Snowtoro!

I got home from work early, so I was able to make this snow Totoro before it got dark! This is the first snowman I've made since I was a child, and probably the first I've made without my dad's help, so it was a learning experience! It may be a bit lopsided, but I like it!

The whiskers were made from some twigs that I'd stored in my shed for no good reason, and the pebble for the nose was dug out from an area of pebbles under the snow (luckily the first one I dug out was the right shape!). I added the details using a chopstick!

I've taken inspiration from some of the other people who have made snow Totoros.

Munny

This is my first attempt at decorating a Munny. I started with a white Mini Munny, and decorated it using acrylic paints and gel mediums. I didn't set out to make it into a girl in a Totoro suit, because I knew that someone else had done that before and I didn't want it to seem like I was copying them. So I started to make it into a girl in a teddy bear suit, but when I came to make the ears I realised that it had more of the character of a Totoro in its face, so a Totoro it became!

I used a mixture of Coarse Pumice Gel and Extra Heavy Gel (Semi Gloss) by Golden to create the texture, then I mixed various colours of acrylic paint together to make the teal colour. The ears are made from Sculpey, and I also made a leaf from Sculpey and wood for her to hold.

Totoro in the snow

I can post these two cards now that they have made their way to their recipients!

Catbus

This is the Catbus from the Studio Ghibli film My Neighbour Totoro. I finally got round to making this for my brother's birthday. I'd been thinking about making one for some time, after making a set of Totoros (and a soot sprite) for him and his girlfriend a few years ago. So now they finally have the Catbus to complete the collection.