I've gotten a bit rusty after a while- I'll be doing free sketches occasionally so keep an eye out for a chance to get one!

So- I'm crocheting quite a bit to try and get rid of some yarn I have piling up XD

If possible my wonderful watchers, please comment which you'd prefer to see- and I'll try my best to make more!

Do you want to see more...

koi fish?
octopus?
Teddy bears? (amigurumi)
Bunnies?

Or something else?
(suggestions are welcome! <3)

Everyone's asking what my rates are for crocheting-

I charge $6 per hour (pretty cheap, considering that's below minimum wage, hmm? lol)

So- the prices are as follows for each little critter I make.

(I will also put hour timings on all future patterns so you can calculate it yourself <3)

Shipping is an extra $3 for domestic in the USA- please send me a note for international shipping, but it will not be above $10)


Axolotl- 5 hours- $30
Platypus- 4 hours- $24
Octopus- 2 hours- $12

All plushes are of course hand-made, and one of a kind :)

I can re-make any plush you see in my gallery, so please don't hesitate to ask :)

(those plushes made with variated yarn will be made of the same colors, but of course the patterns will vary slightly :) )

I'm making 'baby creature' amigurumi patterns.

You may request ANY species of creature, and if I pick your creature you get the pattern sent to you for free :) You may either commission me or anyone else to make it for you, if you don't know how to crochet- but you may not sell the pattern itself.

I already have planned a rabbit, and an axolotl. The platypus is finished.

Just post a species, and I'll do my best to make a cute stuffed animal of it :)

If anyone would like to do an ATC swap, please let me know- I'm more than willing to do your characters in exchange for my own being drawn, or whatever else you'd like lol

I've lately become a bit... infatuated with ATC's XD they're AMAZINGLY fun.

Long time, no see, eh?

Well I've been gone because of a particular someone who has been commenting horrible things about me- but... we'll move on.


I'm looking for suggestions of some mythological creatures.

If you'd like to suggest one or two please post the following as a comment:

the name of the creature
a link to some info about it
your ideas on it.


If I pick the critter you post, I'll sprite it and submit it to MythicalMoments.

Why am I doing this?

Because I can't seem to make a decision on what to make next >_<

so some help is appreciated :3


Must be REAL mythology- no fanart, please :3

So I'm making a few new patterns you all may be interested in!

One is an anthro pattern. It will be for a 'baby' anthro, about toddler size. Yes, the size of a toddler. lol You can buy the pattern for only $15, and it will be mailed to you!

I'm also making a Night Fury pattern. I'm debating putting this up for sale, as it will be even bigger than the other pattern XD It will be about 36 inches from head to tail, and will be a baby Night Fury (from the movie How To Train Your Dragon)

I'm making the Night Fury for my love for his birthday while he's in Russia <3 should be fun!

Anywho, anthro plushes will be available, but will probably be pretty expensive (around $100 or more, depending on complexity) So it would probably be cheaper for you to buy your own pattern and make it yourself. I'm giving a tutorial with the pattern, of course.

I'm also putting up for sale some generic species anthro plushes, so that if you have a particular species fursona you can just buy that and go from there ;D

First up is a Snow Leopard! If you have a snow leopard fursona, keep checking back at my etsy to get it- as there will only be ONE up for sale, EVER!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/furfactory

I've been focusing more on plushes than fursuiting lately. Personally I prefer making plushes more- I like making a whole creature instead of part if that makes any sense XD

I've been focusing mostly on the common species- fox, wolf, horse, ect. Because... well honestly, I like those best lol

I've been making monsters too- and the occasional strange thing along the way. Mostly I'm experimenting with different styles and techniques.

I've also gotten into costuming- especially resin casted horns. Those have been CRAAAZZZZYYY popular. I had no idea people wanted horns so much O_o They're horns made of different colors of resin- they come in most any shape, and I'm progressively working upwards in size. Making a large cast is a goal, but I have to work on the balance of the horns when they get that large.

My ultimate goal is to have Zarkash-like horns available, that come on a headband along with the long ears Zarkash has. I'm a dork, I know- but I love elven/demon stuff.

