etsy showcase: toys from recycled materials
Part of our toys and games month here at whipup - check out these wonderful toys made from recycled wool.
plump WOOLeY BUNNY - made from my old sweater stash felted down - small stone from lake michigan for lovie thoughts inside his belly stuffed with wooly scraps-and then stitched up -
mushroom forest scene- sculpture recycled felted waldorf toy - taken from old felted sweaters and adding some knitting and sculpted felt for rocks.
Woolly Blue Bird - He was stitched completely by hand with embroidery floss. His body is made from felted wool.
March 6th, 2008 at 3:23 pm
Cocoon Designs’ mushroom scenes are delightful, but I can’t help but wish Lass o The Moon hadn’t copied Stephanie Barnes’ chicks quite so closely: http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=54143
March 7th, 2008 at 6:46 am
i thought perhaps i had seen this elsewhere too… i’d agree the heads are very similar but the beaks and bodies are different. but i thought that somewhere i originally saw this in a japanese craft book.
we’re all inspired by others, but this starts the whole debate of what is whose idea and is something derived yours or still copying? it’s a hard line to define and draw when creations are sold for profit.
March 8th, 2008 at 3:14 am
the mushroom ROCKS!
March 9th, 2008 at 11:38 pm
Great ideas here for what to do with leftover felted wool from handbags that I make! These felted birds are adorable. I’m wondering if I’ve seen them someplace in a Japanese craft book - so the idea could have come from anywhere & everyone interprets it their own way. How many variations on a chick are there anyway?
March 11th, 2008 at 6:36 am
I LOVE using recycled materials for making my bunnies too!