Banana Slug Plushy is a Calendar Girl!

My banana slug plushy was recruited for a photo on a major calendar. Since then, she's been dressing like a cover girl. See her here with all of her glamorous makeup, wearing a chic sheer red mini-dress. Maybe fame has gone to her head, like it did for Tomcat plushy?

Actually, The New Fat, a creative graphic design agency in Nottingham, UK, discovered my banana slug plushy while searching for their next calendar girl. Banana slug is featured as Miss August, and I guess it is more of a centerfold, because she is totally nude!

Seriously, see what great work they did with her photo?

A big thank-you to Suze Moore and everyone else involved at The New Fat! Until next time.... xoxo Jennifer

Uh Oh!

Uh oh! Today I am experiencing some dreaded Blogger troubles! I cannot see my followers nor the followers on some other people's blogs--yikes! Just empty space on the template. Is anyone else having this trouble today? I know that several of you have had these problems.

I'm feeling a little nervous about it. Is it just a temporary glitch or a sign of more trouble to come? I would love to hear from others if you're having this trouble now, if you had it before but are not anymore, and if you had this trouble but solved the problem. Solutions would be fantastic, but even some moral support would be great. :-)

I feel that Mr. Sad Slug is in order as a photograph to accompany this post. :-( What do you think?

Don't forget that my blog giveaway is still running through June 18, 2011. It is not too late to win a prize!

Until next time.... xoxo Jennifer and Mr. Sad Slug

Contest is Over (At Least for Me)

Hello to all the friends of Plushpussycat! Yes, you read it correctly--I am no longer in the Art of ReUse contest. The top ten winners were announced Friday night, and I was not included. Thank you to EVERYONE who voted, commented, tried to vote, tried to comment, and sent me prayers and good vibes. I appreciate you all so much!!! There appear to have been some infrastructure problems with the contest's web site, which made it extra challenging for many of you. I'm sorry for all of the time and trouble it took you to try to vote and comment. You are my heros!

My mascot for the day is Mr. Sad Slug. As you can see, he has taken the place of the bride bunny in my little vignette. Mr. Sad Slug is the first plushy I ever made! He's feeling a little sad today regarding the contest results! :-)

But there is some good news! The little bride bunny may meet her groom-to-be, her "Mr. Right," in the very near future! So keep your eyes on this blog over the next few days. To make that easier for you, I've set up a couple of ways to subscribe to the blog. They're both in the right-hand column of any page of the Plushpussycat blog. One is called "Subscribe to this blog" (using a reader). The other one is called "Subscribe via email." With the email one, you get an email from me (via Google Feedburner) whenever I post an update to the blog (usually one to two times per week). Check it out!

Thanks again to everyone for your support! I love and appreciate all of you! xoxo Jennifer

My First Creations (Part 1)

Hello! After learning just last summer that the world of plush existed, I read everything I could get my hands on about plushies, stuffies, softies, whatever you want to call them. After attending Plush You! in October of 2010, I came home ready to get creative! I found the pattern (which I modified for my own use) for my first "creation" in this book, Make Your Own Misfits by Fumie Kamijo and Rosie Short:

My first creation was to be a slug! Now here in the Northwest, we are known for our slugs. There are common brown garden slugs, and then deep in the woods, you can find large green banana slugs. Here's my first plushy:

He's a lost banana slug who made his way from his forest home to the 'burbs. Look! He's even been busy munching on collard leaves from our garden!

This little slug was a lot of fun to make. He sits up on his own, with just a little scrunching of his bamboo fiber stuffing. ;-) And he's very Zen-like in his demeanor. Good to have a buddy like him around. Until next time.... xoxo Jennifer