New Stuffed Drawings

I’ve recently added a couple of new images to my line of stuffed drawings. After having so much fun drawing my Woodstock tribute guitars for the Plush Team’s Plushstock, I drew a cat playing a guitar on a creamy tan cotton fabric.

I enjoyed that project so much that I kept drawing on the same fabric and finally released an image that had been rolling around in my brain for months. My dog Mickey has developed the habit of laying around the house with his paws crossed, as though he were posing for his graduation picture. But when I try to photograph him, he moves.
So I drew him.

I plan on adding different fabric versions of these drawings to my shop in the coming weeks. These two are currently available there. I hope you enjoy my little stuffed drawings.

Save The Boobs

PlushTeam wants to save the boobs!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and to raise funds and awareness about this insidious disease, the members of PlushTeam have created mammary-themed plush. 80% of every purchase goes to the Susan G. Komen Institute, an international fund dedicated to raising money for Breast Cancer Cure research. Be sure to stop by the team’s Etsy shop to view all the wonderful boobalicious creations.

Here’s my contribution, click on the picture to be whisked off to the PlushTeam Etsy shop:

Plushstock 2009 – Vote It Up!

It’s now time for you to vote for your favorite Plushstock entries from the fabulous Plush Team. Four categories to vote for:

• Musicians
• Instruments
• Hippies
• Peace Symbols

Voting will close at midnight EST on August 30. CLICK HERE TO VOTE.

I’m not going to tell you who to vote for in the instrument category. (hint)

Plushstock

August 15, 2009 is the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock festival and we members of the Etsy Plush Street Team are commemorating the event by creating special plush items.

This is my contribution, the peace guitars. I started to draw acoustic guitars, but then started thinking about all the peace and love and flowers of the time and it all merged together. I had two pieces of fabric I liked equally, so I made two guitars, drawing my design onto both pieces and altering a bit between them.

Keep an eye on the Plush Team blog, soon after August 15 you’ll be able to see all the commemorative creations. Enjoy.

Stuffed

Stuffed is a very cool magazine available at most booksellers. Imagine an entire high quality magazine with page after page of fabulous plush creations and you have imagined Stuffed. Volume 2, available now, has not only an article about the Etsy Plush Street Team, but there are also many photos and stories featuring Plush Team members. On page 59 of the article about the Plush Team, my photo of Pablo, my crocheted creation, is included. For that alone you should run out and pick up a copy. Pablo is famous in Italy, you know. Enjoy.

Book of Critters

Here’s a little 8″ x 8″ book I made and forgot all about until fellow Plush Team member Zazu blogged about her little book. If you click on the book, you should be whisked away to the Shutterfly site where you can flip through the pages and even order a copy if your heart so desires. Or go to Shutterfly and make your own book. They look really great and its fun to see your photos all bound and printed on nice paper. Enjoy.

Mirror Crusted Crocheted Fish

I love being a member of the Etsy Plush Street Team. We have the coolest projects and challenges. Here’s my contribution to the latest. I’ve copied the text from my Etsy listing, it pretty much says it all.

“The Etsy Plush Street Team is one creative bunch of artists and our May/June challenge is in honor of Food Network’s Iron Chef program, hence the name Iron Plush. We were arranged into teams. Each team was assigned an “ingredient” and we were challenged to create a food item using that ingredient and present our creation plated. I am on team mirrors.

I decided to crochet a fish of multi strands and crust his topside with mirrors and sequins and glass beads. He is very shiny. I also sewed a little ring on the back so he could hang on the wall.

The fish was crocheted using three different acrylic chenille yarns. The mirrors are plastic and are held on by crocheted rings. The sequins are vintage and the glass beads are new-ish. The tail fins are embroidered with vintage thread my Polish grandmother gave me many years ago.”

Hungry?

Plushapalooza

Before I head out of town to be a good groupie for my punk rock husband, I need to tell you to mark your calendars for the Plush Team Plushapalooza.

Plushraiser

You of course all know that I am a proud member of the Etsy Plush Street Team. We’re having a fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters. Everyday a new plush creation is listed in the team shop. All proceeds from sales in the shop go to Big Brothers Big Sisters. All. So if you’re in the market for an extra special holiday gift that not only is cool but helps others, stop by the Plush Team shop. Thanks.

Weekend Outings

If you live in or will be in the Chicago area this weekend, stop by the Renegade Craft Fair and visit the Plush Team at booth #70. Lots of cool squishy stuff will be there in abundance. A pile of my stuffed drawings are making the trip. Not I. Stuck in Texas once again, only this time awaiting Hurricane Ike. Hopefully, he’ll lose a lot of his hot air by the time he gets here. It’s gallery walk time here in Dallas and I thought I’d actually venture out of my studio and check out the local art scene. There is an encaustic art demo near my house that I’m definitely attending. So rain, stay away from Dallas and Chicago.