Tanglewood Thicket Creations

Bumble Berry Pie Goblin

2010-06-20T13:39:00.000-07:00

This is BumbleBerry and LittleBerry Pie Goblins. This is my most recent creation/custom order. Seems like all I have time for these days are custom orders, which is great - although I must admit I'm feeling a bit swamped with all of them right now.

This was another creation featuring a little "pet", in this case - LittleBerry. That's becoming a bit of a theme as well these days, more and more people are looking for a little companion for their Goblins. Which is fine by me - it's fun to pose them together and I enjoy creating two complementary pieces.

Tanglewood Gralumph with Brownie Rider

2010-05-26T16:57:00.000-07:00

The "Goblin Gralumph" was an attempt at something a bit different. I wanted to create something that was true to my style, but would allow me to try some different mediums (leather, specifically). This was also the first real collaboration between my husband and I. The concept of this goblin quadruped was his, while my contribution was the pixie/brownie rider. We both liked the idea of expanding on the world of tanglewood thicket to include these large "beasts of burden" that would be ridden by other fairy folk.

As usual I handled the detailing, but the grunt work of forming up the basic body was all my husband. You may also notice that the rider does not have felted eyes, but instead uses real plastic doll eyes. Again, an attempt at trying something a bit different. Overall we were both very pleased with the effect. We hope you are too!

Rainbow Twizzle Stick Goblin

2010-05-25T17:33:00.000-07:00

Goji Berry Bean Goblin Nub

2010-05-25T17:18:00.000-07:00

Citrus Fizzle Goblin

2010-05-25T16:21:00.000-07:00

Friday Night in the Thicket

2010-05-21T21:27:00.000-07:00

Just a quick post and a glimpse into the Tanglewood Window while at work. Tonight I am hanging out with George, listening to Sade's new album and sipping diet coke. I have 5 projects I am working on all at once. This means I spend an hour on one, get bored move to the next and so on. Maybe not the best time management, but it keeps things interesting any way. I am hoping to have these done by Wednesday so that I can finish the next batch before the end of May. OMG!!! I am very tired. Understatement there! And this is not because I was up at 3am with darling Bailey, which by the way resulted in me not being able to fall back asleep. So what is a girl to do? Count sheep? Na, how about count stabs as I felt a hand. It worked too! I only had to do it for two hours. terrible morning, but I finished a whole arm and hand.

Can't wait to post the final projects!

Sweet Tart Dragon

2010-04-28T18:39:00.000-07:00

Finished this week: Sweet Tart Dragon! My last commission request from the month of December. Yes. some day I will catch up. Luckily though, this was a little Dragon. Well, when I say little I mean 17" long and 13" wide. 10" tall. So, about the size of a toaster. Does that help?
I also have been very busy dying wool. With my new stash of Jacquard Acid dye I have made some amazing colors. I can't wait for them to dry..(with no help of the cheap crappy drying rack I purchased at Walmart!..Grrr...that's another story) Anyways. Now that little Dragon is finished I can start on the five goblin cores I have waiting in the side lines. Yes Five!!! All Large!!! I am trying to do them all at once. I would love a picture of them all together before they part ways. Thought it would make a great Christmas card for all my past customers!

And...The first Husband wife collaboration is in the works. George has started this amazing four legged Goblin creature...He is awesome. Now, I get to detail and bring it to life. I can't wait to show him to everyone! I am considering a leather saddle with a goblin riding him, but George will have the final say since it's his baby.

Rainbow Whistle Pop Goblin

2010-04-19T19:42:00.001-07:00

This is my newest creation. Of course another Rainbow Goblin which was custom ordered. This Goblin has caused me a lot of sweat and tears. Not only was the customer's request 7 pages long, but I also just found out it will cost over a hundred bucks to ship to Monaco. I pretty much dyed a little inside when I found this out tonight. I got to send the pictures to the customer tonight for approval which I know she has been sitting on the edge of her seat waiting for...and along with those highly anticipated pictures I got to unleash the amount of shipping. Holy Crap!!! I have sent things to Europe and frankly all over the world, the most I have ever paid is about $40.00. With that being said though, I never shipped one this large. You can see from the pictures and the cute one of my babe Bailey and Goblin, that she (the goblin) is pretty big. Uhhg! Well, I guess we will see if Goblin does make her trip home to Monaco or not.

