Another Toy Society drop

This little alien went out into the world today to be dropped for The Toy Society :) She has been made for a while but I haven't had chance to get her out until today.

We took her up to Clowbridge reservoir near us and tied her to a gate. There is a circular route around the reservoir that is popular with walkers, joggers and families with children so we thought it would be a great place to drop her.

And here she is in her setting - I think she quite enjoyed the view of the reservoir!

And the best bit - when we had walked around the reservoir (it took us about an hour as Tara has little legs!) we saw a little girl playing with the alien so we knew she has been found - yeah!! It always worries me that they will just hang there forever and not be appreciated!

*Can you spot which photograph Matt took? The camera I use is his and he understands all the settings much better than I do and I have been using it with the tungsten setting which is really meant for use under spotlights! At least that explains why my photographs have been looking washed out! You learn something new every day :)

The drop!!

Yeah!!!! The little guy from the other day was dropped this weekend in Cumbria. We went away for a long weekend to Whinfell Forest and I thought it would be the ideal place for my first drop for The Toy Society as it was heaving with families with small children! We chose a spot that was in the middle of the village at the junction of several trails - the only trouble was that it was very, very busy and Matt and I had to hang around pretending to look at the map for about 5 minutes until we could leave the toy without being seen!


We tied him to a gate at the junction and when we came back after about an hour he had gone! I hope he finds a good home :)

And below is where I really wanted to leave him (also at the same junction) but I hadn't brought enough stuff to tie him up with - it wouldn't reach round the top of the toadstool :( Oh well!! Maybe next time!

The Toy Society

I've read the blog about The Toy Society for a while but didn't really think about doing a drop myself until I sorted out my craft room and realised just how much stuff I have! A good way to use up my stash and also brighten up someone's day would be too make something and drop it in the name of The Toy Society. So that's what I have started doing! I started off with these felt offcuts from the scrapstore.


They immediately suggested softie to me when I spotted them! Normally you get very small pieces of felt as offcuts so I was thrilled when I spotted these. And then *magically* they turned into this little guy.

And here's a close up of his eyes and buttons - I think he secretly wants to be robot!


So the first stage has been done and the toy made - the next stage is the drop which will take place this weekend :)