Special horns.

One thing that I had in my sketch book for a while was a unicorn.  I finally figured out how to make a spiral horn.

The first horn I made(unfortunately I have no picture of the horn) was a big mess.  At first I though I could just cut a strip of material sew it up and *sparkle sparkle* a horn. That did not happen, I guess I did not say magical words.  I then tried to use a needle and thread to try and fix it.  Still did not work.

Broke out the seam ripper and used some other magical words since I forgot to use a temporary stitch.  Trimmed places that I marked.

My desk had several different types of horns. Long and skinny, short and fat, green, white, black, etc... I searched my trimmings bin for large sized pieces and they became horns.  I took a break from the horn pattern.  I might take it out again soon and see if I can fine tune it a bit more.

It gets added onto my list of hand stitched items.  Which has started to grow very large.

Just the other day I caught up with some hand stitch work.  Finishing of hats and sock animals.  My pointer finger needs a rest from holding the needle.  I also broke my thread trimmer the other week.  I on the hunt for a replacement.  I hope I can find one that is like the one I was using.

Wow.

Time flys.   From a few weeks in January/Feburary I spent on the Big Island(Hawaii) and now it is already the end of July and I realize I have not been keeping up with this blog.  Nor have I been processing any of my Little frog®  photos.

On break.

Little frog is on break till mid February. Contact by email or phone.

Happy New Year 2012!

Hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable holiday season. Wishing you the best 2012!

More pictures...

Here is one of my newer dino hats. I decided to give it orange spikes.

My apologies for not having my dot com updated with my new designs. I hope to get my Picasa albums updated soon. I've been only adding new designs to my San's FB albums.

Wow, it is so easy...

...to forget about writing a blog. I'm not much of a person to write.

It is already September, it seems this year went by faster than the last. So many things that happened, did not happen. Now comes the crazy cramming of things to be done by the end of the year!

A new year for Little frog

Wishing everyone a happy new year.

Little frog on the Great wall

China was sooo cold. We even got to see some light snow. Walking on the wall was scary. Not only was it cold it was also windy. I was clinging to the rails in fear of being blown off the wall.

This is me at the start area the most famous part in the back ground. Even then I thought I would not walk the whole part.

Here I am debating on climbing to the tower(I think the 8th tower) in the back ground.

On the way back with less stops and more thoughts of actually taking pictures. I was very tired at the end. We had to wait for the next train to arrive so we went to a KFC! KFC is a very popular fast food place in China. Like many of the other ones I saw in China the one near the great wall had a second floor seating. I was just glad to sit down and have some hot milk tea.

Brown cow.

As I was thinking if I had my portfolio updated, I realized there were pictures that I have not placed in it and things I've not blogged about it yet. I'm not a writer, so I do not know what I was thinking when I decided that I would do a blog. I should have known I would slowly find it to be more of a chore than some where I would just freely write my thoughts or stories.

Since it is late, or shall I say early morning... I will stop my rambles.

I think the reason I did not blog/ post this was because of the sign. I was debating on blurring the words.

Thanks Mark for ordering a brown cow, and for taking an interesting picture. I should wear a chicken hat and hold a sign saying eat more cow.

Yes, yes, I know...

*sigh*

Once again the year has gone by without my realizing. My lack of web posting is just dreadful. I'll have to figure out which pictures need to be posted. As well as updating my dot com. Which is still in a remodeling phase on my computer.

I'll be the Season's Best craft fair again at the NBC. This year it is the weekend before the trick or treating.

The Snow Frog

It all started with a piano... but let me skip to the part where I was given three choices and one of the choices was I could have a snow-San made. The thought of having my image in snow made me grin. What would it possibly look like? My thoughts then went to the pictures of snow bunnies my sister sent to me. Which made me think Snow FROG!

I was lucky enough that Dwight was willing to attempt a snow frog. Dwight and Claudia also sent me more picture of themselves with their Little frog hats. Thank you! The snow frog even came with a story I found to be delightful.

This was a serious snow construction which started with the making of a blue print.

It also involved a little volunteer named Iris. It seems Iris was curious of what was being made and abandoned her parents(who were building a snowman near by) to help in the snow frog construction. All I can say is what a wise little girl! Who would not want to make a snow frog?

Iris was the creative decorator of the 'horns' on the frog. Which gives the frog its own personality.

I am thrilled to have a snow frog in my collection of picture. Thanks again for the snow Little frog.

A Froggy Day.

Have a Froggy day, be hoppy and make a large splash!

I haven't been in a blog writing mood. Just been spending my time sewing and sewing. I want to update my www.sanslittlefrog.com soon. Next upload will hopefully be a semi-large one.

I am asked every so often why I started Little frog ®. There are actually many reasons, I normally go with the simple one of it starting with a frog hat. Today while doing a check on my USPS tracking, I started to think about the boxes that would come in the mail when I was younger.

I had grandparents that lived on a different Island, so my grandma used to send things by mail. We would occasionally get a box filled with various things she had made or bought for us. Bags, coin purses, clothes, blankets, toys, cookies, candies, etc. And during the summer we would visit them and go to the Obon festival. My siblings and I would wear the Happi coats my grandma made for us.

