Hi everyone!!

My name is Jeff and I live in Jackson, Michigan.  I work in Lansing, Michigan for the Department of Homeland Security. 

I'm married to Cathy and I have a LOT of pets, but no kids.  Three dogs, a cat, two rats, and a fish. 

I'm interested in lots of things...magic, bicycling, motorcycling, video games, movies, sports, land paddling, longboarding, and many other things. 

I'm also interested in puppets.  I've always liked puppets and had a few for a long time, but recently I've been buying more and more of them.  I decided a few weeks ago to give it a go at making my own puppet.  Since then, I have made six of them and they all hang out around the TV in our bedroom. 

I decided to join the forum to gain some more insight on some other things to do with the puppets that I'm designing.  I've already found a tutorial that will work for blinking eyes with a puppet that I want to work on, and I've got some leads on where to get some good fabric that I can't get around here.

I look forward to talking with all of you.


See ya!
Jeff

Welcome to Puppets and Stuff Jeff...................... doesn't sound like a dull day around your house. I'm glad you decided to join us. Make yourself right at home and we would love to see pictures of your new creations.

Billy D.

Welcome to Puppets and Stuff!

hello any photos of the six puppets

Welcome! We will enjoy hearing more about your puppets and PLEASE show us pictures!!

Welcome Jeff. Glad you joined us. If you're interested in learning more about puppetry there is a one day SummerFest coming up in Allegan, MI. About 2 hours away, on Aug. 14th. For more info go to www.onewaystreet.com and click on training events.

Anyway, let us know how we can help you.

Sue

Thanks everyone. 

Here's a link to a picture of my second puppet.  His name is Paddy and he's a Glorified Sock Puppet from Project Puppet.  I can't figure out how to add an image to the gallery, it's telling me the session can't be completed because of some error. 

http://gimpdiggity.blogspot.com/2010/07/paddy-is-finishedand-new-puppet-started.html

On that blog post you can also see my third puppet's head, his name is Blip. 

After that I did three more that were all fairly similar to Paddy, but with experiments for different looking eyes.  I don't have any pictures of them online yet. 

Welcome Jeff. Glad you joined us. If you're interested in learning more about puppetry there is a one day SummerFest coming up in Allegan, MI. About 2 hours away, on Aug. 14th. For more info go to www.onewaystreet.com and click on training events.

Anyway, let us know how we can help you.

Sue

I will definitely have to look into that.  Allegan is over near the cottage that my family owns. 

wow! your puppet is really good! i just started here awhile ago myself. im using project puppet patterns as well. all of these people here are very helpful and kind... WELCOME TO PUPPETS AND STUFF!  GOOD LUCK!

Welcome! Great to see another member