Camila Prada's Kickstarter

It's with lots of happiness that I write this post, because it involves some of my most favorite artists and makers, and the project is already fully-funded! But I wanted to share it anyhow, because it's so adorable and I wanted to help spread the word.

The wonderful ceramicist Camila Prada, whose adorable creations I've collected and shared over the years, teamed up with my favorite duos, TADO and LouLou & Tummie, plus Marnie Makes to create a wonderful line of new storage jars! In order to produce these cuties, she needed to raise about $10,000 on Kickstarter- but I am happy to say she's well over her goal, at the time I am writing this post she's already at $45,000 and counting!

Check out the Kickstarter here, there's still a chance to get some of these adorable creations for yourself, while supporting Camilla, a dedicated, lovely and talented maker.

New Prints from Loulou & Tummie

There's a fantastic selection of new prints avaialble in LouLou & Tummie's webstore! I'm consistently impressed with their fresh graphical style and color combinations.

New LouLou & Tummie prints!

Love these two new silkscreened prints from LouLou & Tummie!

LouLou & Tummie for LeSportsac

There's more products to swoon over in the LouLou & Tummie LeSportsac Artist in Residence collection! Those little pouches! *_*

LouLou & Tummie + LeSportsac

Squeeee! The new LeSportsac Artist in Residence line features LouLou & Tummie! Adorable!

From the mailbox...

This post is so long overdue, I feel terrible! I just get so swamped with school, and Bored Inc, that sometimes I don't get to all the things I need to on Tokyobunnie. However, I am finally taking the time to properly thank all these folks who have sent me such awesome things lately!!

These super rad pieces from Michelle at Crowded Teeth (they are FLOCKED!! so amazing)

Super yummy smelling strawberry Marshall from 64 Colors! Smells just like my favorite Strawberry Shortcake lip gloss from when I was a kid!

This ultra-cute 'Bite Your Thumb' pack from Kali Meadows.

This gorgeous print from one of my favorite duos, LouLou & Tummie (my terrible iPhone pic doesn't do this print justice) and check out the embossed logo! It's really incredible.

This adorable monster pack with framed print from pipapiep!


Thank you, thank you, thank you! It's so awesome to get such cool surprises in the mail! *hearts*

Flowers & Geometrics Print by LouLou & Tummie

I love this LouLou & Tummie print! Look how cool the watermark is!

LouLou & Tummie Wall Decals

The website Blossom now features adorable wall decal designs from LouLou & Tummie! Not only are there designs for your walls, but custom made pieces to fit several popular Ikea furniture pieces- such a good idea!

For the Love of Vinyl - Artist Bios & Project Pics!

For the Love of Vinyl (currently on view through April 2nd at Dragatomi) isn't just a one-time show. It's an ongoing project that has a great accompanying website. Not only can you check out pics from the pieces in the show, but there are behind the scenes work-in-project shots and artist bios as well. As the months go by, the artists involved in the project will be updating the site with new customs and current projects.

I spent some time admiring the lineup of artists and selecting some of my favorites to share with you!



Lou Lou & Tummie, who I feature often, have one of the most imaginative and fun customs in the show. They say that their inspiration for "Jack Lumber" was "the cold & wet weather outside that wanted me to make a cute brown coloured kind of forester caveman with a camera…" So awesome. I love the work-in-progress view!


PodgyPanda, another favorite, created a gumball machine! So creative! Here is his toy inspiration: "I came across an old gumball vending machine outside an old video store, which dispensed gumballs in a capsule. I thought it would be hilarious if it were pandas instead of gumballs, and as the symbiote already had a round head, it was a win win. That and i just wanted to squish pandas."

This pretty custom is the work of King Quan. Love the colors and sweet cherry blossoms! Quan is the founder of the excellent website Fresh Characters

Paul Shih's 'Veganpire' doesn't eat blood! Instead, Paul tells us, "After World War III, human become endangered species, Vampires have no choice but to evolve into Veganpire, vegetarian vampire loves sunbath and everything cherry!"

Taiwan based artist Olla Boku always makes super fun and cute characters, and this OB Monsterstaff is no exception! I love the addition of the felt hat!

Jeremiah Ketner's super rad little figure was inspired by his desire "to make something that would frolic through the forest eating bugs and berries". I'd love to stumble upon this guy in the forest!

There is just something about this custom by Helena Garcia that brings a huge smile to my face. I love her cute, curious expression! I REALLY hope that Helena does tons more custom toys in the future so I can nab one!

Dolly Oblong's Woollcott is another really cute and creative figure! A soda drinking sheep with the cutest floppy ears!

For the Love of Vinyl at Dragatomi

The lovely Denise Cortez, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at last years' SDCC, is curating a fantastic show opening this weekend at Dragatomi!

For the Love of Vinyl - Custom Show at Dragatomi
On view from March 12th - April 2nd
Opening night: Saturday, March 12 2011 from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm

Dragatomi is excited to host the - For the Love of Vinyl - Custom Show, a collaborative group art toy show celebration of doing what you love, the way you want to,and how ever you want to do it, in this case the artists and designers had the opportunity to create their very unique vision, by encouraging them to use the technique, medium and theme of their choosing applying all their creative talent on a blank symbiote vinyl toy platform.

The show gathers 25 talented artists, designers and customizers form all over the world featuring:
Arwassa (Spain) - ARTDENKA (Japan) - Baby Vtec (USA) - Chauskoskis (Mexico) - Dolly Oblong (Netherlands) - Frank Mysterio (Mexico) - Emily Bee (Canada) - Helena Garcia (USA) - Jeremiah Ketner (USA) - JRYU (USA) - Jeff Lamm (USA) - Kat Brunnegraff (USA) - King Quan (USA) - Lunabee (UK) - Lou Lou & Tummie (Netherlands) - Matt Jones (UK) - Jamie Fales (USA) - Olla Boku (Taiwan) - Pocket Wookie (USA) - Podgy Panda (New Zealand) - Paul Shih (New Zealand) - Pandacrew (France) - Steve Talkowski (USA) - SpankyStokes (USA) - Warm ‘n Fuzzy (Mexico).

25 artists - 25 toys all For the Love of Vinyl “ Cause We’re crazy for Toys “

The Whale Prints Collection

Time, the Dark Whale by LouLou & Tummie

Yes, I just posted about the awesome prints at Whale & Pine, but their new 'Whale Prints Collection' is so great, it deserves a post of it's own. Featuring 9 whale themed prints by an array of great artists, including two of my personal favorites, Lou Lou & Tummie and Helena Garcia.

Narwhal by Helena Garcia

I Believe I Can Fly by Riccardo Guasco

LouLou & Tummie Downloads

Cuteify your phone with these awesome downloads available from LouLou & Tummie's webshop!