[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":11},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-post-tiny-felted-iris-the-mermaid":3},{"_type":4,"body":5,"bodyHtml":6,"excerpt":5,"featuredImage":5,"publishedAt":7,"slug":8,"tags":9,"title":10},"blogPost",null,"Look, it's a felted Iris the mermaid! Isn't she the cutest thing ever?! \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/felt_iris_2_zps9478e855-57f807524b.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nIt was created by \u003Cb>Alison Mutton\u003C/b> of Alene Illustration in Australia, and you can see more photos over \u003Ca href=\"http://alene-art.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/needle-felting-iris.html\">on her blog here!\u003C/a> I'm totally smitted, she got Iris JUST RIGHT: her chubbiness, her hair, even her expression. And she even has a tiny Colin the crab in her hair!  \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/felted_iris_alene_zpsd825241c-6b7eb34f73.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nSo much \u003Ci>Seawigs\u003C/i> loveliness on the Internets! Check out these two excellent stitched Sea Monkeys by \u003Cb>Jo Morris\u003C/b> (\u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/jannamar58\">@jannamar58\u003C/a> on Twitter). (You can \u003Ca href=\"http://jabberworks.livejournal.com/606134.html\">download the free pattern from my website\u003C/a> if you like.)\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/JoMorris_jannamar58_zpse3906d7e-774d4d7f75.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nCalling everyone near \u003Cb>Cambridge\u003C/b>: the fabulous \u003Ca href=\"http://www.emmavieceli.com/\">Emma Vieceli\u003C/a> is starring in the Cambridge Operatic Society's performance of \u003Ci>South Pacific\u003C/i>! Its running for three more nights (tonight, Fri and Sat), don't miss it! Emma has an amazing voice, besides being brilliant at drawing. \u003Ca href=\"http://www.list.co.uk/event/20526452-south-pacific-cambridge-operatic-society/\">Book your theatre tickets here!\u003C/a>\\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/emma_southpacific_zps5335ad98-2d18c55125.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nAnd now, asking for \u003Cb>help from book bloggers\u003C/b>: my lovely Yorkshire friend \u003Ca href=\"http://darryl-cunningham.blogspot.co.uk/\">Darry Cunningham\u003C/a> has written lots of thought-provoking comic books about science, medicine and mental health. His book \u003Ci>Psychiatric Tales\u003C/i> has touched, and helped inform, a lot of people who struggle with mental illness or have friends or relatives who do. \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/darryl_books_zps55c7cb27-22acd24488.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\n\u003Ci>Psychiatric Tales\u003C/i> is great for adults and teenagers, but for the first time, Darryl and Blank Slate Books have come out with comic books that are also suitable for children, \u003Ca href=\"http://www.blankslatebooks.co.uk/our-books/\">\u003Ci>The Uncle Bob Adventures\u003C/i>\u003C/a>. But since Blank Slate's a small (but high-quality) indie publisher, and Darryl hasn't done children's books before, he doesn't have the contacts to submit it for reviews. If you're a book blogger, would you be interested in reviewing the books? \\r\n\\r\n\u003Cimg src=\"https://images.jabberworks.co.uk/lj/tbf13_darryl_unclebobadventures_zpsd1ca786e-888c2a3ea7.jpg\">\\r\n\\r\nYou can either contact Blank Slate directly to discuss it \u003Ca href=\"http://www.blankslatebooks.co.uk/contact-us/\">through their website\u003C/a>, or email them at blankslatebooks dot co dot uk. Or get in touch with Darryl on Twitter at \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/AcmeDarryl\">@AcmeDarryl\u003C/a> or Blank Slate at \u003Ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BlankSlateBooks\">@BlankSlateBooks\u003C/a>. Blank Slate also publish our \u003Ca href=\"http://www.blankslatebooks.co.uk/our-books/nelson/\">\u003Ci>NELSON\u003C/a>\u003C/i> collaborative book (for grown-ups) which is, if I say so myself, rather fabulous.","2013-11-28T10:14:00.000Z","tiny-felted-iris-the-mermaid",[],"tiny felted iris the mermaid!",1776628725920]