Happy Father's Day!

Holly's guinea pig amigurumi

I make tons and tons of amigurumi, probably around 100 every year; I love how cute they are! In fact, I thought they were so cute that I started making amigurumi myself. You would think that I have many amigurumi stashed away in my room, but the truth is, I typically don't keep them for myself. In fact, I sell nearly all of them! I actually only have three right now, and all of them are the very first of their type (you could say they are the guinea pigs of the amigurumi world!) I don't keep all my guinea pigs, but I do keep the EXCEPTIONALLY cute ones; and here they are! On the left is my original cloud bearlet, the first bearlet I ever made with needle felting. On the right is Tiny, the first bear I made using felt for an eye background (to give him dilated pupils!) And in the middle is Bun-bun, who is an amigurumi rabbit made from one of the patterns I hope to sell in my shop very soon :D Speaking of which, I'll be putting my shop in vacation mode soon and hopefully posting some patterns... it all depends if I can finish everything on time; I leave on Tuesday!

Vinyl wishes

I turned in the editing sample I had due for a possible job... wish me luck (and also thanks for everyone who already has.... you guys give me such good karma!)

So because I was done I started snooping around for a good gift for myself, thanks for the suggestions about the Nintendo DS versus the Ipod- I think it might be an Ipod touch for now; my sister got one when she bought a new Mac, because Apple is having a promotion where if you buy a new Mac, you get a free Ipod Touch (so if you need a new computer and you're a teacher or student, go get one now)! So I got to play with hers and it is pretty awesome... I think the biggest draws for me are the fact that you can use your ipod like an ocarina (an instrument in the Zelda videogames... and also a real instrument) and also the ability to watch the anime Bleach on a bigger screen than the Ipod Nanos have.

Anyway... while I was searching I found these are super old vinyl toys (meaning they came out a while ago) but they are so cute! They are perfect as little gifts because they are relatively inexpensive(around $5 to $10 for one) and small... favor sized! . And since I'm still trying to decide what I want for my birthday, and I'm limited by A: Space (I just spent the entire afternoon cleaning my room (which includes both of my sisters' stuff since they never clean and I share a room with them) and B: money (until I find a new job). I think if you search on the internet you can find a bunch of places that stock them, but I think I'm going to go with shopkawaii.com.... they have low shipping.

These are the Cannibal Funfair series by Tado
This is the Wish come true series: This pill shaped one is the one I want, but there are others :)

And this is a bird girl by a fan of Unipo; The artist submitted her design to the company and they chose it! She's on flickr but I don't remember who she is!

Kamehameha Day

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Today is Kamehameha Day, which is actually a State Holiday, which means a lot of people don't have to work today; I think because we have many holidays that relate to Hawai`i, we don't celebrate other holidays like Columbus Day (I'd much rather celebrate our holidays!). Basically, the day is in remembrance of King Kamehameha, who established the Kamehameha dynasty over all the islands (some would say he unified the Hawaiian Islands). From this line of ali`i (rulers/chiefs) the Hawaiian Kingdom and our Monarchy was born. To honor Kamehameha's memory, lei are draped on his statue near the capitol and `Iolani Palace (the only Royal Palace in the US); the lei are very, very long and there are very many of them! There are also statues of Kamehameha in Hilo (he's from the Big Island) and Washington DC that also get leis, but none as much as this one!

Random post

I'm not usually a movie person, but I am super excited for these two movies... especially since my netflix choices have been sucking of late. I pretty much think Jack Black and Rachel Weisz are the really great actors; you surely know of my love for Jack Black already. But you probably didn't know I about my affinity for Miss Weisz; she's so cute and sweet in her movies! I loved her in Constantine and the original Mummy! I have a relatively short list of actors and actresses who I will go to see movies for, and these two are definitely on it.

I also have a small dilemma that requires a large sum of money to resolve; luckily my B-day is coming up and I can use collective monies to offset the costs. I can't decide what would be better to get to go to DC; a Nintendo DSi or an Ipod nano! Both have extreme entertainment value... but which would I get more use out of? I think maybe an Ipod (you can listen to it in the metro etc). Which would you pick?


Leaning towards the yellow or orange... red is cute too!

Actually... they don't have this color DSi in the US yet... only in Japan. Maybe I should wait until they do!

Awesomeness!

Zoolander... "In the Computer!"

I've been making my blog super fancy... have you noticed? Well, it's a step-by-step process so maybe it's not that visible yet :D Previously, I was having the hardest time uploading a favicon to my blog; a favicon is the little icon that appears next to the address of your blog (if you have firefox, that is). I was finally able to just a moment ago, using this website; it's extremely helpful and seems to have all kinds of good information for people whose normal interactions with a computer are strikingly similar to that scene with Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson in Zoolander (LOVE that movie)! It wasn't actually as difficult as I thought it was; if you are trying to add a favicon yourself, I would recommend making it easy on yourself and taking the path of least resistance by uploading a .png or .gif photo to photobucket (don't mess with those .ico formats... that was what was screwing me up!) and follow the directions on this blog accordingly. Now I have this cute little guy as my favicon; he's one of many designs for my new ellusive fabric!