Meet And Greet: We

If you’ve seen any of our sites, Etsy, Facebook, etc., you’ll notice I never say “I”. It’s always “We”. So why “We”?

There is a lot of myself in everything we post. I run all the sites. But there is a lot of behind the scenes stuff going on. I have my awesome family helping me in everything.

Hedgie Man is my bfbf. Best friend boyfriend. My “gopher”, if you will. He helps fund my crazy endeavors. Gas, fabric when I’m short and must have it. Lol. He does a lot of the setting up help as well. I shot a very short “perfume” commercial for our mint sticks and he did the dropping.

He also proofreads all the stuff I put up. So if there is ever any spelling or grammar mistakes, blame him. Lol.
Then there are the Hedgie Kids. Hedgie Baby and Hedgie Kid. Hedgie Kid is kinda my set up manager. Back when Hedgie Man use to work every day we were at a market she would run the setup. She would help me set it all up and then take it all down. In my videos she rangles the pets. I set up the set while she gets the animals. Like for our fleece blankets.

Hedgie Baby is only 6. So she does a lot of the opinions, even on things I didn’t think I need an opinion on. Lol. She helps pick out fabric for projects and hands us pins while we set up markets. She’s usually off doing her own thing most of the time. But I appreciate her help just as much as anyones.
And of course our pets. Nothing would have even started if it wasn’t for them. I’ve done a Meet And Greet: Hedgehogs. I’ll have to do one for the Hedgie Kids’ guinea pigs too. But, I’m allergic to them, and don’t get to play with them as much as the hogs. Except this week while Sprinkles is recovering from an eye injury. I’m the only one mean enough to deal out the meds. I am going through Allegra like it’s candy.

Braid-y Bunch

I have made a complete gift set! So excited to share it with you. Go check it out HERE!

I’ll let the Etsy description do all the describing for me. lol. I’m lazy, It’s late. I’m sorry. I can’t go home, I’m already here.

Although I didn’t do a “Making Of” for this item(s), it took me days and so many steps, I did make a special little video for the blog.

I wanted to give you all a look into the “after completed” photo shoots that I do. So I bring to you…..

Thonia.

And a mint stick.

The Making Of: Fleece Braided Tie Blanket

I got a feeling to make something today. Didn’t know what. Looked around online for ideas. Then saw someone use a braid on those big fleece blankets everybody gives out around xmas. Hey! My hedgehogs each have a small regularly knotted one, and love them. So. I set off.

 

First I had to choose the fleece. Luckily I have a ton of hedgehog fleece to choose from. I choose this cute pattern, which a had a solid to match. Lucky.

Then to cut out the pieces. I figured I could get 3 out of one cut of WOF so I decided to make just that many, and then make more if they sell nicely.

 

Then I did line work so I could pin them and cut elsewhere. Don’t worry, the marker I used is 100% washable.

 

 

 

Then cutting. I even got the help of The Hedgie Man. Lol. After we got the lines cut I cut a slit in the middle of each one.

Then the braiding.

And done!

Then the photo shoot. Oh was it hard. I wanted a picture of all four animals enjoying the blankets. And it was an event.

First was Thonic. He was NOT Happy.

Then Thonia. You remember how I said Thonia wants to take over the world. Well, today she wanted to melt my phone. Not even mealworms could make her pose. You’ll see her final picture with the others later.

Next was Blossom, Hedgie Baby’s guinea pig. She loved the blanket so much she was ready to set up shop and take a nap. See her leg all out.

Then Sprinkles, Hedgie Kid’s guinea pig. This pig. Let me tell you two things about her. One, she’s huge. Fluffy fat. Two, no matter what we try to get her to do, other than cuddle, she tries to leave. Bath, photo shoot, etc. Get away! This is her trying to leave by backing up.

This is the four pictures that I chose to use for our Etsy Shop.

See what I meant about Thonia. This was the best I got out of her today. Mealies was not enough. Too early for this crap, she said. Sprinkles looks like a deer in headlights. Blossom was sniffing around. I love Thonic’s cute little face. He can’t “Thoon” like Thonia can. He has honey face. 

I wish I had a better camera. I know all my pictures come out really pixelated. I have the blanket on sale HERE and I hope you enjoy it.