Crafts in Chelsea preview: Teddy bear hair clips!

I will be at Crafts in Chelsea this Saturday!

I am really excited to take part in my first Crafts in Chelsea show! I have been working on a lot of new things for this fair. Here's a little preview- a mini corgi felt tote!

Crafts in Chelsea will be taking place in Manhattan on Oct. 16th, from 10am-5pm. 21st Street between 8th and 9th Avenues. I will be in booth #100. Come visit, mention this blog post and get a free 1" button!

Amigurumi Weekend!

I spent the weekend crocheting! For sale on Etsy: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=14120

Glitter Paint!

Experiment #1

Sparkly silver glitter paint and yarn= purdy! The silver paint itself is pretty transparent, so when you brush it on yarn you just see the pretty glitter. Time to play!

How Amigurumi Kingdom came to be...

2005. A much chubbier Jou. Lotsa free time (was in college...Fashion college). Too much yarn laying around. All of these factors were vital in the creation of Amigurumi Kingdom. I learned all my amigurumi basics from the Japanese amigurumi collection pattern books (there weren't ANY english books back then). I figured out the crochet charts pretty quickly, and my sister helped me translate some of the chinese characters. I spent most of the fall just making these amigurumis...but then I wanted to create my own! December 2005, I created my etsy/ebay pages and my website soon followed. Boy, I had a blast playing with different yarns and making funky bear sprites! I made a new one everyday...until I graduated in May 2006...and found a full time job. The rest is for another day.