Rainbow Tie-Dye Goblins

2010-04-03T20:35:00.000-07:00

The latest of custom orders is finished. Two goblins ordered on Boxing day for a mother and daughter in Ohio. Only Criteria...Rainbow and or colorful and Tie-Dye like. This was easy and fun. I love the colors I made with Wilton's Icing Dye. Of course the violets and purple bleed, but I had enough of the big blots within the wool to get some awesome violet and purples for the Blue Goblins face. I made the blue one with 5 packs of Blue Kool-Aid...such a dreamy cotton candy blue color! I loved the end result! They both were supposed to be small goblins...and the price tag was small Goblins, but in the end I accidentally made Medium-large Goblins. Both are jointed and can stand a bit if supported. I love both of these too creatures and I hope Shelley and her daughter Morgan will too!

I am still working on that huge 7 page custom list order...Man oh man!!!!! and I also took a few minutes to try and human face...to much fun! I love what I made, even if the old women has bugged out eyes. May turn into a Goblin Queen...or maybe an old lady snail creature...who knows.

Rainbow Ju-Jub Goblin Nub

2010-03-05T16:27:00.000-08:00

I am so happy it's Friday! Although less excited that we have about two weeks before we move off the island and George has gone away for his yearly guys cabin trip. But only because there is so much work to do both with Tanglewood and also with getting our house ready for the tenants. And, moving off the island is not as easy as it seems.w w But I may just blow off all the work and spend two days at the beach and park with Bailey. I finished another goblin order which always excites me. This is my second Goblin Nub. I call him Rainbow Ju-Jub. He is fat and chubby with long jointed arms and legs. Big feet and ears. He can almost stand, but not fully unless supported. I enjoy doing these neck-less creatures...something about fat little goblins makes me happy. It's been a productive and exciting week! Not only did I make huge progress on my orders, but I also found out I was Froud Artist of the month! That is just so very exciting I can't even say. I have almost all the Froud books and I've been a huge HUGE fan of theirs for years and years. A lot of people I have told have no idea what the Froud artist of the month is or why...All I have to say is Um..Hello? Labyrinth? Dark Crystal..Lady Cottington? Anyway, I am so thrilled. Also, I made an Etsy Treasury and have had a load of positive feedback from Various Artistic Outlets.

The only thing that would top this week off would be to be able to go see Alice! In time I guess...

Girls night tomorrow night! Needle will be exchanged for Chocolate and Wine! That sounds a little strange...doesn't it?

Happy Weekend Everyone...

Rainbow Jawbreaker Goblin

2010-02-25T17:24:00.000-08:00

So, for weeks and weeks now I have have a side side project. Meaning I am usually doing two-three customs with a few started in the wings. Since August I have not been able to put a new goblin that has not been spoken for in my store. I don't know if I have a following in terms of people coming back to check availability, but if the off chance I do, then I am not really giving reason to come back since everything I have created has been a custom order. So, I started a side project in which I work on for 10-15 minutes a day. I do this because I don't want to take time away from custom order since I already feel I make people wait weeks and weeks. So 10-15 minutes a day and weeks and weeks later I am finally ready to adopt out a new goblin. Yippie! I enjoyed doing this, so I think I will start maybe two more and work them along side the 6 customs I have to finish in the next few months. I'd love to move on to my Alice In Wonderland and Dark Crystal collections...but goblins and Dragons is where the action is right now. In time!
This week has been crazy, while I am packing boxes for the move to Predator Ridge, I am also dying up a storm. Today alone I made 5 pounds of Blood Orange, Peaches N Cream and Sunshine Yellow. All with different amount of Kool-Aid and Icing Dye! My yellow hands with Orange finger tips are less then ideal. Oh well!

