So much happening!

I've been a busy (and poorly) bee t- hese past couple of days. I've completed 5 toys and a fox scarf - which is by far my favourite thing ever!

I've also sold 2 creations on my folksy site - www.folksy.com/shops/mamf

- a pirate and a tattered ted. I'm sooo happy! People actually do like what I do.

Add to all of this a night out, a swollen face, hours at the hospital and a tooth infection I think I've done pretty well!

Let me know what you think

Sam xxx

2 posts - 1 day & 2 toys - 1 day

Cor have I been a busy bee in the office today - no actual office work done, but 1 dinosaurus complete and anther yeti almost complete (just need a face for him!)

Hopefully I'll get something else done this evening! - I'm on a roll!

A foot pedal and a Yeti!

This is my Yeti!

He took a couple of days to finish an dis my biggest monster yet, He's slightly rough around the edges but it's our faults that make us more lovable!

I made him from some fur my friend Tony bought me for my birthday and I'm completely smitten by him. That's the trouble with making things like this, I like them so much that I never want to sell them, but if I don't sell them, we don't get pennies for the wedding...

Hmmm.... wedding.... toys.... wedding.... toys.... It's a tough one, but I'd probably go for the wedding, I've always got photos to remember the toys by! Hopefully, I'll have a husband for life!

Anyway, I finally get the use of a decent sewing machine tonight - everything recently has been hand stitched. On the weekend my mother bought up her old sewing machine for me to use, only to realise when she got it here, that she'd forgotten the foot pedal! Thankfully she's shipped it up so I'll be trying the old machine out tonight - wish me luck!

I'm currently working on a dinosaur who's proving to be trickier than first imagined, although hopefully I'll get him finished this afternoon. Will post pics soon!

Sam x

Weekend off

I'm back in the office after a weekend off of work and off of making things.

It was my birthday, so the time just flew by. I celebrated on Saturday with a birthday Scavenger Hunt, A group of friends and I all met at 10:30 in our local pub for breakfast, then all split up into teams to complete 50 challenges which broke down into the categories of 'find it' 'make it' 'do it' and 'photo it'. Everyone was donned in hideous outfits from various charity shops in the area and spent the day persuading OAPs to pose reading porn mags, creating inappropriate cakes, climbing in trollies and drinking! Here's some of my teams antics...

Top - Defusing a Jager Bomb

Middle - Our 'outfits'

Bottom Left - OAP reading porn and a bald head being polished

Bottom Right - 5 different ways to eat a cream egg

We ended up back at our house where we drank some more and everyone raved about the current collection of Mamfs!

Yesterday I would've loved to have sewn but I was feeling a little uninspired (and hungover) so me and the H2B had a relaxing one watching films, eating bad foods and enjoying each others company!

I'm back in the zone today though and after being bought some lovely material for my birthday and having all of the charity shops wears to cut up and make into Mamfs I'm raring to go. I just wish the office day would go quicker!

Beatrice

While the H2B lay on the sofa falling asleep last night, I hand stitched this little bunny.

She's called Beatrice and is slightly puzzled as to her lack of arms, despite this she's always willing to be there if you need a cuddle!

I'm debating whether to launch an online shop for some of these, I do feel they're getting better (or at the very least my sewing is) on a daily basis and there's been a lot of interest from people on social networking sites. If nothing else it'll raise a few more pennies for our wedding ;)

First Post...

Hello!

I'm Sam and I make 'Mamfs' - A collection of one-off tatty teddies, monsters, dolls and strange creations.

I will strive to get some better photographs up here and will update whenever I make a new one (hopefully on a daily basis)

I hope you enjoy them xxx