Year: 2009

Bag of Happiness

Posted on by Anna

If you could buy happiness from a Morton Williams grocery store, this is what it would look like!

baldees_bag

I so rarely make multiples of one toy design, so it was fun to knit up a bunch of the Baldees for sale at Schmancy. (Took me a long time to do it, though!)

It was also a lot of fun designing the tags to attach to each of the Baldees.

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The reverse side shows the Baldee’s name and lists his or her attributes.

Sarah: sweet, caring, balding

Peter: smart, loving, balding

Carlos: artistic, daring, balding

Jason: rowdy, sharing, balding

Richmond: funny, giving, balding

I kind of miss having so many of these guys around! (I did keep five as samples, of course.)

baldees_lineup

Baldees

Posted on by Anna

They’re cute! And friendly! And balding!

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Baldees are a new Mochimochi Land toy now available exclusively at Schmancy, the Seattle vinyl and plush toy store. A limited batch of 20 Baldees—four each of five balding types—are now available in store and from the Schmancy online shop. Collect them all!

These are toys, and not knitting patterns—the pattern will be coming to the Mochimochi Shop next month.

baldees_logo

PiCTOBiTS

Posted on by Anna

A recent gaming obsession was PiCTOBiTS, the retro-style puzzle game for the DSi. It is addictive! Then frustrating! Then over. (I was sad when it was over.)

pictobits

PiCTOBiTS is only available for the DSi, but you can read reviews of other cheap and free games for many systems (including your web browser) in the new biweekly Sawbuck Gamer feature that John put together on The A.V. Club website.

Snail Magnets

Posted on by Anna

Here’s a neat idea from catmum on Ravelry: insert tiny super magnets in the bodies of Snails before you close them up, and your Snails can crawl up the fridge!

This is what catmum’s snails look like in a more natural setting:

snails_catmum

The pattern is free, so give it a try!

Update: catmum kindly reminded me to mention that strong magnets are a no-no for little kids, because if they are ingested they can be fatal. Plus, Snails are a little too small to be toys for under-3-year-olds anyway.