Ink Me Up Designs!!

Ink Me Up Designs is the sister shop of Felt Me Up Designs, and as such is the brain (and hands) child of Melanie, the talented lady that made Mr Bempton & Mr Pond!


Ink Me Up is filled with all sorts of prints in both paper & cloth of Melanie's original art & illustrations. All her pieces are first hand drawn and then made into Gocco prints!


She has all sort of animals, mostly birds, with occasional mammal thrown in between! And she has all sort of goodies printed, from regular mini prints, to bigger prints done in recycled pages of books, from lavender bags to totes, small & medium sized notebooks... all sort of cute things


I had been looking around her trying to decide what bird design I liked best, and what would I get when she wrote a blog post about her newest design, a superbly cute kitty, and I fell in love! No more trying to decide what bird to choose, I had to get me the kitty!


No wonder I was drawn to this lovely illustration, since I'm a huge lover of cats, though quite allergic... I'm a sneezing machine when I'm in the same room with one... Which is quite ironic given that cats are very social with me, and the bf says I have very many feline traits...


I ended up going for the Gocco printed moleskin notebook! The kitty looks absolutely lovely in it, and a small notebook is a good idea to take with you, in case you decide to finally start writing down ideas that pop into your mind! That and for to do lists, and info on places you wanna visit...


Well, my package arrived, and it not only contained my lovely notebook, but also a kitty mini print and two Mini-Moo cards!




The detail in the kitty is fantastic, both in the notebook and in the print, to make the notebook even cuter, it comes with a pink ribbon!








They're so cute I'm even tempted to name the kitties! Yes, I am aware I am completely off my rocker... but at least I'm not dangerous, yet. ;)




The Mini-Moo cards are just adorable! I absolutely love the concept of the Mini-Moo cards, and I have to confess everything Moo, I'm thinking of ordering more of their postcards soon! And if I ever get business cards... I'll get Mini-Moo cards! Mel sent me one of her Wren prints Mini-Moo Ink Me Up cards, and a Tufted Titmouse Mini-Moo Felt Me Up cards. So cute!






Next, I plan to get me a Smelly Cat!

Who Can, Toucan! Mr Pond the Felt Me Up Designs Toucan!

You already know Mr Bempton, my beloved Puffin bird from the Felt Me Up Designs Etsy shop, The Felt Menagerie!


After getting him, I knew I needed to get him a friend, and thought that I'd ask for a custom toucan made at some point! Cause I've always thought toucans were super cute!


Well, low and behold, it happened that before I even thought of asking her to make me a custom toucan, she already got into making them! So, when she listed the first toucan, I just snatched it!


While I was waiting for my lovely felt toucan to arrive, I had to decide on a name for him, and while I was thinking, I looked at the title of the listing, where it said "Who can, You can, Toucan" and it just made me think of Doctor Who (probably cause I'm still thinking of the two part season finale) and Amy Pond's wedding, and I knew I was going to call my new felt friend, Mr Pond, just like Rory!


Mr Pond arrived this past Monday, and even before opening the box, I just HAD to take a pic of the package! It was so cute! Toucan Mail! And once I opened the package, not only I got my toucan, but also a super cute postcard and business card magnet!








As always, I'm flabbergasted at the amazing amount of detail that goes into this needle felt handmade birds! They simply are perfect! I just start taking pictures of them and can't seem to stop!




It's a good thing Mr Pond, though slightly self-conscious about his beak, being very silly about it, since it's probably his best feature along with his eyes, is a very patient model, and is adapting pretty well to his new home!








I also was slightly concerned about how would Mr Bempton and Mr Pond get along, but I needed not be concerned, cause even though if at first they were a bit wary of each other, probably a bit shy at first, but then they seem to have become pretty much best buddies!








Now I have a pair of very happy birds at home!

The Felt Menagerie by Felt Me Up Designs!

Summer is here, and so I'm feeling like staying up at night and sleeping in even more than usual, and I'm feeling a tad less motivated and not too full of energy. It's a good thing we've bought a new mobile AC unit, though I'm not sure if I'll use it at night or not...


As I promised yesterday, I'm back with a new blog entry today, and I have to say I discovered this artist & Etsy seller through one of my favourite ladies, Deb from OnCupcakeMoon! She entered a giveaway on Etsy Stalker and won, so she showed off her lovely lil Tweet by Felt Me Up Designs on her blog, and I loved it, so I decided to check their shop and liked their facebook page.


Shortly after that, Felt Me Up Designs did a giveaway on their blog, where you could win one of their lovely owlies! I of course entered the giveaway, and also when through their entire shop, and fell in love with Mr Bempton, the Puffin Bird! I didn't win the giveaway, but she also offered a discount code for free shipping, so I decided to take advantage of it, and decided to adopt Mr Bempton!




Since the mail service with the UK has been working pretty well as of late, I got Mr Bempton home super fast, and the packaging was super cute! All handmade felt birdies come inside a take out box with shredded paper, so they're warm & protected during their trip!




Mr Bempton taking a peek out of the box, and introducing himself, such a proper nice birdie!




Out of the box, evaluating his new home, he seems to like it! Hello, Mr Bempton!




Felt Me Up Designs Mini-Moo cards! I'm absolutely in love with them! I love those Moo mini-cards!




Mr Bempton really has an eye for detail! And is the cutest Puffin bird on history, and no, I don't say it cause it's now part of the family! ;)




I decided to bring him with Miss Cinnamon & me to the cottage this past weekend, and I'd say he rather enjoyed being out & hanging out with me.




He also liked exploring a bit the surroundings, I had no idea, but Mr Bempton is quite the explorer!






And of course, I decided to introduce Mr Bempton to Miss Cinnamon, and see if they got along.
Miss Cinnamon seemed to like Mr Bempton quite a long, and Mr Bempton even if a little shy and intimidated at first, liked Miss Cinnamon, as much as any birdie can like a doggie!




Cinnamon, you don't go smelling other people's bum like that, bad doggie!




After that lil etiquette blunder, Miss Cinnamon behaved herself, and Mr Bempton recover his dignity, and now they do keep a civil relationship!


I'm already thinking of adding another Birdie to the family, maybe a custom made Toucan? Or maybe an Owlie? What new birdie would you add to the family?