Claire & me

Illustration by Claire Thompson-Richards

You know that shop update I was hoping to do really soon.... well unfortunately y'all will have to wait just a little bit longer because I have been ever so sweetly asked by Claire to join her in an exhibition at one of my fave cafe's. How adorable and hillarious are her illustrations!

I remember the day I met Claire .... there was a girl pacing the pavement outside my shop  with a big canvas under her arm...  and after the third time she wondered past I asked if I could help ... and she said she was waiting for someone to give the artwork to.... so I of course asked if I could take a peek at her work... HOW CUTE! perfect...right up my ally... AND she just happened to mention that she was getting cards printed of her work... so I promptly ordered some in.

Very soon after that or was it just before.... I met Barb and had started helping out with her magazine ...to which I discovered Claire was illustrating for. Anyhoo, that was almost a year ago now ... long story short, I am super excited by the idea I have, to make softies from her illustrations... and thankfully Barb has offered to help out with a little knitting of tiny jumpers (or organising of the knitting... How much spare time does an editor and publisher have? it's not a trick question). Claire has an adorable dog character too, who I will be turning all plushy...can't wait! will show you some more of Claire's artwork once I get permission... unfortunately she doesn't have much online...Claire you need a blog!! or rather we need you to have a blog... So if you are in Adelaide in December pop into Tincat Cafe for a delish bite to eat and then remember to come upstairs to see Claires artwork on canvas and my toys to match.

And as if things can't get any more exciting.... we are off to Queensland for a long overdue holiday in the new year... I am so very much looking forward to the almost two week break ... I would have liked to make our Queensland holiday a Brisbane. stop. then Cairns. holiday but it was way out of our budget (so so sorry Button) but we will get 4 whole hours in Brisbane for serious tongue wagging on our way through.

As a little side note ... I have just discovered that you can be notified by email when someone comments on your blog.... (duh!I know it has only taken me two years to figure that out) which means I will hopefully be able to say hi a bit more when you comment.... I am not the best when it comes to mailing out parcels/letters/emails/comments..... in a perfect world I would have special fairy type person at my house actually seeing through my list of things to do and the answering mail & phone.. There are definate ups and downs to being a list maker.... the up being, you know what you need to do.... the down being, you know exactly what you have not done!

Ok. the Morphe II toy shop will be closed in a couple of hours and the next ten toys will be up for voting then also.... I am really happy I found the polling widget, it has made things so much easier for me and is working really well... thanks for voting.... so far we have two toys that have been shortlisted....

here is a little bit of birthday joy... Moopy & I truely thank you for all your birthday wishes.

running out to her cubby to check her mailbox first thing 7am

Oh my, can you get any more excited over a dolly you have been begging for, for months on end.

Comments

[LindaLinda]

every little girl deserves a Strawberry Shortcake don't they! gorgeous photos

[Kirsty]

I have loved Clares work since I saw it at Urban cow about a year ago, then I started reading Yarn and surprise surprise there is her illustrations. Shes a crack up with all the lines. I don't know how she thinks them all up. They will be adorable as softies.
Dad said he grabed my stuff from you today, can't wait till he gets here tomorrow!!!
How do you get notified by email when you get a comment??

[Lori]

She is so adorable and looks so excited!
I am so excited I just found a vintage Strawberry Shortcake sheet that has the cutest pictures that I am making little girl aprons out of!
I am sooo enjoying looking through your blog at all the wonderful softies you make.
Do you write and illustrate the pages that are in the pictures too?