Ghibli Straps

I've been making a lot of wrist-strap styled phone straps lately. They just look so nice. And are kind of practical. This is the latest addition to the Ghibli strap collection!

Noh-Face, Soot Sprites, Totoro! What?

This actually came up because my camera sucks and the flash goes crazy sometimes...

And this was taken at 2PM. Looks cool though, right?

Like the title says, all those things are in this post! I'm going to a one-day event called Giga-Con 2012 to sell, hangout, and do some crappy closet cosplay. I think it'll be fun. After Anime Conji, I decided I wanted to try to appeal more to the crowd since I didn't really make a lot of anime-related stuff last time. I'm not really up to date with what's popular, but everyone loves Studio Ghibli! Or at least, everyone loves Miyazaki, can't go wrong with him.

Painting Rift

A screenshot from the online game RIFT. I used it as a base for a small painting. I couldn't find my tiny canvases, so I resorted to hot gluing three rectangles of fabric onto three postcard type fliers I got at previous conventions. A little tacky from the back, but it served its purpose!
I wish I had smaller brushes when I started working. Best I had was a size 0, which was a little messed up too. Used simple craft acrylic paint, the kind found in Wal*Mart in the small bottles. Again, nothing special, but got the job done.

Flutterbunny

Little bunny tails? Maybe.

Oh Little Nemo, I want to go there too.

Deer Patches

I've been handsewing more, making random things like the bunny above. I'm just trying to think of different ways to use the black puffpaint. The bunny's HANGRY&ANGRY inspired, that's where I got the stitching idea from. It's a pin, and I think it'll look quite nice on my h.NAOTO purse...

Fan-Straps

I totally forgot that I had phone straps that needed to be used. Lots of them. I started out making phone straps, so I guess it's time to get back into it! Of course, the first time was with mini bows, but really I make enough bows as it is, I need more fandom related things for Anime Conji. A quick pick that's attention grabbing and cheap. That sort of thing is important when it comes to Artist Alley tables, right?

Top of my unwritten list of fandoms is Puella Magi Madoka Magica and at the top of the character list is Kyuubey. I really hate Kyuubey to be honest. I didn't like him the moment I saw him. His eyes are just so...EVIL. But you can't have a Magical Girl series without the token cat/rabbit creature. Eyes aside, the design is interesting and different. I mean, it does have cat AND rabbit ears!

Silly Cat Dress

I recently got this silly cat printed fabric! It's ridiculous, tacky, kitschy, and super awesome. I'm going to make a dress out of it, similar to this Metamorphose dress:

It won't be exact since I don't know or trust my ability to make pintucks right now. But it's going to have a black square yoke and puffy cuffed sleeves. I don't think the bottom will be two tiered, but I might give it ruffles, maybe. Probably no ruffles on the yoke either, but I've already got some lace and ribbon for it. Hopefully it'll look okay.

My goal is to get this done today! Wish me luck.

Pony Progress

I'm sure it's obvious that "My Little Frilly" came from My Little Pony.

I wanted to make pony plushes. And I finally did. And it did not turn out as nice as I would have liked! But it's just a prototype after all.

Tonari no Totoro

I made cookies.
Completely unrelated to CtF.
But I just want to show them off.

Old Finds

In other almost non-crochet related crafts...

I actually made this years ago, but found it recently.