venom & blossom

just a nerd sellin fanart dolls because i got laid off due to AI taking away writing jobs. i take commissions!

[venomandblossom]

Hi Everyone!

EDIT: if you see something you'd love but cannot afford, fear not! if you buy directly through me using paypal or venmo, i offer discounted prices! the only downside is a longer wait time as etsy orders have to take priority due to the website punishing you if you're late. this includes custom requests!

Just an introduction to me I guess. My name's Alyssa and I have an etsy shop (https://venomandblossom.etsy.com) where I sell custom plushies. I'm posting them all here to show them off and, so you're aware, all of them are for sale, usually made-to-order, unless otherwise stated. I also take commissions of any human characters! Most of the plushies I've sold started out as commissions and can now be made to order. (:

If you are looking for the patterns, I apologize, but I actually make all of these freehand, so I can't provide you with one. But I am happy to always talk shop with other crocheters if you want some tips I've learned on how to figure out making YOUR fave characters!

Also, please let me know if you have any characters you'd like to see! I'm neck-deep in so many fandoms that it's often hard to choose which character I'm going to make next, so I always value suggestions!

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Hubert Von Vestra!

Finally, a new design! Hubert is up for preorder!

https://venomandblossom.etsy.com/listing/4529802547/fe3h-fire-emblem-three-houses-hubert-von

We're meeting Hubert's VA at ctcon and last year i got a pic of him holding Edelgard. This year I'd like to get a pic of him actually holding his character. So if you buy him, you'll have to wait until after ctcon for me to ship him because i really want that photo!

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Haven't shared one of my mockup designs in a long time (if ever?) So im getting started on Hubert today! Wish me luck~

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Current Queue

Really gotta hustle to make sure I make friend's bday deadline, haha.

A previous customer saw I made Lysithea in all of her outfits (the one who ordered Ingrid to help me finish out the Blue Lions and also ordered the entire Gautier family) and went "wait, that's an option??" So she ordered BEST BOY SYLVAIN in the rest of his outfits and ahhhhh hooray so excited to make BEST BOY SYLVAIN again!

No other additional commentary really. Reminder that anything marked as "free spot" is subject to be postponed or canceled (fingers crossed they won't be tho)

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Drag Queens?

So I'm really into watching drag and I love designing. This is more of a shout out into the ether in hopes of maybe getting some advice or an opportunity or whatever, but closed mouths don't get fed!

I really want to make crochet outfits/accessories for drag artists.

Call it my ADHD and how every 2-3 years I get a little bored of what I'm doing and need a twist/refresh, or the hyper fixation that often comes with ADHD (this is me telling you all I have ADHD in case I never mentioned it but I also feel like it's super obvious that I do lmao), call it Pride Month inspo, whatever, but it's something that's kinda been brewing in me for a while.

Here's my problem-- almost everything I do is freehand, off the dome, whatever. I use patterns and then I kind of... modify them until they are no longer recognizable. The same way I do with cooking. And when I make clothes for myself, I make it and measure along by body as I go, adjusting when necessary.

Basically, I'd want to do the definition of couture.

Maybe this is more of a rant than anything, but hey-- any drag queens/kings looking to hire a crochet designer to be their personal atelier? Or hell, even just a doll of yourself in drag? Hit me up, diva~!

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Current Queue

Current queue for orders! I forgot to put "NEW!" next to Citizen Anvil but it's a very niche fandom so I'm not sure if I'll be posting a listing for it. I'm happily surprised someone ordered another Love Live! doll, as I miss making my girlies.

Hopefully I'll be making patterns out of some of these as I go, but it's hard to get a good camera set up since I like taking pictures of the process; I know it's hard for me to follow a 3D pattern if there aren't photos, so i wanna make patterns that i'd be able to follow.

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Fire Emblem Sale!

https://venomandblossom.etsy.com

To celebrate more Fortune's Weave information, I'm having a fire emblem sale until the 20th!

This also includes custom orders for characters I haven't done yet! Make sure to message me on etsy for more info! (:

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Current Queue

Here's the current queue for orders and new dolls! We're meeting Hubert's VA at ctcon this year so i wanna make Hubert to bring and get a pic with them together. After that, he'll be up for sale, not even preorder! I'm really trying to build up more ready-to-sell dolls and have an actual physical inventory but man it's hard, lol.

