February 29, 2008

Crammed Organisms group plush show!

Calling all plush creators and artists! This show looks amazing, the theme is: "Fairy, Folk, and Fable."
The deadline for entries is March 29th, so get creating!
Crammed Organisms - World's Largest Plush Show! Plush, Stuffed Animals, Plushies, Softies

Taxi!


Bernard tries to get a cab on a street corner in New York City on his way to a jazz club. He's a freelance journalist who covers the jazz music scene in the city he's currently visiting. An ardent Herbie Hancock fan, Bernard is ecstatic that Herbie took home the Grammy for Album of the Year.

February 24, 2008

The Little Matchstick Girl



The Little Matchstick Girl is from a Hans Christian Anderson story. In a nutshell, the little girl is thrown out into the cold by her mean father to try and earn some pennies on the street by selling matches to passerby. It's very cold and no one buys any matches, so she decides to use her matches to try and keep warm. When she lights each one, she has a vision of her kindly (but dead) grandmother which lasts for the duration of the match flame. As she burns through the matches, her vision of being with her grandmother grows stronger, and she doesn't feel the cold anymore. The next morning the little girl is found frozen to death on the street with an angelic smile on her face. Such an uplifting and cheerful story, I know. It was the theme for last months posts on Gum or Mints, and I thought I'd post it here as well.

February 10, 2008

Mr. Collins on vacation



Deciding to take some time off and beat the winter blues, Mr. Collins is currently in Hawaii. Time to recharge the batteries and sit in the sun on the beach with a tropical drink in one hand and his camera in the other.

February 4, 2008

Poppy


Poppy is a fan of all things big and bold. She loves the huge floral pattern on her dress, it puts her in a sunny, confident mood.
A graphic designer by day and purse designer at night, she hopes to launch her own line of handbags in the near future.