Mar 11 2010
Day 158: Wallace
 

Wallace is a fictional character from the “Wallace and Gromit” series of four British animated short films and a feature-length film by Nick Park of Aardman Animations. All the characters in the films are made from moulded plasticine modelling clay on metal armatures, and filmed with stop motion animation. Wallace, an absent-minded inventor from Wigan, Greater Manchester, is a cheese enthusiast (especially for Wensleydale)

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Day 158: Wallace

Mar 09 2010
Integrity Toys 2010: The Monogram Collection
 

The Monogram Collection was created to showcase real Jason Wu fashions done in 1/6 scale. The first dolls, released sporadically since the first charity-connected doll, Lifeball , did wear originals by Jason.

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Integrity Toys 2010: The Monogram Collection

Mar 09 2010
Reuse Gift Card Project – with Clementine Art
 

At Hazelnut Kids , we use beautiful, 100% post-consumer recycled gift wrap . The only problem is – we are left with lots of scraps after lovingly wrapping our gift orders with this paper

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Reuse Gift Card Project – with Clementine Art

Mar 09 2010
A Bunny Rescue
 

Aww, she is SO cute! Ta, Ta, Bad little pup! She found this tiny stuffed bunny which is usually on a shelf in my son’s room but the shelf was taken down when we painted his room last weekend. The bunny came from the Easter Bunny last year. So I had to wait to rescue the bunny or our pup would have wanted to play tug of war with it.

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Mar 09 2010
Tokidoki Fascino and Cartolina Bags are out
 

New wallets and bags in Fascino and Cartolina Prints Tokidoki! here! tokidoki The Incontro Small Messenger Bag in Cartolina NEW $108.00 tokidoki The Compagno Wallet in Pepe NEW $58.00 tokidoki The Fascino Tote Bag in Pepe NEW $128.00 tokidoki The Partenza Convertible Crossbody Bag in Carmella NEW $58.00 tokidoki The Nobile Hobo in Carmella NEW $88.00 tokidoki The Nobile Hobo in Cartolina NEW $88.00 tokidoki The Partenza Convertible Crossbody Bag in Cartolina NEW $58.00 tokidoki The Partenza Convertible Crossbody Bag in Pepe NEW $58.00 tokidoki The Poco Poco PDA Case in Cartolina NEW $58.00 tokidoki The Poco Poco PDA Case in Pepe NEW $58.00 tokidoki The Incontro Small Messenger Bag in Pepe NEW $108.00 tokidoki The Fascino Tote Bag in Carmella NEW $128.00 tokidoki The Elegante Handbag in Pepe NEW $158.00 tokidoki The Elegante Handbag in Cartolina NEW $158.00 tokidoki The Compagno Wallet in Carmella NEW $58.00 tokidoki The Bellato Cosmetic Bag in Pepe NEW $48.00 tokidoki The Bellato Cosmetic Bag in Cartolina NEW $48.00

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Tokidoki Fascino and Cartolina Bags are out

Mar 08 2010
The Foundation Collection – first line of Fashion Royalty and Nu Face for 2010
 

This year we’re in for some new and stange concepts in the Fashion Royalty related lines. There were two collections presented and one of them had every FR incarnation included: regular FR dolls , Nu Face (younger models) dolls and Homme (men line) dolls

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The Foundation Collection – first line of Fashion Royalty and Nu Face for 2010

Mar 08 2010
Fashion Royalty 2010: The Dazzle Collection
 

Ok, so there were two Fashion Royalty collections: the second one was called Dazzle and it was explained to us (for those who follow the storyline of the doll’s characters) that this was Vanessa Perrin’s photoshoot ambience and inspiration for the new W Cosmetics campaign, while the Foundation collection is the characters outside the studio looking for Veronique Perrin. If Eugenia goes out with that outfit to look for her cousin, she may end up where she does noe want to go…

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Fashion Royalty 2010: The Dazzle Collection

Mar 08 2010
New Integrity Toys doll collections previewed!
 

Last Saturday, Integrity Toys organized a webinar for the unveiling of their 2010 collections. The on-line event was attended by approximately 400 persons and featured all the company’s designers presenting their doll lines and commenting on their inspiration, while at the same time the attendees could vote on their favourites.

