The Whimsy Patch

I have a featured article!

 

This magazine just hit the newstands and bookstores yesterday and I have a wonderful seven page spread and full article!  Dozens of awesome artists including Lori Brown of Morninglori Vine, Lisa Thoms of q.D.patooties, and Annie Oakleaves  are featured from vaious plush genres.  The photography is fabulous.  The articles are well written and there is so much inspiration inside.  Stampington & Co. put out this publication so you know you are paying for quality when you pick up a copy.  The next volume will be out Summer of this year, 2009 and you can expect to see more as long as the magazine's success continues.  Please check this out and support the art of plush!

Lou Lou and Lolli Are Elated!

Lou Lou and Lolli are so humbled.  They won the "Pastels" category in Plush Team's Spring Fling contest and now they are being featured on Cuteable's website, an absolutely darling showcase of all things cute.  Thank you so, so much!  They are so excited that they have broken into song.   In fact, the entire Whimsy Patch has broken into song--think Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Once More With Feeling.  "They've got the mustard out! They've got the mustard out!"

More Exciting News!

Things keep getting more and more exciting for the Whimsy Patch!  The residents are currently holding a huge cupcake party and parade in celebration of their upcoming trip to New York City.  On May 31, 2008, we will be present and participating at Vida's Market.  Check out the site for more info.  It's a wonderful, one day, indoor market for handmade designer items for children and babies.  I think I'm going to be sewing more in the next two months than I have sewed in the last year, but that's quite alright.  I'm up to the challenge and look forward to this event.  After all, NYC happens to be my very favorite city.  This falls into the category of a dream come true!  Yay!

Another Feature!!!

Celebrations are aplenty in the Whimsy Patch these days.  Today, we--Lou Lou, Lolli and I--were featured on Trendy Tots, a fabulous blog that features great items for babies and toddlers.  I was so thrilled as this site is absolutely wonderful and is full of fabulous finds for little tykes of all sorts--definitely a great place to be mentioned.  Go check out the site.  You will not be disappointed!

Before getting to the Tag It! post--I was featured on Cuteable!

Yay!  I was gone for one day and came back to find many exciting things waiting for me.  I was featured on Cuteable, a way cool blog with lots of fun boutique finds posted nearly every day.  My wonderful Whimsy Patch Friendly Letter Monsters were featured.

I absolutely love sewing these little guys and they will be featured in some upcoming items.  Also, to celebrate, I'm offering a 20% discount on Monster orders placed within the next week.  The sale will run on my Etsy shop from March 13 to March 19.  Convo me here or there if you would like to request an order with the discounted price!

And, in the way of upcoming events, I will be fI'm hoping to post many new items within a couple days.

Woo-hoooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fannie, Linus and Goldie are doing a dance now as we speak!  I had noticed some extra traffic to my Flickr photostream and my blog so I knew something had to be amiss given that I had not posted new work in a week.  I can always track the spikes in my stats to posting of new work.  This sent me on a search to all the weblogs where I knew I might find a mention.  I went down the list of possibilities and, to my excitement and glee, discovered that I am the featured artist on Plush Team's blog!  (Insert many squeals, jig dancing, and some hyperventilation here.)  The timing could not be more perfect as I have been in the process of ramping up my business and mapping out my vision for the next year.  Go check out the site now so you can see my work and the work of many other great plush artists.  You won't be disappointed.