NEW - Jules Winnfield Mouse

That's right everyone, the 6 new mice that we are releasing this week are from the cult film Pulp Fiction! Congratulations to Swee who guessed right in our Mini-Giveaway! You win a free mouse pin.

All of these new mice were designed and made by Naomi and are her first mice for our store. I am so proud her creativity, and I know you will be impressed with her work as you see each new mouse this week.

Here is the first: Jules Winnfield Mouse.

Little Jules Winnfield Mouse is a hardened gangster hitmouse, working for the notorious Mousellus Wallace. He used to enjoy quoting cold-blooded bible passages before popping caps in... various places... But since a particular incident that was unquestionably a miracle, he's realised that he's had enough of the gangster life, and has decided to "walk the earth" instead.

Jules Winnfield Mouse was hand sewn using felt, ribbon, card, paper, glue, monofilament and stuffed with polyfil. The text on the wallet he is holding says "bad mother ..." (we can't see the last word, his paw is covering it). He stands approximately 2.5inches tall (6.5cm)

See more pics HERE

My Creative Space

Well, Anna and I decided it was about time we showed you our creative spaces. It's going to be so interesting, because of course we're both making mice, but in two different countries and each with our own ways of working and our own "studio setup"! So this week you'll be hearing from me (Naomi!) here in the UK. Right now, I am working from a mixture of little exciting bundles of materials and other goodies that Anna has been sending me (like those parcels they drop on desert islands!) and my own sourced materials, for the mice and their clothes and accessories. I've been making good use of some wonderful boxes with fabulous little compartments and cubby-holes that had not been properly used before to store my new wealth of threads, materials and allsorts.


The mice are sitting mostly on the desk with me at the moment, but as I make more and more I am finding that they need official 'homes' before they are adopted, if I want to keep my work space clear! It's going to be fascinating to look back on these Creative Space posts and probably laugh at my very first attempts at some sort of organisation. As I get more and more familiar with the mice, I am sure little tricks will emerge on how to keep things organised! (Any helpful hints, Anna? Or anyone?!) :-)

Oh yes, and finally... This little guy rarely fails to make me grin when I'm mousemaking in here.... He's been lovingly nicknamed "Pinhead", the poor little thing... If anyone would like to rescue Pinhead from his doomed existence, then please do buy me a pin cushion! ;-)

Want to play the Creative Space game with us? Visit Kootoyoo's blog!

Much love,

Naomi xx

Last chance to buy from The House of Mouse

Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know I will be closing my store on Sunday so I can take some time off before our baby boy is born. I hope to reopen in the summer once I know how much time I will have for The House of Mouse while being a full time mommy.

Just letting you know in case you want
to grab a mouse before I close shop for a while.

I also want to say a big thank you to everyone for all your support, and to all my wonderful customers for giving so many of my mice new loving homes. In the summer I will be back with lots of new designs and more silly mouse fun.

I will keep blogging when I can, and you will certainly get to see photos of our boy when he is born! Keep watching this space for more info!

Hugs and cookies,
Anna

The House of Mouse

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Last chance to enter the December Giveaway

Today is your last chance to enter the December Giveaway

The winner of the December Giveaway
can choose ANY mouse from my store
worth up to $40!

Click HERE to enter


Good luck!

Coco Chanel Mouse

Available to buy in my store now!

Aragorn Mouse

Aragorn mouse is the rightful heir to the throne of Gondor, but has chosen exile to wonder the wilds. He has brown curly hair and stubble on his chin. He comes dressed in leather and cloth holding the reforged sword Anduril with which he will fight to save Middle Earth and reclaim his throne.

Available to buy in my store

Another Lord of the Rings mouse coming tomorrow!

Custom Mouse: Marco Pierre White Mouse

I love it when my customers introduce me to new famous characters. Living in Holland I had never heard of Marco Pierre White, but after my customer (and now good friend) Pam asked me a custom Marco Mouse I had a lot of fun learning all about this Celebrity Chef! I wonder if any of you recognize him?

NEW - Vladimir the Vampire Mouse

Vladimir the Vampire Mouse just wants to suck your blood and make you into a vampire too. Watch out you don't fall under his spell!

He is available to buy in my store now!

Another Halloween mouse for you on Monday...

p.s. don't forget to enter my August Giveaway
to WIN yourself a mouse of your choice from my store!!

