Popcorn The Needle Felted Kitten

Meet Popcorn, the needle felted orange and white kitten.
The mouselings all got the first flight to Mouseling Island this morning when they heard Popcorn was coming to stay! You know Mouseling Island, where mice go when cats are around. Popcorn said she wouldn't hurt the mice and only wanted to be friendly, but with that naughty face, we're not buying it! :D Come home soon Mouselings!

Popcorn is available to buy in my Etsy shop. You can see her listing here: Popcorn The Needle Felted Kitten by Mrs Plop's Shoppe 

Love, Mrs Plop

Felted Handmade OOAK Baby Piglet Angel Praying Piglet With Wings

I've been working on making a felted piglet angel, and 'she' is finally finished. I say 'she' because at some point, it would either have to be a he or a she, and this one is definitely a she. I don't know why! She just is. This one took a loooong time to make.

I also decided that she is an orphan baby piglet angel, praying for a new family. Hmmm, first there was homeless mouse, then baby penguin waiting for his parents to return from a fishing trip and now piglet angel who is an orphan. I think I see a theme developing :D

I am definitely improving, I didn't stab myself at all with the felting needle while making the piglet...Not having gouged your hands to bits during felting is a definite bonus ;) I did get a touch of RSI though, and that's a new one. So if you're felting for long periods of time, don't be a plonker like me. Moving positions is useful I've just found out :D What else have I learnt? Oh yes, try to speak to your husband/wife/partner at least a couple of times a day, or at least appear to be listening, or just say anything random, to avoid divorce. That's it I think. So here's the final piglet, and I'm pleased with how she turned out :)

She is for sale, but I may actually cry when someone buys her. (I'm kidding! I won't really. Well, not much anyway) Here's her listing in my Etsy shop: Felted Baby Piglet Angel by Mrs Plop's Shoppe

I do hope you're not going to be ages taking this photo lady, it's bloomin freezing out here!

I'm sure I can smell dog poop out here!

how many more photos do you actually need? Pigs are very intelligent and get bored easily you know.

*sigh*

I know, I'll pray that you quit with the photos!

Felted Handmade Sleeping Staffordshire Bull Terrier White Puppy Dog.
Sale Includes Donation to Little Angels Staffie Rescue in the UK.

If you'd like this little felted puppy, please see the listing on my Etsy shop here: Felted sleeping Staffy Puppy

This tiny felted white baby staffy is sleeping in a multi-coloured felted dog bed. His bed is made from wool in blue, green, pink, purple, orange, yellow & crimson. The puppy is made from white Shetland Wool. He is 4 &1/2" long and 3 &1/2 inches wide (at the widest point)

Everyone loves puppies! But there are enough abandoned dogs in rescues all over the world without anyone needing to buy a puppy....Don't buy a puppy! rescue a puppy or a dog instead! (or buy a felted puppy, like this one!)

Even if you do the right thing and rescue a dog or a puppy, please make sure you can keep your dog for the rest of its life!

I used to run a dog rescue, and I rescued mostly Staffordshire Bull Terriers, from 'death row' in pounds, and believe me, there are thousands of these poor dogs abandoned every year where I live in the UK, and most of them are put down due to lack of space in the dog pounds. It's a terrible, tragic situation for these beautiful dogs and yet people still keep over-breeding them, and people keep buying puppies and then abandoning them. The cycle goes round and round in a heart-breaking situation for Staffies.

This is why I'm donating £5 from the sale of every one of these little sleeping dogs to a dog rescue. I chose BADAW last time, (Barnsley & District Animal Welfare) as I know from when I worked in rescue, what a fantastic rescue they are and they are doing their absolute best to help the plight of the Staffordshire Bull Terrier in the UK. For this listing, I've chosen Little Angels Staffie Rescue, as they are an equally excellent rescue in much need of support!

 Please visit their website here: Little Angels Staffie Rescue

BADAW website Please visit this wonderful rescue and support their work for unwanted dogs.

I hope that there will come a time when I'm more established, that I'll be able to donate more than £5 to chosen rescues from each sale of a sleeping puppy. Roll on that day!

I have made this little sleeping baby Staffy with all the love in my heart for all abandoned Staffys, who have done nothing to deserve what they face every single day :(