Moving Sale!

Hey folks! I know it's been a long while. We're super busy prepping the house to go on the market so we can move to that beautiful property above (pictured about 20-25 years ago. It hasn't changed much, except the trees are much, much larger and there's far less lawn.).

Anywhoosies, to help me clear clutter (and raise funds--selling your house REALLY drains the pocketbook!), I'm putting the shop on sale for the first time ever! From now until August 31, you can save a whopping 30% on any order of $50 or more. Just ender the code MOVINGMADNESS at checkout. I will also be separately marking down some of my older inventory. So if you've had your eye on a special critter, now is the chance!

Just a few of the items you can nab:





It's going to be a big summer, moving from the city and taking on the responsibilities of such a large property. I'll probably continue to be pretty MIA, but I'll try to pop in for updates when I can. Probably more on the farmy side than the plush side. :)

Creature Collaboration

What happens when you combine two monster makers, one pattern from each maker's repertoire, and no instructions? A pretty fantastic collaboration.

Daniel Allyn Lee of Happycloud Thunderhead contacted me a while back and suggested we collaborate in some way. We decided that we would each cut out two of the same pattern, make one ourselves while sending the copy to the other person with no instructions, and see what happened.
It turns out that Daniel and my husband share the same hometown (they were even in the same graduating class—small world!), which we visit quite often, so I suggested Daniel and I meet up this weekend while I was out there.

Daniel is just as awesome as the fantastic plush he creates. We had a great time chatting and playing with our monsters. It's probably fairly obvious whose is whose, but just in case, here's what I made: And here's what Daniel made: I can not stop giggling over what Daniel did with my imp pattern. The hat! The britches! But most of all, the jaunty little bow tie! I think bow tie-bedecked plushies might become my next collection obsession. . . .

It was so much fun seeing Daniel's take on my patterns, and how different the "same" creature could look when our own style was applied to it. I'd definitely do this kind of collaboration again!

My First Magazine!

My first magazine article came out this month! The magazine I was interviewed for was (drum roll, please). . . . Get Creative, a wonderful Australian magazine devoted to "encouraging and inspiring all of us to have a go at new
things, expressing ourselves creatively and spending time with our
family and friends."

Sadly, this magazine isn't currently available in the United States, but the editor, Jacquie, was kind enough to send me a PDF of my article. Read the article by either clicking each image below to enlarge, or download the whole PDF.   

I'm so excited that Get Creative offered me this
opportunity, and it's so thrilling to see my work in print! And among
such good company too. How adorable is that skeleton by Nelly Pailloux? And Samantha Bryan's whimsical, Victorian-inspired creations? Swoon.