Felt Salad

With all the junk felt food I make, I decided it was time to make something a little heathier...a salad! I really love this set because while it's fun for any play kitchen, you can also use it to teach colors and counting. The set includes 12 lettuce leaves (in four different colors), 3 croutons, 3 mushrooms, 2 egg slices, 2 cucumber slices, 3 radishes and 4 carrots.

It was just added to my Etsy shop, so be sure to take a look and favorite the item for future shopping :)

New Consignment & Felt Creations

Yesterday was a big, fun, fantastic day of firsts. Along with being on TV, I also started consigning with The Creative Wedge (#21: New Consignment). I stopped by the gift shop earlier this month and met Sloane, one of the owners. We decided that Fairview Place's felt food would be a good fit for the shop, so I got right to work. I made two new sets exclusively for CW, a berry set and a cheese wheel set (#25: New Products). I mean, what Artisan Cheese Shop is complete without fake felt cheese!? Haha. So excited to be venturing into the Hilltop area of Virginia Beach and working with such a lovely store.

Sloane taking inventory of Fairview Place goodies

The Creative Wedge is located at 630 Hilltop West Shopping Center. They are open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

I'm participating in my third 92 Days of Summer challenge. Read about the project here.

Pack of Mini Cupcakes

I have been waiting for this moment for a long time (and you thought I was going to say I'm engaged...haha). My reveal of the felt mini cupcakes! I've been planning what these little lovelies were going to look like in my head since I bought the container several months ago. Finally, I got around to making the desserts come to life. 

There are 12 cupcakes in all in the following flavors:

Coffee

German Chocolate

Carrot Cake

Pink Lemonade

Red Velvet

White Chocolate 

FunFetti

Dark Chocolate

Red Raspberry

Lemon

Peanut Butter Chip

Butterscotch

These cuties measure 2" tall and 2" at its widest point. The designs are all my own - even the pattern which took forever to get right! Set includes plastic carrying case and I can design to fit each individual party, taste or occasion.

Felt Onion Rings

Here's the thing, I love onion rings. Absolutely love them. But honestly, I can't remember the last time I ordered them at a restaurant. They seems like so much a bigger commitment than French fries and I usually can't convince someone to share an order with me....so now I have my very own felt version, whenever I want :)

These will be sold individually from the sandwiches, and come with the paper cartoon, packaged in cellophane and normal tag. $8 for a set of 6.

Nachos, anyone?

Is it good or bad this set reminds me of high school basketball games back in Ohio? Either way, I can say that was my inspiration to the newest Fairview Place felt creation. 

Nachos and Cheese, with jalapeno slices. Set includes 13 chips (four with cheese and peppers) and a block of cheese. Looks good enough to eat, right? Chips are bendable so you can stack and pack your nachos anyway you'd like. Check out the listing, available now over at the shop!

Lofty Littles

How very exciting! I just got word Fairview Place was featured on the ever-so-cute Lofty Littles children's website. It's a great site that features imaginative and educational toys from independent toymakers. Can't say I ever considered myself a "toymaker" but it's a title I am proud to take. I will enjoy perusing their "toybox" and blog to see what other fun and imaginative designs people are coming up with - you should too!

Custom Orders!

I cannot begin to tell you how much I love getting custom orders! I was contacted via Etsy a few weeks back by a woman asking if I could make play horse food. Turns out her daughter just loves horses and plays with her stuffed horse animals and sometimes her sister even acts as the horse (adorable, right?).

We brainstormed a little to figure out exactly what she wanted. We decided on a carrots, apples, hay and a little bag of oats. I just love this little set and it only took me a few hours last Sunday morning to make. The search for the metal pail was a little more difficult, but I finally found one at Michael's (go figure). I haven't decided if I'll make the set a permanent shop item, but I bet a lot of little farm girls would enjoy this.

Felt Donuts

You probably wouldn't believe that with my huge sweet tooth, I'm actually not a fan of donuts! Definitely a bagel girl...but a felt bagel would be pretty boring which is why I went with the sweet breakfast alternative. I only ordered two of the donut containers, so this is just sort of a trial run. 

You can buy the whole set (6 donuts) with container over at the shop for only $15.50. I also make custom orders, so you pick your favorite six and I'll bake away!

Happy Halloween!

 Just had to share a couple photos a recent customer sent to me. She bought Fairview Place felt peanuts to complete her son's elephant costume for Halloween. Aren't these just adorable? She is entering him in an Animal-themed Costume Contest...so best of luck to her and little elephant!

New Packaging

I was out to find new packaging for my felt sushi and stumbled upon Plastic Container City. For those of you in the business of buying packaging for food (real or fake), you have to check it out. What's great about this web site for me, is I can buy as small or big of quantity as I want. I bought 20 sushi boxes, then found these and bought just two (for prototyping purposes, not the real thing).

This site turned out to be a magical place for me (yes, I really do get that excited about food containers). I found doughnut boxes, french fry cartons, takeout containers, chopsticks, bakery twine and more! Now you also have an idea of the new products we'll be making later this month. My shipment arrived in just a few days and I'm so excited to start the new sushi line - with my first order going out today!

Halloween-inspired Goods

I'm actually ahead of the game this October... My costume is 60% done (post to come on that next week). Plans for camping, Winefest, W&M Homecoming and our Halloween party are in order. AND I have my Halloween items already at Kitsch!

I sent five packs of greeting cards made from an old 1960s Zombie book. The book was actually taken by my sister's high school boyfriend in 90s and never returned. It's traveled around with me for ages and when I looked through it last month I realized half of the pages had been torn or ripped out. So, why not continue the process and make some sweet Halloween greeting cards.

I found the stamps at Michaels and AC Moore for $1 each. Now I need to keep my eyes out for Christmas and Chanukah versions.

From my stash of Halloween material I made some orange and green memory games. I dropped two sets off at Kitsch and have one online... Get them while you can, these are the only ones for this year!

The memory game pieces are approximately 2.5" squares, there 11 pairs and come with a little drawstring bag for easy storage.

New Sushi Rolls

In order to save a little time, I've been experimenting with some new ways to make my felt sushi. Along with some new rolls. Can you tell what they are? Do they pass the real-ish looking test? Does it really matter since it's play food for children :)

Can't wait to get your hands on your very own set? Check out Fairview Place on Etsy.