friday feb 13th SWITCHEROO WORKSHOP

come join me this friday feb 13th at the SWITCHEROO WORKSHOP, 

from 7-10 pm.      543-b south raymond, pasadena CA. 91105

this is the initial sketch and clean up version of my new steel lion belt buckle that switcheroo produced, and will release this friday.  the first 50 belt buckles include a special signed mini print.  along with that I'll be releasing my plush apples, and I will be doing a fabulous 'poo it yourself' workshop. 

here is a peek of 2 plush lions for the show.

hope to see you there! drinks, and snacks to be served!

letter pressed artist series...& award

I was asked by the fine folks at letter pressed to be a part of their artist series, and I was so excited!   they came out beautiful.  these cards are available right now at the letterpressed store . 

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and in other news, plastic and plush voted my doolie box as the #2 designer plush toy of 2008! hooray! thanks plastic and plush!

you can get yourself a doolie box HERE, or even better HERE on sale......

belt buckle!

keep your pants from sagging!

switcheroo produced this totally neato belt buckle I designed, and it will be released on friday feb. 13th at the switcheroo workshop.  the belt buckle was made by the amazing fully visual.

  you are invited to come join in the festivities, and special releases!! 

more info about the party at  switcheroo workshop coming soon. 

mark your calendars for friday feb 13th. pasadena CA.

hobo doggie sweater #2

this is the continuation of the first hobo sweater. this one is super simple too, just requires a bit of sewing. I used the same sweatshirt from before.   this is not an exact pattern, but pretty close.   first I measured the length of the dog from neck to tail. and measured around his neck as well.  and then cut the sweatshirt material accordingly.  I used the ribbed sweatshirt waistband as what will become the collar of the dog sweater.

then I folded it in half, right sides together. marked the area for his arm holes and where I need to sew, from the bottom of his neck to the chest area of the sweater.  as you can see peanut is very excited to help!

below is the sweatshirt sewn, and with the arm holes cut.  I did a zig-zag stitch all the way around the outer side, and also stitched around the arm holes as well to prevent fraying.

and here is the final result:

an apple a day....

my plush apples are coming back soon! this is a juicy red.  stay tuned for more info!  they will be ripe and ready just in time for spring.

hobo doggie sweater

last year this time we got a little doggie, named peanut. because it was so cold, I decided he needed a sweater.  so I took an old sweatshirt and cut a piece from the arm.

I cut off the cuff, but sure to leave a bit of the wristband edge so it won't fray.  then I cut the sweatshirt at the forearm, at an angle.

lastly cut 2 holes for  his arms.  he was so small then, he could fit in the wrist of a sweatshirt! 

this was a year ago. next week I'll post a much larger hobo sweater I made for him using the rest of the blue sweatshirt.

happy holidays

wishing all of you a safe and happy holiday time.  progress report will be back in '09 with LOTS of exciting stuff,  craft projects too, and more plush of course.  

(doolie boxes are available at the store links on the right side of this blog)

happy new year!

win a pair of doolie boxes!!

thats right, toy cyte is giving you a chance to win 2 of my doolie boxes,  TooBaa & TeeHee. (blue and purple) jeremy from toy cyte did a really nice interview with me, and if you leave a comment  on Toy Cyte in his interview post, you will have a chance to win 2 doolie boxes!!!    -winner will be picked by random, one winner at the end of the week.

and in this economy, winning something is so cool!!  

3x Dec 6th

a few more art shows to finish off the year right.
first off is STUFF THIS @ RIVET gallery.
opens Dec. 6th and runs till, Dec 31st. columbus OH.
Hi-5 for the Teddy Bear's Picnic!next is WILD WILD KINGDOM @ MONKEYHOUSE TOYS.
opening Dec 6th. los angeles CA.
I'll have a monster plush there, and this last- lonely sad apple.

and finally MORE THE MERRIER at SUPER 7.
also on Dec. 6th. San Francisco CA.
this is a flying gingerbread turd.

these are my last plush shows of 2008, (if you are interested in any of the pieces pictured above please call the gallery in advance)..... on to plush for 2009!

plush show, foggy & egg man

these are some illustrations I based off my burgerlog dolls,

 but I wanted to give them a wintry twist.

so I made some plush out of them for a holiday plush show. 

(flyer for the show above)

these guys will be available at the Luv-able & Hug-able show: Dec 4th-Jan 7th. at gallery HanaHou in NY.   

go check it out if you will be in the area. 

 I have 3 more  shows to go for 2008, plush plush and more plush!

too early for the holidays?

this card is kind of cool, because it is done with a new technique (similar to lenticular) which makes the snow flakes look animated. the above is an entire page of the card, but these individual gift cards are now at target stores.

my rough sketch, and below is the first color pass.

plush you wrap up

plush you in SF went great, I got to finally meet the super nice kristen of schmancy who started the plush you show.  and it was fun to meet other artists as well. I forgot my camera so I didn't get any pictures of the show.

this is my lion with out his disguise!

still lots more shows coming this year, and I'll post all the pictures here.

PLUSH YOU tonight in SF

 this is my second piece in the show, he has a disguise too,

  but he is not wearing it in this picture!

double punch gallery, 1821 powell st. san francisco, show opens tonight nov. 7th (reception 6pm-midnight) the show will run till nov. 30th.