Moop map

That was a funny word Nils made up ages ago.

I never new about Pachelbel's Canon (Gasp!) until we had Nils. In fact, I still didn't know about it for a few months, which I instead spent wondering what that lovely waiting music on the NHS 24 phone line thingee is. I then stumbled across this, and it all became clear.

Only yesterday I realised that Johann Pachelbel was German, and that the canon is the only one he ever wrote, which makes it completely non-representative for his other (shitloads of) work. So there. I wrote an article about him for Emmeline.

Apart from that, I've not been up to much. You?

Kikeriki!

Nils is getting really good at knowing his animal noises. His version of 'Kikeriki' (which is, for all you non-germans, what *proper* cockerels say) kills me everytime. So, clearly, a cockerel demanded to be made.

Not the sturdiest feller I ever made, and most comfortable lying on his side, rather than sitting, but oh well. I like him!

Erst kommt der Sonnenkäferpapa...

This ribbon thing may be on the verge of going a bit too far. I just can't stop myself from wanting to fill the world with ribbon! Look at the ladybugs!

Also, this morning I bumped into our unreasonably friendly postman, and he handed me this package, which I'd almost half-forgotten about.... A while ago, just after discovering the loveliness of gocco, I discovered this shop on etsy, and just couldn't resist. It's all so nice! I didn't take very many photos of the contents, because too much other stuff was going on, but oh! The tiny little "Thank you" tag! So cute!

Well, heLLO, there

This is what I've been doing this week:

Make this little guy: 1 hour
Fiddle with his hair and moustache: 5 days

I made a few (well, four) of these the day before the craft market last week, and I loved them all so much that I wasn't sure if I could sell them. (I could, and I did sell 2 of them).

Then the moustached one happened, and he'll just have to stay with me for the rest of my days. I cannot, for the life of me, get over his moustache. And that top hat hides a tiny bald spot where I've been brushing his hair a bit too much.

But, cheesy peeps, doesn't he look dashing!

[Edit: I almost forgot to say: I've entered him into the 2nd Annual Softie Awards, so keep your fingers crossed for him, if you can stop stroking the screen for a bit. (Flickr group here)]