This is Rainbow Jawbreaker Goblin...I really wanted to call him Everlasting Gobstopper Goblin, but George nixed that! Boo George!

Goblin is Available in my Etsy store.

Water Goblin

2010-02-21T14:45:00.000-08:00

Babe with the Power!
Okay, So... it's not Toby with the Labyrinth Goblins...But it's as close as I can get! Bailey and her Tanglewood Thicket Goblins. Shown for Scale.

Nice ending to a bright and Sunny week here in Victoria. I finished a custom order for customer Elemental Dragon today. I have been looking forward to finishing him all week. He is by far my most favourite goblin to date. The order came back in November. I don't think I procrastinated on this one, but I do get a little nervous when working for another very talented artist. I always spend way too much time over-thinking and fretting. Angela of Elemental Dragon came up with her own color combo which in the end I just love. Last week she threw in the peach accents which are awesome. Oh, and she wanted Dragon Fins instead of Goblin ears. This really threw me for a loop and I was a little anxious about the outcome. I made goblin's face really wide and squishy and the fins look so adorable on him. As I got going I really wanted him to have a super soft tummy so I laced white silk with Lime Green Sparkle and felted it on. He is just so loviable! I joked on my Tanglewood Thicket Facebook Fan page how I wanted to say my house burnt down and he was lost in the fire so I could keep him, but I knew Karma would looking over my shoulder. He will have an amazing home with many other creatures to keep him company I am sure. Goblin is another biggie! He sits 26" tall from bum to horn tip. 27" long from toe to tail and 18" wide at the face from fin to fin. I don't know if I will do what I call another Water Goblin. Guess we will see. As I am loading pictures for this blog I am also now starting a lime green baby nub in which was won as a custom on Ebay. My first test with my goblins on Ebay was very exciting! Oh and I am also doing a hot pink goblin oh and two goblins for a mother and daughter order. I just came home last weekend with 10 pounds of wool! I made some really awesome colors this week. Hot Pink, Bubblegum, and cotton candy. Popcicle blue and cucumber green! I am trying to work at the speed of lighting so that our move in less then a month won't interfere with my custom order schedule.

Felting has been awesome this past week since I have had the Olympics to keep me company. Go Canada!

Tart N Tiny

2010-02-08T18:42:00.000-08:00

Man what a week! Aside from finishing another custom order which was actually supposed to be shipped out last week, I have been getting ready for a big move off Vancouver Island. George and I have been entertaining the idea of moving closer to family and old friends for a while now but never thought it was realistic to pull the plug here in Victoria. I mean, I co-owed a Design firm here, George and I own a house here and, as a couple for the last 10 years we have never lived anywhere else together. Kinda scary. I put our house up on Craigslist to see if we would get any interest for the amount we had listed it for. It never occured to me that it would happen so fast, let alone at all. Both George and I had thought that the rent we needed to cover the mortgage was too rich for a lot of people's blood. well apparently we were wrong! Not only did we get a huge response but we also had a number of people though and ended up renting it all within a few days of listing it. Oh, and FOR APRIL! Never saw that coming. So, needless to say I have been packing, searching for a house in the Okanagan, felting fast and furious to get through my orders and wrangling my little goblin who's favourite word right now is MOMMY! And of course for no rhyme or reason. Literally from the moment she wakes to even this moment when she should be sleeping in her crib. I am thinking I don't like the work Mommy to much this week. How can 1 25 pound curly blonde munch-kin run a women ragged like this?
I feel like the candle burning from both ends this week. It's only Monday too! Although I am not sure what that has to do with anything, everyday these days feels like Monday.

Oh, and to top it off...I crushed my finger tips trying to close the garage door quietly so not to wake George since he needed to sleep in this morning. Not easy to felt today with numb fingertips.

