Yummy Pancake: Custom Pieces

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Sunday, June 20, 2010

I have been turned into a plush!!!

My husband and I recently celebrated another wonderful year of marriage together, and the celebrate, I decided to commission a set of plushcatures from the wonderfully talented and fabulous Leeanna of PlushGoodness. Words cannot even describe how awesome they turned out! It's us, but plush! And the detail is amazing...from my graphic tee to my hubby's famous 32 polo!

Oh No! My brother has my husband in a choke!

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Blessinz of teh Ceiling Cat be apwn yu!!! kthxbye!!1!!

Oh hai. In teh beginnin Ceiling Cat maded teh skiez An da Urfs, but he did not eated dem. Da Urfs no had shapez An haded dark face, An Ceiling Cat rode invisible bike over teh waterz. At start, no has lyte. An Ceiling Cat sayz, i can haz lite? An lite wuz. An Ceiling Cat sawed teh lite, to seez stuffs, An splitted teh lite from dark but taht wuz ok cuz kittehs can see in teh dark An not tripz over nethin. An Ceiling Cat sayed light Day An dark no Day. It were FURST!!! -- Exerpt from Genesis 1 of the lolcat bible.

The latest Plush Team Challenge was to create a plush based on something from world mythology...gods, mythical creatures, demi-gods, etc. The first thing that popped in my mind for this challenge was Ceiling Cat, God of the lolcats ^_^

I decided to try something a little different this time. There are elements of crochet, but I also did some handsewing to create a super fun wall hanging with an embroidery loop(it just didn't work right on the ceiling). I cut the letters out of sparkly felt and hand sewed them on using glow in the dark embroidery floss(it looks cool in the dark, but was impossible to photograph). And look at the little cheezeburger detail on the exclamation point ^_^ It's like Ceiling Cat is coming out of the wall to eat yer cheezburgers!!

Pounce on over to the Plush Team Blog to check out all the fabulous creations for this challenge and to vote for your favorites. Ceiling cat would really like your vote! If he doesn't get your vote, he told me he would send basement cat after you....just kidding!

Want Ceiling cat for your wall? He's available for purchase in the Plush Team Etsy Shop!!!

Sunday, February 7, 2010

You've got some splaining to do ^_^

I recently finished my entry for the Threadknits contest. What is this contest you ask? Well, You need to create something either knitted or crocheted inspired by one of Threadless' awesome t-shirt designs. While I was looking through all the shirts, this one really stuck out to me, so I created a plush version of it. Make sure you check out the Threadknits gallery and take a look at all other wonderful entries....there is some stiff competition in this contest!!

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Toast Wars

If you didn't already know, I am a huge nerd and I LOVE Star Wars. So, when I heard that there was going to be a show called Stitch Wars, which would be featuring handmade goodies inspired by one of the awesomest movies ever, how could I not participate?? It is going to be at Bird and Bear Gallery, and will run from July 19th through August 29th. Check out their site for more information. I have already seen a few items made for it and they are AWESOME! The bar has already been set pretty high for this show by Heidi Kennedy and Cutesypoo! I have completed one of my items that I will be sending to this show, and thought I'd give everyone a little peek! I made a Wookie Toastee:

As you can see, I even pulled out some of out old-school Star Wars figures to pose in the pic as well ^_^

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Pouches of Nom

I had a custom order to make a case for a Blackberry Curve, and this is what I came up with. I found that these will also fit a Garmen Nuvi, Sirius Stiletto, Sansa, iPod, Deck of Cards, Gift Card, Credit Cards, etc etc.

I don't know about you, but I love having cute little pouches for my possessions ^_^

Monday, October 20, 2008

mmmm...Toastee!

Just finished up this little guy for a custom order - A Mr. Toastee Scarf modeled by my giant Pikachu. It has happy buttered toastees, indifferent plain toastees, and then angry burnt toastees. I LOVE how it turned out! I'm thinking about making some angry burnt plush Mr. Toastee Plushies in the near future ^_^ I love the original happy, but the burnt Mr. Toastee just seems to be packing so much attitude ^_^

Monday, May 26, 2008

Old Barney and Crabby McCrabpants

Can I just say how much I love custom orders? I love the ideas that folks come up with, and the stories behind why they choose that particular item. I thrive on the challenge of designing and perfecting a pattern and then completing the plush.

I just completed this set of plushies for an alchemy request on etsy. These are going to be a belated birthday gift for their mother. The Lighthouse was designed after Barnegat Lighthouse in NJ - it's nickname is Old Barney so they requested a moustache face....I think it was the perfect choice! I added some glitter to the light part of the house - you can't really see it well in this picture but it looks awesome in person - trust me! I also whipped up a little orange crab buddy for the lighthouse. The crab was more difficult than I thought, as I struggled with making it realistic or cartoony. I settled on a mix of the 2 and couldn't be happier.

I used to go on vacation to the Outer banks with the fam back when I was in high school. I'm thinking that I might try and recreate plush versions of all the lighthouses we visited down there now ^_^