The Plush Team Annual is Available NOW!!!

The Plush Team is ecstatic to present to you our first ever Team Annual, containing 120 pages of plushy goodness!

What is in store for you upon opening this marvelous book:

• An opening by our team founder, Megan Green, describing how our team came to be.




• An insightful, informative, and all-around fascinating account of the history of plush craft by our team co-founder Christina Ward.




• 42 two-page, full color features of our Plush Team members. Each includes photos of the artist's work, and text written by the artist explaining motivation, process, and inspiration.




• A time line of Plush Team activities through over the years.Profile pages providing a comprehensive list of Plush Team artists, including artist head shots and Etsy shop addresses.




• Photos of PT Stitchy, the team mascot, scattered throughout the book in his various incarnations as interpreted by our team members.

The book is full color, professionally printed, and soft cover. It measures 6.75"x6.75" (or 17 centimeters square). This is volume 1 of our Team Annual, featuring the artists from 2009. Our intent is to make this a yearly publication, updating it each year with our newest members and their incredible work.

Visit the Team Shop today for your copy!

Plush You LA - let the crocheting begin!

As you may know, I was accepted to participate in Plush You LA and Seattle this year. Woot! I did a lot of brainstoriming and finally came up with what I am making for these shows....it's going to be EPIC!

Check it out - I went and picked up all the supplies I'm going to need(minus the yarn - already had that):

This weekend I scheduled myself to focus on completing my Plush You LA pieces. I decided that I'll post teaser pics just for fun....like this one:

any ideas on what it could be?

Yay! I have been featured in STUFFED magazine again ^_^

Guess what! I've been featured in the current issue of STUFFED magazine along with tons of other talented plushmakers. Be sure to pick up your copy today!!

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!

My west coast adventure to Maker Faire ^_^

I can't believe that just over one week ago today, I was flying back to the east coast from Maker Faire! We all had a blast! I don't think that words could adequately describe our experience at Maker Faire, so here are a few pictures we all took of our experience:

Abby snapped this awesome pic of me and our gelatos ^_^

We all sported awesome PT Stitchy Name Tags by Abbydid ^_^


dkoss took an awesome picture of some of the Young Makers and their creations from our Felt Creature lab on Friday


Plush Goodness took a great picture of us getting the sweing machines and yarn ready for the classes we taught


Here is Zazu and Christina leading one of our many classes thoughout the weekend(taken by dkoss)

The Plush Team got a ribbon for Editor's Choice From Craft Magazine!! Woot!

Zazu took a picture of Abby and I making friends with R2D2 ^_^

You can also see a really cool gigapan pic taken of our booth at Maker Faire here.

I'd like to thank everyone who came out to see us at our booth and took part in our classes, all the new friends we made, all the awesome staff at Maker Faire, the members of the plush team for sending along a spectacular variety of plush, the plush teamers who made the trip to San Mateo - abbydid, Christina Ward Creatures, Absolutely Small, Cutesy But Not Cutesy, Plush Goodness, Moons Creations, Zazu Faure of Los Angeles, and Brian, an honorary Plush Teamer - who all busted their butts with no complaints to make this experience a giant success, to Craft Magazine for awarding our booth with a ribbon for editor's choice( and for letting me do a little improptu demo at their booth), our fabulous sponsors: Mendel's, Monterey Mills, Shannon Fabrics, Kunin Group/Foss Manufacturing, and Singer. We couldn't have pulled this off without any of you!

In closing, I just want to say that the Plush Team rocks. I am really lucky to be a part of such a hard working, talented, dedicated, and awesome team.

OMG! I'm going to Maker Faire!

Wow. I can't believe it...it's finally here! Tomorrow, I'll be hopping on a plane and flying out to the west coast to participate in the Maker Faire with 7 other fabulous members of the Plush Team! I can't wait! If you are in the San Francisco area, you really should come and say hi!!

Check out the Plush team blog for more information about who will be there from the Plush Team and what we will be doing. I'd detail it here, but I really need to back and get to bed!!! Don't worry, I'll be posting pics and video when I get back ^_^

Yay for Oddmall!!!

Oddmall ROCKED yesterday! I had such a great time, hung out with fellow Plush Teamers Abbydid and the Itsy Bitsy Spider, met a lot of cool new people, and a lot of my plush found wonderful new homes! Thanks to everyone who came out to the show! Oddmall was so fun and well organized - I will totally be back there for the November show ^_^

This was my first big show and I learned a lot of things.

I learned that collapsible wagons are the way to go when transporting your goods:

Those wire storage cubes that come apart are great for displays:

I changed the display around a couple times before I was happy with it:

Proper table signage is a must ^_^

Coffee is a MUST:

Make sure you eat:

And most importantly, the Plush Team reeks of awesomeness!