Arts and crafts have always been a bit of a 3BM passion. Mummy Mouse was an artist and from a very young age us Mice spent many very happy (and very messy) hours drawing, painting and making things we'd seen on Blue Peter.
Potato printing and sticky back plastic aside, arts and crafts on a more pro level seem to have been going stellar recently with the introduction of online marketplaces like Notonthehighstreet, Etsy and Folksy. While the craftier amongst us have always created homemade loveliness, the internet now allows anyone with a talent and patience to make beautiful things to set up shop online and sell their handiwork to the world. Millions of people are now crafting niche novelties at home and there seems to be a huge appetite out there for all this bespoke craftsmanship. Many crafters create as a part-time job, a hobby or just as an opportunity to practice and refine a skill. Some sellers are stay-at-home parents, others students and some are even children! We would definitely much rather spend our money on unique, handmade items made with love and care than things churned out of factories in China.
So last weekend when our beautiful friend, Kimberley Rose, surprised us Mice with a little bit of homemade amazingness, we were pretty bowled over. We were handed a teeny matchbox-sized package which we opened up to find these three starring back up at us...
Our very own bespoke 3BadMice! You can imagine the squeals and squeaks of delight! Each felt mouse has been styled to reflect Mini, Middle and Biggy's fashion sense. Kim has dubbed Mini Mouse the 'cosy mouse' and has wrapped her up in dove grey cashmere with a statement gold necklace. Middle is 'party mouse' and is rocking a black and white polka dot dress with hot pink trim and a contrasting chunky jet black necklace. While Biggy has taken inspiration from VB and is 'posh mouse' of the pack in a brushed black silk cape with a bold as brass fastening button topped off with a fabulously fierce glitter collar! Not only are we dressed up better than Baby Harper and Suri Cruise, we also look like we've just come back from the Caribbean with tans to die for!!!
If you love the handy work of Miss Kimba Rose as much as us Mice do, then get your requests in now! Contact her at kimberleyrosesander@googlemail.com or on Twitter @kimberoses with your individual requests and she will provide a quote and get to work! And, it's not just Mice that she makes, she has been known to create all sorts from bears to cats to Royalty... We'll leave you with some more snaps of Kim's past creations...
Wedding bride and groom sitting proudly on top of a cheese tiered cake...
A birthday mouse with aged 30 balloon in hand..
A Halloween cat and creepy spiders...
A bow tie Birthday bear...
A bow tie Birthday bear...
Kate & Will figurines at a British Royal wedding tea party...
What about my little 26 year old mouse on my birthday cake ;(
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