Free Time Anyone?

I've been a bit lax on the old blog, as I an currently doing a daily countdown to Renegade Chicago on the Plush team blog, highlighing all of the team members who will be participating in the event. The Plush team will be at booth 70 if you are going to be in the area!!

That being said, I have also been quite busy on some special projects, custom orders and entries for the 90th annual Ephrata Fair, as well as trying to come up with some new designs...there just isn't enough hours in a day! I am very happy though, as my plushies for Renegade made it, and I also completed my pieces for Plush You and those arrived safely today in Seattle! I'm going to keep a little suspense as far as what I sent in for Plush You(although you can see one on them on my photostream in flickr)....partly because I totally forgot to take a pic of one of the pieces...grrrrr

I did come up with a couple new mini keychains for halloween though - a mini candy corn as well as Mr. Spookee - available now in my etsy shop:

Off to Chicago we go!

Woohoo! I finally got all my little guys done for Renegade Chicago!! It was so hard to decide what to make so I decided to go with some of my favorites...I may make a couple last minute substitutions, as I realize my peas are conspicuously absent from the gang. If you are going to be in the Chicago area Sept 13 and 14th, make sure you stop by Renegade Chicago and find the fabulous Plush Team booth...it is going to be the most huggable booth there!!! I can't wait to see pics of everyone's plushies all together there! I really wish I could go!

Itteh Bitteh Kittehs

I just completed a custom order for skybluebunny of 2 itteh bitteh kittehs made to look just like her little guy. She made me a rocking pair of sno cone earrings, an old school gameboy charm, and a rainbow lollipop charm our of polymer clay in return. I recommend you check out her etsy shop - her work is AMAZING!!!

Cupcakes are cool!

I have been hard at work, crocheting like a madwoman to get ready for Renegade Chicago and Plush You 2008, plus keeping up with orders and working on a couple of cool custom projects, but I found time to stop over to Jen's Pottery Den and paint some uber fun cupcakes. I did one in a poker theme because I LOVE playing Texas Hold'em, and one in Yummy Pancake colors. These guys won't go stale if you leave them sitting out ^_^

Completely off topic - Parsley

Look what I found living amongst my parsley! I was about to pick them out until I realized what they were - monarch butterfly caterpillars - 8 to be exact. Apparently they really like parsley. I left them in there in hopes that they'll make their little cocoons and I can watch them turn into butterflies. Isn't nature cool? I can be such a nerd sometimes ^_^

mmmm....Fair Food....mmmmm

The end of summer means that fair season is upon is in and around Lancaster County! I am always looking forward to the fair in my town, The Ephrata Fair, which, by the way, is the largest street fair in PA! Over at the Etsy Plush Team, or current team project is to create a plush with a fair theme. We have 3 catagories to enter in - livestock, midway food, and the sideshow.

I have a soft spot for fair food, and when the Ephrata fair is going on, I think I eat more calories in that week than I do for the entire rest of the year! So for the Plush Team Fair project, I decided to create some plush renditions of my favorite foods to consume at the fair! Here are my first 2 entries, a Sno Cone and some delicious, fluffy, cotton candy! Both are done in an amigurumi style, and will be available shortly in my etsy shop ^_^

Be sure to check out the Plush Team Blog to see some of the other awesome plush creations for this contest!!

Look out Chicago....Here comes Yummy Pancake!

How exciting is this - the Etsy Plush Team applied as a group for a spot at the Renegade Craft Fair in Chicago and was accepted!!! What's that mean? It means that, if you are in the Chicago area Sept 13th and 14th, you can stop by and purchase some awesome plushies from Yummy Pancake as well as the other members of the Etsy Plush Team at the show!

You may be asking yourself, "what is the Renegade Craft Show?" Well, it is a Juried Indy Craft Fair extraordinaire! Over 500 applied, only 200 were accepted. The Renegade Craft Fair will highlight some of the most cutting edge crafters from not only the United States, but all over the world. It is a HUGE honor to be selected to participate.

Now you may be saying to yourself "Okay, now I understand what this Renegade Chicage Craft Show is all about, but what is this Etsy Plush Team you're yapping about?" The Etsy Plush team is only one of the most awesome groups of plush artists from all around the world! Check out the Plush Team Blog to see what kinds of fun we've been up to ^_^

Now I need to get my plush on ^_^