Lucy the Knitting Mole

I'm so excited about the new moles that have arrived at The House of Mouse this week. Their little feet and hands make me giggle, and there is something about the black and pink colour combination that I just love. The moles join the hedgehogs as new creatures to come and live with the mice in our shop. I hope you like them! 

Lucy the Mole loves to knit! She's always clicking her needles, making something new. Nothing makes her happier than a new ball of yarn and a whole day to sit and knit! She would make a great gift for anyone with a healthy yarn obsession!

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Please welcome... The Hedgies!

 

Quentin Turpenspine the Artist Hedghog

Naomi and I have been working in secret for week on these new hedgehog characters to join our store! We are so excited to finally list them in The House of Mouse. They may at some point move to a new shop, but for now they are keeping the mice company. We hope you enjoy them. Please let us know what you think.

Branston Prickle the Chef Hedgehog

Sonic the Computer Geek Hedgehog

Hannibal Lecter the Hedgehog

Jack Skellington the Hedgehog

 

Les the Photographer Hedgehog

Esmerelda Maggotmincer the Witch Hedghog

3 Wise Mice - Nativity 3 kings, Three Wise Men

3 new very wise and dazzling kings have dropped by The House of Mouse on their journey to find baby Jesus. I had so much fun making them using bright sparkly gold ribbons and regal colours! I hope you enjoy them too. They are the last members to join our Nativity Collection. We will soon be releasing listings for entire sets of different sizes for you to take home.

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Wishing you all a lovely weekend!

NEW - Nativity Mice

Theses adorable nativity mice are the first in our new Nativity Collection, which we will add more to over the next few weeks. Little baby Jesus mouse makes us squeeeee... those eyes are almost as big as his head! We'll have different size nativity sets available to suit a range of budgets and each mouse is also available separately. We hope you'll enjoy seeing this new collection evolve!

We've been away for a while because the Christmas in July SALE kept us very busy! Lots of little mice going off to new homes. If you're quick you can still grab 15% OFF everything in our store until July 31st 2011. Use the coupon code "THOMCIJ" during checkout to get your discount.

My Creative Space - Creating a Time Machine

Our first "Mouse House"; The TARDIS; sold this month, and we are keen to get another one in the shop as soon as possible. It has been very popular! So I have been hard at work creating another of these very special Time Machines. It is a delicate process, as you'd imagine... ;-)



There are several very important components, and they are all lots of fun to make and put together. But there are also some extras which appear in the creation process, and I can't bring myself to just throw them away:


I think for sure that they must be destined for some wonderful project of their own, these little blue squares, but I can't think what it might be!

Any ideas or suggestions?

Naomi xx

P.S. Love checking out Creative Spaces? Join us over at Kootoyoo's blog for more!

Spider-Mouse and Venom

In the chill of the night, at the scene of a crime, like a streak of light he arrives just in time: It's Spider-Mouse! Since he was bitten by a radioactive bug, spinning webs and catching bad guys are what this little mouse does best. As long as you have Spider-Mouse beside you, you have nothing to fear. This super-cute mouse is the perfect gift for your comic book geek!

Click here for more pics of Spider-Mouse

Venom Mouse is arguably the most notorious of Spider-Mouse's arch-enemies. From his deathly black costume to his sparkling white teeth and super-long tongue, Venom Mouse truly is a fearsome creature. You wouldn't want a friendly lick from this little guy, that's for sure! This terrible little mouse is the perfect gift for anyone who loves Spider-Man and comics, or even those who root for the bad guys...

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Figgis the fuzzy Piggy

Plump and fuzzy, Figgis the piggy loves nothing more than snuffling around for truffles, especially the chocolate kind. Figgis loves having his little porky belly tickled - go on - listen to him squeal with delight!

Figgis was hand sewn with felt and beads. He is stuffed with polyfil. He stands approximately 2.5inches tall (6.5cm)

More pics HERE

Coco Chanel Mouse

Available to buy in my store now!

Father Aaron the Priest Mouse

Father Aaron the Priest Mouse was hand sewn using felt, silks, beads, cardboard, paper, metal, glue, fake leather and monofilament. He is stuffed with polyfil. He stands approximately 2.5inches tall (6.5cm) His costume and accessories are not removable.

Available to buy in my store

Don't forget to enter my September Giveaway
to win your very own mouse!

New Mouse - Carmen the Flamenco Mouse

Carmen is a flamboyant Flamenco Dancer! She is beautiful in her red dress, black mantilla, comb in her hair and little beauty spot on her chin. She is a passionate Spanish Senorita who kicks and twirls with effortless beauty!

Available to buy in My Store

Gene Simmons from Kiss Mouse

A few days ago I got one of those custom order requests that just made me go "Yay!!" A returning customer asked me if I could make her a Gene Simmons from Kiss mouse! I loved the idea! Here is how he looks all finished.



