more reasons i love my job

i spent part of my day today at work making a plate of pancakes.  i spent another part of my day transforming this:

into this…

which ultimately became this:

and then i made two more just like it, for a grand total of three fireflies with real flashing hind ends!  they’re props for a preschooler’s “play” that i’m developing for the summer.  we’ll see how they hold up, but i think i managed to make them relatively sturdy.  i took enough pictures to do a tutorial, but then realized that the demand for that kind of information might be a little sparse, so… if you really want instructions for how i made this, let me know and i’ll post them.

thanks for your stencil love on my last post!  it is now the new banner on my etsy shop and i managed to also make an avatar from the same photo, but i’m not sure if i’m sold on that yet.  i also posted my first screenprinted items for sale in the shop–two sets of upcycled pillowcases.  some of the prints from my most recent printing session came out less than crystal clear and i’m thinking of adding an “almost perfect” section to the shop where i can sell pieces that aren’t quite as cleanly printed as i’d like for a discount.  what do you think?  will anyone want to buy slightly smudgy prints?  i’ll consider selling finger puppet monsters, but right now my puppets are pretty heavily inspired by “made by moxie” and a little bit inspired by “kit lane” but not nearly as well-made as either of those two artists’ work and i don’t want to be accused of being a cheap copycat, so for now, i’ll just work on developing my own style.  it looks like made by moxie still has one monster finger puppet in her shop, so you could buy that one if you really want.  kit lane also has a shop full o’ cuteness.