Shark cap.

I sent a picture of my work to my brother to get his opinion. He told me that it looked scary. But doesn't a shark instill fear in people?

I like how the front turned out. I think if I were to make this again I would change the back a little and the lining would be different.

Chomp chomp!

A few months ago I was asked if I could make a great white shark hat. I sure hope it wasn't an order being placed because I treated it as an inquiry. I seem to get quite a few people with suggestions which makes me think of thinks in different ways. So, I pondered of what would make a person think 'shark' since most of my creations are semi abstract.

I personally think of the famous great white in"Jaws" and the big open mouth full of teeth. But the more I thought about it, different aspects of a shark came to mind. Working with pictures of great whites and a sketch sent in to me, I did create a hat, which I will later blog about.

Right now I am engrossed in hooded towels. So why not a shark robe?

Shark hooded towel

When I first saw this blue I knew I wanted to do something with it, I just didn't know what at the time. Chomp... an idea... a shark! I decided to go with teeth and a fin as distinguishing marks of a shark. This hood was on my mannequin for a few weeks as I pinned and re-pinned.

Shark hood

Chomp... Chomp!

Ideas...

hand painted panda

Funny how images and ideas look different in my head, then sort of mutates onto paper then into creation. I have used pandas in the past, I still have a panda mug I made in high school. There are the panda hats I made. And the hat I made for my cat. So... here they are panda towels!!

Panda hooded towel

Why did this take so long? The search for black towel materials to work with was always something I have been looking for. I was also hesitant to work with white towels, which is one of the reasons I made a brown bunny instead of a white one. I like the black and white contrast of a panda, and originally wanted more black on the hooded towel.

Panda sketch

I am happy with how it looks. Maybe I will change it later, but for now all white with black ears is what it will be.

Trademark(ed)

Not many posts lately. But I thought I would post this.

What is it? It is one of the two United States Patent and Trademark certificate of registrations that I received. After months of waiting and sending in applications, I can now officially add the ® to Little frog. I wasn't using TM but maybe I should have been.

I chose not to do any of the craft fairs in the first half of the year. But I am looking forward to doing some of the ones that are coming up.