The bags and purses that my grandma gave always came with a bell. A couple years ago my sister and I were cleaning out the things at my parents house, and I was getting rid of an old purse of mine. My sister stop me and took off a red bell and said "that's a grandma bell." That red bell on a purple string(from the purse I discarded) is what I sometimes carry with me, and with every jingle I think of my grandma. I still have a small collection of bells that came from my grandma.

Funny how a little thing like a jingle of a bell can make you smile and remember someone you wished was still around. This is one of the many reasons of why I created Little frog ®, it too reminds me of my grandparents and all the things my grandma made.

Bath Time Frog

This is David (15 mo.) using a Little frog hooded towel. I hope bath time is a little more fun with the towel.Thank you Ben for sending me the four adorable photos and allowing me to use them.

Happy holidays to everyone. Have a safe and joyous time with family and friends.

Frog.

This customize created towel has a larger hood and uses the Dino towel's green. Currently I will just do larger hoods by request.

It was another year of interesting craft fairs. I am partially glad I did not sign up for more shows/ fairs. I have not really started on Holiday shopping and plans. Half the month has flown by again with out my realizing.

Pock

Aliiolani this past Saturday was interesting. The weather was not as cold as I would like. It rained a bit but all that did was make it a little more humid. The cafeteria is on the cooler side and my table was close to the doors where occasionally there was a nice breeze.

I have two hats that I have not had the time to post about...

Mouse

A mouse in gray. The mouse was sitting in pieces as I was still debating on making it light brown or gray. Then there was the shape and size of the ears. I went big with the ears with a slight fold to give it some dimension.

Chicken

I had the same issues with the chicken, color of white or brown. And the shape and size of the comb. I went with white and a small red comb.

Monkey

This last picture is of the monkey hat. I've been using the picture of a small size monkey which does not fit on the mannequin, this will be the updated picture. I've also decide to change the look of the ears. It will no longer be dark in back and light in front. The ears will be all light colored on both sides.

*I almost forgot to explain my title. I grew up with chickens. And I have always thought they said pock pock. I know people will usually say cluck cluck or bwak bwak. If you have the chance listen to a chicken, and see what you think. *grin* *pock pock*

SBC @ NBC October 2009: Day 2 & 3

Towel display

I'm placing day 2 and 3 together because I find that the three days are actually all blurred into one. Or maybe it is just that my memory isn't as good as it once was. *sigh*

The second day was +10 hours at the Neal Blaisdell Center. I met many interesting people. A few people were dressed up for Halloween. I also saw shoppers that I remembered/ recognized from last years craft fair. I had some repeat customers, thanks for coming back and shopping at Little frog's pond.

The day went by quickly as I said "Hi" to people, and I watched as their faces changed to a smile. Those smiles really make the day go by faster. I did get a few people saying to me "it's too hot here," or gave a 'you're crazy' look. But as I've said before I use my hat or scarf instead of a jacket. The air conditioning in the NBC would have made me cold if I wasn't wearing my hat. But it seems most of the shoppers were feeling hot walking around.

Last year I didn't see the almost empty room, since I had an easy pack up and was able to leave right away. This year as I was waiting with my last load of stuff, I got to see the curtains being taken down. And the +200 vendors leaving. The room seemed vast in its emptiness.

All the booths packed up and leaving

SBC @ NBC October 2009: Day 1

This is my second year at the Season's Best Craft fair at the Neal Blaisdell Center. The day did not seem as long this time, because this time I had an idea of how time can stretch out longer than it is when sitting in a booth. It also helped that I knew where I was going since I was in the same booth as last year.

I actually do not remember much of the first day, just that it was a whirl wind of packing up things and trying to fit everything in for transportation. I also had a bunch of other things that I just realized the day before that I had not done. Like redoing my Photo book.

Yawning frog

I got a new picture for my collection and photo book. What a cute frog. Couple months old in an Extra Small hat.

OPEN: Little frog Web Store

Little frog Web Store is no longer closed for construction. The store uses PayPal. It is also in the process of being expanded. Any hats, towels, etc. not seen can still be ordered by email. Also custom designed hat orders can be made via email or phone.

Thank you Kent! For all the help in getting the Web Store working. HTML, DW and all the other things used to make a Web Page is not as easy as most people say.

End of October

I'll be at NBC this weekend. Hopefully I have the fair hours correct.

Neal Blaisdell Center

Oct. 30 5 p.m.- 9 p.m.

Oct. 31 9 a.m.- 7 p.m.

Nov. 1 9 a.m.- 4 p.m.

October seems to have flew by. This year my items will be packaged. My brother bought me clear bags while he was in Japan. I've been looking for something to package my hats in. I wonder if I had mentioned it to him or he just read my mind.

I also will have a new item. I made a stocking stuffer coaster. If you are looking for that little something to add on to a gift or something to stick into a stocking. Below are just some of the colors and prints that will I have.

"...Toothy..."*

Custom dragon and shark

I received photos in my email inbox! Thank you Kelani and Kehanu for these pictures and for becoming Little frog hat owners. Hope you had a great time paint balling.

When people mention paint balling to me, all I can think of is the time I went paint balling and got shot on the palm side of my wrist. I had on long sleeves, but the impact was strong enough to break my skin. Which left me bleeding and with a fairly sore wrist. So please be careful out there.

* This blogs title is taken from a comment by Winky(I have assigned him a new nickname, we will see how long it will last or if it is rejected.) He called these hats toothy... which they are. When I hear the word toothy it makes me smile. Thanks Winky!