Anywho, this is your friendly fire wolf giving you an update ^_^

If you'd like custom commissions of stuffed animals, always remember that polar fleece commissions are only 1/2 the cost of fur lol mostly because of supply cost. We all know how expensive fur is!

Yeah, so as you can tell from my etsy account

http://www.etsy.com/shop/Phoenixwildfire

I've been VEEEEEERY busy. Between Halloween and Christmas, it's been just... simple CRAZY.

See, after a year of working through the sales, I've gotten my focus for each time of the year.

Summer- ears, few tails and art for conventions- anime themed jewelry
Fall- LOOOOOTS of tails- tails and paws and ears EVERYWHERE. (Halloween)
Winter- Jewelry + art (lots of customs)- a much more relaxed time
Spring- WAGGLES and TRIBBLES. (just... TONS of them)


So, obviously in fall I made my most sales. I sold about... 41 tails in the past 3 months. Counting 'baby' tails, which are usually used for children, but I suppose could be used for adults as well (1 foot long)


.... thank GOD I got a sewing machine *shudder* I'd hate to think of what Halloween would have been like without one! lol




Anyway. I started a new little experiment- 'needle felting'. You may or may not have heard of this- it's gotten quite popular, but still isn't very well known. Needle felting is taking a sheep's wool, carded into a roving and sometimes dyed into a particular color. Obviously the quality of the wool depends on the quality of health of the sheep (for this, I picked a particular local farm of whom I know the owner ;3) She's a wonderful woman with a farm full of animals, including sheep, llamas, rabbits and goats. She specializes in hand-spun yarn and crafts, using a drop spindle (!!!!!!!) to make her yarn. This is a centuries old technique, and hasn't changed much since then.

Yes, she even deals in silk worms. Yes, I'm friggin serious. She's amazing, isn't she? lol

Are you a super veggie that doesn't want anything to do with animal fibers? NO PROBLEM. She even knows a way to extract soft wool-feeling textures from things like bamboo, soy, hemp, corn, flax... and others I can't currently remember. I think one of the strange ones was a BANANA.
lol


So I thought it would be fun to post some fun etsy things I found at the end of my journals :3 here we go!

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.ph.....ng_id=36487148

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.ph.....ng_id=22817532

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.ph.....ng_id=30617012

sorry for the long absence ;3 I've been having 40 hour weeks for the past month or so.

I'll upload pictures from Yellowstone soon! ^___^ You won't be disappointed!

(I saw 6 bears, including 2 grizzlies and 4 black bears, 1 wolf and a shit load of bison)

Alright, since I've been making paws, tails, feetpaws and everything else I figure it's time that I start making fursuit heads XD or at least trying it out LOL

For my first head I'm doing Okami's amaterasu and then after that...

well, who knows O_o

It'll be made of a balaclava and high density foam, as well as buckram for the eyes

I'd like to try something new. The only catch is that it has to be a QUAD bookmark currently.

Post a reference, and the first one to post gets it for FREE. However, you'll have to pay for shipping (and laminating) if you want it actually sent TO you. (which would be only $2!)

So anyone interested? :3 it'll be pretty cool, I promise.

well after finally calming down after that crazy bit of sewing (whew!) I have about 30 ears, 10 tails and 50 stickers, 40 prints and even more other tails to sell at JAFAX. I think I'm good now O_o

So I'm focusing on myself for a while <3 YAY!

The mirror is actually in its 36th chapter now XD I haven't updated it here much, sorry to say. I'll get on that soon.

I had a fun idea for a new story though- it's an INTERACTIVE story where the people in the forum I've been posting my stories in lately get to pick what happens next in the plot, as well as make their own character to be put into the story. Should be in interesting experiment.

For those who want to join in, go to dragonadopters.com and click on 'forum' then go to the writing section and look for my username! ^__^

I'll get some art updates soon O_o For now, HELLO!

