We do a random search on Dolls for Friends every so often to see where we might be popping up across the interwebs. Normally we don’t post about where our little endeavor shows up, but every once in a while there are some that strike us as exceptionally cool and leave us scratching our heads.
So, When I came across this post in Spanish on Forest Eyes I was stoked. To see someone sending us a little love in another language was quite wonderful and unexpected. Thank you Forest Eyes for the kind words, and thank you for adding in the translation so we knew what was being said. We were featured on Taggy in Japan a couple weeks ago, which is awesome because we are total anime and manga freaks, but it was in Japanese, so we could not understand anything that was being said. Hopefully they liked us because we get our plush feelings hurt easily. Hee hee.
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A really cool idea came up amongst the members of the needle, to do a swap between contributing members of the needle. Katie Park of caffaknitted organized the event, and we are so pleased to introduce our new friend, Acorn! She comes to us from the fabulous shop of Bumblebird. She is absolutely adorable, and I highly recommend checking out Bumblebird’s shop on etsy—her work is awesome.
Here at Dolls For Friends, we love and fully support trade amongst the creative community. Sharing work with one another is what makes for a stronger arts movement and opens the way for communication between colleagues! Go Plush!!
We’ve been approached by some wonderful creators lately interested in doing some trading. There is simply so much good stuff out there, who are we to say, “no”?
Our new little friend, Reginald P. Stanwick arrived a week or so ago from the studios of Ugly Pretty Things. He’s wondrefully constructed, white and full of plush stuff. He’s also a monster, so he has that hard exterior that he puts on. As a result, Mr. Stanwick was immediately put to work on guard duty watching over our thread, needles and sewing floss.
If you are interested in seeing more of Emma’s work at Ugly Pretty Things, check out her Etsy store, or if you want to see her post about our end of the trade you can check it out on her weblog.
… to be quite an event packed 2008. Over the past two months we’ve been filling our dance cards by accepting invitations and booking gallery, art and craft shows for the rest of the year. Thankfully, there have been plenty of people interested in doing the waltz with us, so we have plenty of places to be and plenty of work to do getting ready for all the wonderful events coming up. Here is a quick rundown of some of the places we’ll be over the rest of the year:
There are still several other shows and some gallery invitations that we are looking to get final confirmation on, but it is looking like a full year will be expected.
Thank you to everyone who has given us the opportunity to be a part of their wonderful events. It means a lot to us to be part of such a great community.
We were to thrilled to receive our half of a trade we recently initiated with Dawn Ramerman of Look What I Can Do. Jill contacted her on the off chance that she might be willing to share one of her wonderful creations with us in exchange for one of our pieces. Thankfully, she was up for the trade. Patty the owl came to us a few days ago in the mail, and we just love her. The craftsmanship (craftswomanship) of the piece is top notch and her choice of fabric was wonderful.
The art of the trade is something that is essential to the DIY/craft experience. There is so much wonderful and talented work out there that if two artists are in mutual admiration of each other’s work, it’s wonderful when a trade can be arranged between the two to foster that mutual appreciation.
If you are interested in seeing the piece we sent Dawn, you can check out her post on the Hanetori we sent her and all about here work on her weblog. Better yet, after you’re done with that check out her Etsy store to see what she has available for sale. Her pieces would surely be a welcome addition to any home.
Thanks again Dawn!
Here are a few of the pieces we’ve put together for the upcoming 2nd Sunday Sustainability Fair being held in Portland on February 10. All the pieces we are bringing with us will either be made from mostly recycled and/or reclaimed materials.
Jill and I have learned quite a bit about the extent to which we can push certain types of reclaimed materials while getting ready for this show.
There were several designs that we made it quite far into the process with, only to be abandoned because of limitations and flaws that surfaced due to the types of reclaimed materials we were trying to use. It’s also allowed us to take some mental notes on our processes and eliminate certain types of reclaimed materials because they are simply too hard to work with.
