Socks

What could be better than knitting socks during the holidays?
8 thick socks in this size (xxxx small) are under production.

The make over

Spot and Splodge have arrived with an express delivery just before noon on a fantastic sunny (spring sun, +4 C) Saturday. You can see the light falling on Spot.

Lotta had to work all day to make the puppets fresh and tidy. They did need a make over.

The color of their skin, the color of the nose, the spots and the dots and the shoes.
The rings around their eyes had to be more brown and Lotta had to apply more rouge to their cheeks.

After a long concentrated work even Lotta's eyes got a bad squint :) and the puppets a bit mischievous.

More props

To give a realistic impression that someone is living in the house of Spot and Splodge, you have to fill it with a lot of stuff.

The coffee cups are taking form (not painted yet), and the shoes are waiting to be colored. (The puppets has in fact always shoes on, but in one scene they take of the shoes so we had to create extra shoes).

A candle holder (and a candle), a warm bottle and a toy car that is ... a toy car on the floor.

PROPS - Small things

Making small props demand a lot of patience, specially when some one is nagging with a camera all the time :)
Lotta is making small cups, a kettle and a basket for the gloves to be hanged near the door.

Making Mini Books

Spot and Splodge are not the intellectual types.

Though they have a lot of books at home it is not clear if they can actually read. But after a long adventure it is always cosy to sit and read a good book. [The picture to the right is from the 1st book, "Spot and Splodge in Picnic" (2005)]

There are no tiny books to buy in the book store or to borrow in the library. (but they should start a "Mini book" department).
The books are therefore made specially by hand. Mostly by cutting old magazines (IKEA catalogue is very useful).
Then painting them to make them look more boring ...