A wolf girl, her eyelashes.

A few weeks before my daughter's 17th birthday (last Wednesday), she told me she wanted a mommy-made little plushie as her gift.

- Ok, baby. I'll create a miniature ninja eskimo wolf for you.
- Make him a girl! Put some eyelashes! Just like Sponge Bob, FOUR eyelashes!
(She's a big fan of Sponge Bob. But Sponge Bob only has three eyelashes.)
- Ooh what a cool idea!

She chose the colors for the felt I'm gonna use: white wolf, denim blue coat. It's a girl so a touch of pink is added. He he.


First, the winter coat is cut and decorated with hand embroidery.



Second, I cut the body of the wolf girl. Her face was hand embroidered. Her head, breast and arms, sewn and stuffed.



Third, the winter coat is applied to the plush. After that, belly and legs will be filled with stuffing and sewn.




Here we go. There she is.



There are miniature ninja eskimo wolf plushies in my Etsy shop right now. Only boys. No girl. Yet.


Thank you for your interest in my work and have a wonderful day.

Rosita, Rosa, I see you now.

Many years ago, my friend Gogo gave me a box including several small cards with beautiful Mexican folk art illustrations. And the flower I drew was inspired (I think) by the rose of the loteria board game card.


There are 54 cards in the game. Number 41 refers to the red flower. Yesterday, the sentence "Rosita, Rosa, I see you now" was found HERE (Loteria on wikipedia).

I drew the flower with black ink on paper. I photographed my drawing. With Photoshop, colors were added on the digitalized image.



Mon amie la rose by beautiful French singer Françoise Hardy (1964) on youtube




 
Rosita, Rosaura, ven que te quiero ahora.
Rosette, Rose, je te vois maintenant.
Rosita, Rosa, I see you now.

My dream is drawn.

Noooooo! Please, don't do that! Remove your hand!
The lion is going to attack you!
Only his master can touch the beast...

A dream I've had last spring.

In a strange house, I saw a big upside down ninja lion, his head hanging down. I was attracted, went to him, and began to caress him. Then I heard a thundering voice ordering me to stop touching the beast, because the beast would aggress me. I remember being afraid, but the attractive upside down ninja lion didn't snarl or attack me.

I woke up, took my pen and drew the scene on paper.



On the photographed drawing, coloration was done with Photoshop.


I took the ice rink floor from another image I made for a cartoon on an absolutely beautiful - beautifully absolute! - cover of Joy to the World by Frank Fuller.


Today I listed the new ACEO UpsideDown Attractive Ninja Lion in my Etsy shoppe.

Thank you for your interest, have a grrrreat day.

Lions & hand embroidery.

Be pleased to meet the second Miniature Ninja Lion Plush He is approx. 2 inches tall and he is made with felt, faux fur and love.


What's the best way to represent a lion? Mane, yes, of course. Ok, now, look at this little lion. Big mane, right?


But is he really a lion? Or just another unnamed little ninja monsters of my imagination?

A lovely man gave me precious cues:
Small ears.
Yep, a muzzle.
And don't forget the freckles!

Nala from Disney's The Lion King

Hehe!
Since I love doing hand embroidery, I totally embraced the idea.

And there is a ninja lion.

Grrrr.

The first two felines in the Miniature Ninja Lion Plush series.

Ninja Lion #1
He's now listed in my Etsy shoppe HERE.

Ninja Lion #2

Ninja Lion #0
This little guy was rejected because no embroidered muzzle and no freckles.


The one who was embroiderielly forsaken also looks socially rejected. I feel sorry for him but, you know, I really enjoy making this new series including hand embroidery. ♫♪♪♫ Hope you're happy too. ♫♪♪♫

My life.

Cornelis van Haarlem - Monk with a Nun

Dear friend of Charles Darwing,

Good morning dear friend of Charles Darwing! Ce matin, j'ai rasé le laurier rose.

Avant.

Après.

Zoom in: avoue que cette tige a l'air de contenir sève et vie, right?

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Au plaisir de se revoir sur mon balcon à laurier rose!

The wind made them fall within two shots.

Be pleased to meet my two newest tiny ninja bunny plush.

After I took this picture of my new tiny ninja bunny periwinkle girl beside her friend, a tiny ninja bunny blue boy, the wind blew twice. First blow, the girl fell. Second blow, the boy fell.

And the two mini rabbits just landed next to the other, perfectly!



The bunnies fragilely stood by the window on those needles.

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Thank you for your interest in my miniatures.
MimiMatelot's Etsy shop

The incredible shrinking bunny.

A tiny creature taking place next to pencils… When I first saw this picture of my new Mini Ninja Bunny Blue Boy, this incredible movie came to my mind: The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957). You know, just before the existential closing monologue, when "the man hit by a mysterious mist" uses a giant pencil as a raft, to escape a flood…


I was continuing to shrink, to become... what? The infinitesimal? What was I? Still a human being? Or was I the man of the future? […] Yes, smaller than the smallest, I meant something, too. To God, there is no zero. I still exist!

Thank you for your interest in my miniatures.

MimiMatelot's Etsy shop

My white avatar is duplicated.

August 11th 2010: I begin to hand sew with felt the tiniest plushies I could make. I call them baby yetis. I also like the idea that imaginary animals could reproduce themselves… August 13th 2010: the first three mini yetis are listed in my Etsy shop. This white tiny monster immediately becomes the avatar of Mimi Matelot, my online and artistic alter ego.


September 11th 2010: one of my dearest friends buys the mini plush on Etsy. He gives his yeti a name: Vaahtokaramelli. And even if Vaahtokaramelli is sold, he is still the logo of Mimi Matelot. May 21st 2011: I receive a lovely message from Johanne through facebook, telling me she wants to buy my white avatar. I go back to my needles and felt.




I like custom resquests! Johanne also asked me for a chocolate mini bunny girl. Cool!




Thank you for your interest.