Still Life: Afternoon Tea

I created this piece for the Plush Team's March/April challenge. The theme of the challenge was The Artful Stitch: Plush Art, and we could chose to either make a still life or a self portrait.

I decided to try something new and break out the wool roving and my needle felting kit. Everything you see here is needle felted by hand. It was a ton of fun trying something new, and the colors of roving that I had just called out to be made into a plate of macaroons (Mmmmm macaroons ;D), and the rest followed.

You can see the rest of the Team's creations on the Team's Facebook page, and they will also be available for sale in the Team's etsy shop starting today.

Don't forget to enter my Catwoman Rabbit giveaway- you have until Saturday to enter if you haven't already. :D

Mermaid Ariadne

Something new for my etsy shop- say hello to Ariadne.

Ariadne loves to challenge her fellow mermaids and mermen to races- she's one of the fastest mermaids in her part of the ocean. She is hoping to qualify for the Mermaid World Championship Races this summer.


I have wanted to make a mermaid plush for a long time, and I finally got the time and the inspiration to do it. It took me awhile to get a sketch that I liked, and this is the result. Her scales are made from layers of felt, both wool felt and regular felt- it took quite some time to cut them all out and sew them down, let me tell you. I'm happy with the way that they turned out, so it was worth the time. :)

She's now available in my etsy shop, if you'd like to read more about her and see more photos. :D

Give-away time!

Well, after being pretty much computer-less for over a week, I decided to celebrate my return to cyber-space with a plush give-away! What am I giving away, you may be asking yourself. Well, it turns out that  there was a villain Rabbit that decided not to hop in the basket I sent to Emerald City Comic Con last month...

 

The nefarious, notoriously sly, and hard to catch Catwoman Rabbit! I was hoping that the Joker and Harley Quinn Rabbits would also make an appearance at ECCC, but they never showed. I decided to create Catwoman Rabbit in her old-school look, since that is the look that I remember most from my childhood. Although goggles Catwoman is my favorite Catwoman look now that I'm older.

Catwoman Rabbit is not quite her true self, and here comes the crux of how you can win this giveaway:

 Leave a comment here with your name and email address, and tell me what isn't quite right/true to the comic book image about/of Catwoman Rabbit. (the fact that she's a Rabbit doesn't count.) Right answers will be added into the pile, and the winner will be picked at random out of a hat by midnight PST on Saturday, April 28th, 2012.

On the off-chance that there aren't any right answers: (it's not that hard a question, so I doubt this will be the case ;D) I will post the answer along with the winner on Sunday April 29th. To pick a winner in this scenario: I will add all the names into a hat and randomly select a winner from the pool.

PLEASE remember to leave me your email address, otherwise I won't be able to contact you if you win!

Good luck!

Meet the SuperHAREos!

As promised, here are the photos of my Superhero rabbits, the Super HAREos. They will be for sale at the Schmancy Toys booth at Emerald City Comic Con in Seattle this weekend. I have never done any comic book fan art before, and I wanted to do a little twist on the theme; so I decided since Easter was coming up to make these superheroes as rabbits instead of regular humans. These are some of my favorite superheroes. I have fond memories of the Superfriends cartoons that I watched as a kid.

Since my favorite color is green, I've always had a soft spot for the Green Lantern:

It would be pretty amazing to be able to run as fast as the Flash does:

and to be able to kick some serious criminal butt (as well as be super-rich ;D) like Batman:

 To be able to fly and jump buildings in a single bound like Superman does:

Now we're getting to my favorite characters. I love Hawkman, and had a ton of fun making him:

My all-time favorite Superhero, of which I had the Underoos and a set of the cuffs, tiara, and lasso when I was a kid; is the Amazon herself, Wonder Woman:

These were a ton of fun to make, and I hope that if you are in the Seattle area that you have the chance to check them out in person this weekend at the Con. :D

Sneak Peek!

Just a few quick teaser photos of my pieces for Emerald City Comic Con- they'll be for sale in the Schmancy Toys booth, the Con is this coming weekend (March 30- April 1st) in Seattle.
I'll post photos of the finished pieces later this week. :)

Plush Team Swap- It's Otter Time!

The Plush Team annual Swap is one of the best perks of being a member of the Team. This year I got the most adorable Sea Otter from the amazing Marcy of Moons Creations. He also came with his own set of sushi, which just happens to be one of my favorite foods. The yearly Team swap is doubly exciting since it's a secret swap- no one knows what great new creation from a fellow member will show up on their doorstep!

LOVE that fuzzy muzzle of his! To see more of Marcy's awesomely cute creations, check out her etsy shop.

For my part of the swap, I created and sent Matilda Bear off to the UK to the fabulous Dawn of Treacher Creatures:

Dawn makes fantastic plush out of the coziest socks, so if you haven't been over to her etsy shop to see what she's up to lately, here's your chance.

It's KOOKY!

So excited to say that I now have my very own Kooky plush! (Thanks Ken and Jen- you guys rock!) He's absolutely adorable. If you don't know who Kooky is, he is the hero of the the movie of the same title. It's a Czech puppet/live action film, and it is one of the most magical and creative films that I have seen in a long time. It's about a young boy whose mother makes him throw away his Kooky plush because she is worried that Kooky's stuffing will aggravate the boy's serious asthma condition.  Kooky then has to find his way back to his owner, who still loves him.

If you haven't seen this film, I highly recommend it! The character designs are amazing, and the film is pure magic.

If you are wondering where to get your own copy of the movie, or your own Kooky, the film's director Jan Sverak has plush and the movie (in PAL format), as well as the new making-of book (text in Czech) available to purchase on ebay. To find out more about the film, here's the link to the Kooky facebook fanpage.

I am busily creating new plush and haven't had time to post any photos, but I promise to reveal what I am working on soon! Until then, I will keep updating my blog with all the new additions to my plush collection.

Ahoy, Mateys!

More additions to my ever growing plush collection, hooray! Welcome Captain Jack Sparrowpants made by the talented Claire of absolutely small, and his first mate, Surly Starfish. Surly was made by the wonderful Lana "Plushinator" Crooks.

 Jack and Surly seem to be land-locked for now, but I'm sure the devious Cap'n Jack has something up his sleeves to somehow get them on the ocean again...

I love Surly's head scarf and his expression is awesome. The details on Jack are fantastic, right down to the twisted wool for his dreads and messy hair. I'm really happy to have these great plush in my collection! If you want get more info on the latest from Absolutely Small, click here to find her blog. To find out more about the about the world of Lana Crooks, click here.