Journey Plushie

So this blog has been kinda dead lately, but I'm bringing it back! Lately, the crafting bug has bitten me and I'm really enjoying making things again. My favorite game this year has been Journey. I loved everything about it- the look, the experience, the intimacy, the human element etc etc. Go play it! I wanted to pay tribute to the game by making the Journey traveler. I just winged him, relatively easy just time-consuming, the hood was the toughest part. He ended up about 16" tall. I might make a smaller version, maybe even write up a pattern :) Glad to be back!

Invader Zim- Gir!

I made him for my friend Jason, check out his blog- awesome work, one of the most motivated people I know!

This pic wasn't taken by me!

Airplane!

I made this airplane for Ford's birthday, he loves them! Pretty much worked off of the pattern of this book by Anna Paula Rimpoli.

ZAPHOD

My first plushie of 2011... and what a good one to start with! I made this for Sarena, who's cat tragically passed away a few months ago at 6 yrs old. Right away, I knew I had to make her a plushie of him. Zaphod is one of the cats responsible for me owning a cat now. He was "magical."

Sarena was sooo happy!


A photo I took of Zaphod when I first met him.


I'm glad he turned out on my first try :) Sometimes that's really difficult when trying out a new pattern.






And lastly, the sketch I did.

R is for Roma, P is for Poppy, S is for Stevie

My friend asked me to make some bunnies for his friends in England who recently had babies. The orange is my favorite!

Steampunk-shroom

I made this for my friend Koz because I was his Secret Santa this year. He loves Steampunk and his cat Myu. I was going to make a giant Myu doll but wasn't sure how it would turn out, so I opted to do what I do best which are mushrooms and add a little Myu via magnet :)
























































I love giving handmade things as gifts! They get the best reactions ever :)

2nd Annual Small Paperfox Swap

These are 10 ornaments I made for the 2nd Annual Small Paperfox swap. The deal is you send in 10 and get back 10 random handmade ornaments- I love it! I should have made one for myself though, forgot to... :p

Jack, the Beanstalk, & Giant-shroom

A while ago, John asked me to make some story-book mushrooms for his baby. For the baby shower, I delivered. 1 storybook shroom done, 3 more to go... The Giant-shroom is about double the size of my normal mushrooms. It was a lot of fun to work on. I love the weight of it. Then the beanstalk bends and Jack is able to climb up each leaf. When John & Maegan opened the gift, the whole room filled with gasps, ooh's and ahh's. It was really sweet! Just looking at the pictures, I can still hear the sound. This is the reason I make things. They bring so much happiness to people! I love it! :D

Jack-shroom

I created this Dog-shroom for a co-worker based off of the real dog Jack. One of my faves :)






























































The Real Jack






















Jack's new home

Plush You! 2010 for Sale

Hey everyone,

if you couldn't make it to the show, Munky King has posted the plushies that haven't sold yet on their site- Go & buy buy buy :)

Check over here, I indulged and bought one as a present for someone special :)

Thanks,
Eva

Also check out this cute video and this article

Plush You! 2010 was awesome

Munky King!













My shroomies & me






















My Wild Wild West Shroomies

















My good friends & also #1 fans John & Maegan :)











My supportive friends














Check out some more pics here and a cute video here and some coverage of the event here

Plush You! This Thursday in LA!!!

PLUSH YOU

8.26.10 – 9.19.10
Opening Reception: Thurs, August 26th 7-10pm
Munky King Melrose

An exhibition of 65 of the "best of the best" plush artists from around the globe curated by Kristen Rask of Schmancy Toys in Seattle.

I'll be there, so come by & say hi if you're in the LA area :)

Purple Mushroom

For a friend.

Robo-shroom

for a friend

Giraffe-shroom

This was a custom request from my friend Ammie. I can't wait to give it to her :)

Sophia Gasparian Plushies

I made these for Tate who wanted to give them to his wife for her bday. They are based off of her artwork, you can check it out here.

Zombie-shroom!

BRAINS!!!





Well, I'm back... sort of... craft time is still not back in full swing. But I'm trying & slowly getting there! I'm feeling better these days, so my productivity is increasing.

It was my friends birthday yesterday and he loves zombies, so of course a Zombie-shroom was a must :)

Happy Birthday John!!!

Tough time...

Hey everyone,

I'm going through a tough time in my life right now so my crafting has come to a complete halt. It might be some time until you hear from me again, hopefully I'll be back sooner than later. For the time being, I have to take care of myself.

Wish me luck in recovering quickly :)

Thanks,
Eva

Craftmas 2009

as you can see, at my family's house this Christmas, it was more Craftmas than Christmas :)

As always, we had tons of fun. My favorite were the clothespin dolls. I think my sister enjoyed making more sock monkeys.