Contain your inner monster!

 I wanted to show you all something fun and furry I cooked up recently!




I call them MONSTER CUFFS!  They're faux fur cuffs, lined with satin, with so many snaps and baubles and chains they make me happy!  I used snaps to close them, and used pop rivets to secure the d rings that hold the chains on.  You can take the connector chain off, too - it's got these awesome big lobster clips.  I figured such a long chain could get dangerous if you couldn't take it off =P but it's 18 inches long so you can still wear it while you type!



Here's a piece by piece view so you can see all the little details!  All the fur is from Mendels, which has just about any faux fur you can imagine!  They also sell assorted fur remnants if you just want to play, like I did =D

which brings me to....



FUZZY RINGS!

These are so easy and fun to make (though your hand cramps up a bit after making a lot in a row...) and a great way to reuse your scraps.  If anyone wants a tutorial, I'd be happy to oblige!

Two of my favorites:





The fur from Mendels has such great personality, and I think it really shines through with these rings!


You can find all these things and more on my Etsy - Cutiemonster
Special thanks to my friend Jessikah for modeling for me!

Enjoy, everyone!

Cutiemonster on Etsy

I like to make things.  I like to make cute things.  I like to make monstrous things.  To support this habit, I am now selling original handmade creations on Etsy.  Go visit my Etsy: Cutiemonster - Cute, Monstrous You to take a gander at this stuff, and if you wish, you can be my craft enabler.

What is a Cutiemonster, you ask?  Well, originally I was thinking it was something cute with a bit of an edge.  However, apparently Urban Dictionary already had an entry to describe a cutiemonster:

A Cutiemonster is a cute girl who is so sweet and so cute, it hurts just to look at her. She is beautiful in every single way imaginable. The type of girl who makes your palms sweaty and your heart skip a beat. Despite this fact she will never admit to her own beauty or use it incorrectly.There are only a few of them left on this planet and they tend to have special abilities, including the ability to make you fall in love. It is said that Cutiemonsters created rainbows because of their love of colors, simply by wishing upon them.

The term Cutiemonster is actually Tongue-in-cheek.

Me: is my Cutiemonster cute?
Cutiemonster: nope 

Me: awwh how cute :]

I like it.  So be a cutiemonster, and visit Cutiemonster for all your bright, colorful, cute, fuzzy cutiemonster essentials.