I am exhausted! Let me paint my day for you:

7:30 - Wake up and go to work

8-12:00 - Work Work Work

12-1:00 - Lunch with my baby!

1-5:00 - Go home

5-6:30 - Chill out a little

6:30-2am - Sew/ craft/ work

2am-7:30am - sleep

I recently read an article (really short one) about how many hours we have in our day. According to my calculations, I’m actually working almost 16 hours a day! At least until after Christmas… Then I’ll have 7 hours of leisure time! I am so excited.

Why am I so busy? As I alluded to before, Christmas. I’ve been swimming in a world of hemp and half finished Christmas gifts. And by Half finished, I mean all but 1 of the projects I haven’t started yet. I wish I could show all my plans and progress, but then I’d spoil Christmas for some of my readers! I’m freaking out a little. I will be VERY busy this weekend. I’m making hemp bags for my work to send out as client gifts, and that is taking up the majority of my time.

The good news? I have a week off between Christmas and New Years to finally get items made for my etsy store! I’m really looking forward to that! Yay!

Until we meet again…

The Muppet Show Cake decorated by Heather Haynes of Clarksville, Indiana. See more shots here

So, lately I’ve been watching the Muppet Show season 1. It Brings backs o many memories. I mean, puppets are really neat. there’s this option on the DVD to watch fun muppet facts while you watch the show. It’s really quite cool. Did you know the first Kermit the Frog was made out of a jacket by Jim Hensen’s mom? Also, Jim Hensen took a trip to Europe, which showed him that puppetry can really appeal to adults as well as children. Thus the Muppet Show was born.

Now, I know I share the love of Muppets with many of you. My boyfriend, Todd, just loves the Swedish Chef. Every time he watches him “cook” he gets this little kid smile of face and just giggles. As I watching the show, I myself found myself just smiling. The Muppets makes so many people happy! Puppetry really is an artform.

(I’ll bring it around to sewing, just give me a minute)

© Photos provided from Project Puppet

Well, I started talking to my friend Omie about the Muppets, and he showed me Project Puppet . How great would it be to make a puppet? I Just love their gallery! Apparently there’s foam carving and dying involved which just seems fascinating! I wonder if it’s like carving Ivory soap, like I did back in Girl Scouts? In any event, you can get a pattern kit for 3 puppets for only $149.00! It seems incredible affordable considering what you get. The foam itself is about $30 a sheet. Two sheets are included in the kit. Want a more affordable puppet? Try their Glorified Sock Pattern (think Kermit). The instuctions are only $19.99. Get that pattern here .

I Found this video on YouTube of puppet making.

Part 1

Part 2

And if foam carving seems a little too daunting, maybe you can still puppet with Shadow Puppets. MAKE: Magazine has instructions you can download here.Mine favorite Muppets are Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem! They crack me up! When I was younger, they did nothing for me, but now I get it! So who are your Favorite Muppets?

I hope you all give puppet making a try! Let me know how it turns out.Happy Puppeteering!

I figure since I’m making most of the Christmas gifts this year, I should.

I wont get all preachy about my views in this post… but buying handmade definitely plays into it!