Amy Pond Mouse

Meet Amy Pond Mouse!

This sassy, flame-haired young Scot is the cheeky companion of The Doctor Mouse. He whiskered (!) her away the night before her wedding day to travel with him through time and space. She has a taste for the wild side and, although her heart lies with her fiancee Rory, she does have a weak spot for little Matt Smith Mouse.

You can find her in our store here.

My Creative Space: Sneak Preview

Hello, Mouse-fans! It's Naomi here from the UK to share my Creative Space with you.

It looks like this week will be a very exciting week for The House of Mouse. We'll soon be releasing a brand new item, the like of which has never been seen in our store before. I've been hard at work from my UK studio, having so much fun with this exciting new addition! I am just desperate to show you all what I've been up to, but for now you will have to settle for a sneaky preview... A few little glimpses of this Halloween-themed mousie accessory.

Can you tell what it is??

Keep your eyes peeled, it will be appearing in our store very soon!

Naomi xx

Check out Kootoyoo's blog for more creative spaces!

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)

See more photos HERE

NEW - Mousellus Wallace Mouse

Mousellus Wallace is the baldest, blackest, badest mouse in town. What he says goes, and his henchmen will do anything to lay down the law in his name. He was not at all amused when a stranger named Zed decided to have some fun involving a little mousy ball-gag... But nobody else needs to know about that...

Mousellus Wallace was hand sewn using felt, ribbon, card, paper, glue, clay, wire, monofilament and stuffed with polyfil. He stands approximately 2.5inches tall (6.5cm) his costume is not removable.

See more pics HERE

New Crafting Adventures with Naomi - Gently Does It...

I thought it would be fun and useful to share with you all some things I've been learning in my new role as a Mousemaker. Not necessarily things about making mice, but important stuff that is helping me to enter a craft that is brand new to me. You see, I have done bits of sewing throughout my life, but never in so particular a fashion as this, and Anna is helping me to learn so much in a very short space of time. But this is still very new to me, and so I am finding that I have a lot of new knowledge and insights that I'd love to share.

The first mouse I made when I joined The House of Mouse was made without a "pattern" or any instructions, because I was just too impatient to wait for the parcel that Anna had posted to me! But even though I was only making him for my own pleasure, I knew to be gentle with my first attempts at this new craft. I've learned that whenever we try some new creative endeavours, we become something like a little child again, experimenting and making mistakes. That little child inside of us is delicate and can be emotionally immature, so it's really important to make sure that the harsh adult part of our brain doesn't squash that fragile little thing: it will one day grow into a magnificent artist, but it has to start somewhere! So even though his nose was wonky, even though his eyes were sunken and his ears lop-sided, I cherished that little mouse and let myself see the potential and feel some pride. And sweet Anna showered me with praise for my clumsy first attempt! She, too, knows how important it is to treat your inner artist child gently.

And, as we both hoped, my learning was very quick! Paired with Anna's wonderful patience and our natural ease of communication together, as well as some fantastic tutorial videos, I was quickly making mice that are fit to sell in our Etsy shop... And here they are, with Anna's Chewy mouse!

And so my first piece of advice for anyone considering trying something new or changing some part of their creative work is this: If you are, I must tell you that it can be the most liberating, exciting and rewarding experience if you give yourself space and time to learn. It is also important that in those first early days of your new crafting, you are careful about the people you share your work with. Some people might not understand how to see the potential in your new work, and may judge you harshly (including yourself!!). Be gentle and patient and see what develops.

I will share some other thoughts with you soon, but we'd love to hear from you if you're thinking of starting something new or have already started, especially art or crafts or anything business- or Etsy-related! It's very exciting to play around with your creativity and freshen things up with something totally different once in a while.

Much love,

Naomi xx

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

New Zodiac Mice - Pisces and Aries

After a long wait I finally found time to make some Zodiac Mice! Today I have Pisces and Aries for you, I will have more next week! I hope you enjoy these two for now, they are available to buy in my store now

pssst... make sure you check back tomorrow
for some very exciting news about my shop!