Anyway...aside from showing the home, packing 80% while curly-Q ride on my hip I have managed to finish another custom order from Etsy. It was an order I got before Christmas. A fellow had purchased a custom order for his wife's birthday which also happens to fall on Valentines Day! Awww! So she wanted Two goblins. One big and one little to represent her own little goblin Zara. I hope she likes them. Uhhgg I hate being late though. No time to get them there for Sunday. Happy Be-lated Birthday Dawn.

Tart, Bigger goblin in Peacock colors is jointed at the arms and sits 14" tall and Tiny, the lil pink and white goblin with no neck (heheh) sits at 7" tall.

Grinn and Friends

2010-01-29T19:40:00.000-08:00

Grinn Goblin is finished. Another Epic Felted Creature is now alive and kicking. Grinn, named by his new owner is one of my favourite and best creatures to date I think. This Goblin was made for my first male customer and I had a great time working with Doug. He was a perfect customer to work with. Knew his theme and colors and gave me lots of details to work with. I really enjoy that in a client. I have to say I was a little worried to show it to him though. He based this Goblin off Starry Night Goblin who was custom made in the Fall. He said he wanted him exactly the same in face detail and color. That was the hardest part and no matter how hard I tired I could not duplicate the face. They are OOAK for a reason. Grinn is the biggest Goblin I have done. He even would tower over the Fiery I did which I thought was massive. Grinn sits at 24" tall and 24" long. His is made from both hand dyed wool and Ashford merino, silk and bamboo. Although I must say I want to get away from the bamboo. It's too fine and breaks my needles. I love the colors I get and the soft silky quality, but adding hair and a mane with bamboo adds at least 14 hours I would say.

Once I posted both Grinn and the Dragons to the various sites and clubs I am a part of it started a flurry of Etsy customers asking for unique and amazing custom creatures. I took a custom order despite my promise to my husband George (I have a 4 foot dragon core waiting for my attention) which will put me into April. If I took all the custom requests I got this week it would put me in July. I hate to turn people down. I just wish I could work more. George thinks he can make a hand powered needle felting tool for me. I think not. I already stab myself with one needle and it kills, I can't imagine drilling a cluster of needles into my hands and legs at full speed. Anyways, I am wasting valuable creating time.

Next to be completed Peacock and Pinkie Goblin Duo along with Another large curly horned Goblin...

Someday I'll get to my unicorns, sea monster, mermaids and Wonderland creatures!

Citrus Sunshine Dragons!

2010-01-22T19:55:00.000-08:00

I am so excited to be finished this Dragon Duo. I had originally taken the order back in November I think...and thought it would be a breeze. But then I forgot that it was Dragons. Needless to say I am happy and pleased with the final outcome. The customer is away for the next week and now I sit on Pins and Needles until she either approves them or tells me I'm a nutter. So, these two, if it's not obvious is a Mama and Baby. I tend to think they are both girls, but that's just me. The baby is bigger then a Big Red Apple and Mama is twice her size. The outline I was given was Green, Yellow and Rainbow. So this is what my crazy mind made. The only thing I would do different with the next batch of custom Dragons..(Oh yes, Four to be exact! Uhhgg) is smaller Head fins. I made Mama Dragon's so big that you can't see her awesome three tone iridescent wings. Oh, and I am actually having my own personal Photographer (and very good friend Dion) over this weekend to snap a few shots to see if I can get into a book that is excepting submissions. I think with Dion's talent alone I could have a shot. Dion did all the Pictures for my Interior Design Business and they were amazing!
I am pretty excited about the book submission. But I am more doing it as like a coloring contest. If I get in..YIPPIE! And if not, well it was fun to try.

Anyway...Hubby rented me a horror movie and I am off to complete "Grinn Goblin" all 24" of him. My biggest creature yet.

Wish me luck!

Project Overload!

