Winnie the Pooh from Old Site

This week I was inspired by some old patterns I ran across while organizing my craft stuff.

In the late 90s heyday of beadie critters, MakingFriends was a go-to site for well-designed beadies and lots of other general kids' crafts. Over the years this site has evolved and focused on Girl Scout activities, and the site owner also offers another site for free kids' crafts (FreeKidsCrafts), but most of the beadie critters did not make it onto the new site.

The patterns I found today were for an entire set of characters from the old classic Disney cartoon, Winnie the Pooh. I do have some Winnie the Pooh character patterns on my site, but I'm really not that fond of either of the Winnie the Pooh patterns, and I have never had a pattern for Christopher Robin, Owl, Rabbit, or Eeyore. So it was a fun set to make. I hope you enjoy making them too!

New Patterns are Up!

I have completed the pattern drawings for my new Frozen designs, as well as for some Walking Dead characters I made for someone's request.

Check out the new patterns here:

Frozen Characters:
Anna in her Everyday Dress
Anna in her Coronation Dress
Elsa in her Ice Queen Dress
Elsa in her Coronation Dress
Hans
Kristoff
Olaf
Sven

Walking Dead Characters:
Rick
Daryl
Marchionne

I hope you enjoy them! Let me know if you have any other requests.

Beadie Movie Friday: Aladdin

This week's featured movie beadies are character's from Disney's Aladdin. This was yet another movie that one of my children was obssessed with in their younger years. All of these characters were designed by me.

Aladdin www.beadiecritters.com/patternpages/beadaladdin1.htm

Jasmine www.beadiecritters.com/patternpages/beadjasmine.htm

Genie www.beadiecritters.com/patternpages/beadgenie.htm

Jafar www.beadiecritters.com/patternpages/beadjafar.htm

The Sultan www.beadiecritters.com/patternpages/beadsultan.htm

The Lamp and Abu the Monkey www.beadiecritters.com/patternpages/beadabulamp.htm

Some of these beadies use colors that you will not be able to find in stores. You can purchase these colors and many more at Bolek's Craft Supplys: http://www.bolekscrafts.com/.

I am thinking seriously about offering small bags of 100 pony beads in the wide variety of colors that Bolek's carries, with only the actual shipping cost rather than the $9 for orders under $100 that Bolek's charges. Would you be interested in buying beads from me so you can make some of these patterns? Post a reply.

Have a great weekend!

Beadie Movie Friday: Pirates of the Caribbean!

Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides premiers today. I am a big fan of the movie series and will be seeing this one as soon as all of us have time!

In honor of this premier, I designed beadies to resemble the characters from the movies:

Jack Sparrow: www.beadiecritters.com/patternpages/beadpiratejack.htm
Elizabeth Swann: www.beadiecritters.com/patternpages/beadpirateelizabeth.htm
Will Turner: www.beadiecritters.com/patternpages/beadpiratewillturner.htm

Barbossa: www.beadiecritters.com/patternpages/beadpiratebarbossa.htm
Davy Jones: www.beadiecriters.com/patternpages/beadpiratedavyjones.htm
Angelica: www.beadiecritters.com/patternpages/beadpirateangelica.htm

Hope you enjoy these new beadies!

Looking for a color you can't find in the craft stores? Try Bolek's Craft Supplys! http://www.bolekscrafts.com/ They have 70 colors of pony beads in 2 sizes (6x9mm and 4x7mm). Be sure to tell them you heard of them because of my site!

Movie Beadie Friday: Beauty and the Beast

On Fridays I will be featuring characters from a movie. Most of the time these will be cartoon movies, as is this one. Today's feature beadies are from Disney's "Beauty and the Beast."

The Beast: www.beadiecritters.com/beadbeast.htm

Belle: www.beadiecritters.com/beadbelle.htm

Mrs. Potts & Chip: www.beadiecritters.com/beadpottschip.htm

Cogsworth: www.beadiecritters.com/beadcogsworth.htm

Lumiere: www.beadiecritters.com/beadlumiere.htm

Beauty and the Beast is one of my daughters' all-time favorite movies. My younger daughter watched it over and over and over again for months, and will still watch it occasionally. It's a definite classic in our house!

Watch the movie while you do the beadies for even more fun!