the new crew!

some new woolens i've felted...
the red white and blue ones are inspired by my mister's mistress...his new bike.
over thanksgiving we went to boston to visit family and friends and mr. mcgregor and i caught up with a few old friends, one of which had a bike for the taking. as it turns out it is an older version (by just a few years) of the bicycle he has been obsessed with for the past three months solid.
and it's orange. and it was free. merry christmas!
anyhow- he was in need of some wrist warmers for riding his dream bike into the winter.
the bird ones are a version of my mittens from last year with a cable-knit-felted twist.

mosey is imortalized in cotton and wool!

dear denise made these bunch of dolls styled after our group of waldorf inspired and natural toy crafters!
here i am and i couldn't be happier!
i just have a minute but wanted to post my little me!

for the birds.

these WILL be incredibly soft and luxe-y bird mobiles! (i hope soon) and are inspired by the little mobile that hangs above my bed (came over on the boat from tibet).
i love using recycled sweaters. i have always been a thrifter and it feels so good to put "the old" to new use and send it back out into the world.

putting all of my (new) eggs in one basket.

this morning i woke up early. i had stayed the night at my brothers house (think lord of the rings meets jake gyllenhaal). anyway he got up early too (and made me a great breakfast, by the way) and while he was busying himself in the kitchen i set about rooting around in his attic. i have a bunch of things stored up there for now and i found a bin of fabric i'd stashed and forgotten about! eureka. it was like christmas. or better. it was like finding one of your old favorite toys you'd forgotten about or were sure had gotten thrown out in the hub bub of your teenage years.
i ended up picking out some great blue polka dot fabric and some vintage reproduction calico...one of my very faves.
so here are the results. the snow was melting and dripping outside my window while i was scheming these up. so spring was surely on my mind.

the swap.

here it was. jill nad i were at the common ground fair back in september. we decided we would pick up a few skeins of yarn and make eachother a cozy hat before it got too cold. mine (the one jill made for me) was aptly titled the 'autumn leaves hat, with secret heart' (because it had a secret heart sewn into the back)and the one i made jill...well..as you can see it befell a much different name. an apology. i just put hers in the mail on monday a full 3 months i've been wearing MY cozy hat!
also- one really neat thing about our hats are that while jill's is a peachy orange and mine is a pinky red the accent color is from the same skien of yarn. and it is this terrific bulky weight yarn with all of these great variations and slight flaws and a bit of glitter running through it!
well - at least i finished it in time for three snowstorms in one week! hope your cozy jill!

thank you very much.

i love sending and receiving mail. honest to goodness, i licked the stamp and took it to the post..mail.
i have been wanting to do a little something more special for my etsy customers and so i spent a rainy and then snowy afternoon at papersource. and these were the results!and yes, that 'platinum' ink. fancy!

i've been tagged.

by mandy b. ..and be sure to check out her etsy shop full of goodness.

so here goes..5 random - little - know - facts about me.


1. not unlike ms. mandi b. i slept with my childhood doll until i was 21. went on a trip to sweden with my college boyfriend and thought it was a good time to break the habit!
i still keep her in my sock drawer though!

2. i get much delight out of putting on clothes fresh out of the dryer. i'm a pretty green girl, but have to say the dryer is one of my vices. nothing better than warm socks hot off the presses on a blustery day.

3. i used to make films, but know i just take walks or ride the bus with my i pod on and pretend i'm in a really great montage scene. oh, well.

4. when my sister was little we invented this cool way to chop onions without crying -- we wore swimming goggles..then later we saw that in a movie and were like 'we so did that first'! and we still giggle about it.

5.i cannot seem to erase old messages from dear ones, voicemails, text messages, emails, they seem like these little letters to me that are going to get lost in the great sea of nothing...so i keep them as long as i can.
so loves--if you call or write and my mailbox is full..i'm not that popular- it's just that i've been saving them up.

thanks mandi.
xo

inky gets some love!

once i made this little guy iwas in love. his face is so lonesome and his cheeks are all blushing.
i'm glad he got a little love on emilias blog today!

strawberries!

so we have had a few 45 degree days here in new england. and being that it's february (the coldest month in these here parts) that is a bit odd.
but i did sneak on my new spring jacket and walk the meme dog an extra bit this morning. it feels like spring and so, i made these.
still cozy but with a hint of whats to come!

new hats for the new year!

