Hey Bunny with a Toolbelt Fans!!! We're kicking off Summer 2009 with our first ever contest, open to anyone and everyone with a love of words, cleverness, or just a deep desire to cash in on the amazing grand prize.
Each entry will give credit to the limerick writer, as well as a website link of their choosing, so even if you don't win the $100 shopping spree, you still win the eternal fame of free publicity. Contest ends July 14, 2009 so get your thinking caps on and send your entries to me at bunnywithatoolbelt@gmail.com. Don't forget to include your name and favorite web link! (It doesn't matter if you don't have a website of your own--feel free to mention a friend or other entity.) If you need to brush up on your limerick skills, click here.
In addition to my Etsy shop, I also sell my wedding cake toppers at a few great galleries: Museum of Contemporary Craft, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Relish Design, San Francisco Museum of Craft + Design, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, and the Wood Turning Center. I made some cute little wedding cake display stands for the retail venues--here's a picture I took while I was painting them.
Hey Facebook users! I created a quiz yesterday to help you sort through the most perplexing issue of these modern times: which Bunny with a Toolbelt character are you? Click here to take the quiz, and here if you want to join our official Facebook group. In the very near future, I'm planning on having a contest and our beloved Facebook fans will be the very first to know about it.
I did my drawings....
And made the figures(with a few adjustments from the drawing)
My favorite elements were the beautiful headdress that the bride was wearing, and the hip brown trim on the groom's white tux, After doing a drawing for the customer, we agreed on some basics and I got to work. Below is the table display at the anniversary party--I love how the toppers were shown right next to that photo. Nice touch!
My mother just sent me this sweet photograph of her table centerpiece I gave her and her hubby for valentine's day this year. Two lovebirds, sitting in the pear tree, surrounded by the real thing!
This weekend is the 10th annual Alberta Art Hop, run by my very favorite nonprofit organization, Art on Alberta! If you're a maker, we just opened a whole new section for vendors. Booth fees are affordable and we encourage artists to double up to make it even more cost-effective to show your art to a crowd of 10,000 or more art lovers.
So....now I can tell you my little secret I've been keeping for the past month--Etsy interviewed me for their featured seller series, which finally released to the public yesterday. It's been an amazing day already, with emails from old friends, new fans, convos about special orders in the works, and a few people willing to settle for the things I already designed. Thanks Etsy! Click here to read my interview or here to visit my shop--I have been designing a ton of new work in anticipation of the home page feature. Stay tuned--I have several custom projects that I've been meaning to share with you...
And speaking of elephants, tomorrow will be a happy day...I have been working really hard on a new series of cute little elephants that I am planning on putting up on Etsy tomorrow. I'll make sure they parade through here too....
