Dragons for the New 2012 Year (Handmade Dragon Toys)

While preparing to the Mlyn Christmas Craft Fair and in continuation of the dragon theme started with the Handmade Dragon Scamp I sewed these nice dragon toys:

The first dragon team was sewed from fleece...

Handmade Toys Dolls - Handmade Dragon Toys (fleece,  all)

Handmade Toys Dolls - Handmade Dragon Toys (fleece,  left)

Handmade Toys Dolls - Handmade Dragon Toys (fleece,  right)

The second dragon team - tinted dragon toys (with the flavour of coffee, cinnamon and with a faint note of chocolate). I painted them with acrylic paints...

Handmade Toys Dolls - Handmade Dragon Toys (tinted, staying)

Handmade Toys Dolls - Handmade Dragon Toys (tinted, lying)

Handmade Toys Dolls - Handmade Dragon Toys (tinted, back)

Mlyn - Christmas Handmade Fair, Minsk, Belarus, 2011, December

Three days of the Christmas handmade Mlyn (Mill) Fair have finally passed. It gathered about a hundred handmade masters from all over Belarus. Masters working in different areas presented their works: textile toys, batik, floristics, decoupage, knitting, fulling, leather work, wood- and stone-carving, beading, embroidery, clay work, wickerwork, coopery... It's hard to enumerate them all...

At the craft fair I got acquainted with a lot of people, experienced positive emotions by communicating with other masters and visitors of the fair.
It's very pleasant to realise that people like your works very much. It's so inspiring ))

Here are the pictures from the craft fair.
My stand...

Mlyn - Christmas Handmade Fair - Handmade Dolls Toys (Julia's stand)

Mlyn - Christmas Handmade Fair - Handmade Toys Dolls (table with toys)

Mlyn - Christmas Handmade Fair - Tilda Angels, Sleepy Angel

Mlyn - Christmas Handmade Fair - Handmade Textile Dolls

... and here are the works of other masters I managed to take photos of...

Mlyn - Christmas Handmade Fair - Wooden Storks

Mlyn - Christmas Handmade Fair - Pictures made from Leather

Mlyn - Christmas Handmade Fair - National Costumes

Long-Legged Elk (Moose) Toy - Part II (Textile Handmade Toy)

I didn't want the elk (moose) in a blue sweater to be lonely, so I sewed him a brother ))
His younger brother turned out to be more tanned as if he had just come from the Mediterranean sea )
These two brother elks will go to the Mlyn handmade fair to find a new house for themselves.

Handmade Toys Dolls - Long-Legged Elk (Moose) Toy (right)

Handmade Long-Legged Elk (Moose) Toy (top-right)

Handmade Long-Legged Elk (Moose) Toy (front)

Handmade Long-Legged Elk (Moose) Toy (top)

P.S. This tanned elk toy also smells of coffee, cinnamon and a little bit of vanilla

Long-Legged Elk (Moose) Toy (Textile Handmade Toy)

I've been having a desire to sew such a long-legged Elk (Moose) toy for quite a long.
Two reasons for doing this appeared recently. Firstly, Christmas and New Year are coming and I regard The Elk as a Christmas animal :). Secondly, I'll be participating in a Christmas Handmade Fair soon. The fair is again named Mlyn (Mill), like the one that took place this spring (you can find my post about the spring handmade fair Mlyn here). So I'm starting to prepare for it.

Here it is, the long-legged Elk (Moose):

Handmade Toys Dolls - Long-Legged Elk (Moose) Toy (right)

Handmade Long-Legged Elk (Moose) Toy (front)

Handmade Long-Legged Elk (Moose) Toy (top)

Handmade Long-Legged Elk (Moose) Toy (left)

Handmade Long-Legged Elk (Moose) Toy (head and horns)

Handmade Long-Legged Elk (Moose) Toy (legs and hoofs)

P.S. I was about to post when I remembered that I wanted to write that the toy smells of coffee and cinnamon :)

Mlyn Fair, Minsk, Belarus, 2011, May

There was a big event in Minsk last week - the Mlyn (Mill) fair of handmade crafts. It took place at the National Exhibition Centre BelExpo, May 11 -15.

I was very glad to present my textile Tilda dolls at it.

Handmade Tilda Toys - Mlyn 2011 - Before Opening

Handmade Tilda Toys - Mlyn 2011 - We are Ready :)

I was sharing a stand with my friend, Masha...

Handmade Tilda Toys - Mlyn 2011 - Masha and Me

My younger dauther, Uljana (or simply Ulia, as I call her) enjoyed the exhibition too...

Handmade Tilda Toys - Mlyn 2011 - Uljana and Me

... and at times was the main exhibitor

Handmade Tilda Toys - Mlyn 2011 - Uljana

... but sometimes it was difficult to find her among the toys. Can you find her? :)

Handmade Tilda Toys - Mlyn 2011 - Uljana among Tilda Dolls

I liked being at Mlyn very much indeed. I'm still under the impression of this event - it was so exciting to exhibit my Tilda toys...

Handmade Tilda Toys - Mlyn 2011 - Tilda Toys

...and to meet so many talented people that were presenting their crafts...

Handmade Tilda Toys - Mlyn 2011 - Handmade Craftswomen

The most important thing for me was that people really liked my handmade toys: they were coming to me, saying warm words about my Tildas, asking questions on the process of creating them, and taking photographs.

Handmade Tilda Toys - Mlyn 2011 - Tilda Toys

Handmade Tilda Toys - Mlyn 2011 - Tilda Angels

Handmade Tilda Toys - Mlyn 2011 - Tilda Bears, Horses, Ducks

Handmade Tilda Toys - Mlyn 2011 - Tilda Dolls

Besides of this, of no small importance was the fact that they were buying them :)

In my next post I'm going to cover the toys that I had prepared for Mlyn in much greater details. Stay tuned... :)