Illustration Friday: Sorry

I'm not allowed to say this word anymore
They say I use it too much.

Swap Ahoy! -- and worktime!

Thank you everyone for your kind words for Radar -- his owner had been on a trip and is glad to see him alright! What trouble kittens can get into with a few hours on their own, huh? Especially this one ;o) I think his problem is he is too fearless!

My swap package is OUT in the mail - priority mail! I was waiting on things from Etsy and they arrived yesterday, YAY!

I hope my swap partner gets my package on time! I'm still amazed she hasn't found me here - even with a slight goof I might have made earlier that could have revealed my identity!

Prototyping fever has struck and I will soon shut down my computer (gasp!), clear my worktable, and then fill it back up again with fabric and thread :o) I have one last wire sculpture to add some details to as well - the man who bought my rabbit sculpture said I should make another one, life-size! (some nice people at Yahoo Answers told me what 'life-size' is, which was great! *10-14"(length)x5-7(breadth)"x5-7"(height-back)* with ears half as long as the body)


J stayed up ALL night last night, and didn't go to bed until 10 AM this morning! That is even worse than me! (and not usual, lately)

Cool stuff elsewhere:

• Etsy art knitting oriented
A flickr portfolio with beautiful dragons belonging to '2rokbotoy.'
• The 'Japanese Craft Book' tag search on Flickr - I get lots of ideas here!

Radar

Call it Fate, an Angel on his shoulder, or whatever...
This little guy is lucky to be alive today. We cut him out of a net
(around his neck) under the porch when we got to work today..
he wouldn't have lasted much longer because he was starting to flop around like a fish (which is why I noticed him, thank heaven!) Whatever it was that kept me at home an extra hour today... Thanks.

I don't know what I would have done if it had been too late.
He might not be ours, but I still love him.

Swap Stuff

Be sure you read Chris' post about the contest she is helping with!

Sallymander left these little prints on my binder at the office...
the pins are from an Etsy member
and they came in the mail today!

I was up till 5 am working on the gift tags for Dacia Ray's swap -- and I'm waiting SO impatiently on my items that I want to SEND to my Tea swap partner, they haven't come from Etsy yet!!!

I hope she doesn't think I've forgotten about her! Everything else is waiting in my cupboard -- I really should send a teaser, but I have this feeling anything I do will have my 'signature.' I don't think she has found my blog - which is good!

Dragon is a little further along, and I'm giving RomyBrett first dibs on the new bunnies that I was stitching up last night, while watching MacGyver DVDs from Netflix :o) The bunnies are a lot easier to do while watching 'tv' than kangaroo prototyping is.

This little pin really fits with the bunny-making :o)
I couldn't resist it ;o)

Elsewhere

• Hillary Lang of Wee Wonderfuls has posted a new kitty doll that is great!
• These Cat pics from Jane_S made me laugh way way too hard!! You'll see why :o)

Kangaroo Dreams

Mr.Sloth is in the mail on his way to CarrieK!

First, go take a look at these Kangaroo pictures
on cute overload blog!
I've received a custom order for a pink kangaroo (and an orange tiger!) - and took a few hours prototyping last night.. although I'm not happy with certain elements of this attempt :o(




This kangaroo has been redrafted, and hopefully the next prototype will be better.

Mr.Dragon has been stalled for a little bit, although I should go ahead and finish him, since he doesn't have a lot more to go... There is coding to do at work, so I've got a 'hands-off-the-toymaking' rule while I'm there...(let's see how long that will last!)

Elsewhere:

• This lady on Flickr takes some beautiful pictures of her cats! (and other things too!) :o)
• This tiger on Etsy at cornflakegirl has the coolest fabric! I love the black and white swirls down one side.
• BFA in Toy Design, seen at Loobylu - I wonder, would my kitchen table experiments count for homestudy courses? ;o) j/k!

And...Radar says hello from the office
He is no longer known as Sally's mini-me
Our boss has decided to keep him, and he will live at his house near the office.

Dragon in Progress

Mr. Dragon toy in progress
original pattern, this is the prototype
and there are things that need working out!
My program was misbehaving last night, so I didn't get as much done on him as I thought I would -- and we have a dentist appointment and a big post office box to send out today. Thanks for the birthday wishes for the girls yesterday :o) They got to share a piece of fish with me last night for dinner, instead of cake!