Miss Wilhelmina Mousiekins

A couple of weeks ago it was my birthday, and I got a new friend...

Her name is Miss Wilhelmina Mousiekins, and she's the prettiest spotted mouse I've ever seen. She was a bit shy at first, but I bribed her with oats and cornbread crumbs, and now she's so very friendly. Miss Mousiekins will take food from my hands, even eating straight out of my palm. She comes towards us when we approach her cage, and she loves to climb all over the place.

We've replaced the wire cage with a glass tank, so she can't reach out of the door of the cage like she used to, but Wilhelmina still hops onto my hand when I put it in her cage.

Is that not the most adorable face?

Good Luck Guinea Pig Food

I found a ladybug while washing some cilantro and parsley. This is the second time there's been an interloper in my piggies' greens. Again, I'm glad I found it before it got rinsed down the drain and had to face the garbage disposal.

Ladybugs are considered good luck by many different cultures around the world. In China in particular it's considered good luck to find a ladybug in the house. I hope the good fortune this little buggy had in being discovered and saved from a nasty fate will give me a nice little bit of good fortune as well.

Sunny Springtime Plushies

Spring is upon us... or should be, anyways. Most of us seem to be having rather cold and/or snowy weather than what's typical for this time of the year. The spring flowers are valiantly pushing through, reminding us that we'll be enjoying springtime before we know it.

Here are some bright, sunny guinea pig plushies to help usher in warmer days.

Now available in both my Etsy Shop and my Artfire Shop.

Custom Plushie Update 2011 - Part 2

Here's another installment of custom plushie montages. Lots of peegs, some rats, and even a mouse.

I've been so busy lately with work, which is a good thing. Sadly, I lost my guinea pig Miso recently. All I have left now is his little sister Pocky and his cage neighbor Archie. We've begun spoiling them rotten with big cages, and accessories. I hope they will be with us for many years to come.

Custom Plushie Update 2011!

I've created a lot of custom plushies during the holidays, and in the past couple of months. There are too many to blog at one time (my browser crashed for the third time when I was trying to upload another set) so I'll have to break it up.

I made some cute custom ratties too, but those will have to wait til next time.

I've been anemic for the past few weeks. It's made it tough to keep up with the multitude of messages I was receiving for a while, but after increasing my iron intake (mmmm.... steak) I'm feeling much better. It'll take a little more time to get back to my normal self (or as close to normal as I can get XD ), but I'll be sure to make some permanent adjustments to my diet to prevent any future issues.

There are a lot of new projects in the works, which I'll post updates on as I go along.

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Hello again, it's been quite a while. I got far more orders than I anticipated in the past couple of months, and I've spent weeks doing nothing but making plushies all day long. I thought I was going to be prepared, but apparently not. I guess much like the small critters I create in plush form, I have to start stockpiling in the summer for the winter months. Now that I've (mostly) caught up from the holiday rush, I'm back. :3 I got some new Christmas fabrics, and had different types of guinea pig ornaments to offer.






Some old, some new. I have some new fabrics that I haven't had a chance to use yet not pictured (greens, blues, and even black).



I've also been collecting lots more furs, so I'll be making plushies in all sorts of colors and fur types. I got a lot more short furs in various shades of brown, so I'll be revamping my mouse plushies a bit too.



I've neglected my blog for too long. When Mochi passed away, it really hit me hard. I became a bit withdrawn. I'm going to be blogging much more this year. I've got a lot more work planned, new types of plushies, some veggies and fruits, plushie accessories... I'd also like to start offering pet portraits, and maybe prints of my drawings. Greeting cards too, perhaps?

Happy Halloween and a Guinea Pig Pumpkin!

I decided to carve a drawing of my recently dearly departed Mochi onto a pumpkin. Happy Halloween!

I'm back with some festive new plushies for the autumn season. :3



There's a little guinea pig and a mouse with lovely golden brown fur. They're having fun frolicking among the autumn leaves and gourds.


It'll be hard to ignore this bright orange mouse.


Treat-or-treaters of all ages will have to keep an eye out for this critter! He can raid a bag or bowl of candy and be gone before anyone ever knew he was there. Rumor has it he got his coloring from eating one too many of a certain favorite Halloween candy, others say that it's a costume. If you catch him you may be able to find out.


I've been a bit absent onine lately. Another one of my guinea pigs died, my precious Mochi. Once I've gathered myself a bit more emotionally I'll blog a tribute for her. It seemed like things kept piling on, one after another. Since Halloween is just around the corner, the fabric stores are offering a lot of furs, and I was able to pick up some lovely new colors for plushies. Anyone want a long-haired red piggy? I'll have lots of new plushies to show soon, as well as holiday ornaments made with new fabrics as well.

Custom Plushie Update! Peegs and a Rat

I was happy to make a custom rattie plushie so soon after posting my ratties online. Buffy is a dumbo berkshire rat, mostly black with a white tummy. I'm always making custom guinea pig plushies, so this was a nice break.

There was a client who wanted two plushies of his dearly departed piggy Bo. I cut the pieces and sewed them together at the same time, rather than make one then the other, in an effort to make them as identical as I could. I really enjoy what I do, especially when what I do makes other people happy.

Rattie Plushies

Here they are, my plushie rats! :3

There's more to come. I'm available for custom rat plushies, just send a message.