I found a place where you can get 2 yards of ANY (red, blue, green, yellow, white, black, gray, orange, pink, light blue, purple, dark and light brown...) for only $37

O_O

THANK GOD FOR EBAY.

that means I can sell tails and such for CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP! :D

Anyway- in other news, I'm working on those free avatars, which go to...

Taillone

SkylorForscythe

Ceriphram

I'll get to them asap and thanks for posting so quickly!

In other news...

my fox tail sold on etsy, so I'm in a tail-making spree... here's what I have in the works currently:

cat tails:

(24 inch) ($20)

leopard print
pink
brown
black
white

(36 inch) ($30)

leopard print
pink
black
brown (?) (might not be able to get that much out of it...)

fox tails:

(24 inch) ($20)

x3 short pile regular tails
x3 long pile regular tails
x2 long pile black tails
x2 short pile black tails

(36 inch) ($45)
x1 long pile regular tail
x1 long pile black tail

(42 inch) (YES, 42!) ($55)

long pile black tail (DONE!)

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.ph.....ng_id=23468274

long pile regular tail
long pile white tail (?) (again, we'll see...)



I also have a teddy bear commission I'm working on for ibook from subeta :3 First I have to get the fur she wanted though! (already bought, shipping...)

So I'm a busy little wolfess :3 *back to sewing!*

Tonight I'm finishing the other big fox tail, and starting in on the little ones ^_^ THEN I'll get to the cat tails :3


if you're interested in seeing what I already have up for sale, you can go to my etsy at:

http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5728715

ya, you read right!

I'm offering free avatar commissions- you'll get the working size (300x300 OR 500x500) and the actual avatar size (100x100)

I want some samples lol

SO.

First to post gets the slots :D I'll only do three! (can be ANY species- please specify whether you'd like 'humanus' or regular snout-styled furry :3)

So... not such a good week.

On top of my friend's mom being diagnosed with breast cancer, my other friend that has been fighting pancreatic cancer just took a turn for the worse and has been put into a hospice. They say he has a week left, so I'm trying to spend as much time with him as I can-

so if you feel like I'm not submitting anything, now you know why.

Well including the dozen that Dajanrys wants me to do (wee) That makes 22 commissions this week o3o

WOW.

LIKE.

WOW.

Luckily I don't work that much this week so I can get them all done in time for easter XD

Waggles are so fun to make- I'm going to need more squeakers soon though o_x used up like... 5. Out of 15. yeah lol

So at this rate I'll be able to get more stuff to make more stuff to offer more stuff :D

What's in the works right now:

(have materials for, and just need to work on-

teddy (for charity- all profits will go to the local Ronald McDonald house I stayed at while I was little!)
pastel bunny (easter!)
fur/fleece black sheep (awww)
all kinds of new waggles
sock kitties (also cute- I'm making these out of (new) fuzzy wool socks ;3
brown/black horse (with fur as the mane)
redwall mouse (like... with a little hat! :D)
and POOFLES! I need to make more poofles- I sold out of those weeks ago o_o

So.

What I'm trying to get to soon:

western dragon (yeah- serious! awesome, right? I'm making a metallic silver one o3o)


IN OTHER NEWS-

I have a BUNNY COMMISSION up for sale! You can get your own custom bunny for easter! :D

http://www.furbuy.com/auctions/1008858.html




Alright guys- I need your opinion:

what should I make next?

1. Monkey!
2. Frog!
3. Cockatoo/parrot!
4. Baby kangaroo (Joey)!
5. Koala!
6. Elephant!
7. Penguin!
8. Rhino!
9. Pig!
10. Crocodile!
11. Ferret!
12. Long furred bear (smaller)!
13. Baby Goblins!
14. Plush demon horns (wearable costume pieces)
15. Hippocampus (merhorse)

(choose up to four!)

I've had a 47 hour week this week, including a 13 hour day...

So that's why I haven't done anything most of the week- my time was spent otherwise eating and SLEEPING (is horribly sleep deprived)

Anyway.

So I've been getting a lot of waggle commissions lately- here's my current list:

USD :

1. Infekshun ($11)
2. ZerosCurse ($10)
3. Infekshun ($7)
4. Keilp100128 ($15)
2. 0okamiseishin ($15)

These are of course based on size and complexity ;3 The more accessories/features you want on your waggle, the more it will cost.