I am thinking about adding him to my store as a regular, although that will have to wait until my computer is back from the shop so I can use Photoshop make the pictures look better. I am still using my sloooow laptop at the moment, although we are expecting to get my main computer back any day now.

What do you think of Gene Simmons Mouse, do you think he should become a regular in my store?

June Giveaway!

Last month I announced that

I will give away a FREE MOUSE
every month for the next year!

You commented in your HUNDREDS
to try to win a mouse for your very own!


733 comments were left for the May Giveaway and you overwhelmed me with all the love you have for my little mice, thank you so much for all your kind words.

To show you my gratitude I am
giving away even more this month!


In the June Giveaway there will be FIVE winners!!

First Prize
Choose ANY mouse from
my store worth up to $40

Second Prize
Choose ANY mouse from
my store worth up to $35

3rd, 4th and 5th Prize
Both sets of Star Wars Mice pins


To enter for the June Giveaway all you need to do is
leave a comment under this post! Easy!

Here are some other ways that you can
improve your chances to win:

• When you leave a comment, tell me about your favourite mouse or mice from my store The House of Mouse (you can choose more than one)
• Leave a comment in my promotions thread on Etsy HERE
  
• Mention and link to this give away on Twitter. Let me know in the comments that you tweeted.
  
• Alter your “Status” on Facebook to mention this give away. Be sure to include this link http://lifecraftinessandeverythingelse.blogspot.com/2009/06/june-giveaway.html to it so that your friends can visit too. Don't forget to post a comment here telling me about your Facebook mention.

You can enter the June competition as many times you want,
the more comments you make under this post
the better your chances of winning!

The winners will be announced on June 30th.

My Store: The House of Mouse

Good luck!

Competition now CLOSED
the winners will be announced later today

May Giveaway Winner

Before I tell you who won the May Giveaway, I want to say how touched I was to get so many entries! 733 comments were left under this post and you overwhelmed me with all the love you have for my little mice, thank you from the bottom of my heart.

To show you my gratitude there will be more prizes to win in the June Giveaway. But you will have to come back tomorrow to get all the details. I don't want to spoil the surprise just yet.

Now I know you are all sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to find out who won the May Giveaway, so I won't keep you in suspense any longer...

The winner is... Ariela

Congratulations!!

Ariela can now choose any mouse from my store
worth up to $40 as her prize!

Sorry to those of you that didn't win this time, I wish I could give you all a mouse each. But don't worry, you have plenty more chances to win; I am running this monthly giveaway for another 11 months. So make sure you come back tomorrow to find out what wonderful prizes will be on offer in the June Giveaway!

Tomorrow I also have some more news on a very special promotion I will be running in my store. You will be so excited, I know I am!

Featured Artist - ingermaaike

Inger is a talented artist who freely admits she is obsessed with felt and all the forms it can take! You can find everything from shawls and bags to sculpted plants in her store. She has an endless imagination!

If you would like to be considered for Featured Artist, please leave a comment and tell me which item in ingermaaike's shop you love the most!

Don't forget to enter my May Giveaway to
WIN a FREE MOUSE!

May Giveaway!

From today you have a chance to
WIN a FREE MOUSE every month
for the next 12 months!

The winners can choose ANY mouse from
my store worth up to $40.

~
To enter for the May Giveaway all you need to do is leave a comment under this post, if you tell me which of my mice you like the most it will increase your chances of winning!
You can leave as many comments as you like,
the more I see your name the better!
~
The winner will be announced at the end of each month.

Good luck!

Update May 31st: Competition is now CLOSED,
come back later today to find out who won!

Sebastian the Steampunk Mouse

Sebastian is a dapper little mouse in a pinstripe suit. He has a pocket watch on a chain and wears a black waistcoat and tie. He also has very cool black and red dreadlocks with goggles over the top.

Sebastian is hand sewn using felt, silks, ribbon, card, glue, wire, sequins, rubber, beads and monofilament. He is stuffed with polyfil. He stands approximately 2.5inches tall (6.5cm)

Available to buy in my Etsy store

Survivormouse

I have been a fan of the Discovery Channel program "Survivorman" for a few years now, for those of you who don't know it, it is about a man - Les Stroud - who abandons himself in extreme places with some cameras. He films himself surviving some of the harshest climates on the planet for 7 days, while teaching about survival techneques. I was so thrilled when somone asked me to make a custom Survivormouse for them :) And here he is, complete with little camera on a tripod.

Jabba the Hutt Mouse

This evil gangster wants your money or he'll put a bounty on your head and keep you as his slave! This slug like mouse is grim and gruesome and somehow cute all at once. He has a little tongue sticking out of his mouth, watch out he doesn't lick you!

For sale in my Etsy store
www.thehouseofmouse.etsy.com