Check out this fun new blog called Flora and Fauna Handmade!
Stephanie at Tefi Designs featured my etsy shop there recently:
Thanks so much, Stephanie!
Category: Press
Happy Crafty Day!
Wow- I am a lucky girl today!
Apparently one of the Etsy treasuries I was in made it to the much-sought-after Front Page:
This great collection was put together by TinyViolet, who also happens to make the most adorable dolls.
Thanks Amy!
And this morning, I am honored to be featured in PenguinandFish’s blog!
Visit Alyssa’s Etsy shop for fabulous plushies with personality!
Really guys…thank you so much for the crafty love. Right back at you!
Front Page Etsy Joy!
If you love your Etsy, and I know I do, then maybe you like to make treasuries. This is a way for you, a regular person, to pick and choose items you like and make a lovely arrangement, often with a theme of some kind. Etsy calls it “curating”, as if you are hanging your own exhibit in a museum.
The idea is that it isn’t for self-promotion (so you don’t put your own items in it), but to celebrate the awesomeness of others. Hundreds of these lists are made all the time, and if you’re really lucky, they choose your list to be on the glorious Front Page.
Well, lucky me…I have recently had TWO lists chosen for the Front Page!
The first one was oatmeal themed:
Seriously delicious stuff…At least 8 items sold from that treasury!
And I have one up right now, with a Scottish/ tartan theme:
OH, how I love plaid, Scotland, and Scottish stuff. I definitely made this treasury for my own plaid-obsessed purposes, so I am rightly surprised that it made it to the front page, and that (yay!) other people love tartan too!
On the theme of Etsy, I have been back at the sewing table lately, where my massive vault of vintage fabrics and trims have been calling me. I put together these little birds:
These are available in my Etsy shop, Recycle Rabbit.
Seriously, I have no clue whether anyone but me likes anything in my Etsy shop (OK, some do), but I just get on jags where I simply MUST sew or make something, and ideas take me over until I make them. It seems to be a necessity that I shake up my own artistic landscape every so often.
SO, having sewed, now I can get back to my illustration and design jobs, and feel good about it.
Which I had better do.
Really.
FRED Goes Global
Boston Global, that is. There is an article in today’s Boston Globe about the delightful company I work at, FRED.
For those of you who have wondered, yes, Fred is a real guy, and this is what he looks like (albeit slightly loonier looking in this photo than in real life. Slightly.)
I was not at the office the day they did the article, but they did call out a couple of my products: a mention of Dust Bunny, and a photo of Calf and Half.
But wait…what’s that? Zoom in a little…
Holy cow! I’M FAMOUS!
Haha…I didn’t notice I was technically in there the first couple of times I saw this.
I promise not to let my new-found fame change me.
You can read the real article here, which has been freely and wantonly stolen from the Fred site. Huzzah!
Family Fun, Dino Style!
My Wishosaurus product is featured in the September issue of Family Fun magazine.
I happened to be reading the magazine (a fave of mine), and whoa! There it was!
Thanks, Family Fun. You’ve got awesome taste!
Etsy’s Home Page…again!
Huzzah! Some of my little birdhouse ornaments are on Etsy’s homepage today…thanks to CuriosityKilled’s fab treasury-making prowess! Thanks to CK, and everyone who’s followed the link!
Here’s what the birdhouses look like up close:
Holy Cow…A New Product!
I have a new Fall 2008 product out via the FRED company (where I have been on staff for lo these almost-17 years).
I do think it came out nicely if I do say so myself.
It’s a little double-walled glass creamer called Calf and Half:
This little product has been receiving a lot of blog love. Here are some of the blogs I have found it on:
Thanks for the luv!
If anyone sees this item out in the world, do give a holler!
New Stuff
My poor, ignored blog.
Been busy lately with a million things, and there’s a million more coming!
In the meantime, some of my art has been popping up here and there:
Here’s April 2008’s issue of Highlights High Five, with my Creepy Crawly Dominoes feature (oooh, it’s a fold-out!).
Here’s a little piece in May 2008’s Highlights magazine (the one for bigger kids). It’s a feature they run every month called My Best Self. Hey, look- Roz is on the same page!
The Read, Rhyme and Clap DVD is available from the Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club’s Spring 2008 issue. I did the Muffin Man sequence on it.
Here’s the new, improved children’s menu for the Newport Creamery chain of restaurants. I got to do the whole thing (fun!!) and will continue every so often as they need ’em. I applaud the company for pursuing a more individual approach with these- instead of using the menu equivalent of “clip art” (which they could have easily done), they commissioned me to make something with local appeal and original characters. Yay!
And hey, what’s THIS?
You’re right, I did NOT do this. Eric did!
His design is featured in June 2008’s MacLife Magazine, where his iPOD watch idea came in as a runner-up in their Design-the-Next-Big-Apple-Thing competition.
They had some very nice things to say about it- check it out!
That’s it for now! Back to work!
Wahoo- Website Updated!
It took a while, but my website has now been updated with new stuff- new illustration, new toys, new products, and all kinds of fun facts if you care to read ’em.Feedback greatly appreciated! If anything is wonky, please let me know!
Go ahead, go to my website now!
Magazine Roundup!
Some of my products have shown up in some rawther nice magazines lately:
Holy cow, Cool Jewels was in Oprah’s O At Home Winter 2007 magazine!
And check out the February 2008 issue of Everyday with Rachael Ray magazine- they featured two of my items this month:
You can see some of the development sketches for these items on my Giftware Page on my website.
You can also visit the FRED blog and see lots more product sightings…woohoo!