Labyrinth for baby #2, I just had to be involved.

Goblin King Mobile

The pattern for the owl is called The Obligatory Owl by Sara Elizabeth Kellner and can be downloaded for free on ravlery.

I have also started making felt signs which I am looking to place in an online Etsy shop! It all started because Amy at My Little Play Pack was looking for some playroom signs and I couldn't bring myself to get rid of my accucut machine.

These 'Play' banners (pink and blue options) will be available only through My Little Play Pack. However once our little girl is through her final heart surgery, I am going to get into full swing of production of some other designs I have been working on.

So that's where I am up to. How is your handmade challenge list progressing?

Upwardly Mobile

Here's a little project I recently finished for Sophie's nursery. 

A Happy Rainy Mobile 

For the clouds I used a template from a magazine (however how hard is it to draw a cloud shape really?!) I made them out of leftover bits of polar fleece with clouds printed on them, that my mum had used to make sleep bags for the kids.

For the raindrops I used felt and special 'toy mirror' material which has a sticky back, this made it very easy to simply stick the raindrops together.

Smily Cloud

I had a lot of fun with this one and was quite pleased with how it turned out. The happy embroidered faces always make me smile, and the little mirrors cast pretty lights around the room which are a good distraction for the little lady.