2010-01-17T10:32:00.000-08:00

Oh it's been a long while since I posted on my blog. I have been on "project overload" for many many weeks now. I may have mentioned that I took on way too many Christmas orders this year which resulted in me working even on Christmas day! I managed to get all but one Christmas order to my customers on time. The last little goblin I shipped I finished on December 18th. I had thought I could send him express but he did not make it. I was thrilled though that the customer was surprised by his size and that he was way more colorful then the crappy picture I sent her had displayed. Ya! So, I'll post pictures of all the creatures I have finished too date.

Above are pictures of: Pop Rock Goblin, Fire-spark Goblin, Mini Starry Night Goblin who ended up so so mini, and Black Cherry Dragon.

I'm still working on a pair of Dragons that I took as a order back in November. I thought it would be easy, but then when I started I said to myself, oh right Dragons!!!! Dragons are more detailed and harder then goblins because of all their toes and claws..and now I am making two for one order!!! Silly, Silly me.

We actually went away this year at Christmas for almost a month. I thought having my in-laws around would help me to get more work done, but Bailey my little one wanted me more then ever which didn't allow for much felting. I even felted in the car after taken a heavy dose of motion-sickness remedy. It actually worked and it was pretty comfortable and the lighting was perfect!

I actually did something silly and took 4 more orders on one day over the holidays. WHAT WAS I THINKING? I have never been good at saying no. George almost killed me. He really wants me to work on the 4' dragon we started and with custom orders I can't work on anything else. Ooopps!

I am currently working on Three Valentines Orders and f more after that to be completed in March and April.

Pixie Stix Goblin

2009-11-19T22:21:00.000-08:00

New to TangleWood Thicket is Pixie Stix Goblin. She is a custom creation for a little girl named Alanna in Eastern Canada. Her mom and dad ordered two creations for each of their girls for Christmas. How excited I was to get not one but two custom orders from one customer. I was more flattered then anything. I never fail to be amazed with each custom request I get. I started this goblin back in October but she was set aside while I finished Snow Cone, Morning Star and Starry Night Goblin. I am excited she is finally finished and love her turn out. This time around I used accents of super soft hand dyed Merino I obtained from a Ravelry Fiber Swap. I received a envelope of amazing rainbow colours to sample from South Africa. The colors were perfect for this rainbow creature.

I actually made a big mistake when making this goblin. She was supposed to be a medium size goblin, which means less time and sold for less. I am so sleep deprived from Bailey's constant wakings and lack of naps that I am making stupid silly mistakes. I mean, it's an okay mistake because I don't need to start over, and it's not like the customer won't get what she wanted...but still. I am trying not to beat myself up over it. Sleep is the answer to this problem though. Does not help that I like my alone time so when Bailey finally is asleep I use any ounce of time to felt, watch smutty TV and Read...Yes, I am trying to cram two books at once. One being Bridget Jones Diary .( This past weekend I poked a lot to make a dent in my Christmas orders. I was delighted that it was grey and rainy out and that Bridget Jones 1 and 2 was one Back to Back not just Saturday, but Sunday Too...So I worked to the sounds of endless hours of Rene's Voice and sneak Peeks of Colin Firth...Hmmm Colin Firth. My husband thinks he is a step up from my usual crushes. Jack Black, Anthony Edwards, Tom green, Rick Moranis, Richard Dryfus. I could go on...) Oh and the other book is by Denise Mina. It's a Scottish Thriller Mystery type.

Next to be completed is Red Dragon....

Goth Girl!

2009-11-10T08:22:00.001-08:00

Something totally different! This is what I call Goth Girl. She may have a name, but I don't know what it is. This was a special custom order that I took for Christmas. This order was different because the concept, design and drawing were already done. I did not have to dive into my own imagination to conceive her. The above picture is the original concept drawing by 16 year old up and coming artist Chelsea Ferguson who lives way over in PEI. I had a lot of fun making my first Needle Felt Doll which was not a goblin or creature. It made me really want to get started on my Mermaids. But first the customs. Goth Girl is needle felted all the way from her head to her Mary-Janes. Where I cheated was the skirt, the shoe laces and the cape. Initially I tried to needle felt these items and the result was pretty gross. They looked awful. So I went out to find felt sheets. Do you think I could find black anywhere? In all of Victoria I was unable to find one sheet of plain black felt. So, she has a black sorta stiff Glittery skirt. I guess felt art by the sheet is very popular. I had no idea.
I used polymer clay to make her corn chopper. Haha.

