Pure Innocence | Catered Crop

If people concentrated on the really important things in life,
there’d be a shortage of fishing poles. ~Doug Larson

Life is good. Lot’s of wonderful things are happening in the Catered Crop Crib.

But, sadly, this is my swansong project for My Favorite Things (MFT). MFT was kind enough to let me step away, give a little more focus to my day job, enjoy the Summer with the family, and savor the good things.

I couldn’t possibly leave MFT without first expressing my gratitude to Kim (MFT boss lady), her amazing staff, and the insanely talented, hard-working and super sweet team of designers.

Thank you ladies for giving me such an amazing adventure!

Tips & Techniques

When Dad taught me to fish in Grandma Black’s pond, he put a bobber on my line so I could tell when I had fish tugging on my line. I added a big orange-button bobber to the little Pure Innocence doll’s fishing line so her fish wouldn’t run off with her worm.

The little doll is Copic colored, fussy cut and paper piece. I used the Snow Drifts Die-namic from My Favorite Things to create the waves.

Here are the rest of the ingredients.

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Finished Size: 4-1/4″ by 5-1/2″. Other ingredients include American Craft Premium Ribbon Twine, black Copic Multiliner .03 and Copic Markers (E0000, E00, E30 for skin; Y24 and Y31 for hair; and BG000 for highlighting on the white shirt).

I’ll be back with this week’s Quickfire celebrating our men. Until then . . . gone fishin’.

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June 16, 2013 | Filed Under: Card Gallery, My Favorite Things, Pure Innocence | 7 Comments

“Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind. “Pooh?” he whispered.
“Yes, Piglet?”
“Nothing,” said Piglet, taking Pooh’s hand.
“I just wanted to be sure of you.”
~ A.A. Milne, Winnie the Pooh

Back in 1975 Coco Hall founded Freemountain Toys out of her home in Burlington, Vermont. She expanded into a local gristmill and at one time her stuffed “Vegimals” were hand sewn by as many as 140 local women.

Freemountain was awarded a certificate of commendation by the Public Action Coalition on Toys for its safe, imaginative products in non-sexist packaging. The United States Department of Agriculture included several Vegimals in its National Agricultural Library of educational materials.

Isn’t it amazing what one, imaginative woman can do?

Coco sold her business in 1980 but before she did, The Bike Rack in Bloomington, Indiana, sold the stuffed “Vegimal” toys to bicycle, canoe and hiking enthusiasts. The future Mr. Catered Crop was co-manager of the shop and we had just started dating.

Mr. Catered Crop and I met on a bicycle club picnic. And the first gift Mr. CC gave me was a Vegimal stuffed bear, ”Emile Bearhart,” with a pocket containing a red velour heart.

I still have him - both of them – the bear and the man.

And, somehow, after being married 31 years on Wednesday, I haven’t lost the heart in the pocket – of either of them.

Tips & Techniques

It’s My Favorite Things teaser time again. I’m highlighting one of the newest Pure Innocence images, On a Picnic. Oh, Swoon. The My Favorite Things boss lady has all the scoop about our Teaser Time at the My Favorite Things Blog - details about the latest stamps and Die-namics, links to all the designers’ crazy-fun creations, and, yes, prizes.
The little doll is Copic colored, fussy cut and paper pieced.
I used Michele’s gorgeous pointilism technique to color the bear.
The sketch is from this weeks My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club, MFTWSC (WFTWSC127). Isn’t it gorgeous?

Here are the Copic markers and MFT products I used today. The links for all of the new products will be live and the products will available for purchase in the MFT Boutique on June 11th at 10:00 PM EST.

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Finished size: 5-1/2″ by 5-1/2″. Other ingredients include Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink and Authentique Pride 6×6 Bundle.

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June 10, 2013 | Filed Under: Card Gallery, My Favorite Things, Pure Innocence, Teaser Time, Wednesday Stamp Club | 21 Comments

A good snapshot stops a moment from running away. ~Eudora Welty

That Eudora Welty was a smart lady.

By unanimous decision my family’s favorite picture is from just a random day. Ms. Welty was right. Without this snapshot the moment would have been a long-gone runaway.

My favorite adventure.

Tips & Techniques

I love how the Laina Lamb Design InstaFrame Die-namics resembles a Polaroid. so I matched it with the little photographer in the Pure Innocence stamp set, Shutterbug. She’s fussy cut, Copic colored and paper pieced.

If you’ve hung around me much, you know paper piecing is one of my favorite techniques. I still picked up a few tips from the latest My Favorite Things Academy installment, this one by Barbara Anders, MFTED8.

The sketch is from this week’s My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Club, MFTWSC126.

Here are the Copic markers I used and the rest of the ingredients.