Renegade: I'm Smitten & Debbie Carlos Photography

Hello! I strongly encourage all of you in Chicago to go to the Renegade Craft fair and check out my friends' booth with amazing photography and art: I'm Smitten and Debbie Carlos Photography. They are both amazing artists!!!!!!

Debbie Carlos Photography

I'm Smitten

My New Plush

Alas, I have just finished a plush after taking a long hiatus from making things! This guy is a heart with a guitar. He is part of a series of 4 characters I am making-two of which I have already made. Here it is!

Banana Bike

What's the deal with this particular style of banana bike? They seem to be everywhere. All I know is that I want one!

Alex Katz

A lovely gentleman just introduced me to the painter Alex Katz today. Here are some of my favorites so far:

Rowboat, 1966

Unfamiliar Image, 2001

Twilight I, 1978

Sunset: Lake Wesserrunsett IV, 1972

Beach Sandals, 1987

Grey Dress, 1992

Dog at Duck Trap, 1975, 76

Summer=Things on Wheels

What I love about summer=bikes! I am also on the hunt for some vintage skates....

Kinderfluff Roller Skate!

My Favorite Person Biking Lake Michigan


Bike Plush by My Paper Crane

This picture is lovely and idyllic!

I just visited the darling town of Krems, Austria. It is an amazing bike city!

Star Wars Plush

Every now and again I check on Heidi Kenney's My Paper Crane plushes. She is such a fantastic artist and she puts out so much stuff, so its hard to keep up with. I found this Star Wars plush she put in the Stitch Wars show at the Bear and the Bird Boutique and Gallery a while ago. I am SO impressed with this plush--its from the beginning of Empire Strikes back when Han has to put Luke's body in a Tauntaun to keep him warm to save his life. Han has to slice open the Tonka's body to save Luke, and all the Tonka's guts spill out...and it smells really bad. This is an amazing representation of this moment.



ALSO, I can't believe I came across a rad craft on the official Star Wars website. Its a Bantha plush! It's so weird and awesome that they have crafts on the Star Wars Website, and this one is extremely cool. There are a ton of other Star Wars crafts here including the Chewie Tissue Box Cozy, the Death Star Pinata and the Admiral Sackbar Puppet Craft..haha! This Bantha is my favorite!

Kitty Blogs

People who blog about their kittens are awesome. This is why.



Courtesy of I am Maru

What is it?

Found this picture on Flickr....what on earth? Doughnut hole mountain....or something.

Geemo

I found this magnificent and bizarre toy called Geemo by Brooklyn Junior on the online designer marketplace called Supermarket. Here is the description on the toy's website, being that it's very hard to describe: "Geemo by Cas Holman, is a building block for the imagination. Geemo’s flexible magnetic limbs grab and repel each other in unpredictable ways. As Geemo comes to life in your hands, you can build, discover, create, and imagine with this new species of toy." Basically, this toy is really innovative and looks crazy awesome when it is put together. I also like the octagonal lunch box style packaging. Way to go! Also check out casholman.com. There are some neat pictures of things she has created for the home, one below.

Bicycle Necklace

Necklace!Cynthia Rowley Bicycle Necklace

Kinderfluff Couch

Yes! I made a tiny couch. I used this lovely screen printed fabric my friend gave me with purple bears and hearts. I am extremely happy with the results!

Foxes!

I love foxes so very much! Here are a few different fox plushes I found that I really like:

Red Fox by Fox in the Woods

Sleepy Red Forest Fox Plush by Sleepy King

Red Foxen by Abigail Brown

Wool Fox with Traveling Bag

I also love this fox print my friend I'm Smitten sells, which is also a wallpaper.