I hope everyone had a very merry Christmas or/and a happy Hanukkah! We are lucky enough to be spending the last few days of 2014 in John’s hometown in New Hampshire.
While we wait for the new year, how about a few more videos from the 8th Annual Mochimochi Photo + Video Contest? Although the contest has ended, our admiration for these great entries goes on!
Like this cute and funny stop-motion video by Phia:
See, even Disney productions have their bloopers!
This video by Michelle has the mochis at their most festive!
This funny little animation by Juliana just makes me smile. Her caption reads, “A sad little penguin gets a makeover with the help of his fairy godmother.”
New Eyebrows from Juliana Cusack on Vimeo.
Love it!
Since our photo contest deadline is always in or near December, we tend to get quite a few holiday-themed entries, which are always fun. This year the holiday spirit was also on display in several of the video entries we got, so I’m going to feature a few of those today!
First up is this sweet stop-motion video starring nine tiny reindeer, which was made by Katie.
Katie’s clever use of text is really what makes this for me. Nicely done!
The video fun continues with this exciting stop-motion animation by Katherine!
I love how the spider swings by her thread to get back to the left side of the frame. So fun!
In our next video, made by Claire, the mochis hold a talent competition! You might be surprised at who blows the judges away…
Today we’re featuring more video entries from our recent photo + video contest! I’m happy that we added this category—we discovered that many of you are already making really fun videos, and we also heard from several people that it was their first time to make an animation (or any kind of video at all). Yay for trying new things!
We’ll be featuring a few videos today, a few tomorrow, and probably a few between Christmas and the new year. Although these didn’t win in the photo/video contest, we’re nevertheless excited about them and eager to share them here!
Our first video of the day comes with a little explanation from the knitter:
The story behind my video is that I started knitting Teeny Tiny Mochimochi for my daughter who started her first year of college at the University of Vermont – 10 hours away from home in Maryland. I sent her off to school with gnomes wearing UVM colors of green and gold. I made one with a loop at the end of his hat and she carries him with her everyday along with her school ID.
Worried that I hadn’t also sent her off with every important bit of motherly advice for being off on her own, I started texting her. I quickly realized that she wasn’t any more interested in my helpful reminders long distance than she had been in person. That’s when the Advice Gnome arrived on the scene.
Who can resist the sage advice of a tiny Gnome? The Advice Gnome starting sending her regular reminders, words of wisdom and messages of love. While I am sure she hasn’t always heeded his advice, I know that she has at least heard him out.
What a fun way to give practical advice to one you love!
Kally A works some kitchen magic in this cleverly made stop-motion video, which she entered in our just-wrapped photo + video contest.
This was one of our favorite entries in the whole contest! The story continues in Kally A’s Part II video.