I'm doing these little accessories right now:

one will have a little lion tail (awww!)
one will have a pentagram on the back (oh my, complex!)
one will have little demon horns made of sculpey XD (cuuute!)
one will have a little purple wolf tail (lol)


They're so fun to make though lmao

Anyway- in other news, I'm done with my experiment, and though I made a few mistakes and had to change a few things, it's a resounding success :D

I MADE A FOX EAR FLEECE BEANIE HAT! ^___^
I'll upload pics soon- but it's ADORABLE. Too bad it's too big for me and my strangely shaped head ;_;

So... I'm currently working on some projects that I want to try out.

First up is 'Boku' versions of fursonas across furaffinity- you can pay to have your fursona (must be mammal of some sort, though I could probably manage aquatic with the tail as long as you're willing to be patient for me to work out the pattern) these will have accessories made of felt that go with the fleece plushie, and you can dress them up and stuff XD

such as:

if I did one for Fender (lol right... like he'd commission me LMAO) I'd include a small little blue tie made of felt for him to wear XD

any patterns would be hand appliqued on rather than glued (yuck- hot glue on fabric seems gross when it's supposed to be cuddly!) So it WOULD have stitching where your patterns would be (but that makes the actual base plushie that much more stable and more durable!)

I want to try ONE out. One person will get a plushie, and will just have to pay $10 (for all that work I think that's a bargain) and yes that DOES include shipping! (fleece only)

For this first one you may have to wait a bit, since I'll be working out what to do about appliquing on your patterns and other accessories, but I think it'll be adorable when I'm done.

The only limitations are:

bokus are a set size- they can't be bigger or smaller than what I already have:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2075461/

I only have five eye colors:

yellow
blue
red
brown (very dark)
green

For this next plushie I'll be moving the face further together, since I think the prototype's boku looks too.... O_______O to me XD





I'm also thinking of trying out teddy-fursona commissions... but that's in the future. First I have to work out the current pattern to suit to fursonas that range from wolves/bunnies/cats (already done) to aquatics/dragons/lizards (working on it...)

these teddies are FRIGGIN HUGE- like... 2.5" huge... and obviously more expensive- ESPECIALLY if faux fur...

I'm currently working on some using some fabric I got... but I'm working out the small glitches made from just coming up with a teddy bear pattern :3 It IS cute though- I'll give it that... very fluffy O_O

so... yah.

I'm actually done with ch. 30 of The Mirror on Deviantart.com...

but only in ch. 23 here now ;_;

WILL UPDATE WITH THE REST.

but that means a huge massive onslaught of plot-twists to deal with all at once...

you ready for this?!

so I've been gone for so long for many reasons:

1. my 14 year old dog died, sending my spiralling into a deep pit of depression
2. I've been sewing my heart out- seriously. Just... a LOT.
3. Haven't been feeling into drawing lately... dunno why. Quite sad.
4. This is my third week of working for 40 hours... ugh ;_;

SO.

I'll be back at full steam soon, but I'm just trying to keep things straight for now XD

sorry I haven't been on is so long! O_O

I've been SO busy between Christmas, work and other stuff that I just hardly had time for anything ;_;

BUT-

I GOT A TABLET! :D :D :D :D :D

I'll start posting stuff I've made with it soon ^___^

how to pronounce names:

The Mirror:

Tore-ann

Na-roo

Alth-e-ah

Xik-row

Ben-net

Ooh-ma-ooh

Soar-ah

To-bias

Jhan (soft J)

Dee-li-la

Eye-za-ho



Forbidden:

Zar-cash

Alice

Ricky

Su-row

So...

my computer has a malware virus.

I won't be able to do art until I get it fixed, and it seems to re-spawn itself somewhere in my computer when I delete it.

I'm going to try buying some $50 antivirus software, but if that doesn't work, I'll have to wipe my entire hard drive and start over from scratch.

again.

*sigh* I'm not having a good week ;_;