Rock, Paper, Scissors:Paper Art Toy Exhibition at Rivet Gallery

A really amazing lineup of artists will be participating in the 'Rock, Paper, Scissors:Paper Art Toy Exhibition' at Rivet Gallery, opening this weekend. There will be pieces by some of my favorites, including Ben the Illustrator, Lou Lou (of Lou Lou and Tummie), Dolly Oblong, and tons more. Show runs January 2nd - 31st. All the details can be found here.

RIVET
Designer Toy & Art Gallery
1200 N. High St.
Columbus, OH 43201
(614) 294-TOYS (8697)

Favorite Artist Etsy Shops

Obviously, Etsy is an amazing marketplace of talent. I am overwhelmed whenever I venture into the thousands upon thousands of shops featuring handmade items. One thing I especially love about Etsy is the ability to purchase work from artists and have the profits go right in their pockets. I love going to gallery shows, but if I can purchase something right from an artist, I'd always prefer it. Here's some of my favorite artist-run Etsy shops.


Apak

AxelHoney

Gemma Correll

My Folk Lover

Pretty Little Thieves

Favorite product line: The Tummie Friends

Being a huge Lou Lou & Tummie fan, I was so excited when they announced their Tummie Friends project!
Now there's a whole line of cuteness- plush and slippers, umbrellas, keychains- and everythins is covered in candy-coated-cuteness!
They have a blog, and e-cards, and you can follow them on Twitter, too!

Best movie of 2010 : Where the Wild Things Are

Not only did Dave Eggers write the book, and Geoff McFetridge do the titles, but the movie was beautifully executed from start to finish. I was deeply moved- I cried through the whole thing. The story, the visuals, everything culminated in perfection.

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays everyone! I will be back next week with some more "Best of" posts to finish out the year!

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Favorite Artist Collab

This one is easy. I am totally in love with Koralie & Supakitch's Metroplastique shop. Everything in it is fantastic. Clothing, accessories, toys and prints by the coolest artist duo around.

Toy Store of the Year : Dragatomi

Since we are nearing the end of 2009, the rest of my posts will be some best-of favorites from the past year. Let's start with one of my favorite things- a TOY store!

My boyfriend's family lives in Sacramento, and I'll be honest- there isn't a lot to do when we visit for the holidays. So I was SUPER excited this Thanksgiving to visit Dragatomi- it's about time there was some TokyoBunnie-esque shopping to be done in Sacramento!

I was really impressed with the store- they had a huge collection of toys for sale and a gallery in the back. Their toy selection was probably one of the best I've ever seen in one store.

If you can't make it to their store be sure to check them out online, they've even got some cool Dragatomi exclusives like this Fat Cat Miao and Mousubi - "Dead Edition" by Amanda Visell and of course their darling Dragatomi plush. They've also got a great selection of Crazy Label's Treeson products, which of course I love!

Cute Calendars & Planners for 2010

Madame Spongecake asked me for some kawaii calendar suggestions. Once I got started picking out my favorites, I decided this would be a great post, so here are my favorite 2010 calendar and planner options, enjoy!

Maluhia's Esty shop has a huge assortment of darling day planners covered in kawaii fabric. These pink pandas were my easy favorite.

I'm totally smitten with this 'I love you more than...' printable calendar (it's only $5!) in Typewink's Etsy Shop.

This one is perfect for your desk- a PVC pad that you can fill in and then change each month. The graphics are darling. Sunday Afternoon Calendar Big Schedule Pad in Nothing Elegant's Etsy Shop.

The graphics inside the 2010 Dreaming Diary are just as cute as the ones on the cover. Available in the Kawaii Gift Shop Etsy Shop.

The Kawaii Gift Etsy Shop has this darling Matryoshka Desktop Scheduler.

Shop Kawaii is a great place to find San-X calendars. Here's a couple favorites:

San-X Rilakkuma 2010 Die-Cut Calendar: Relax Bear


2010 Monthly Planner: Crux Story of Children: Little Red Ridding Hood

Junko Mizuno "Desert Woman"

Roq La Rue Gallery in Seattle is showing a new exhibition of paintings by Junko Mizuno (showing simultaneously is Femke Hiemstra's "Bonjour, Dachshund!")

Check out the show here. Runs through January 30th.

Bling Buffet Go-Right Bag by Gama-Go

Oh, this Bling Buffet Go-Right bag by Gama-go is super duper cute!

Lisa Evans' Firefluff Etsy Shop

As you can see, I had trouble picking which piece to post from Lisa Evans' exquisite Firefluff Etsy shop. All of her work is simply stunning.

Miss Kika Giveaway Winners!

A big congrats to our winners!
Grand Prize: San Smith
Runner Up 1: Stephy905
Runner Up 2: Megan
Runner Up 3: Lilly
Runner Up 4: Paulette Arochena


A HUGE thanks to the lovely Miss Kika for sponsoring this awesome giveaway!

Argyle Whale Etsy Shop

Even after several years, the Argyle Whale remains one of my most favorite Etsy shops.

Stunning new Sanna Annukka prints

I've been a fan of the talented Sanna Annukka for ahwhile, so I was thrilled to get her email announcement of some new prints and 2 new darling wooden birds.
All available in her shop.

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Jinjerup's Digital Download Etsy Shop

The stationery sets on Jinjerup's Etsy shop are cute beyond words! AND since they are digital downloads, it's instant gratification!

Miss Kika Giveaway Ends Tonight!

The super awesome Miss Kika giveaway ends tonight at midnight, PST. Leave a comment HERE to enter.

New Scarygirl Swampfolk Blindbox

There's a second series of Nathan J's Scarygirl vinyl available from Kidrobot! Super cute!

Yoko d'holbachie : Living in your Dreams

Yoko d'Holbachie's crazy rainbow hued characters are currently on display at the London Miles Gallery in a new exhibition entitled, 'Living In Your Dreams'.

Noferin's Jibibuts

I am super coveting the new wooden blindbox Jibibuts series by the wonderful Noferin. They are a breath of fresh air in the over-saturated vinyl toy market.

Holiday Amigurumi from ParamiPanda

I love these festive little crocheted bunnies from ParamiPanda! Check out this awesome TokyoBunnie sponsor's Etsy shop for lots of darling crocheted gifts!