I would do anything...

... to get a heartwarming smile from my baby!

That's why I made various mobiles to hang up all over the place.
At first I made a sweet birdie mobile. He loves it:





Then I got a little more ambitious and made a whole forest mobile for the babies room. We haven't tried it out because the crib isn't ready yet and I want to hang it above it. But I worked many hours to make the animals and some of them look really cute:



















Then I thought that a little mobile above the changing table would be nice. So I made a really fast butterfly mobile which the baby loves. After waking up in the morning he really is as merry as a lark when he sees his beloved butterflies:



And a few weeks ago I read that babies can only appreciate light and dark contrasts at first. So I made a very, very simple mobile with what I call coloured fried eggs ;-) He loves this mobile, too.
But I really have to say that he is fascinated by any mobile. It's really satisfying to make mobiles for this baby! Perhaps there will follow some more ;-)

Look who I found in my garden today :-)

Do you know him?








It's "My neighbour Totoro" - one of my favourite figures of the Studio Ghibli films. He's so cute and calm and slow and cozy...
So I decided to make a Totoro music box for the baby. Who wouldn't be calm and balanced with a music box like that? :-)

I ordered a special baby music box - one that you can wash (The melody is "Somewhere over the rainbow" by the way). And then I made the stuffed Totoro all around it.

It took me some weals on my fingers and a lot of time, but I'm really proud of the result. I could keep cuddling him all the time :-)

Here are some more pics. For the last ones I turned him around, so you can see his back, too.

Making a Baby mobile !

Maybe you were wondering what I've been up to... ? Well, I was sewing little animals and plants for the baby room. I wanna make some baby mobiles and wanted to have some figures done before I show you. So, here are the first ones. I hope to make some more and show you the completed mobiles when they're finished. I have no idea how many of them I'll make but I think at least two or three... maybe I make some garland, too. We'll see.

Here are the little fellows :-) Hope you like them.