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New Integrity Toys doll collections previewed!

Mar 08 2010
Sesame Street Educating About Affordable Healthy Food
 

Sesame Street wants kids to not only learn about healthy eating, they want them to also have access to healthy foods. Sesame Street and AmeriChoice will be teaming together to provide bilingual educational resources for parents to make healthy choices to food

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Sesame Street Educating About Affordable Healthy Food

Mar 08 2010
Frog and Toad are Cool
 

Name: Frog and Toad Author: Arnold Lobel Story Line: Friends Genre: Young Readers Reference Release Date: 1970 Format: Picture Book Description: My wife recently brought home a Frog and Toad book from our library for our son to read. I recognized it instantly since I had a couple of Frog and Toad Book and Records when I was little

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Mar 08 2010
Possessed Micro Pets
 

The latest additions to the Hexbug range of robotic bugs are the unassuming Nano bots, a flick of the ON switch however and you're in for a surprise. Thse little finger sized machines travel at remarkable scale speeds across solid surfaces, a poweful motor insode the body vibrating the legs and sending them forward with no regard for obstacles.

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Possessed Micro Pets

Mar 07 2010
Mini-American Girl Dolls
 

I have to admit that I like the American Girl mini-dolls such as the Kaya doll shown above (especially the cute mini-book that comes with them!) However I never dreamed of re-dressing them as some of my friends have! They have done fantastic jobs AND have posed them in the snow and with spring flowers – See them many of them at this link If you’re interested in this hobby . . . or just want to own one, we have some available (and they are 15% off on our Customer Appreciation Day every Thursday) Click on the names to see Kaya or Nellie ! When these dolls first came out for Pleasant Company (before Mattel bought it and changed the name to American Girl) the eyes were inset (they didn’t open and close)

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Mini-American Girl Dolls

Mar 06 2010
What’s New – We’re Reviewing Craft Patterns and Kits On My "The Book Review Corner" Blog
 

We’ve been making lots of changes over at our ” The Book Review Corner ” blog. Some of those changes were to the format of the blog

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What’s New – We’re Reviewing Craft Patterns and Kits On My "The Book Review Corner" Blog

Mar 05 2010
What happened to February?
 

Busy February. Proud to represent Scotland in the Teddy Olympics . Managed to collect bronze in Peek-A-Boo, silver in Dabbling and Eye To Eye, and – extremely proud of this – gold in the Balltastic event ..

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What happened to February?

Mar 05 2010
some stuff…
 

The Nom painting is nearly 6 feet tall, the other isnt small either. I have eye strain again, I use photography lights set up behind my back to illuminate the painting etc, but the brightness over my shoulder is fucking with my eyes… GAH ! Still the paintings are moving along !

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some stuff…

Mar 04 2010
New Beleduc Layer Puzzles
 

Perfect Life Cycle Teaching Tool! Now that March has hit, Spring is threatening to come. Living in Northern Michigan – we are certainly ready to welcome it! At Hazelnut Kids , we decided to add a couple 5-Layer Puzzles that would help take advantage of the learning opportunity that Spring presents (as well as a few people layer puzzles )

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New Beleduc Layer Puzzles

Mar 03 2010
Now You Can Become A Fan Of The Best Free Craft Articles On Facebook
 

There are a LOT of things going on at The Best Free Craft Articles blog lately. Two of those things were that we had created fan and contributor buttons so you could show your support as a fan and, if you’re a contributor, you could let everyone know.

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Mar 03 2010
Calling Playmobil producers
 

Playmobil have put out a shout for film makers of all abilities to shoot and upload a short film with their favourite Playmobil kit as the cast. For a prize of £500 and the honour of being the first official Playmobil film all you have to do is choose s tory, create amini script, stay within the maximum 4 minutes and please make sure its suitable for an audience that's between 4 and 6 years old

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Calling Playmobil producers

Mar 02 2010
HOT WHEELS ELITE 1:18 BATMOBILE 1966 DIE CAST REPLICA "LIMITED EDITION" PRE ORDER NOW
 

HOT WHEELS ELITE 1:18 1966 BATMOBILE (DC COMICS 75th ANNIVERSARY CHROME VERSION) LIMITED EDITION OF 3000pcs WORLDWIDE

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Feb 27 2010
Busch Gardens Celebrates new Sesame Street Safari with Free Preschool Admission
 

For the remainder of 2010, your preschooler can get free admission to the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. The free passes are a way to celebrate the new Sesame Street Safari play area opening at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay this March. The passes are available only for children that are Florida residents 5 years-old and under.

