Hi, Mochimochi friends. John here. Some of you may have been having trouble with the sidebar buttons for the photo contest and the free patterns, particularly if you were using Firefox. Sorry about that. It was a little server-configuration glitch that I introduced while I was upgrading Mochimochi Land’s blog software. The buttons should be working now (you might have to reload, but probably not). Please let us know if you have any other problems. Thanks for your patience!
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Copy That
I usually seem to catch up with new music about 1-2 years after it’s released, so I’m happy to have found a great album a mere two months after its debut.
Listening to Cut Copy’s new album In Ghost Colours feels kind of like cheating, it’s so listenable. It makes me think of a tree somewhere that grows songs, and Cut Copy just went and picked their favorites before anyone else got to them.
If you, like so many of us, are a sucker for the retro 80s vibe, you should pick this one up. That is, if you haven’t already in the past two months.
Grass in Stop Motion
Annie, an avid knitter of Grass, recently sent me a video that she and her friend made about a grassy adventure in the front yard.
Annie says they “failed” at the stop motion, but I think they did a fine job, and the video is hilarious. (I especially love the smoking scenes!)
Maybe next year’s photo contest will have to include a category for video…
Free Dust Bunnies Pattern with Any Purchase!
To kick off this year’s photo contest, the pattern for Dust Bunnies will come free with any Mochimochi Land purchase through June 15th!
A link to download the pattern will be sent to you within 24 hours of your purchase.
It’s Another Mochimochi Photo Contest!
That’s right, it’s time for the second-ever contest in Mochimochi Land!
We’re looking for the cutest, funniest, most original photos of toys made from Mochimochi Land patterns. The first place winner will get a box full of cute and unusual goodies straight from Japan: craft books, supplies and kits, toys, and more! There will also be prizes for second and third place.
The finalists will be selected from photos uploaded to the Mochimochi Friends group on Flickr. All of the photos that have been uploaded in the past six months (after November 30, 2007) are already entered to win! Then everyone will get to vote for the winners right here in August.
Here are the simple guidelines:
Eligibility
To be eligible, your photo must contain at least one toy made from a Mochimochi Land pattern. This can either be a pattern from the Mochimochi Shop or one of the free patterns on the Mochimochi Blog. The pattern may be modified, but not beyond recognition from the original pattern.
How to enter
Simply upload your photo(s) to the Mochimochi Friends Flickr group. If you don’t have a Flickr account, it is free and easy to register (though we recommend signing up as soon as possible, because it takes a little time for your account to be approved for sharing photos in a group). You can upload as many photos as you want, within reason.
Deadline
The last day to enter the contest is July 31st. We’ll be announcing the finalists shortly thereafter. Then everyone can vote for their favorites right here on the blog in early August, so be sure to check back then.
Check out last year’s winners for inspiration, then get those shutters clicking!
Update: Thanks so much to Limenviolet, the Craft blog, and Plush You for announcing the contest!
Dusty Bunnies
It recently occurred to me that it might be time to do some dusting…
A new pattern coming very soon!
Empty Windows
I took this photo with my phone camera a few weeks ago. It’s a building on 11th Avenue in New York, not far from where I live.
I like how it’s a normal building, then it just stops, as if part of the backside melted away. Not sure what’s going on here.
Sometimes It’s Hard to Get Things Done Around Here
A few of these little guys will be part of the prizes for the upcoming photo contest. Full details next week!