Mollie Makes U.S. Edition Magazine, Part 2

As if I wasn't over the moon enough to be featured in the Mollie Makes Maker Faire article in the August issue, they decided to do a little profile on me in their October issue#5!

Really grateful and honored. Thanks Mollie Makes! Here it is:

Pom Pom Animals

When I was little, I remember seeing the cutest little Steiff ladybug in a toy shop. It was made out of pom poms, and I often wondered how it was made. These little guys were called "woolies", and Steiff began producing them in Germany in the 1930s and continued making them until the early 1980s. If you want to read more about them, read this neat article from Steiffgal's blog here.

These are a much older version of the one I saw as a kid. I can't find a picture of the 80s ladybug!

I had been searching around for vintage Steiff toy pictures to pin to my Vintage Toy Pinterest board (yes, I should have been doing something else but looking at pictures is more fun!) when I came across the most amazing Steiff woolie collection that had been auctioned off at Christie's London a few years ago. I am truly amazed by what they could make with pom poms! Here's some pics:

A bird wedding!

So I became super inspired and set out to learn how to make multicolor pom poms. I wanted to be able to make some little "woolies" of my own! I found a tutorial here which really helped. And the result is the little purplish blue birdie at the top of the page. I can't wait to try making more. You know a hedgehog is on my list!

Snow White and the Seven Photos

I pretty much love all fairytales, not a big surprise there. I like the spooky sad old original versions, like Brothers Grimm, AND the sweet, nice, sugar-coated ones, too. Actually, if I'm going to be super honest, I kinda like the nicey ones most. Yep, even the Disney cartoons. Confession: I love the old Disney cartoons!

I went to the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco recently, and it sparked a whole re-watching of the classics. We started off with Snow White, and, aside from the unbelievably high-pitched sound she makes when she sings, it is a beautiful film. Confession: I love her high-pitched mouse voice, too. It kinda sounds like the mice that sing between scenes in Babe, which I also....love.

I guess I love Snow White so much that I've collected Snow White stuff. Shocking, right?! I know, I know. So here's five pictures of Snow White things I own, and two pictures of Snow White things I want to own.

My original Snow White book from 1938.

Inside cover of my Snow White book. I love the old-style illustration.

My vintage German Snow White bank. It still works and has its original key to open the bottom.

My apple ring I got at H&M!

Vintage Japanese Snow White and the Seven Dwarves

Snow White fabric by Heather Ross. 

My Paper Crane's Snow White cross-stitch pattern. Adorable!!! Buy it here.

Seeing Stars Again!

I made an etsy treasury a short time ago about stars, and there were so many that I loved, I decided to make another one. I kinda divided and conquered. I edited the old one to be more ethereally focused, and the new one to more pop and retroish. Here's the old one called Stargazing.

Here's the new one called You're A Star To Me:

'You're A Star To Me' by katykristin

NerdJerk $60.00	thedangstore $15.00	OopseeDaisies $40.00	pistachiolibby $19.00
violet64 $10.00	AmaltheaCph $28.00	poorlittlelamb $8.50	janinebasil $35.00
handz $19.00	missmercy $99.00	littlesuzyhome... $15.00	ThePartyFairy $8.00
AFeltAffair $10.00	buildersstudio $59.00	modpets $9.00	loubyloucrafts $7.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Stargazing

I decided to finally try my hand at curating-- in the form of an Etsy treasury. It was nighttime, for once there were stars out as opposed to the usual San Francisco summer fog, and so I titled my treasury "Stargazing" (which sounded more poetic than just "stars" which is what I originally had).

What to put in it? I decided to go for a kind of ethereal look with this, hope you like it:

'Stargazing' by katykristin

meluseena $18.00	RoyalMint $35.00	onegarnetgirl $150.00	giantdwarf $15.00
JolieEnRoseVin... $18.00	PearsonMaron $35.00	ParisCoutureAn... $460.00	LaBohemeBijoux $26.00
shipwreckdandy $19.00	efinegifts $34.95	handmadebyblue... $23.00	iowajewel $12.99
handmadebyblue... $21.00	DonnaJeanVinta... $125.00	RetroClassics $69.99	BrooklynGrace $32.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.