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Busch Gardens Celebrates new Sesame Street Safari with Free Preschool Admission

Feb 26 2010
Mighty Beanz are back
 

Originally launched in 2003 over in the US Mighty BEanz have now been unleashed on the UK market. A massive hit the first time around UK kids are in for a real treat with these highly collectible playthings, over 100 characters to collect and a few very special ones to find…Mr Moose is on our radar with only 1000 around

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Mighty Beanz are back

Feb 25 2010
Use the force……
 

So here they are Obi Wan Kenobi from Star Wars old and new…………I gave Alec Guiness’s Obi a light sabre because he is my favourite Obi Wan.  They sure were fun to make and I hope Justine is pleased with them.  Mark certainly like them,  his exact words were “oooooh I want them” so I took that as a good sign.  I would love to make all the star wars characters  in this size eventually………we will see as there are only so many hours in the day and I am loving making new big critters right now.

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Use the force……

Feb 24 2010
2010 Canadian Collectible Toy Expo is Sunday, April 25th
 

The 2010 Canadian Collectible Toy Expo is Sunday, April 25th, at the Burlington Holiday Inn at the QEW & Guelph Line in Ontario. The show features dealers selling Transformers (vintage and Japanese imports), Star Wars (new and vintage), GIJoe (vintage and modern), Super Heroes (Marvel, DC etc), Wrestling, Masters of the Universe and tons of

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Feb 24 2010
Hot Toys DX 03 – Michael Jackson (Bad Version)
 

Hot Toys just recently announced it’s latest addition to their DX line – Michael Jackson (Bad Version). Paying tribute to the late King of Pop, Hot Toys is proud to present the 1/6th scale Michael Jackson collectible figure again, this time depicting his image in his popular hit music video in 1987 – Bad. This figure’s highlights

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Hot Toys DX 03 – Michael Jackson (Bad Version)

Feb 23 2010
Izannah Walker style doll~OOAK~paper clay head~SOLD
 

My third Izannah Walker style doll. Bertha is a one of a kind doll made of muslin fabric with hand sculpted paper clay head and shoulder plate. The head was covered with stockinet fabric, then painted in acrylics

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Izannah Walker style doll~OOAK~paper clay head~SOLD

Feb 23 2010
Has it been over a week already?
 

Oooooops,  I didn’t mean to leave it so long to make a post and update you guys from Critterville.  I am not sure what happened exactly,  I’ll blame it on these guys They are rotters after all.   I can’t believe it’s finally getting close to Spring (not that you can tell from outside)  but making Easter-ie goodies always gets my mind ticking over in anticipation for Spring,   YIPPEEEE finally . So other than the rotters which I will of course add to the shop …… I also have been working on a big guy About time right?  I still  haven’t quite finished him though so this is just a teaser,  I just didn’t want you guys to think I’d been slacking.   I also remembered just how much I love making the big guys.

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Has it been over a week already?

Feb 23 2010
Massive facelift for Monopoly
 

The iconic boardgame celebrates its 75 anniversary this year, amongst the celebratory offerings to fans of the property trading game is this new circular version. The playing surface contains all the old favourite addresses just with inflated prices, passing go will bag you a couple of million! Also, the hard cash is gone, in its place a credit card based system with electronic cashier at the centre.

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Massive facelift for Monopoly

Feb 21 2010
Win Tickets to Sesame Street Live in Mansfield, Ohio
 

“Sesame Street Live: When Elmo Grows Up” will be in Mansfield, Ohio at the Renaissance Theater from March 23 rd to March 24 th 2010. If you leave a comment at http://blog.cleveland.com/westsidemom/2010/02/sesame_street_live_-_review_an.html you can be randomly entered to win a 4-pack of tickets to the “Sesame Street Live: When Elmo Grows Up.”

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