JANNA VANDERVEEN
Fiction Author & Artist
Things that interfere with writing the next great American novel: #1. FLIES! I’m not kidding. My daughter Chloe (who just turned four) is terrified of flies. She doesn’t understand the correlation between leaving the...
Meet Big Pink Boutique Bunny At the insistence of my children, I redesigned my existing bunny pattern to create the “BIG” bunny and I am thrilled with the result! This beautiful 18 inch, bright...
I love the bright colors in this little hat. It’s just perfect for a three-year old sweetie. With butterflies, flowers, and a soft fleece band. This hat will keep ears warm...
I love what-ifs. What-if’s drive my creative thinking and fuel my love for writing. They push me past the mundane “box” of my thinking and force me to consider things I wouldn’t,...
Poor pink boutique bunny. With your ouchies and boo boos galore. Hopefully some hugs and kisses will heal your accidental scars, and detract from your rather distorted head. But you’re beautiful just the way you...
For sweet little Norah! This teal newsboy hat’s just for you! It features a cute butterfly with a very special message. Pure laughter, pure happiness, pure joy, pure and simple…pure love. All that...
Chloe grew out of the newsboy hat I made her two years ago, so I made her a new one. We went for raspberry pink since it matched her bitty baby’s hat....
Adopted by Chloe. Molly the dolly has been sitting too long on my daughters’ dresser, unfinished and forgotten in the midst of the craziness of life. Her blonde tresses and blue eyes beckon, begging to...
My daughter has spent the last several months begging me to make Lily (our Maltese puppy) a princess dress. We’ve perused countless Etsy websites, sewing blogs, and pattern sites together, looking for just the right...
The weather is changing. Fall has arrived. My drive to make hats has returned. I couldn’t resist making this eye-popping red corduroy newsboy hat with an embroidered Canadian flag. Nothing says patriotism more...
Meet Yellow Bunny Adopted by Chloe My three-year-old daughter has been begging me, for the past several months, to make her a yellow bunny. The request came at unexpected times over...
My Lily loves to chew, especially dog beds with zippers and foam. I decided she needed a more durable, chew-proof bed. 🙂 Erin Erickson has a free fleece dog bed tutorial on her web site (Dog...
Meet Medium Red and Small Blue Ninja Bunnies Made at the request of my sons, these bunnies are not only soft and cuddly, they are super-hero ninja fighting monsters. Subjected to beatings and masterful escapades,...
Meet Blue and Purple Bunny Adopted by Chloe Bunnies are stinkin cute! After working many hours to perfect a bunny design, I’ve come up with these two cuties. The blue bunny is 12...
Meet Bailey Adopted by Aynalem This boutique doll was designed specifically for a very sweet girl named Aynalem. She features beautiful coordinating fabrics, hand embroidered facial features, and lace trim around the neck and undergarments. Standing...
Meet Brooke. This pretty bunny is affectionately referred to as “purple bunny” in our home. After hours of adapting my original bunny design and sewing together Purple Bunny #1 (disaster – officially referred...
Meet Blossom! Bunnies and spring go hand in hand! Although spring has not technically arrived, it sure feels like it. With all of this warm weather, I half expect to see...
Meet lovely Lily. This cute little (6.5 inch bunny) was born today at noon and has been the apple of my daughter’s eye ever since. It took quite a bit of cajoling...
Deep within your hallowed heart Beats blood of truest red. Poured out for me, you gave your life Whispering words of love instead. You won my heart with great aplomb Ransomed...
Rip Esselstyn Engine 2 Lasagna is the most delicious, healthy, fiber filled vegetable lasagna that I have ever found. Made. Eaten. Anywhere! Having watched the documentary “Forks over Knives”, and it’s spin-off “Engine2Diet,” I was...
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JANNA VANDERVEEN 