Gizmo the Mogwai Mouse

This little Mogwai mouse is so cute and fluffy, how could he possibly be any trouble at all? As long as you follow 3 simple rules, he'll always be your friend: Never expose a Mogwai to bright lights, never put it in water, and never feed it after midnight. Do any of these things and you're in for a whole heap of problems: Spawning evil gremlins that will reek havoc on your village!

This cute little Mogwai Mouse is the perfect gift for any fan of the Gremlins movies!

Gizmo Mouse was hand sewn using felt, fake fur, silks, beads, glue, monofilament and he is stuffed with polyfil. He stands approximately 2.5inches tall (6.5cm)

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My Creative Space - Staying organized

My studio is a continuous battlefield between me and the mountains of materials I use to create my mice. After a good day of sewing my creative space often looks like a sewing-bomb went off, scattering materials all over my desk and the surrounding floor. Hunting around for supplies the next day really interrupts my creative flow, so it is really helpful if everything is where I can easily find it.

My ribbons where the biggest challenge: Keeping them in a draw was no good - they just got all knotted up around each other and I was forever digging around trying to find things. Putting a pin in them didn't work either because the pin would eventually rust and ruin my beautiful ribbons. So into plastic bags they went, but still it was hard to find what I needed. Eventually I came up with a solution: I took a wooden board and hammered lots of nails into it, screwed it into the wall and then hung my ribbon bags onto it. Now all I need to do is glance up to the wall to find what I need! Although I do still need to clear up the fallout from the creative bombs at the end of the day.

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Wednesday Wisdom - Your Guide to Sharing the Wisdom

My Wednesday Wisdom: When listing an item on Etsy, the words in your title also act as tags, so try to use your 14 tags for other keywords to avoid doubling up and wasting them!

:-)

What is Wednesday Wisdom?

• A way for fellow Etsy sellers / crafters / bloggers / entrepeneurs (and anyone else who cares to join in!) to share the wisdom that they have collected in their creative adventures.
• Short and simple; easy and quick to write and to remember.
• Helpful, but not necessarily "new information" to absolutely everyone who reads it: It WILL help someone, you can be sure!

So what do you think? Let's share the wisdom and help each other to learn and grow!

Here's how to do it:

• Write your Wednesday Wisdom post (include a relevant picture if you'd like! It may help people to remember your advice ;-) ) Please add a link to our latest Wednesday Wisdom post to help people to find all of our helpful posts and to know where to share their own.
• Share it as much as you can through social media or any other methods, to help as many people as possible!
• Add your blogpost to the Mister Linky box at the bottom of each week's Wednesday Wisdom post here on our blog.
  

Simple! Let's play :-) Good luck, and please feel free to comment here with any questions or ideas, we love to hear from you!

Much love,

Naomi xx

Monday Moodboard: Mathematics

Watching the new series "Sherlock" is awakening my passion for mathematics and all things logical!

Rhombus CD Case by Nauli
Numbers Tie Bar by Jealousydesign
Circles Necklace by Maroulina
Blue Five on Bronze Three Brooch by kraplap

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Weekly Happy Stats

Things that made Anna happy this week:

• Seeing all of Naomi's wonderful Pulp Fiction Mice get listed in our store
• Painting again - for the first time in 2.5 years - and enjoying every moment
• Working out our accounts for the month and discovering we made a profit
• Playing peek-a-boo with Declan
  
• Booking plane tickets to visit Naomi and my parents in the UK
  

Things that made Naomi happy this week

• My not-so-little Vincent's first birthday!
• Getting a letter from my beautiful stepdaughter, Finlay.
• Listing The Gimp Mouse (I love him!).
• Getting my very first paycheck from The House of Mouse.
• Bringing my favourite houseplant into my studio to keep me company as I create :-)
  
  
  
  

Happy Pic of Vincent on his first Birthday

August Giveaway

Every Month we give you the

chance to win a FREE MOUSE
from The House of Mouse


The winner of the August Giveaway
will receive a $35.00 gift voucher
to spend in our store as their prize!


To enter this months giveaway all you need to do is
leave a comment under this post
telling us about your favourite mouse or mice
from The House of Mouse

(you can choose more than one)
Easy!

You can also check out our flickr page
to see every design we have ever made!

You can enter the Giveaway
as many times you want.



This competition is open to everyone!
Our shop is international, we will ship to anywhere in the world.

The winners will be announced on August 31st

Our Store: The House of Mouse

Competition closed
Winner will be announced soon

NEW - The Gimp Mouse

Our final Pulp Fiction mouse for this week's set is The Gimp! He just happens to be Naomi's favourite ;-)



The Gimp Mouse sleeps in a matchbox in the cellar of a mousy pawn shop. He is released for naughty mousy games whenever his masters fancy them. He often can't stop giggling, and quite enjoys wearing his leather outfit and chains. Nobody knows his true identity... He's the perfect gift for any Pulp Fiction or Quentin Tarantino fan, or anyone who has a wicked sense of humor!

The Gimp Mouse was hand sewn using leatherette, felt, ribbon, card, chain, glue, monofilament and stuffed with polyfil. He stands approximately 2.5inches tall (6.5cm)

See more pics HERE