We were oh, so happy (and very surprised) to see that we received some great press from Portland local and wonderful alternative newspaper, Willamette Week. They recently started a new section entitled The Pocket Shop Shopping Guide. It features cool little shops from around the Portland Metro area that carry hand-made pieces by local and national artisans. One of the first to be featured was Tender Loving Empire (which carries DFF stuff) and included a great great write-up with details about the shop and included an interior shot.

The article also contained a sidebar, which talked about us and some other wonderful, local creators. The highlight was seeing that we were compared to carnage, Frankenstein and Ugly Dolls (the latter being a bitter-sweet reference that comes up quite often lately) all in one paragraph.

The exact wording went a little like this:

If the Ugly Dolls had a rager that ended in carnage, and the splattered remains of the cloth creatures were miraculously reassembled, Frankenstein-style, you would have Dolls for Friends. Strangely, they’re pretty damn adorable and even appropriate for the preschool set.

All-in-all the press was wonderful and very unexpected (which is always a good thing when you stumble upon these types of things.) A special thanks to Eye Pop Art who posted the WW article and included the information about us. And another special thanks to our daughter Mariana who went scouring the net for press recently on us and came across the article.