Not Your Ordinary Fairies

I am trying to have finger puppets that coincide with bookplates I'm offering.  Cats will be coming, but right now, it seemed time for a few fairies.   Once again, I don't want to part with these but I thought I'll make up a doll later on and that will make it easier.  These really can serve as little mini dolls - they stand up alone.

 You've got your blonde, brunette and red headed fairies complete with sparkly wings.

I'm working on a nativity scene for later this year - perhaps I'll do a version of these as angels for then - I suppose they might pass for angels, though I'll have to add halos and probably do away with the frill.

Anyway, they are fairies to me - on my website I'll be offering them as suggestions when customers look at the three Fairy bookplates I offer on the website:










 


The finger puppets are listed in my etsy store as OOAK - One of a kind.  I have come to realize, I don't enjoy making repeats of anything.  (Hence the offer of a pattern for the Easter egg sets).  All of the things I'm making take time - and to repeat the same old same old makes my eyes glaze over.  What I enjoy about creating finger puppets, dolls, ornaments and even sweaters for grandchildren is the uniqueness of each design.

 I am remaking finger puppets that are selling (most are selling from my website, rather than from etsy right now - which is too bad because customers can't rate them and help puff up my ego and my rating in etsy!).  But when I remake them, they are slightly different from the originals, which I'm now calling templates.

And there are some other book related trinkets I have on my mind (though I guess these are more book story related).  Check back later to see what I mean! 

Fairies in hand

Fairies rear view!

Hey there little Red Riding Hood....

Story telling and finger puppets seem to be a good fit for bookplates - since many of my customers enjoy reading and telling stories to their children, grandchildren, or students.

I have a bunch of fnger puppets I'm working on, most to go with familiar stories we tell our children, with and without books.  These are all from my own design - later I may work on writing out descriptions of the patterns but... that's a lot of work!

First up is Red Riding Hood...check her out Etsy ... a set of four characters from the story..Red Riding hood carrying a little basket - her hood will slip off and on.  Grandma, looking all innocent.  The Big Bad Wolf, complete with white fangs, and the Hunter, wearing a dapper green cap and carrying an ax.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears is next -- Papa Bear has a hat, Mama bear has an apron and Baby Bear has a bib... cute!

Then there is the classic Princess and Prince Charming set -- you can turn this into just about any story.  It comes with Prince Charming, a beautiful Princess, an evil Witch and... a horse.  You have to have a horse so you (Prince or Princess) can ride off into the sunset....

 A knight with a shield, sword and of course a horse - and a dragon - seem to make sense ..

 

 To go with the Pooh bookplates, a set of not-Pooh finger puppets - but almost as cute and they will work just fine when telling that Classic story.  A little honey bear, a donkey, a striped tiger and a little pink pig.

Each set is hand crocheted, with embroidered faces, so each will look slightly different from others and from these photos.

More will be coming as I think of anything to encourage role play, creative thinking and fun for kids and their grandparents (especially) seems like a good idea to me.  And I am open to suggestions, too!

Although I'm selling these on Etsy, not everyone wants to open an account there - and if an item sells out, it won't be at the link - so I'm also offering these on my website, in a new section I've created for Finger Puppets.