happysquidmuffin

Sorry these journals are so few and far between... but I figure those of you who watch a lot of deviants have enough messages to read/look at anyways!

Well I finally have a brand new sewing machine that my dear mom gave me because my dad gave it to her for her birthday like last year, but she decided she loved her old sewing machine so much, and she never even got around to opening the new one so she decided to give it to me because I had told her I wanted a sewin machine. Yay! (Wow, long run-on sentence...)

I still am a little behind on my custom requests, but I'm also trying to produce some new things for my shop at the same time, as well as tackle all of my responsibilities and my other jobs. Arg! I feel like I can never be completely caught up on everything all at once. But that's life, right? You have to pick and choose between your priorities.

My goal is to post on dA a minimum of 1 new deviation per week, ship every Etsy order within 1 week of purchase, and get more sleep. I have set up my brand new printer, and gotten my computer area so much more organized, but also need to organize my art room (yes I am lucky enough to have a room dedicated solely to my artystuff!) and get my sewing machine set up within the next 2 weeks.

So I've been wanting to start sewing again and making non-crocheted plushies, and my first mini creation turned out real cute! I'm very happy with my pattern and I plan on making more Pocket Bunnies... but no two will ever look the exact same. I really really wish I had a simple-to-use sewing machine, but for now I have to make everything by hand. I don't have the money for a sewing machine, nor do I really know how to use and set up one.

Wish me luck, and does anyone have any suggestions for kawaii/simple small plushies? I don't want to make anything too big or too complicated yet, even though I do have the sculptural know-how to produce more complex stuffed toys. I just don't have the time or patience for big things with lots of pieces to sew together

0_O Woww! I go get married and on the very same day my Pokemon Fingerpuppets get chosen as a Daily Deviation? That's so cool! Wow, views in my Etsy shop just exploded on the 28th and I couldn't figure out why... until I saw that they came mostly from dA.

I'm so honored, I haven't had time to read ALL the comments yet but there are so many nice people out there, thank you! I'm super pleased!

I just submitted a work to the dA Cute Monsters contest... please voteh for me? I made the whole design from start to finish using Adobe Photoshop. I think it's very cute, had good line quality, works well in the practical aspect of a t-shirt design, and I spent a good deal of time on it. That makes it deserving of a vote, right?


Thanks guys! *heart* you!

Is called Wubbly SquishMonster!




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Just added some new pictures here, as well as some new listings in my Etsy shop.

I don't wanna work tomorrow... but I guess I need the monies. Hopefully I will stop being lazy and clean off my art desk tomorrow so I can get back to making new clay art pieces. I haven't made anything new in that department for quite some time. Been busy busy busy working on my new release of the Little Hoots. I wanted to call them Little Hooters but finally decided it might not be appropriate, even though it's funny lol

My current art priorities are:

Producing items for the 2011 Anime Oasis
Developing new long-term items for my Etsy shop
Creating more holiday items, especially Easter which is coming up


Take care all, thanks for watching me, and reading my journal

Any suggestions are very very much appreciated.