Amigurumi Happy Times!

Swap-bot swap: AMIGURUMI HAPPY TIMES
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Last Friday I received my ami swap from my partner Christa (you may remember the jellyfish I made for my partner here). What an awesome partner I had! She not only sent me a great fat cat ami made of WOOL (no doubt from reading my profile about having a fat cat named Neo), she sent me ami poop and CHOCOLATE! YUM! And not just a few pieces of chocolate, one whole bar of Dove and a whole Ghirardelli dark chocolate with mint filling!

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I’m glad I got this picture because as soon as Sienna got her hands on it, the googly eyes on the poo came off!

Participants!

Here they are! The list of participants for the Autumn Gocco Swap. I know I said the limit was 25 participants but 4 slid through before I could close up the sign ups and I just couldn’t turn anyone away. Thankfully, the other participants agreed to print up additional postcards so all is good!

Liz Plummer

We Love Saturday

Dr. Russ

Fantastic Pickle

Suzi Too

Jenn Erwin

Sew Trashy

Squirreled Away

MacJewell

Woolanthropy

Violet Penelope

Alegnaavlis

Joele Lucherini

This Handmade Life

Flying Scissors

Blue 22

Being Jules

Fisk and Fern

Stephanie at Stockton & Co.

Graffiti Dog

Paper Elixir

Imagine Me

Little Letters

3 Red Buttons

The Adventures of Shee Shee

Little Messes

Julochka

Needle and Dime

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Finished Hooking!

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I finally finished the star-ghan I was crocheting for Sienna! Took me 2 months! I could have kept going with it and Yves wanted me to make it bigger but I think it’s a good size.It fits the crib well for now!

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I also made this coffee cup:
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Can you guess what it’s hiding?
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har har har! The pattern is here.

I also joined a swap on swap-bot. I haven’t swapped in a long time but since it was an amigurumi swap, I knew it wouldn’t be a problem to fulfill. It was hard to settle on something to make for my partner, since she likes everything, so when I came across this jellyfish pattern, it reminded me of the jellyfish shot from the NY Aquarium a couple of weeks ago. I hope she likes it! I made another one to send to Zack since Tammy thought it was super cute too.

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It’s Autumn! Gocco Postcard Swap

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See the list of participants here!

I was totally bummed that I missed Cloth.Paper.String’s Art of the Note Gocco swap. I was going to patiently wait for her to organize another one. Well, I don’t have much patience! So with Sarah’s blessing, I am hosting an It’s Autumn! Gocco Postcard Swap because Autumn is my favorite season! I hope some of you are up for another swap or if you are like me and missed the previous swap, get your Gocco machines ready!

This swap is slightly different in that instead of having individual swap partners, you send your cards to me and I sort and collate them and send everybody back a package. I participated in a swap like this years ago and am totally snagging the idea as it was so much fun! It will be easier for you because you only send 1 package to 1 person. It will be more work for me but I feel it will definitely be worth it!

Here are the details:

  • Swap is open to 25 29 participants with a blog and/or flickr account. Sign ups close September 10 or when I get 24 28 participants (plus me) – whichever comes first!
  • Print 50 postcards of 1 design (please keep postcards 4 in. x 6 in. for uniformity)
  • Send all postcards to me by October 10 and include enough postage inside the package so I can mail your swap back to you! Usually the same amount that it cost to send it to me. Stamps or if you are willing, cash is fine.
  • Include your name/flickr name /e-mail address inside the package so I can mark you off the list and contact you with confirmation of receipt and with any questions.
  • Please e-mail me at SWAP {at} the bunnylog {dot} com and include Gocco Postcard Swap in the subject line. PLEASE DO NOT LEAVE A COMMENT TO SIGN UP! Include your name and address in the e-mail so I can get a mailing label ready (trying to be organized!). You will get an e-mail back from me with my address to send your package. This e-mail is confirmation that you are on the list. If you don’t receive a reply from me within 2 days, e-mail me again!
  • I will do my best to mail out everyone’s packages by October 24 as long as they are received in time. Please try not to be late but I know life happens so just keep me informed if you are running late!
  • In your package, you will receive 2 sets of 25 designs. So in other words, every participant in the swap is your swap partner! You can keep 1 set to admire and send the other set out as postcards!

The theme is open and it is not necessary to print on both sides of the postcard. It must be postcards as that will be easier for me to sort and don’t have to deal with envelopes. I think I covered everything but if you have any other questions, please post them here!