with a little help from my local savers(well actually i was home in california over the holidays..so i should say "my old haunt..savers")
i found a bunch of great wool sweaters just waiting to by dyed, cut up, and fashioned into new hats! i was worried that i wouldn't find any wool in cali- but quite the opposite- i suppose people cast off their woolies after 1 season since it's never really THAT cold in the bay area.
anyhow..here's the new batch c/o my brand new sewing machine!!!!(thanks nan!)
and many hugs to karen of brownmousephoto who took my new pics...her nieces who did the posing and mama victorine who graciously egged everyone on!

natural kids makes a go of it!

many thanks to woodmouse for coordinating naturalkids...a new site devoted to sharing information about natural/waldorf childrens toys and wears! and i got a little new years love on page one!

featured on friday faves..

mixed plate was lovely enough to feature mosey in their holiday gift guide.

some love from my etsy kin!

colorada returned the love in 2008 with a bit of kind words on her blog about mosey!
posting new hats in the next few days!

the new unit.

okay...so now i am rethinking snowmen. or at least why i suddenly love them so much...and then my grandmother reminds me that that old frosty cartoon movie..i knew all the songs and was especially concerned with his two eyes made out of coal...and that i won a contest in kindergarten by drawing a snowman which then appeared on the school play program. i'll have to dig that out and take a look at it- i'm sure my dad has it filed away somewhere.
so these are the new guys. and they have new hats, and new scarves, and new eyes made out of coal...well almost.
i got some of the felt on mad sale and decided to try dyeing it myself- wow- what a thing to love!

bird of a feather on etsy

colorada has some great things for sale in her etsy shop. her colors are bright and beautiful and you can tell she puts much time (and a touch of whimsy into her designs)
i love her bird skirts and you will to! to see more of her work click here.

my 2 days early birthday present

so i found my fave person on etsy! grandmas girl has a great new shop...all items listed are cute and oh so affordable. i had her sew me up a custom order and she graciously offered up a bit of vintage red calico fabric that had been in her family for years! also she was so fast in sewing up the new item i could hardly believe it!
i thought it would be many days to a week but woke up this morning to discover my new birthday bonnet!
thank you grandma's girl!

etsy contest winner - confections!

so here was the contest:
tell me your fave vintage/thrift store find. simple right. i had a lot of posts, a ton about finding something amazing on ebay and being able to sell it for a ton of money, and one guy who bought a jacket at his local thrift and found 100 bucks in the pocket. but the one that stole my heart from the minute i started reading was this story.

in cheryls own words:

"My 5-year-old niece and I found this forlorn-looking vintage Effanbee doll last month at the Salvation Army Thrift Store. We had been to tea earlier in the day, and Grace had brought her American Girl doll, Elizabeth, along to the festivities. When we entered the thrift shop, she made a beeline to a group of dolls which included this well-loved charmer."
read all about "helene elyse's" new dress made from cherlys own vintage calico stash and all about the tea parties she's been attending here and here.

be sure to check out cheryl of confections amazing fiberarts etsy shop too! thanks to all who posted and thanks to cheryl and her niece for rescuing such a prize!

because everybody loves gnomes! young & with it

littledear

project grab bag

and tiny airplanes

etsy owls forever

i LOVE owls. especially brown felt ones! i'm the kinda girl who when thrifting with her dear friend on her birthday (also a huge owl lover), and upon spying a pair of owl salt and pepper shakers had to keep myself from grabbing them and holding them tight to my chest and exclaiming their mine their mine!
so having said all that, elizabeth got the owl shakers, hey- it was HER birthday and i went on a search for the perfect brown owl or owlette.
if you know anything about the crafty site etsy you know it's chalk full of wonderfully handmade do-it-yrself items, so it wasn't slim pickins' but here are my favorites. enjoy!

fig.1 mr.owly owl by marmee craft
fig.2 the owl and the pussycat from the beloved little birds,
fig.1 woodruff brown owl from chet and dot,

felting 101, mosey style

This is the thing about felting: it's sloppy. and a bit harsh on the skin! i mean soapy hands and wool to the point past detergent clean and onto ocd. the first time i felted i thought hands cannot possibly just chap like this - oh but they can!
so use a detergent soap that's strong but not too harsh. here at mosey we love ivory but we love dr. bronners even better (check out peppermint and lavender for a somewhat aroma therapeutic romp with wet felting).
then again it is very satisfying going from a soapy mess to a tidy little package.
it's the ultimate tying up of loose ends.
so get a good sized metal bin, some hot soapy water, some wool roving (love whorledpeas etsy shop) and get to work!