I do wonder what the story behind this Goth Girl is. Why is she holding a scythe and is also hanging from a noose? I guess I'll never know. I hope that I did Chelsea's Goth girl Justice and did not butcher her little work of art.

Another Christmas custom order in my past. More to follow....

Gumdrop Goblin Part 2.

2009-11-09T18:42:00.000-08:00

Well..it's been a busy couple of weeks. I am happy to say I finally finished part 2 of this custom order. Gumdrop now has his own little Goblin Sprite complete with wings. Also jointed for added playtime pleasure. The pair is adorable if I am allowed to admit it. So much so that I wanted to keep them the instant I slid little sprite into the big frumpy hands of Gumdrop Goblin. Little sprite is about the same size of a large red apple.

I would love to be a fly on the wall the on Christmas morning when the little girl wakes up and opens these two.

Oh, and I have a new Tanglewood Facebook Page...still not sure how to link it so other people can join who are not already my friends. I am sure I'll eventually figure it out. Anyways...stop by and check it out.

Gumdrop Goblin Part 1.

2009-11-05T17:27:00.000-08:00

This is Gumdrop Goblin. Another creature custom ordered for Christmas. This one was ordered by a lady in Oregon for her 13 year old daughter for Christmas. The customer wanted a fat baby goblin...FAT! I started this goblin 3 weeks ago and I was about to attach his last arm and leg when my husband said he is too big for this order. You need to size him down and start again. Wow. What a major pain since I am so limited with my time and still have now 8 of 12 orders to finish. So, I started from scratch. The first Gumdrop Goblin when standing with jointed legs was 21" tall. Since this was a medium priced Goblin my husband put his foot down. Someone has to keep me in check. So a fatter slightly shorter (by accident again) new gumdrop goblin was born. I must admit the first goblin was way too lean and trim. I beefed this goblin up and he truly has a gumdrop shaped body. I used blue Kool-aid to dye my wool Three packs which resulted in a cool ice blue tone. Very pretty. I then accented with greens and peaches. The hair is my own drum carded mix of Merino, silk, bamboo and Angelina is hologram sparkle. Did I mention this little guy has huge feet? So big in fact that he can almost stand on his own. But since I did not brace or support his legs he is pretty wobbly. I jointed this goblin since it's for a child and it turned out very nice. I like the result. I think for my next couple of goblins I will in fact joint them and support their legs for standing. Shipping will be another story though!

So this Goblin is not completed. I still have more face detailing, I need to fine tune his magic warts seen in yellow and he was requested with a friend or pet. So, I am just about finished a little orange goblin friend. When that part of the project is finished I'll post both together!

Posting Gothic Girl next. Another Christmas Custom order.

Etsy Treasury x 2!

2009-10-29T17:12:00.001-07:00

I found my Goblins in not one but two Etsy Treasury selections today. How exciting. Even more exciting is what joins my Goblins...There are sooo many awesome interesting things. Eye candy to say the least. I want many of those items. It's like Christmas for me when I find I have made a Treasury!

Ya, so. Little things thrill me. So what?

Apparently Size Matters!

2009-10-27T18:25:00.000-07:00

Oh! I forgot to add an important Picture or two. It was recently brought to my attention by my two very good friends Aubrey and Andy that they had no idea how big my creations were by looking at the pictures. When they saw them in person they were surprised that the Goblins were as big as there were. They suggested that I put something like a golf ball in the picture to show scale. So, I used a scale and an apple to help show the size. Hope it helps. I tried using my hand, but since I have been dying wool and since I am sloppy and don't use gloves my fingers are a little deathly looking in tones of blue and purples.

