Let's make happy
Archive for May, 2007
Think Yuck
May 24th
This post is a reminder to everyone not to be fooled by pretty packaging.
I picked up this little number the other day in our downstairs convenience store because of its matte, minty-green wrapper, its eco-friendly aura, and because I was hungry.
I don’t claim to be an energy bar connoisseur, but this had to be the worst thing I had tasted in a long time. It tasted like someone had taken the fig filling from of a Fig Newton and left it out to dry in the sun for a couple days, then marinated it overnight in alfalfa sprout juice, then sprinkled it with mild onion powder, then added molasses so that they could call it “chocolate chip”. And it got turned completely black somewhere along the way too. But you’ll notice on the package that not one drop of gluten went into the making of this energy bar – THANK GOD. (By the way, I just found the wrapper again in the trash and looked over the real ingredients – they’re way worse than my make-em-up scenario, if you can believe that. But hey, no gluten!)
I’ll never make that mistake again. If I can convince just one other person to never try this energy bar, then it will all have been worth it.
Now here is a bar that I can really get behind:
Maybe the Nature’s Path Granola Bar isn’t an “energy bar” in the purest sense, but unlike the aforementioned scam, it’s edible. And you’ll notice that this one is wheat free. Thank God.
Yay! Mochimochi Land will be in Plush You 07!
May 22nd
Yay! I just got notice that I have been selected to participate in Plush You, the annual plush toy show held by Schmancy, the Seattle store of hipster cuddly things. I’m most honored to have the opportunity to show my toys alongside those of some amazing crafters and artists come this October.
Check out photos from last year’s Plush You here, or bone up on your plush awareness at Kristen’s Plush You blog.
Now, what to make, what to make….
Little No-Name
May 22nd
This little knit was inspired by the plastic thing that floats in your toilet tank.
It’s not really an anteater, or an elephant. I don’t know what it is, so it has no name.
Would you like to give it a name? Would you like it to be the free pattern for June?
Peek-a-boo Seals
May 20th
Mondays demand something cute.
So here is a seal hiding in a bowl of strawberries:
Hello seal!
And a silly seal hiding in a turtle tank:
Uh-oh…
Check back for a soon-to-be-announced special contest in which you can win some fun toys like these and more!
Devilrobots in New York
May 18th
Vinyl Pulse tells us about a Devilrobots show opening this Saturday at the Showroom NYC! (It’s the little gallery next door to Toy Tokyo.)
Devilrobots are based in Tokyo and make fun characters in vinyl and plush. They’re maybe most known for Their To-Fu men and Maffy, who I believe is supposed to be a marshmallow-based creature.
Their show runs through next Thursday, the 24th. So let’s all go!