NEW - Yorrick the Mouse Skeleton

Alas, poor Yorrick the Mouse is dead. Now all that remains are some old bones. Will you take pity and give him proper resting place on your shelf or by your computer? He may just be bones, but he still has lots of love and cuteness to share. I particularly love his little beaded spine and tail!

He is available to buy in my store now!

Another Halloween mouse coming tomorrow...

New - Gwendolyn the Witch Mouse

I have finally had time to make some new mice! It has been wonderful to let the creative juices flow again and make some new designs. With Halloween slowly creeping up on us again (watch out, it's behind you!) and because I love making scary/monster mice, I have made 3 new Halloween designs so far this week.

Here is the first one: Gwendolyn the Witch Mouse, I hope you enjoy her!

Gwendolyn is an evil Witch! She will cast a spell on you and turn you into a toad. She has olive green color skin and 2 dark green hairy warts on her face, and yet she still manages to be cute. Perhaps it is a spell she cast on herself? She comes with a black cloak, pointy hat and broomstick. The perfect addition to your Halloween decorations.

She is available to buy in my store now!

More new Halloween mice coming over the next few days...

My mice on a wedding cake

I love it when my customers send me photos of my mice in their new homes, especially on wedding cakes! Thank you so much to Ami for giving me permission to share these photos on my blog.

OMG, I won!

Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me in the Etsy Wedding cake topper vote! I am so happy to tell you that my Mr and Mrs Mouse won! There was some very stiff competition from some really beautiful wedding toppers, I am very surprised to have taken first place.

Read the Etsy write-up about it by clicking HERE

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?

Exciting promotion announcement

Here is your chance to get more mice for your money!

I am very happy to announce a new promotion in my store.




I am giving away a
FREE mystery mouse
with every order* from my store
The House of Mouse

Promotion ends June 14th

*Orders must be $35 or over, not including shipping.
Offer cannot be used in conjunction with discount vouchers.

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!

Ironmouse

I was asked to make a custom Ironman Mouse recently, he was a very tricky mouse to make and my first attempt was just not right. So I restarted him from scratch and using card instead of felt for his amour. He took me about 5 hours to make from start to finish. I have to say after all that work that I am pleased with the final result, but I won't be making him a regular in my store, he would be too expensive because of the amount of time he takes to make.



If you have any suggestions for mice I should make you can post them here. If you would like to order a custom mouse, feel free to contact me with your ideas.

Blog Award and a Mouse

I have a new mouse to show you that I made as a custom order, but first...


I just received the One Lovely Blog Award from Leslie of Shrimp Salad Circus. Thanks so much! Now it's my turn to pass it on...
Here are the rules:

• Accept the award, post it on your blog together with the name of the person who has granted the award, and his or her blog link.
• Pass the award to 15 other blogs that you’ve newly discovered. Remember to contact the bloggers to let them know they have been chosen for this award.

1. Beards
2. PamerlaAngus
3. BizzieLizzie
4. Star of the East
5. Handmadeology
6. Mandibeads
   
7. While Tangerine Dreams
8. Ramblings from a Design Studio
9. Tattered Tapestry
10. Canadian Rockies Art
11. Nun of a kind
12. Mad Maggie Designs
13. Etsy Moms
14. ArtMind
15. Arctida´s Creations

Everybody make sure to check out all these great blogs, and maybe you'll find a few that interest you to add to your 'follow' list!

....

I also have a new mouse to show you, I made him as a custom order but if my customer is ok with it, and you guys like him, then I might make him a regular in my store. When I showed Thor Mouse to my husband he went into raptures of joy and demanded one for himself. I didn´t know much about the character but maybe there are some other comic book geeks out there who think I should make him a regular in my store?

What do you think?

Disaster!

Total, complete and utter disaster. I have lost my mouse book. I had this wonderful little journal that I bought from Kreativlink that I kept all my mouse ideas in, and its gone!


I have searched the whole house for it, I think I must have left it in a café. Someone is going to be very confused when they open it.

It just has lists of ideas for mice I want to make like:
Dalek Mouse
Mouse Chess Set
Terminator Mouse
Fireman Mouse
Zodiac Mice
etc...
For pages and pages and pages! Some of them were suggestions other people had made to me too, and now all the ideas are gone.

Can you help me make a new list by suggesting mice you would like to see in my store? Fortunately I have another of Kreativlink's journals that I can put the new ideas in, this one will not be leaving the house!

My independant website is LIVE!

Hoorah! It has taken about a year to get my independent website all up and running but I am very happy to announce that it is finally ready. I hope you will enjoy looking through thehouseofmouse.co.uk