The 1000 Fans Giveaway!

To celebrate reaching 1000 fans on my SukiSuki facebook page I would like to present this Lupi Pillow giveaway! 

The winner may choose any Lupi Pillow from the list bellow. 

Also the colour of the backside of the pillow can be selected. The options are brown, red, green and yellow.

Fun, contemporary pillows with a whimsical twist!!!

They have only one eye but they can see everything! 

Made with high quality cotton fabrics.

Stuffed with high grade polyester stuffing.

Has a string tail.

Double stitching for durability  .

They are roughly 30cm tall, 32cm wide and 10cm fat. 

 
HOW TO ENTER
If you would like to win one a Lupi Pillow, please just leave a comment here, below.

I would love to hear which combination you would choose and what name you might give it. And if you win I will make a Lupi Pillow of your choosing, just for you!

A winner will be selected and announced here on the 1st June.

Good Luck!






Please pop on over to the SukiSuki facebook page to follow all the latest news and creations!

More Lupi Pillows and other creatures can be found here at the SukiSuki Etsy Shop

International Monsters Day!

I only became aware of International Monster's Day when I was contacted by the group International Monster's Day about taking part on the 5th of May. With only a days notice, I decided to make a monster for a giveaway to celebrate this fun day! She is called Pinky-Boo

 The winner was selected yesterday, Lisa Dunn the owner of Dunn With Love. It was pretty exciting to inform another facebook craftie friend that she was the winner!  Lisa was very thrilled! :)

  Naomi also designed a monster but did not get to finish him.
 

Pinky-Boo and the new Sukis

Here are Ocelot Suki, Cheetah Suki and Snow Leopard Suki.

I had a very busy day making more monsters with every furry colour I had.

Preparations

Such a colourful bunch!

It happens everytime I work with the furry fabrics... I have to complain about the fur! Especially this fur! It is long, light and whispy! They are cute but it is impossible to not get covered in fur!!!

Peek a boo! Monster in a box!

These colourful little monsters are now available in the SukiSuki Etsy Shop



                                                                 

Leopard and Tiger Cub Donuts

Leopard Donut

 "Do you think a Leopard donut would look weird?" I asked the one of the shop guys in the fabric store. "Yeah, I think it would", he replied. I bought the leopard patterned faux fur fabric anyway as curiosity got the better of me.


One week later I was in John Lewis buying more leopard fabric and this time tiger patterned fur too. While I was waiting in the queue to pay an Indian lady, two customers away from me reached to stroke the faux furs I had in my arms.  "What will you make with these?"she asked me eagerly.

"Ermm...". I hesitated for a moment, because I was wondering how I should answer.

"What will you make with these?" she asked me again with a big smile, still stroking my fabrics.

"A Leopard Donut", I stated, observing their reactions. 

The Indian woman looking puzzled, retracted her arm and turned around politely.
"Random", replied the lady between me and the Indian woman. 
 And no further questions were asked. :)

A basket full of Leopard and Tiger Cub Donuts

Quite some time ago, Francesco suggestion I use animal furs for something but nothing really came to mind. Then a couple of weeks ago I decided to try it out with a little donut.  The first one to be born was a Leopard, the second was a Tiger. I am waiting patiently for some new faux furs I ordered a couple of weeks ago. There is definitely a feline theme here....

Donut parts all ready

Tiger Cub Donut

Tiger Cub Donut, from behind

Fluffy little ears

Soft furry tail

Leopard and Tiger Cub Donut

 These new donuts are available on my Etsy shop - Go to shop

Stuff You, Nicole

Nicole and Her Stuff You

 Meet Nicole! She requested a Stuff You order of herself in the style of Alice, the game character.

Dark Alice

 I began with a sketch. I wanted to capture as many of this character's details.

The designs

Ready for a dress

Making clothes is tricky already, making small clothes is even trickier!!

I even managed to find a silver horseshoe pendant, but it doesn't hang upside down like it does on Alice. Perhaps this will bring Nicole good luck! :)

The apron has little pockets and the boots are even removable.

Stuff You Nicole completed!

