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“Jingle, Jingle Bell” for Amelia Thimble

One more Santa set for Amelia Thimble… and here it is.

I had some of the hand dyed bright red merino left over after making Sugar and Amelia’s last sets. It turned out to be just enough to make Amelia another one.

I set her up in the Snow Village and even though she is a bit out of scale she still looked cute, I thought. Here she is posing in front of a pink Cadillac convertible.

I had to use a tripod to take these photos as it was quite dark. The end result is magical though.

For more information on Amelia Thimble’s “Jingle, Jingle Bell” Santa set, please visit my “Shop What’s New” page at cindyricedesigns.com.

Gina Loves Rudolph, Do You?

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I had to use this “super cute” print again for one of my last 2015 Christmas dresses and Gina begged me to make it for her. Who can say no to Gina? Certainly not me!

Last year I used this print for Talyssa. You can see that ensemble here.

Gina’s sweater is knit with tan mohair/silk lace yarn. Embroidered all the way around the neckline are berries and leaves. I’ve also embroidered a few hearts because there are hearts on the dress.

I wanted to make Talyssa a Rudolph toy last year, but didn’t, so this year I was determined to give it a go. It’s a fair amount of work to draw the pattern pieces, dye the felt, and put it all together. The little faces, or expressions, are the most important part on these little toys, I feel. They have to be “super cute” and make you say “awww”. I hope I was successful…

This little guy is a two dimensional toy and stuffed with plastic bean bag pellets to give him some weight. I think Gina likes her little Rudolph.

For more information on Gina’s “I Love Rudolph” ensemble, please visit the “Shop What’s New” page at cindyricedesigns.com.

“My Forever Snowman” for Millie

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Our snow is long gone here. In fact, it has been so mild; it feels like Thanksgiving is weeks away, not Christmas. No, I am not complaining, the cold and snow will come to stay for many months, it always does. In the meantime, I am thoroughly enjoying this gift of nice and easy weather.

Since we don’t have snow outside, Millie is here with her snowman that lasts on and on and on, he’s her forever snowman. I made him myself in my studio, so he is filled with hugs and love, and ready to “snowify” your day.

I didn’t name him; that is for his new girl to do, so I’ll just keep referring to him as the snowman. The snowman is made completely by hand out of wool felt, embroidery thread, beads, mohair yarn. I wanted to get his expression just right, so that your heart would “melt” a little when you gazed into his deep dark eyes. Did I succeed?

The snowman’s hat is so tiny that it is half the width of Amelia Thimble’s! I made it with the same hand dyed merino and white mohair that I recently used for Amelia Thimble and Sugar’s sets. The scarf is crocheted using matching yarn from Millie’s dress. Snowman’s arms are knit with tan mohair and have loop hands for holding. Here he is holding a sequin snowflake and a beaded candy cane that I made years ago. He is gently stuffed with plastic doll making pellets, so he has a bean bag feel to him.

Millie’s hand knit wool dress has a sprinkling of snowflakes: mohair colonial knots, delicately embroidered star-shaped flakes, icy clear seed beads, and clear sequins with white seed beads. The snowflakes fall in a pattern from the left shoulder down and around the appliquéd snowman which is sitting above the “fur” trim off to the right. He’s super tiny, but cute.