With the news of the new Hakuoki localization i'm probably going to make more Hakuoki boys as well, still deciding though!

EDIT: Remember, anything marked "free space" is subject to be postponed or removed as needed

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Lysithea Three Hopes!

This was an undertaking, let me tell you. And the amount of gold thread I had to use?? It took me like 3 days just to do the gold trim and gold details. I'm glad I bought more thread than I thought I would need for this because boy did I need it. But here she is, and ready for preorder if you're so inclined!

https://venomandblossom.etsy.com/listing/4511062764/fe3h-fire-emblem-three-houses-lysithea

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Sassy Little Witch

https://venomandblossom.etsy.com/listing/4506188386/sassy-little-witch-girl-crochet

I got invited to do a craft fair in October so I have to start stocking up on original designs to sell in person, and here's the first one! But, I am also listing them for preorder should you want one yourself.

These dolls are smaller than my regular dolls, but i'm actually really digging this newer look. Let me know which style of mine you prefer! I might experiment and make some of my other dolls in this size eventually.

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Lysithea's Academy Outfit!

https://venomandblossom.etsy.com/listing/4505644059/fe3h-fire-emblem-three-houses-lysithea

She's done and up for preorder! I'm also doing her in her Three Hopes outfit so get ready for even more Lysithea!

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Current Queue + Milestone

I officially hit 200 sales on etsy!! WOOHOOOOO! Thank you to everyone who has every purchased from me, followed me, or even just liked and shared one of my posts. It truly means the world to me.

And now, here's the updated queue!

I'm hoping to make patterns for Nagito, Geno Jack, and Celestia, but it really depends on whether or not I have the bandwidth to photograph every single freakin step again. And to remember what I do, because god knows I freehand the freaky ends on Nagito's jacket.

Anything that says "free spot" may be removed or postponed depending on deadlines, workload, etc. Hopefully I won't have to do that too much, but I have already needed to postpone Hiruko and Tsubasa. Not the end of the world of course but I very much want to make as many new dolls and designs as I can while I can. I love making these dolls, but making the same ones over and over again is BAD for my ADHD lmao.

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Claude is done!

I am so pleased with how he came out! I also definitely did better work on facial hair this time than i did the last time i attempted it, so that's also great.

He is available for pre-order now if you're interested! (:

https://venomandblossom.etsy.com/listing/4499972898/fe3h-fire-emblem-three-houses-claude-von

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Current Queue

Still waiting to hear if I got the job or not. They said I'll know by the end of next week since they had other candidates they were interviewing. Please keep fingers crossed for us, we really need this.

Anyhoo, here's the updated queue! All of the ones marked "self" or "both" are subject to be removed if I don't have the time to make them, but this is the current plan. Except for Verso and Mikan. I am making Verso and Mikan come hell or high water.

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Kokichi has arrived!

He's here! And he is ready to ship out if you're so inclined! I hope someone buys him soon, he's scaring the other dolls ngl lol

https://venomandblossom.etsy.com/listing/4491668141/danganronpa-v3-kokichi-ouma-custom

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Current Queue + Updates

The package that had Bernie in it has been found, so the order was changed to Lysithea, so that's good!

This is the plan for now with new dolls coming, but some of them may need to be abandoned because I have a job interview!! We really need this so we can keep the house. All etsy orders have to be prioritized as per usual over new designs, but this is the current goal.

Wish me luck that I get the job!!

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Current Queue

I'm taking this week off for my bday, but I'm doing a lil plush for one of my fave youtubers, Raidaway+, partially to test out doing designs for IRL people and making copies of them instead of just characters, and partially because I think it would be neat.

You may notice I have Bernie pushed up the queue even though she doesn't need to go out until June 15th. Well, the person HAD BOUGHT HER ALREADY but SOMEONE STOLE THE PACKAGE FROM THEIR PORCH and the post office can't do anything about it! And they STILL decided to re-purchase!

Porch thieves need to be fuckin stopped, dude. If you're gonna steal, steal from a megacorp, not your neighbors. People are just people like you.