From behind

Underneath

There is always a feeling of fear that a Stuff You will not go well. It is always challenging to create a new and one off piece based on someone, but also a little scary!

I was nervous and excited when I presented Nicole with her Stuff You. Fortunately, Nicole loved it!

Here are Stephanie and Nicole with their SukiSuki orders. They were in London for a weekend trip and it was a pleasure to meet them!

Spring Bunnies and Donuts!

Spring Bunnies

I made 10 Spring bunnies and the were all scooped up in a couple of days! It was a good week for Suki Bunnies last week!

Bunny Basket

The success of these bunnies inspired me to design a donut bunny. Here is the very first one. I listed it on Etsy in the afternoon and in the evening it was bought! There will be more bunnies coming soon! :)

Bunny Donut

Hiding amongst the flowers

Hungry Bunny

Munch munch munch...

Last week I popped into one of my favourite fabric stops in London and spotted leopard pattern fabric. I could not resist it, even though I do not enjoy working with faux fur at all! :)

Leopard Donut in progress

 I am so happy with this new addition to the Donut series.

 Leopard Donut

 I might try adding a tongue with the next one

Leopard Donut and Bunny Donut

Today has been such a beautiful day! These two are orders and shall be sent off soon. I cannot wait to start making more and I hope they find good homes. 

Bunny Sandwich

The Donut Collection

Today I have been taking paracetemol and codine to ease some pain I am experiencing in my stomach. I spent most of last night freaking out, thinking my appendix was going to explode! Once daylight started to appear my dark thoughts were much less dark. I spoke to a nurse on the telephone who suggested pain killers which are helping but the sharp pains are still there... It is always more scary when you do not know what the problem is. I am distracting myself with bunnies and donuts! :)

Spring Giveaway!

I am so happy to announce my Spring giveaway! Please meet the prize - A little Suki Spring Bunny.

He stands about 18cm tall, has really soft and fluffy fur and a little pom pom tail. He is a cute little thing!

I posted him up last Saturday and the number of entries there are right now is amazing! So many people have liked, commented and shared! I am so amazed with how popular this little bunny is!! And I am so happy to have so many new fans!!! :)

I will be announcing a winner 25th Sunday. Please check out the post on facebook and feel free to enter - SukiSuki's Spring Giveaway

Here is another bunny, but is not part of the giveway. I am making more bunnies today, with one more new variation and hope to put them up on my Etsy shop soon. SukiSuki on Etsy

 And on with the bunnies I go.... I hope its a good sewing day today!

My love for Fire Poi

It has been almost a year since I have picked up my poi and lit them on fire. I miss my fire poi-ing days...

I find it so exhilarating! The heat from the flames, the glow from the fire and the sounds of the fiery balls as the swoosh around your head. I love it! And there are so many tricks I have still to learn.

Now living back in London I have no idea where I would go to do that now. In Amsterdam it was so easy to go to a park and no one bothered you. If anything, it was common that people would ask to join in and have a go.

That is how I met my poi friends, Wouter and Jesse and I was so lucky to meet them.  Back in 2007 and had decided to learn fire poi to perform at my best friend's wedding. I was her Maid of Honour and wanted to do something impressive. Since I am not known for having a beautiful singing voice or any dancing or musical skills, I decided to spice up my poi skills by doing it with fire. I was scared as hell!!! I only started learning with the fire just a couple of weeks before the wedding. The very first time I did it, I singed my hair and almost set fire to my friends bike. :)

The second time I practiced with fire, was one week before the wedding outside Rijks Museum. I was nervously spinning my fire poi, as I turned around, in the distance I spotted more fire swirling around. I thought I was seeing things. That was the night I met Wouter and Jesse. They came over and introduced themselves and from that night on we would meet up and fire poi together. I met with them for one last poi session before I moved to London. Keep poi-ing guys! Hope we can poi again one day...

Jesse, Wouter and Me

Me making pretty patterns

The sounds made my spinning the fire balls is amazing

Getting more confidence - the first time I did not wear anything to protect my hair

 One of the nights I went out to practice, Kim showed us his fire spitting! Just had to include these pics!

Kim

Kim fire spitting