Thursday, July 17, 2008

Amazing!

I just came across this today and I am really excited about it. I am a collector of good luck cats and love finding new and unique ones to add to my collection. What makes these good luck cats unique is that they are made entirely out of paper!!!!
I can hardly believe it!
They are available for free download here. There are also free instructions available for download to help you put them together. There are a number of animals and other models to choose from as well, such as this beagle and dragon.

I think I am going to have to try this out.
I'll let you know if it works!

Friday, July 11, 2008

Wolfie

Just wanted to share my latest creation with you all.
His name is Wolfie and he is a very funny, fuzzy little guy. He is made of wool felt and he has glass eyes, glass nose and handmade polymer clay teeth.
He was a lot of fun to make and I think he might be one of my submissions to this years PlushYou show in Seattle.

I am still not completely decided what I will make for my other 2 submissions to PlushYou. I do have a few ideas though and I will definitely post pictures of the finished products.
Hope that you all have a good weekend!

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Minneapolis

Chris and I just got back from a quick trip to Minneapolis. We were only there for a few days but still managed to see and do a lot of cool things. One of the first things that we did was check out the Walker art gallery. I have been dying to go back to the Walker for quite some time now. We don't really have any galleries like it in Winnipeg so I always look forward to going there.
I must say though that I was a little disappointed in the Walker gallery this time. There wasn't as much art that I was interested in compared to other times that I have visited the gallery. It was still fun to go though.

Here are a couple of pictures of Chris and I posing outside in the Walker art galleries sculpture garden.
One of the highlights of the trip was the aquarium in the basement of the Mall of America. There is a tunnel through the aquarium, so it felt like the fish were swimming all around us. It was really neat. I think it was the best thing that we saw at the mall.
We also checked out uptown. There are a lot of really cool shops in that end of Minneapolis. Two of our favorites were the Soo gallery and the toy store Robot Love.