Hedgehog

Day #217
Heart #225

Cute little woodland creatures are popular right now, so I wanted to try a hedgehog on a wool felt scissors fob.  He joins the fox and raccoon I made a couple of weeks ago.

Crab

Day #215
Heart #224

Returning to my beach/summer theme, I made this wool felt scissors forb with a bright orange crab last night while watching the Olympics. (Yes, Helen and Kay--my British readers--I DID think about you!  Congrats on the great job your country is doing hosting the Games! )

Veggies

Day #214
Heart #223

I had the idea for this veggie-themed wool felt scissors fob and I couldn't put it out of my mind...so I will return to the summer/beachy hearts soon!

Flip-Flops

Day #213
Heart #222

I think this flip-flop wool felt scissors fob may be the first of a short series of beachy or summery themed hearts.  I'm thinking of a seashore, and a crab, and possibly a pail and shovel (thanks for that idea, Kay--and thanks for this flip-flop idea too!)

My Initial

Day #210
Heart #219

I made today's wool felt scissors fob with ME in mind!  It has my initial "L" as the focal point, and I used all my favorite colors.  I used to make a lot of decorated cakes, and this heart reminds me of one of those!

Tiny Cottage

Day #209
Heart #218

I seem to have houses on the brain right now; I am coorganizing a Tiny House Craft Swap on Craftster, and suddenly I'm seeing little houses everywhere!  Here's another one:  a tiny cottage on a wool felt scissors fob:

Whale

Day #208
Heart #217

Here's another wool felt scissors fob, inspired by a random image I saw online.  I don't think I've ever created anything with a whale on it before!  This reminds me of a neon restaurant sign I used to pass frequently as a child; it had a whale spouting water, and the water seemed to move as the neon blinked on and off.

Octopus

Day #206
Heart #215

I was looking for subject ideas for these wool felt scissors fobs, and I saw an octopus image that I thought would fit the heart shape very nicely.  It worked up quickly and easily, and although I've never had a fondness for octopi before, this may be my favorite fob so far!  I love that it has a lot of detail (35 French knot suction cups!) and the way it fills the whole heart, and the color.

Butterflies

Day #205
Hearts #213-214

It isn't summer without butterflies, so I made this pair of wool felt scissors fobs with butterflies in two different colors.

Air Mail

Day #202
Heart #211

I love the "Swap Organizer" felt badge that Sewphie made for me so much that I used her "flying envelope" idea for today's wool felt scissors fob.

Happy House

Day #201
Heart #210

Yesterday, I heard from one of the fob winners; Beth said her fob arrived, and she was surprized at how small it is!  I know it can be hard to get an accurate feel for the scale of something in a photograph--sometimes I put a quarter in the picture for that reason.  I thought I would show you today's fob with a couple of other ways to help convey an idea of the small size.

Interestingly enough, Beth also gave me the inspiration for today's "happy house" wool felt scissors fob, and it had nothing to do with her message to me.  I happened to be looking through the "New Swap Theme Ideas" on Craftster, and Beth (who is StickerChic there) had proposed a "tiny house" swap, with this link to her house board on Pinterest.  One look at that board, and I knew what my fob for today would be!  Here it is, with regular 8 1/2" sewing scissors:

In the palm of my hand:

All by itself:

This is a happy town where the sky is pink and every house has an apple tree in the yard.

Bunting

Day #200
Heart #209

Here's my second attempt at a bunting on a wool felt scissors fob hand sewn heart:

Kay, thank you for your encouraging comments yesterday; I agree that the shape of the string was the problem.  I was trying to fit the bunting to the shape of the heart...and it just didn't work!

Cute Clothesline and a FAIL

Day #199
Hearts #207-208

 A week or two ago, when I was asking for suggestions for these wool felt scissors fobs, my friend Diane (aka fiddlegirl8) mentioned an idea that I had already been toying with--a clothesline!  Since we both thought of it, I had to try it.  Who knew a clothesline could be so cute?

A tiny t-shirt, blue jeans, and boxers!

Diane also mentioned something else, which is pictured below.  I was almost finished making it when I thought "this doesn't look right".  My daughter was sitting nearby, so I showed it to her and asked, "What do you think this is?"

She answered:  "The letter U?"
No.

"A necklace?"
No.

"Christmas lights?"
NO.  *Sigh*

I told her tt's supposed to be a BUNTING.  She says she's never heard of a bunting.  *Sigh*

Okay, well, I know how it SHOULD look, so I'm going to try again tonight.  Come back tomorrow to view my new, improved bunting!!

Spiral

Day #195
Heart #204

I have a friend who likes swirls and spirals as design elements, so I made this wool felt scissors fob with her in mind.

Before and After

Day #194
Hearts #202-203

Here are two more wool felt scissors fobs that go together and tell a little story.


Before:

After:

I sure do love birds and eggs!

Mountains

Day #192
Heart #201

There's still time to enter the giveaway for a scissors fob on my other blog, Leslie's Art and Sew.  I will be choosing the three winners tomorrow (Wednesday, July 11th), so hurry and leave a comment if you haven't already.

In one of the comments on that post, a reader named Connie suggested I should make a fob with a mountain scene.  I loved that idea, so here it is:

Chickens and Number 200

Day #191
Hearts #199-200

I've reached another milestone in this heart-a-day challenge--my 200th heart!  Wow, that's a lot of hearts!  And it just happens to be my favorite heart so far--I guess "practice makes perfect" applies to this situation!

My Craftster friend waggonswest requested that I make her a chicken scissors fob for a personal swap.  Since I LOVE chickens, I was glad to comply!  Last night I made these two; which one will she choose?

The one below is based on a felt badge I just finished for a swap.  (I haven't sent it yet, so I don't want to show it here in case it spoils the surprise for my partner!)

The one below is my favorite.  It too is a miniature version of a felt badge I made for a swap; you can see the original at the bottom of this post.  These scissors fobs are just under 1 1/2" across, and the felt badges are about 3" across, so it's a huge difference in scale.

Here's the felt badge:

Both the fobs and the badge are entirely hand-sewn using wool felt, embroidery floss, sewing thread, and a bead for the eye; the fobs are stuffed with polyfil.  One reader asked how long do I cut the twine?  It's 9"; I knot the ends together, hide the knot inside the fob, and sew through the twine so it won't EVER pull out!