I whipped up these guys in just about three hours! This may sound strange, but I think these are the first toys that I’ve made as a gift for kids that I know. (I guess I don’t know so many kids in person.) I hope they like them!
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Cut Paper Works by Gisela Goppel
Gisela Goppel is a Berlin-based illustrator whom we started representing last year at CWC-i (my day job). I love her vibrant and sensitive illustrations. I’m especially taken with her recent project of a series of cut paper works.
Such inspiration! See more of Gisela’s work at her website and also at Bilderklub.
Puppet Love!
There’s nothing like a friendly puppet to brighten someone’s day! The latest pattern in the Mochimochi Shop introduces three new characters who can’t wait to get on your needles…
Puppet Love includes a pattern for a basic puppet shape for adult-size hands, plus variations for Mack the Monkey, Buddy the Bug, and Gertie the Bird!
Techniques for this playful knit include knitting in the round on double-pointed needles, I-cord, and mattress stitch.
You can buy the pattern as a PDF download for $5 here.
And watch out for more Puppet Love variations in the future!
Lovely Shamrocks
It’s still March for a couple more hours on the west coast, right? Just enough time to squeeze in one last shamrock-themed post for the year.
Aren’t these shamrock pins made by veeda great? Notice something interesting about them? They’re each made of three hearts! Add an I-cord and a pin at the back, and you’re all set for next March. So clever.
Henry Hatsworth in the Addictive DS Game
My husband tossed me a new DS game a week ago that he thought I would like. Turns out I more than like it—there are huge blocks of time over the past two weekends that I kind of can’t account for now, as if I had blacked out. These were, of course, hours that I spent zombie-eyed and clutching my DS close to my face.
Henry Hatsworth In The Puzzling Adventure is deceptively simple, comprised of a combination of platform and puzzle games, but it’s challenging and, as I found, totally addictive. Instead of writing more about it, I have to get back to playing now.
Check out John’s review of Henry Hatsworth on the A.V. Club. (And if you’re really into gaming, check out his coverage of last week’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco.)
Wild Things
Maybe everyone has seen this already? Just in case not:
I don’t want to make any assumptions about how great the movie will be based on the trailer, but it’s an amazing trailer, at least. (The Arcade Fire song is a nice touch.)
Love the poster, too.
Love is in the Air at the Post Office
Today is March 26th, but that’s apparently still “close enough” to Valentine’s Day for the Columbus Circle post office!
You may remember this display case from its autumnal theme that I photographed last October. The Valentine’s display is a bit more ambitious, with its paper cupid, fake roses, and tissue paper, and maybe the extra effort is why they decided to leave it up for an extra 40 days.
Or maybe the person who does the displays was laid off sometime around February 14th. That seems more likely, sadly.
See No Evil!
A little glimpse of the next pattern to hit the Mochimochi Shop. (The image represents only one-third of what the entire pattern will be.) It’s coming in April!