Miniature Felted Mouse, Miniature Painted Bird

This week I made another tiny needle felted harvest mouse who I named Maggie. I made her dress out of antique lace and I had some vintage 1920s sequins trim that I attached for her tiara.

Here is the reason she is named Maggie....

When harvest time is over, she has her own special harvest - She collects antique beads and lace, and makes dresses and tiaras out of them. She loves to sew, and she loves anything shiny. This is how she got the name Maggie, because she is like a little Magpie :)
She is for sale in my Etsy shop Maggie Harvest Mouse by Mrs Plop's Shoppe

Here is Maggie Mouse....

I've also been painting  - a lot. I haven't mentioned my painting on this blog, because here, I concentrate on needle felting. But I do have some of my paintings in my Etsy shop. Today I finished painting a miniature art canvas of a blue tit bird in acrylic. I LOVE painting!

Here is the blue tit miniature painting.....
He is also for sale in my Etsy shop: Miniature Art Canvas Blue Tit Bird by Mrs Plop's Shoppe

Beatrice The Little Ballerina Mouse

Meet needle felted little Beatrice ballerina mouse. She found this beautiful pink tulle tutu that her Aunty Linda at Fluffy Cloud Creations made. And now she's taking ballet lessons.

She tells everyone she meets that she's going to be a famous ballerina one day. she has little pink felted ballet shoes, and as you can see, she's learning how to dance en pointe. Clever mouse :)

Beatrice has been lovingly handmade by me from very high quality British ethically produced wool fibre, and is available for sale in my Etsy shop here: Beatrice The Little Ballerina Mouse by Mrs Plop's Shoppe.

Love,
Mrs Plop xxx

Huckleberry The Little Shy Mouse

Huckleberry the little mouse is so shy, he tries to hide his little face whenever he sees anyone. He wants to make friends, but he is so shy, he lives behind the watering can that is home to the Hydrangea flowers. We are doing our best to coax him out to join the rest of us, and to reassure him, and he is beginning to come out of his hiding place a bit more, but these things take time.

If you would like a little Huckleberry Mouse, you can find him here in my Etsy shop, made to order.
Huckleberry the little shy mouse by Mrs Plop's Shoppe

Needle Felted Little Drummer Mouse With Miniature Antique Drum

I love browsing in antique shops, and finding things that the mouselings would like. Recently I found this miniature antique drum and I had to buy it. I knew it wanted to belong to a mouse!

So here he is, my needle felted little drummer mouse.....and now we never get any peace. He never stops playing his drum! :)

He is looking for a home, so if you would like him to come and live with you, you can find his listing here in my Etsy shop:  Needle Felted Little Drummer Mouse By Mrs Plop's Shoppe

Needle Felted Little Christmas Mouse

Finished today, needle felted little Christmas mouse with a sprig of red berries.

I used ethically produced Dorset Down brown wool fibre from Newmoor Barn Ethical Fibre Co. It has lovely red tones within it. The white is Ryleand wool, also from the same company. The brown colour felts so well, it almost felts itself. I absolutely love it. The red berries are glass.

If you want to give this little mouse a home for Christmas, you can find him here in my Etsy shop. Needle Felted Little Christmas Mouse By Mrs Plop's Shoppe

Love, as always,

Mrs Plop xx

Mouse Angel gets a flower garland :)

I've just finished making an order for one of my needle felted Mouse Angels, and to make a change, I decided to put a garland (halo) of paper yellow roses on her head. I think it suits her. What do you think? :)
Love, Mrs Plop xx

Her listing in my Etsy shop can be found here: Needle Felted Praying Mouse With Wings & Flower Garland by Mrs Plop's Shoppe

The Evolution of a Homeless Mouse - Design #3

For those of you who follow my work, you may have read my post back in December when I posted design #2 of my Homeless Mouse - Will Work For Cheese (Mark 2)

Well he's gone through some more changes, and below is design #3. It's the design I prefer the most so far. This particular mouse, photographed below, has found a home. But if you would like to give a home to a homeless mouse, you can order one via my Etsy Shop.

Here's the listing: Needle Felted Homeless Mouse Will Work For Cheese by Mrs Plop's Shoppe

Needle Felted Carmen Miranda Mouse is On Fire For Handmade!

I am a member of the fabulous On Fire For Handmade Etsy Team, and this week, they have selected Little Carmen Miranda Mouse in her Tutti Frutti for their Tropical Delights Great Finds!

If you'd like to vote for Carmen Miranda Mouse,  just click this link: http://onfireforhandmade.com/tropical-delights-great-finds/ and vote for Mrs Plop's Shoppe. Thank you!

There are also lots of gorgeous handmade items on the page and on the website :) plus if you are looking to join a team on Etsy, I highly recommend On Fire For Handmade. It's a brilliant team and I'm very pleased to be a part of it! Here is the link to the team: On Fire For Handmade Etsy Team

Love Mrs Plop xxx

Sleeping mouse in a vintage sugar bowl

I found this sugar bowl in a vintage shop and thought it definitely needed a mouse to sleep in it. So I made one :)

Homeless Mouse Works For Cheese (Mark 2)

This is my second incarnation of 'Homeless Mouse' I had the idea quite a while back - as I was homeless myself when I was in my teens - so I thought it made sense to turn a chaotic and painful time into something that was lighthearted.

The first time I made Homeless Mouse I hadn't been needle felting for long, so although I liked the idea, I wasn't as happy with the result as I am now. Hope you like him. He has a home now, by the way :)

Below is Homeless Mouse Mark 2, and at the bottom of those photos, is Homeless Mouse Mark 1, so you can see the difference. Happy felting! Love Mrs Plop x

I am now 'Redundant Mouse' :(

Gladys Mouse Has A Blue Rinse

"Ooh me hair" said Gladys Mouse. "I can't do a bloomin thing with it"
So I took her to the hairdresser.
"What are we doing for you today Gladys?" Said the hairdresser.
"I'd like a blue rinse and a perm please"
Shhhhh don't tell Gladys but I think the hairdresser overdid the blue a bit!

When I was 14, I had pink hair. My nan was appalled and embarrassed by my hair and told all her friends she didn't know who I was. Strange coming from a woman who had a purple rinse!