Here it is, the perfect home for your NŌMs! This mini habitat was hand sculpted and painted by me and comes with the NŌM pictured. Available today at littledear.etsy.com

It's a wintry mix of gnomes and owls, available today in my shop!
Here's wishing you a wonderful 2010, full of joy and cute things. ;)

Merry Christmas! Here's my gift to you, all my lovely craft friends, a free embroidery pattern. Here's the link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/merwing/4203077619/sizes/o/
Hope you have a wonderful holiday season! :)

(PS, this original is in my shop if you're interested. ;)

I made this guy as a gift for a special family this year. :) He's based on my felt gnome pattern, with a few tweaks, he is the perfect santa!
The pattern is available at my etsy shop: littledear.etsy.com

6 more Christmas guys in the shop today!
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I am delighted to have been asked to create a Christmas craft project for the website www.incourage.me !

My Christmas Star ornaments are featured on the blog, click the link below to go check it out! You can use the tutorial to stitch up your own, or win this set of three made by me by posting a comment!
Have a fun and joyous holiday season!


Christmas Star Ornaments

I love making these special edition Christmas NOM ornaments! They are so festive decked out in their red and green like tiny Santa's elves.
now in the shop, order now for Christmas delivery!
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pick up a lovely lady today. ;)
Also re-listed: custom fatkitties! Custom design your very own fatkitty, hand made by me.
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Here are some new extra special NOMs with hats harvested from acorns. Together with a couple of mushroom hat guys and owls, they make a cute, Fall loving bunch. Pick one out for yourself at my shop: littledear.etsy.com

Fall always makes me think of faeries and forests. If you love both as much as me, treat yourself to an Enchanted Forest art print, available today in my shop! I hope you're having a lovely and magical autumn. :)

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Here's another new pattern for you to stitch up! It's a last bit of pretty summer as we head into winter. Of course, you can embroider this in any colors you like, it would look great in earthy fall colors too. ;)
Available now at littledear.etsy.com

a New embroidery pattern is available at little dear!
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This is my own, cute-ified version of the medieval Lady and the Unicorn tapestries. You can see the originals right here.

I stitched mine up on red fabric with solidly filled characters to resemble the originals, but you can embroider this line art pattern however you like.

have fun!

one of a kind, hand embroidered, super cozy, fleece scarves! now available in my shop: littledear.etsy.com

I'm not a huge twitter advocate, but I do post updates and random thoughts occasionally. ;)
If you're on the twitter bandwagon, you can follow me at twitter.com/merwing


(birdie by me for www.babybutterflybooks.com/product.aspx?p=3 )

actually three! are in my shop this week. the third one has an owl on it and is super cute as well. go check it out! you know your girls are asking for new fall clothes. ;)
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I made these for my etsy shop this weekend, so much fun! they are versatile too, and can be worn like this, hippie style or like traditional hair bands. available today in my shop! littledear.etsy.com

Happy October, here's another free embroidery pattern for you! This one calls back the 80s for me, when I was a kid and loved everything fantasy, especially unicorns. (oh wait, I still do. ;)
I recommend stitching this up in the colors of your favorite My Little Pony (mine is Twilight) while watching The Last Unicorn. have fun!
here's the pattern:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/merwing/4017213666/

PS, if you like my pretty hoop framed version, it's available in my shop! http://littledear.etsy.com

I painted some new guys today, and some leetle owlies to go with them! they're all in my etsy shop: littledear.etsy.com

I made these earlier in the year for the embroidery show at Gallery Hanahou, now they're available in my shop. :)
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new guys at my shop! http://littledear.etsy.com