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May 2nd, 2008
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May 1st, 2008
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April 30th, 2008
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April 29th, 2008
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April 28th, 2008
featured
April 23rd, 2008
Recently, I’ve been lucky enough to be featured on some fantastic websites and blogs. This might look like I’m tooting my own horn (and I might be, a little) but I want to thank them all for choosing to showcase my work and my home. A few days ago, a magazine called Artful Blogging came in the mail and I had never heard of the magazine much less subscribed to it, but when I open it up there was a picture of my plush diggers! Next to some amazing artist work no less–Heidi Kenney and Ann Wood, two women I greatly admire. This picture is in an article about the website whipup. A great website and one I’m happy to be associated with. The Plush You! exhibit at Schmancy (a store in Seattle) was what started my toy making desire in the first place, so I was super excited to see some of my toys on their blog. And not only did Cookie magazine highlight my home in their blog, nesting (thanks joanna) but today my kids’ room is pictured on the Apartment therapy blog Ohdeeoh! Then last night after putting the kids to bed I looked on Etsy and there were my felt rocks on the front page. I have thoroughly exhausted my fifteen minutes of fame and will probably be totally uncool tomorrow, oh well. Thank you to everyone, you made my week.
This is my 99th post, so tomorrow will be my 100th. duh. And I’ll be hosting a little giveaway! So check back tomorrow.
elphanso
April 19th, 2008
Elphanso it is! thanks to the woman behind the bird bath for the great name. He’s up in my shop and entered in the 2nd annual softies awards too. Wish me luck! And because I can’t muster up the energy to get off the couch I will play along with a little meme that I have been tagged for by fiona of fede (blog and shop). She makes some pretty fantastic soft hammer rattles, that you should go see. Okay here goes:
4 jobs:
baker
nanny
bed and breakfast manager (mostly cleaning toliets and ironing! sheets)
chocolatier
4 favorite movies:
amadeus
fight club
grizzly man (and everything by werner herzog)
pirates of the caribbean
4 places I’ve been:
jerusalem
copenhagen
istanbul
the corn palace
4 places I’ve lived:
athens and
rome, briefly
bodega bay, ca
a little cabin with no running water and no electricity
4 favorite tv shows:
law & order in all their many incarnations
lost, when it’s on
the office
30 Rock
4 favorite radio programs:
this american life (who doesn’t like this?)
all college radio programs and their awesome college hosts
a prairie home companion, because if you were born in MN you must listen to this
marketplace on npr
4 favorite foods:
chicken livers
french macarons
nueske’s bacon
brioche
4 places I’d rather be:
in my sewing room
turkey
japan
in a bar with all my old friends
I’m supposed to tag 4 people, so I’ll tag the first four people with blogs that commented on my last post (suckers!).