Long Beach Aquarium Adventure

Last Saturday Justin and I went to the Long Beach "Aquarium of the Pacific". It was AMAZING. I took a ton of photos, over 300 I think, and these are the best of the best. They had a batray touch lagoon, a lorikeet feeding area, giant crabs (lolz), divers feeding the fish in the tanks, seals, starfish, it was fantastic. If you get the chance to check it out, I would seriously recommend it.

tons o' plush + la jolla

Justin took me to see the La Jolla (where Dr. Suess lived) seals on Mother's Day. I nearly died from cute overload. I'll post the rest of the photos (there are many) on my FB page. Someday soon. Hopefully.


YETI! One of my creatures-in-the-making for the PlushYou! show in Seattle.




And a bunch of the plushies I've been working on for the Handmade Brigade show in TWO WEEKS (omfg). I've gotten a lot done, more than I thought I would, so I'm in excellent shape for the show. But after that is Comic-Con, and before THAT, I need to send off my plushies for PlushYou! Whew. It's gonna be a busy (but super awesome) summer.

holy snap- you's got a camera on dat fone!

Went sailing this weekend in San Diego, and we saw some of my most favorite of legless creatures, a big old group of seals basking in the sun on a buoy. Being the nerd that I am, I climbed up to the bough of the boat and started barking at them- AND THEY BARKED BACK! I am now officially one of them! Don't you just want to hug the crap out of them? Oh yeah, and we also saw a gray whale, but I didn't get a picture.



And these are some brownies I baked tonight for St. Patty's Day tomorrow. I will (most likely) completely forget to wear green, and someone will inevitably pinch me. And it will hurt, because I'm a wimp. So I baked these so at least they'll feel bad for pinching me, because I had one, and they are delicious.

So I know this is kind of a wackadoodle post, but whatevs. It'll do until I can get some for-serious pics of my new plush work- which includes a very large, very cute puppy, and a deep sea diver.

Oh, and one of my customers left feedback on my etsy today that just made me smile like a lunatic: "This is so awesome!" Hooray!