Valentines day is only 2 weeks away, why not surprise your sweetie with a handmade unique gift from A Little Stranger? Everything in my webstore is lovingly handmade and all jewellery items will come to your in a beautiful organza bag ready for gift giving. US and international orders need to be placed before February 3rd to ensure delivery for Valentines day.
Click here to visit my shop.
Jon Burgerman plushes by Felt Mistress
This Friday’s pick of the web by yours truly includes a funny japanese jetpack, some songs i’m loving right now, instructions on how to tie your shoes properly (?!!) Cute Puppy-cam, Human Dollies, David Cameron, Thundercat plush goodness and some Mega Man pixel art……..
What a week! Did lots of brilliant crafty stuff and got a new camera, so i have lots f pics to share this week! 
EDIT: Thanks very much to everyone who entered but the lottery is now closed, winner announced here
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Here’s your chance to win this one-off handmade monster iPod case and help raise money for the relief effort in Haiti. I will be donating money along side the takings from the lottery so between us lets give a big help to those in need. Please pass this along to your friends
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Tickets are only £1. Every ticket purchased enters you into the draw, you can enter from any where in the world and you can buy as many tickets as you want. You don’t even need a Paypal account. The money will go to the Unicef Haiti Appeal. The inside of case measures 7 x 13 cm and will fit a Blackberry, digital camera, mobile phone, iPod or iPhone.
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The lottery will end on Tuesday February 2nd at 12 noon. I will use a random number generator to pick a winner!
This Weeks instructable show you how to make a simple, functional case for your iPhone, camera, money, whatever you like! He’s very easy to customise and makes a great gift for a loved one
Click here to get making!
Project blankie has been a bit neglected as of late, all alone in a box in the cupboard. I got everything out a couple of weeks ago and started sewing it together to see how it’s coming along. There’s still lots to do but i feel like the end is in reach! If you knit or crochet i’d love for your to send me a square! Just drop me an email hollystanway [at] gmail.com
I’ve just put the finishing touches on my custom droplet for the series 2 Launch party on the 6th February, if you’re in the Bristol area you should come down and check it out! The Droplet toy itself is very simple so it has a lot of scope for customising and I had a lot of fun making this little guy. I’ve seen a few sneaky pictures of how they’re doing up the gallery on Gav’s twitter, I’m really looking forward to meeting all the other artists and seeing how they’ve customised their Droplets.
Tubby Paws is killing me with cuteness, go see!
Wow Friday already?! Hope you’re had a nice week, busy busy round here for a change, i’m really looking forward to posting Monday Instructable, i think you’re gonna like it! This weeks internet stuff that’s been keeping me entertained comprises of: cute character art, Holly Madison’s dog, Neil Gaiman’s cat (am i turning into a weird celebrity-pet stalker?!) geeky knitting, a couple of my fave songs right now…
I’ve produced a limited run of only five dust bunnies and they’re avaliable now in my Etsy shop! Dust Bunnies are cute and functional. This is a handmade A Little Stranger original you won’t find anywhere else! Click here to visit the shop
This Mondays Instructable includes a free pattern to make these cute and functional dust bunnies. They love to hang out with you on your computer desk and help you clean your screen with their noodly tentacle-y legs. We’ve got one in our living room too, for the TV 
The Instructable features two free patterns so you can make a bunny or an alien shaped plushie duster.
Click here to get Making!
amigurumikingdom via deviant art
My pick of the web this Friday includes a creepy monster illustration, a glittery vagina, the best knitting i have ever seen, style tips for 2010, Nic Cage and a couple of songs i’m listening to loads at the moment. Enjoy!!
I’m very pleased to be involved in the Droplet Series 2 launch party. I’ve been working on my custom this week and i’m looking forward to seeing what all the other artists make of theirs! It would be great to see you there. Pictures of my custom are here.
Here’s some pictures of one of the jobs i was working on over Christmas, because of the nature of my job I often can’t post images on the net so its nice to be able to share what i’ve been up to. This plush is based on Joe Ledbetter’s Gamerita vinyl toy, I made him a blue friend, too
Extinct animals wooden toys by josh finkle
Wow Friday again?! I hope you’ve had a nice week, things have been busy busy busy here!! Lots of snow, lots of sewing and generally super nice times. Heres some of the stuff i’ve been digging on the net this week…
I’ve created six bunny and kitty brooches specially for Valentines day in pretty pinks, red and grey tones. Each brooch has a hand cast, hand painted resin face set into a plush back and finished with a safety clasp. The face is an original sculpt by me and is sealed with layers of clear lacquer for a durable finish. Each brooch comes in an organza bag ready for gift giving. Avaliable in the shop now.
Just added to the shop are these three 16-bit Nintendo necklaces. Each has been painstakingly hand stitched and will arrive to you gift wrapped ready for gift giving, perfect for valentines day As always these are one-of-a-kind, and once they’re gone they’re gone. Click here to visit the shop
Happy new year! have you made any resolutions? I dont usually bother making them but this year me and my sister have vowed to tie dye more stuff
If you enjoyed my Christmas Instructables, please vote for them over on the Instructables website. There is a ‘vote’ button at the top of each page.
Vote for Puzzle Bobble stockings here
Vote for Katamari decorations here
If you like both, please vote for both Voting closes January 3rd.
Adam Buxtons queens speech.
Happy new year! Hope you had a great time celebrating, and just in case you partied a little too hard, here’s some stuff to distract you from your hangover
