#montel

I saw I had chopped down my 400 character list on Toyhouse down to 250 so that means it's time to make some new OCs AND I've always wanted a duo where one was teeny and the other was big. I also just adore soft x hard designs so--

ANYWAYS-Big guy winds up finding pixie girl one day after buying a dollhouse from a thrift shop to renovate since he does mini crafts as a hobby. Said dollhouse is where little girly was temporarily living so of course she latches on to him because "Hello this is my home what are you doing???"

It depends on the animal but I’ll give a few more interesting examples!

Honu - She’s from Turtle Bay, Hawaii, and I used to live in Hawaii. Everyone would refer to the sea turtles there as “Honu”, and sea turtles and Hawaii in general mean a lot to me

Warren - I named him after Major Marquis Warren from The Hateful Eight. I watched that movie soon before I found Warren and Marquis Warren is such a badass character that I decided to name Warren after him. If you’re going to watch that movie just know that it is a Quentin Tarantino movie and there’s lots of racism due to the time period the film is set in.

Draugr - You can read her story here. My dad and our family friend Greg always referred to her as “The zombie raccoon” due to her seemingly “coming back to life”. I named her Draugr, after animated corpses from Norse mythology. The word Draugr literally means “Again Walker”.

Ozark, Adirondak - Named after the place they originated from

Bucky - During purchasing and before I named him I just referred to him as “The big buck mink” (male mink are called bucks) and his name just sort of ended up as Bucky.

Gef - An old antique mink stole I named after a horror story that I thought was interesting. I realize it’s pronounced like Geoff but I just pronounced it with a hard G, rhymes with “Kef”.

Samuel - Since wallaby’s are from Australia I decided to name him after the son from the horror movie, The Babadook which takes place in Australia.

Hazel, Fiver - Named after the rabbit brothers from Watership Down

Pecan - Named for her peculiar, sweet nutty smell. I’m not sure why she smells like this but even her maceration water smelled sweet!

Apus - Named after a constellation in the souther sky, representing a bird-of-paradise

Dalton - Another skull named after a horror movie character, Dalton is named after the son from Insidious, another one of my favorite horror movies.

Acari - Named after a taxon of arachnids that contains mites and ticks, due to the large tick I found on her face (which I actually still have)

Montel, Bruno - Dogs with ethnic names originating from the areas their breeds are from

Kitty - A skunk pelt. When I showed him to my dad it was dark out and it was hard to see, my dad thought it was a cat and called him “Kitty!” so I decided to keep that name because I thought it was cute. He’s currently being tanned.

Tiberius - I don’t know where this name came from. As soon as I found him, this name just sort of appeared in my mind and refused to go away.

Brandy - Meredith’s daughter. While working on her and her sister Smosh (who was named that because her face was completely mushed) I was listening to the soundtrack from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and decided to name her after the song “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” by Looking Glass

Meredith - Meredith is named after Peter Quill’s (a character from GotG2) mother