Oh and I took a shot of Starry Night and Morning Star Goblin together before they part ways!

Morning Star Goblin

2009-10-27T17:12:00.000-07:00

Morning Star Goblin is finished...well almost. Uhhg. I thought he was finished, but while taking pictures I noticed I did not add the orange and yellow stripes to one of his curly horns. That in it's self will take a few hours. Morning star is a custom order that I received weeks ago. He was of course inspired by Pin Wheel as per the customer's request. The difference was that he needed to be in the purple, blue, green spectrum of the rainbow. I again did not use wire for his cork screw horns, and I kinda regret it this time around. I made the length so long that they kept falling out of shape after a few days which made them look like two long striped dread-locks. But I have worked them over and over and over again and so far so good. I have three more orders for Pin-Wheel type goblins...Dear god! And I think i'll use wire just to speed up the process. The count down is on as of November 1st. Canada Post says I need all orders going anywhere other then Canada shipped before or on December 1st in order to make it for Christmas. Do I even dare to say out load how many creatures I have to finish before then? It's not a pretty number.

Well Off to work on Gum Drop Goblin. Alteast she has arms, legs, horns and a head and body.

Ravelry Sweet Swap!

2009-10-24T19:39:00.000-07:00

Um, so anyone that knows me knows I am addicted to Candy. So much so that when I stumbled upon a Sweet Swap on Ravelry.com I had to jump at the opportunity. I can never ever give up the chance for Candy and especially new candies or any candy from the States. So I swaped Candy with my new very sweet Swedish friend Anna. It was lots of fun shopping for someone who has never had our Canadian and North American Candy. I would have bought one of everything I could find if candy didn't weight so much was not so darn expensive to ship. In the end my box going to her had to be trimmed down just so I could keep the shipping under $50.00. Ouch!!!! My box from Anna arrived last week while George's mom and dad were here which was great timing. Can you imagine a large 5 pound plus box of Candy plopped in your lap? I can! That's the problem. Anyways, they managed to help me get rid of a lot of it. Which was awesome. Halloween is already a bad time of year for my will power...:)
So here is a picture of my awesome swedish Sweets!

My favourites things were the Chewy stale tasting rubbery marshmellow candies shaped like cars, The Kex and Plopp Bar, The Marabou Hazelnut bites, the Carmel Shoe String Licorice and the Violia candies which tastes like those little soap candies you can get at the Sweet Factory.
Not so Wonderful was the Tutti-Frutti pill like candies which I actually thought were cough drops because of their packaging, the super sour salty black licorice bites. I have yet to eat the little package of liquid chocolate. I'm thinking it goes on toast?

Oh..how could I forget about those little chocolate Aloha balls that reminded me of Milk Duds but were a creamy hazelnut-coconut combo. Amazing when frozen and they shatter when bitten.

I am definatly looking forward to another Sweet Swap soon!!!

Starry Night Goblin

2009-10-20T17:59:00.000-07:00

Well here is my fourth completed Custom Order for Christmas. I actually had this order from a previous Etsy Customer. I guess she loved Twilight Goblin so much she had to have another. Addicting creatures they are! The criteria for this Goblin was that he has to be BLUE!!!! blue blue and then some more blue. With of course a rainbow face and accents. He was modeled off of Twinkle Toe Goblin and is very similar to him but a different face, horns etc. I never know what people expect when they see one Goblin they love and then ask me to do something similar. Do they want the exact same Goblin? Do they no I could not duplicate another Goblin if my life depended on it? I never know and I always hold my breath after I send the customer pictures. I recieved great reviews from the Customer who adopted Snow Cone Goblin, so that in itself has made my week. I love positive feedback!!!!

So, keeping my fingers crossed that I have made another Custom Customer Smile!

Wish me luck!