Halloween Updates

I think the last time I made some new Plini figurines in time for Halloween was 2 years ago. I don't know why I can't plan ahead! The holiday-themed figurines are my favorite, and I just forget about them for no good reason. But not this year! I just updated the shop with a whole bunch of Halloween-themed Plini figurines (and a few black pocket kitties!). I'm a big fan of the witch with her bright green face!

I have a few more figurines sculpted out and ready for painting, that I also want to make Halloween-themed. Some cupcake-topped gals specifically. Hopefully I can get to them in time!

I also recently finished up a custom doggy figurine. I typically only take custom requests on dog figurines because, unlike most cats (which my shop is jam-packed with), dogs look so different from one another. Kitties have a basic shape, but dogs are all over the place. Long snouts, short snouts, pointy snouts, smushy faces, big ears, short ears, ears that stick up, cropped ears, big tails, curly tails, fluffy fur, short fur, underbites, overbites, etc etc etc. I do try to stick to my style of figurine though! How did I do?

And now for some precious new kitty pictures because I'm in love with her. She's the bestest kitty ever! I couldn't have found a better cuddly addition. And she loves to play with my hair.

Art Print updates

I started printing out some 8x10 sizes of my illustrations. While happily printing away, I couldn't figure out why I hadn't made more of this larger size sooner. Oh that's right....I need new larger mailing envelopes if I'm going to be making more 8x10 sizes. derp. I don't know why I'm being so lazy about ordering them. So one day...I'll have some 8x10's listed. They're sitting pretty in print form, silently judging me, for not having mailing envelopes readily available. But they'll get over it.

I'm really liking this new wood grain background look. Hopefully I'm not alone.

I'm sorry

...for being such a random blog poster. My last post was over a month ago! Sometimes crazy happens and I run out of time to blog. Other times, video games call my name. Or naps. I like naps.

It's a new year, and I'd like to start posting more consistently. So we'll see how that goes. So much has happened since my last post...Christmas, New Years, crazy snowstorms. I've been busy making up 5x7 prints of my illustrations....



...along with lots of new figurines. You can find them all here


I just finished cutting the card backs for some of my earrings.



And I attempted to make some necklace backing cards. But my lazy self failed to measure the length, and instead just eyeballed it, so now the pendants dangle off of the card. It's a quick fix. (reserved for later though!)

sketches for wednesday

Pat on the back for me, I've been drawing every day! It's amazing how focused I am on my lunch break at work. For some reason I have unicorns on the brain. Unicorn ladies. Creepy? Not creepy?
I tried my hardest to not cover my pencil sketches in ink this time. I always always end up going over everything in ink. Hey, it lasts longer. I don't want to forget my ideas, do I?





I'm also working on four more wedding topper sets. It's so hard to settle on colors for everyone. And pairing of hair shades. Two brunettes together? One blonde and one black? I have to use my psychic powers to determine the most realistic and popular couple pairing. And then wedding accent colors? Don't get me started.



I really shouldn't put my yogurt next to my water cup by the way. I'll never learn...

cupcakes, more cupcakes and totoros

One day when I have a kitchen in a real-life house instead of this pitiful excuse for one that I have now in my apartment, I'd like it to have a cupcake theme. The other day someone on my twitter feed mentioned how she was sick of seeing cupcakes and people on Etsy making cupcake things and we should all grow up. But that's her opinion, and I'm okay with never growing up.

One of my Christmas gifts from my friend Yesenia was this super cute cupcake mug, which will go perfectly in my cupcake kitchen! She also got me a cupcake shaped plate, which I failed to get a picture of before my camera battery died.



Then at Target yesterday I picked up the CUTEST ceramic cupcake trinket box from their Valentine's section. So slowly the cupcake collection grows!



And of course with cupcakes on the brain, I had to make a few too. I'll be listing them in the shop sometime this week, along with a couple of other things.



Aside from cupcakes, I finished up a super cute custom order. A "romantic" Totoro set. How cute are they? The umbrella is removable (for ease of shipping and storage), and the figures are separate. But when you put them together, they look like they're holding hands!