I have been participating in local arts & crafts events for a few years now, and even been a featured artist in the past.  Yesterday, I was at a craft store buying yarn and wandered over to the jewelry aisle to look at beads, and came upon someone I know from a past job.  She asked me why I had so much yarn, and I explained to her that I was getting ready for a craft show.

She replied "You have a spot in a craft show? It's cute that they let crocheters participate. I guess it's…

So...I was offered a giant opportunity in conjunction with a local craft event, basically an art show that also advertises the craft fair, and I'm suddenly thrown into writing a proposal for an art installation.  What does that mean?  I'm only making educated guesses at the moment.  I have to come up with something for a giant outdoor..thing..and have an approximate price of materials.  Is that vague enough?  Anyhow, has anyone else done anything like this?  I have a budding idea and a…

I've been working on creating some creatures that are fat, adorable, quick to make, and share pattern elements.  So far, I've come up with a dragon, a gryphon, and a narwhal.  The narwhal doesn't quite fit in, because they're real, but they look magical, so I decided I should include them.

The dragon and the gryphon share the same body and leg pattern, and the narwhal's body is basically the same, with a tail added.  I'm debating a pegasus or a unicorn, but maybe I should pick another…

I love making amigurumi!  It didn't start out that way, though.  I knew what it was, but I didn't think I could make anything so "cutesy."

What did I know?!  I love amigurumi!  I think it's hilarious and ultimately rewarding to take an idea and make it as cute as humanly possible.  I have been doing the craft show circuit for a few years now, and I can attest to the fact that more over-the-top cute the creature, the more people will pick it up and squee over it.  I don't even care if…