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Nico Designs After years of being a Behavior Specialist and Special Education Teacher, I sew for sanity. My two babies (ages 3 and 2) make everything in the past seem so ordinary and what lies in front of us as amazing. And chaotic. As for the name of my shop? My Dad is my hero. And he calls me "NICO" for my middle name, Nicole. At Nico Designs we create each item with design, style and functionality in mind. We strive to create products that are eco friendly by utilizing a combination of new, repurposed, recycled or upcycled materials. As we strive to understand our role as stewards of our planet we will adapt our manufacturing to be as lean as possible. This means we use our scraps/remnants in other projects or donate them to keep them from a landfill. She also donates a portion of her sales to help fund childhood cancer research. Proceeds from the sale of select items will go to the Ronald McDonald House in Temple. And 10% of sales from the other items will go

Knitting Coraline

Coraline is a 2009 American stop-motion 3-D horror-fantasy film based on Neil Gaiman's 2002 novel of the same name. It was produced by Laika and distributed by Focus Features. Written and directed by Henry Selick, it was released widely in US theaters on February 6, 2009, after a world premiere at the Portland International Film Festival. When you realize Coraline is stop motion animation and with that comes a long process for creating each puppet in the film. and beyond that, someone has to outfit them! Would you believe one woman knitted all of Coraline's sweaters and gloves? This is an amazing film, that took many, many true artists to craft this story together. Below are several videos of artisans. Althea Crome the knitter of Coraline’s sweaters and gloves.   Suzanne Moulton head of the hair department   An idea of what it took to make the world of Coraline Technorati Tags: Coraline the movie , knitting coraline's sweaters , Suzanne Moulton

Snowflakes

Winter here usually includes a long stretch of sunless, wet, muddy grey days. The predication last night was for ice and then snow. Well I woke up this morning to neither and bright clear skies and sun! Yay! I’m delighted to see it after many dull days without it, but do miss my snow. So I decided to find some homemade remedies! WINTER WONDERLAND PINK SNOWFLAKE COOKIE GIFT SET - $18.00 us Snowflake Goat Milk Handmade Soap $2.70 us Original Photo 5x7 Snowflake in the Window $8.00 us Mini Clipboard and Post it Notes – Snowflakes $8.50 us Snowflake. Silver Plated Locket Necklace $22.00 us Snowflake Dangles Technorati Tags: etsy snowflakes , homemade snowflakes , knit , knitting