Calling all mice, calling all rats!

Howdy do!

Here we have a mouse or two!

Little rodents have gathered for a celebration, they are well dressed in appropriate garb, befitting each rodents personality..

 Allow me to introduce you to:

 Minnie Beebe

 A little brown mouse in a pink straw bonnet.

 She is needle-felted of Alpaca and sheeps wool.

 Her pinafore was stitched with floss and textiles over 100 years old, but SHE is younger than Springtime and feels happiest when collecting primroses along her garden path.
SOLD

Babette

Babette is pretty in pink. IN Fact, PINK is the only color Babette will ever wear, because it matches her feet, ears, her hands and mostly, her  lovely pink eyes. Babette's dress is made from a salvaged "turn of the century" dolly dress. It is poufy and pink, just like Babette.

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SOLD

MISS POTTER

Yes, THAT Miss Potter.

 I named her for Beatrix Potter because she looks much more like the mice Miss Potter painted, than the mice that I paint.

 See what I mean?
I always wished my painted mice looked like Beatrix Potters, but at least my little stuffed mouse does.
 One raspberry is quite enough to make a  meal for this brown mouse and her best friend, Mrs. Tittlemouse.

 Miss Potter is made with Short English Mohair and sheeps wool. Her arms are jointed using antique shoe buttons. 
SOLD

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MILO

  Milo is a well feed rat with a nose made for sniff'in.

Milo could find a grain of rice in a bucket of sand...with a head cold....he is THAT good!

Milo is the only gent in our gathering today, which is fine with him as he is quite the dapper ladies man as well.

SOLD

Libby

 Libby is the epitome of a genteel lady mousie.

 To be invited to afternoon tea at Libbys mouse hole is a rare treat,

for she serves exotic imported teas and excellent mulberry tarts.

 Libby is needlefelted from Sophia's wool, ( my LINCOLN) and a wee bit of white alpaca.

 Her little straw hat is handmade and her kerchief is embroidered with little red flowers.

Libby is SOLD

Last but not least is

HYACINTH

  Hyacinth is a large white rat...in the best sense of the word.

 Her long soft hair is made with German Mohair, and she is also  Needlefelted with Alpaca and sheeps wool.

 Her bonnet is made of flower petals, needle-felted flower petals that is, with little ribbon roses.

Hyacinth may be a rat, but she is  very feminine and not the least bit sneaky.

All my HOPALONG HOLLOWFOLK rodents have jointed heads and arms and moveable tails. Each mouse stands on a pin cushion, some made from my own printed fabric, others from antique textiles.

 All are stuffed with sheep's wool and are "one of a kind". They are 5 to 6 inches tall from their mousey rumps to the top of their heads.

ALL MOUSIES and RATS cost $225.
I offer them first on this blog.

If you have interest in any of the above HOPALONG HOLLOWFOLK, please email me at 

jeri@hopalonggreetings.com
Any unclaimed mousies will accompany me to my art shows. 
Of course, these look so much more cuddly in person...
 . There is just something about holding an object in  your hands and talking with the creator of said object, that makes it more personal. I can honestly tell you that my photos do not do justice to  my little fuzzyfoots which look 100 percent better in person. It is very difficult to photograph needle felting. Details seem to get lost in the fuzz of little stray hairs and wool, and you can't discern the actual "sculpting" that was created on faces and bodies on the smaller characters.

Thank you for stopping by to meet the mice!

Fondly from the Hollow, Jeri

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