Feel free to use this swap button to spread the word around!
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Beach Dance Mix

My July mix, some fun music to listen to on the beach. If you are interested in downloading this mix, let me know.
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(1) Stayin’ Alive • N-Trance
(2) Come Go With Me (Remix) • Exposé
(3) Total Eclipse Of The Heart • Nicki French
(4) Beautiful Life • Ace Of Base
(5) Love To Love You Baby • Donna Summer
(6) I Wanna Have Some Fun • Samantha Fox
(7) Burning Up • Madonna
(8) Heaven Must Have Sent You • Bonnie Pointer
(9) Boogie Oogie Oogie • A Taste Of Honey
(10) One Night In Bangkok • Robey
(11) Sidewalk Talk • Jellybean
(12) Double Dutch Bus • Frankie Smith
(13) Pass The Dutchie • Musical Youth

Sugar & Spice

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01. Feel No Pain • Sade
02. That’s How I Knew This Story Would Break My Heart • Aimee Mann
03. Melt Your Heart • Jenny Lewis With The Watson Twins
04. Killing Him • Amy LaVere
05. Baby Baby Baby • Aretha Franklin
06. So Alone • Juliana Hatfield
07. Ain’t It The Truth • The Gossip
08. I Feel It All • Feist
09. Shove It (Feat. Spankrock) • Santogold
10. Dickhead • Kate Nash
11. Slide in (DFA mix) • Goldfrapp
12. Paper Planes • M.I.A.
13. Send Him Back (Pilooski Edit) • The Pointer Sisters
14. Doing Alright With The Boys • Joan Jett and the Blackhearts

Tuesday night was the June mixer and I’m glad I didn’t bail because I had a good time! It was just a small group of ladies, me, Joy, Carrie and Alison. We were originally going to have it at Mama’s bar because I heard about the Sour Patch Kids vodka! But at the last minute we changed to Bowery Electric because Alison’s brother was DJing. It was really such a nice evening and I did not even feel intimated by all the young, uber skinny models in the bar (Alison’s brother’s fiance was a runway model and she was bartending). Maybe I was just tipsy by then and didn’t care! HA! And I learned so many interesting things that evening! Like how all the females in Alison’s family look like Alison, Alison’s brother is socially awkward (he’s an actor), Carrie went on a date with Moby and lots of other things!

Colors

I’ve posted my December mix online for CDMOM. If you are interested in downloading it, leave a comment and I’ll send you the info. I had the mix done a couple of weeks ago but I didn’t have a cover design in mind. I finally settled on a picture I took of the Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center last year while I was temping at Health magazine.

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1. Red Dragon Tattoo • Fountains Of Wayne
2. Red Eyes And Tears • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
3. Orange Crush • R.E.M.
4. Orange Blossom Special • Johnny Cash
5. Yellow Light • Remy Zero
6. Yellow Butterfly • Tahiti 80
7. Green Glove • The National
8. Green Grass of Tunnel • British Sea Power
9. Clear Blue Air • Turin Brakes
10. Lightning Blue Eyes • The Secret Machines
11. Violets • Candy Bars
12. Purple Toupee • They Might Be Giants
13. Black Magic • Jarvis Cocker
14. Black Mirror • The Arcade Fire
15. White Limousine (Radio Edit) • Duncan Sheik
16. Entering White Cecilia • The New Pornographers

Hey Sweetie!

My November mix uploaded yesterday so it was still November!

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1. Sugar Sugar • The Archies
2. Sweet Pea • Amos Lee
3. Peach • Prince
4. Sugar Pill • Ambulance Ltd.
5. C-C-C-Cinnamon Lips • OK Go
6. Peaches & Cream • Beck
7. Sipping On the Sweet Nectar • Jens Lekman
8. Some Candy Talking • Richard Hawley
9. Sugar On MyTongue • Talking Heads
10.. I Want Candy (Kevin Shields Remix) • Bow Wow Wow
11. Chocolate • Snow Patrol
12. Brown Sugar • The Rolling Stones
13. Lips Like Sugar (12″ Mix) • Echo & The Bunnymen
14. Ice Cream Man • Van Halen
15. Little Cream Soda • The White Stripes
16. Cinnamon Girl • Neil Young

Cupcakes were from the Little Cupcake shop in Bay Ridge. Now I want some cupcakes!

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