It has been so dark and gloomy for the past three days. The rain woke us up early with a thunderstorm Sunday morning and it has been gray ever since. I do love rainy days, but they make it very difficult to get decent photos. If I knew more about the art of photography perhaps I wouldn’t have such a hard time…but since I do not please forgive these gray photos.
Now when you combine gray days with large scale plush, yikes. I am beat, haha. I don’t have a set place for photographing large scale plush because normally the things I make are small enough to photograph on a table top. That is not the case with the Jack and The Beanstalk plush. I am still considering adding faces to all the leaves to make it a little more fun. I had wanted to create the Giant’s castle on top of the clouds but then realized it would need to be huge to be a Giant’s castle..so alas no castle.
Jack was fun to make and has bendy arms and legs so he can be posed all over the beanstalk. He is wearing a little dog shirt that was re-purposed from a baby pajama outfit I had thrifted. I’ll try and get some better photos next time we have good sun!
This is for the Crammed Organisms show(s) and only one of the four pieces I am making for it. I have started work on my second piece which is an Alice In Wonderland plush. Then I have two more to finish before the week is up!
Also a million thanks for all the cake love. Needless to say I am very behind on email right now but plan to get everything neat + tidy, read and replied before I leave!
Wonderful!! I’ve been reading your blog for about a year and this is amazing!
Your cakes were great also, thank you for sharing them!
Comment by Julie H. 04.21.08 @ 3:04 pmJack is awesome! He has the cutest haircut. I bet this took some time.. :)
Comment by Amanda Kenney 04.21.08 @ 3:24 pmYou never fail to amaze me. I never truly appreciated your work until I tried to sew and now you are even more incredible in my eyes!
ps. those cakes were both so wonderful. how do you find the time to do all of this stuff?
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Pingback by Media Districts Entertainment Blog » Jack and The Beanstalk 04.21.08 @ 3:28 pmwow, this is amazing. Heidi you make really cool and fun stuff – can’t wait to see the rest of the stuff for the show
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With every new plush, I marvel at your ability to construct them so well…just wonderful!
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Pingback by Peluche de ‘Jack y la habichuela mágica’ » hilos y lanas blog bordado encaje libros punto de cruz patchwork labores tejer coser quilts ganchillo compra revista pintura repujado tienda bolillos bordados 04.22.08 @ 6:01 amI’m really looking forward to seeing what character you’ve chosen for your Alice in wonderland plush! I love how you’ve made Jack poseable too :-)
Comment by Vic 04.22.08 @ 6:39 amWow. You are the coolest.
And I can´t wait to see the Alice plush! The show sounds so interesting! You and your crafty, plush-making friends should join forces and do an European tour so that we here behind the seas could eat some eye candy too.
This is amazing! I can’t believe that you made that all by yourself. You completely rock, by the way!
Comment by Annie 04.22.08 @ 2:17 pmwow! how do you come up with these adorable ideas?? and then make these incredible softies!! you’re so good…
Comment by Meg 04.25.08 @ 11:28 am