Happy Valentine's Day

Just wanting to wish a Happy Valentine's day to all readers.

Valentine Give-Away Winner...

Find out who won the Valentine's Day Give-Away! I announced the winner on my blog today!

Thanks to everyone who entered. I kind of like the best-captcha-turned-monster-name terms of entering the give-away...it's at random, but still has an element of fun and creativity to it...better than a random number generator or picking names out of a hat. I'm definitely going to do this again, so if you didn't win, you'll have another chance another time!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Monsters and Questions

New Valentine-y monsters! I'm trying not to make anything too specialized for holidays so that I can sell them throughout the year.


And a question for all you plushie makers...
Who sells to stores? Do you do wholesale or consignment? And how do you approach stores?

I've been approaching stores and it's pretty scary. Less so when the store owner gets excited about my work. But it's easy to psyche myself out. I'd love to be more prepared. Any suggestions?

anti valentine plush

I stayed up until the wee hours of the night until I had this new zipperman just right.
His heart comes out of his chest through a zipper and is attached to a ribbon, which is attached to his body. So his heart will never leave you but he has the right to tuck it away and zip it back up when you make him made.
Don't we all wish we could do that sometimes.
Happy early valentines day to you bitter plush souls!

Greetings from Patti Haskins

What an honor to be invited to join this group of superb plush creators. I too look forward to seeing what Claire's got up her sleeve. Should be fun. I'm a member of the Etsy Plush Street Team and I always enjoy the projects and group challenges. For instance, my latest plush creation is my Heart Skips, velvet hearts that skip that I made for our Valentine's challenge. I have a weird sense of humor, I know. But I like to be the cause of spontaneous smiling. Laughter accepted as well. Onward towards a plusher future!