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COLOURlovers

Posted on by Anna

I just discovered COLOURlovers, an online community/blog/resource for color inspiration—very cool! A contributor to the site recently blogged about the colors used in some of my toy designs.

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I love the way the people on COLOURlovers obsessively create color palates from different sources. Here is the distilled version made from the colors in my Giant Mushrooms Attack the City knitted sculpture.

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It looks so planned out when it’s shown like this! Gives me inspiration to put just a little more thought into my color choices.

Ossu! Robot Dogs

Posted on by Anna

Check out this video of awesome hand-sewn robot dogs! They were made by Ossu! Shugeibu, the “guerrilla” crafting club from Japan.

Ossu! Shugeibu is coming to gallery hanahou next month, where they will have a show and host a workshop on October 17th in which you can make your own robot dog! Email info@galleryhanahou.com for more info and to sign up.

Mossy Things for Plush You

Posted on by Anna

Wanna see what I made for Plush You this year? It’s a Mossy Rock, a Mossy Log, and Mossy Ground!

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These three will be available at this year’s Plush You show, which opens October 9th at Schmancy in Seattle. (I think they’ll be available online too!)

I really liked how they turned out (even strange little ground guy), but my absolute favorite thing about this project were the tags that I made for them.

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I had this idea in my head of what I wanted the tags to look like, and then I made them and they turned out just how I wanted! I made them using Illustrator, which is pretty much my favorite thing now.

Bye, Cats

Posted on by Anna

Our cats on loan from my Brother-in-law sadly had to say goodbye over the weekend. They were with us for about two and a half months, so they really became a part of our family, and it was hard to see them go. John and I feel very lucky to have had Tucker and Zizzou while we did, though.

Here are some of my favorite cat pics from their stay with us!

The fish tank was, as a friend remarked, like HBO for the cats. That is, once they figured out they were never going to catch the fish by swatting at the tank.

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Tired kitty on the bed!

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Tired kitty in the socks!

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Zissou was particularly tolerant of our affection.

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We will miss you, cats!

Lil Milton Baldee

Posted on by Anna

“I believe you have my stapler?”

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CraftyGinger made the funniest Baldee in the likeness of Milton Waddams from Office Space. For the above image, she Photoshopped the sexy glasses and eyes onto him to give him just the right look. Clever!

Now all he needs, says CraftyGinger, is a tiny red stapler. I just might try to make one myself if she doesn’t do it first, though I’m not so sure I could pull it off.

Thanks so much for the test, Kari!