Sunday, July 27, 2014

New Things Happening...


So exciting to have new things happening here in Toastie world! I just recently got interviewed for a small blurb for the newspaper. So I really hope this generates some new business or push for everyone everywhere to have toast in their houses! I couldn't be more excited about it. The wonderful chicka who is writing it as well photographing it knows me so well so I anticipate great things. I can't begin to say how appreciative I am that she would even consider me as a subject to tell the world about! YEAH TOAST!


Next step is to get that etsy shop I've been screaming about up and running. Time is an issue as always. But I'm getting what I can get done in the time allotted to me. My new job should be beneficial as it is not taking up all my time I have leftover, and it may be really flexible in time and allow me to get into here earlier so I can come home and get more things accomplished. So I have to get my tush in gear to sit in front of my lively lappy and generate some etsy shoppings. It will come together...I just need to focus on me a bit, at least a couple days a week. I know its not that hard...but you do have to have a massive presence to be seen in a shop atmosphere.

In a couple of very short weeks I will be attending my second year at Tomato Art Festival. It should be a good year! Hoping for an amazingly great year of festivals and art events. I need the bump. So gearing up I'm making tons of tomatoes and things of the such. I sew because of the ease of it...its a meditative thing. I was never really much into the 3 dimensional art forms in college until the very end. But now at I've experienced it I have immersed myself in it fully. So much, in fact, that i miss doing prints. I have got to try and squeeze one out by tomato fest. *fingers crossed*

Big thanks as always to mom... she is amazing and we work off each other so well! Without her help and guidance this tomato thing wouldn't even be possible!

Sunday, February 9, 2014

Valentines day fellow...

Meet Mihart! He is the newest character to my cast of plushy friends. He was developed a few years ago as a gift to my lovey boyfriend. I didn't know what else to do but give the man I love my heart. So he received the very first large pillow plush of my heart. (Gushy i know)
Gorgeous right? I know....he was the first. I used those child resistant pop on eyes for the more 3d feel. On my new little guy I have hand embroidered the faces. If I had more time I would have designed a machine embroidered face for my mother to sew on to the fabric. She currently embroiders all my lil faces for all my plush...and does a wonderful job! Yay mom!
So here is Mihart and the process in which he was formed. I had to alter a bit of the process from the original, to just fit within the size which was shrunk by half.
The end resultis Mihart! Enjoy!!

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