As long as I'm on a roll...

I'll keep on rolling. So I was just thinking again about a new name for this blog. I sort of wanted to incorporate the nickname "Treee" so I googled it. News: There already is a Treee blog! Not fair. It's a cool blog though, the person is an artist with some cute comics.

And then I thought, wow I've never even mentioned my little stuffed guys! I mean, no one really reads this blog yet because I won't post it anywhere or tell anyone about it, but there needs to be a record. So here they are in order of appearance on Earth.

Chedda, the sock monster. He has dreadlocks and a messy heart.

DoboRAWR, the dinosaur. His name comes from an old joke between me and Jackie and his bodysuit comes from a tshirt Emilie gave me. The dinosaurs are glow-in-the-dark.

Breeze, the windmill. Requested by a friend that used to draw windmills..but the other kind of windmill that is thin with three twirly things. I thought that'd be too hard to make so I made the old-fashioned kind instead. He is made from a Batman t-shirt and his face reminds me of Beaker from the Muppets. I like to pretend the twirly black part of him is also dreadlocks. Beaker with dreads.

Oh and hey! this is the first appearance of my face! ...ish.

no name boombox. Made for the same friend that requested the windmill. He didn't want to name this one I guess. I was going to find an old pair of headphones to put behind the "speakers" so the cord could come out of a hole in the back and he could be plugged into an ipod...but I never did that. He is just full of stuffing. Also has a heart on him...I wish I remembered to give them all hearts.

Second shot of my face. My left eye gets all the action.

Thunder, the Owl. Made during a lightning storm. He has glasses but they are hard to see.

My tree! For A-treee-sa! I love it, that's all. Except it is currently on the floor of my bedroom where it does not belong.

This is one of my favorite things! I am so proud of it because I thought about it for a long time then spent months making it. This is the turtle I made for my pister's birthday. It's huge! She loves turtles and traveling, and I remembered an Iroquois creation myth that we read in high school, about a turtle that carried the world on its back. So I found a version of the myth that I liked and printed it out on the card.

And here's the last thing I've made. My brother's former roommate said she liked my stuffed animals/things and I told her I could make her one if she knew what she wanted. She requested a panda bear in underwear so I did that and gave him boxers. Bears are hard to make though and this is not really my favorite piece, but she loves it which is good. He has a tattoo on his arm of her initials inside a heart, and a piece of bamboo to munch on during his trip to NY. My friend and I decorated the box with inspirational phrases in order to confuse my brother, and it worked.

Bruce, in his natural habitat - my room. I just thought you should finally meet the little troublemaker. He is not stuffed, only with rabbit food and timothy hay.

So that's that. I think once I get all settled and get that job I'm hoping for, I can start making a new one. I was thinking about making a calavera but the 3D part of it would be difficult.