So we were sitting around one Sunday evening and got to thinking “hey, I wonder if we can make a tiny mouse with joints like the bears?” (what else would we be thinking about on a Sunday evening? lol)

We did some planning, and some more thinking and a bit more planning, some trials, and little Joshua Robert was born-

Joshua Robert now lives here on the Moor. (Named by our 3 year old daughter-she comes up the the cutest names!) As soon as I made him I loved him so much! He fit right into the palm of my hand. We were so happy with Joshua Robert that we made a few more! Oh, and I made Joshua Robert my new personal assistant.

All calls will be directed to him.

Meet Maxwell, Fiona! Max and Fi found homes yesterday, as the first of our brand new line of 4 inch, 5 way jointed velveteen mousies.

Fiona Meadowmouse

Maxwell Mousington

I’m serious, these little mice are so nice to hold in hand. I’m so happy with the design. The velveteen makes them so soft,(and a bit furry feeling) and the bit of weight their joints give them feels very much like the weight of a real  mouse.

Our mice are normally 8 inches tall, but these new sweethearts are just a bit over 4 inches.

We’ve been working hard on a set of joints small enough to make our small animals poseable like our larger animals are. We finally came up with a nice, reliable design.

We will be adding these little mice into our regular inventory, and custom orders are always welcome. Visit the Moor often, have your proverbial net handy and catch one for yourself! Be quick though, little mice skitter away  fast!

One of our customers “Debbie” has a beautiful squirrel pet named Abby. She asked if we could create a grey squirrel to comemmorate the special friend she’s come to love very much.

This is our loving interpretation of dear Abby!

Abby Oakleaf is made of a sweet and soft slate grey cotton velveteen. She’s accented with pretty country plaid cotton. Her eyes are shining black glass beads and her sweet nose and smile are hand embroidered.

Abby has a beautiful real mink fur tail that we wired so it can be gently repositioned.

Abby has internal button joints, so her arms and legs are repositionable.  Her stuffing is weighted a bit to make her feel slightly heavy and “real” feeling when held.

Abby is so adorable, she’s sure to have a happy life in her new home.

Alyssa and Albert just crept onto the Moor this afternoon. Come meet them at our Etsy Store!

He’s a sweet custom order monkey we just finished today

I really love his sweet monkey fur~its a huggably soft chocolate brown cashmere/wool blend.

We gave him some sweet little jean overalls~

Arnold loves to monkey around. He’s headed to his new home tomorrow!

Desmond and Alena Meadowmouse have two precious velvet mouse children named Eefa and Connelly.  They heard about the wonderful homes Beag and the Brogan Mouse Boys found. It wasn’t long before we heard another knock at our door, and met another wonderfully soft patchwork mouse family!

Desmond

Alena

Connelly

and

Eefa

Are made of soft cotton velvet in a lovely medium grey. They have patchwork ears, and adorable reversible pointed meadow caps.

Each mouse is button jointed with natural hardwood buttons. We weight each mouse too, so they feel delightfully “real” in your hand.

They make wonderfully charming gifts, and even better friends for you! We just love these little mouse friends, and hope you do too. Come on over to our Etsy Store, and meet them.

We acquired some beautiful and soft grey cotton velveteen and just had to use it to make some friends over the weekend. I coudn’t decide which to do- bunny or mouse, so I did both! I really love how it feels, as well as the ease with which it sews!

Meet our new friends-up for adoption over at our Etsy Store:

This is Ashley Flowerseed! She’s a 6 1/2 inch tall wood button jointed mousie wearing her favorite white woodland cap. She has pretty pink and grey cotton patchwork in her ears and on her paws.

****************UPDATE: Ashley found a good home! Thank you so much!!*********************

And this is Parsley Bunting! He’s also 6 1/2 inches tall, and he’s wearing his country blue cotton overalls. He also has cotton patchwork accenting his long bunny ears, and his sweet bunny paws, in a pretty sage green, cream and grey cotton plaid.

Come meet our sweet new friends today!

When we lived in the city and our oldest daughter was 2 there was a pleasant little squirrel who decided to adopt our family and greet us each morning  in our yard. I rembered how much fun it was to feed squirrels in my own childhood yard growing up, so we encouraged our new friend’s visits with tiny peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

Our little daughter named her new found friend “Whirl the Squirrel” and delighted her with his visits for a long time.

When I found this beautiful fox fur collar attached to a sweater we were purchasing for another project-I was immediately called back to memories of our dear Whirl.

I started working on a cute little Craggy Squirrel and came up with this adorable pattern.

The pretty fox tail was just enough for one for us and one for you!

 We had to make a “Whirl” to live here too of course!

 We are so excited to share a little squirrel with you that means so much to us. Hurry over to our Etsy store because you know how squirrels are-they run away fast!

See you there!

Today Marla Maplemouse snuck onto the Moor and was adopted by one of our Craggy Friends who also adopted bears Sandy and

 Elena. I’m sure Marla will have many happy days with her new family.

Frasier Harington hopped onto the Moor today too! He’s extra special-made of a vintage oatmeal wool. He has a wonderfully folksy style

and a very special handspun wool tail!

 He’s up for adoption, and would love to meet you!

Meanwhile, we are getting Tommy and Tillyanna Fieldmouse on their way today, they are headed to their new home with many hugs and best wishes.

Beau Bearsley was born over the weekend. Look at that sweet face! He was adopted a few hours after we posted this pic:

This was taken minutes after Beau was “born”. You can still see the sewing basket behind him!

 Beau is waving goodbye, and getting ready to head to Canada with his friends

 Baxter Bearsley and Blossom Meadowmouse

And as always we are very busy with more fun friends on the way. There is another very friendly bear who is looking forward to meeting you too! We’ll have more pictures soon!

Meet Olivia Flowerseed and Oliver Fieldmouse!

They are available on the Moor today!

We are busy busy busy with some wonderful custom orders that have come in too-and if you’ve placed an order for a sweet mouse or bunny recently, they are in production and we will be contacting you soon with pics. In the meantime, we’ve placed a few up for adoption that were born a few weeks ago. 

Olivia and Oliver are very excited to meet you! They are at our Etsy Store. Drop by and say hi!

Bearlydressed 

on Etsy is offering clothes to fit our mice! Stop by and see all the cute clothes they make for mice,bunnies and bears of various sizes.

Missy is modeling the adorable sun dress and french scarf now available!

Come meet our new friends! All three are available for adoption today!

The Craggy Moor

The Craggy Moor on Etsy!

Edmund Bearsley:

Ellie Bearsley:

Henrietta Hedgewick: