Contest Ratty

This is the prize ratty for my contest I held! Curt Baxter was the winner and this guy has been shipped to his new home! I'll probably hold another contest in May, so stay tuned!

New Rats!

Made 2 new ratties for my shop! Yay!!

This little gal is Kiwi. She likes pie.

And Kevin. He's terribly cute!

You can see them both in my shop!

Rats and an empty shop

These 8 ornaments were a custom order and came out darn cute!!

And my shop is virtually empty!! Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!

I only have 2 critters left! I've had a whirlwind of sales and I can't keep up! I still have one custom order to fill before I can start working on filling up my shop again.

It's crazy. Don't get me wrong - I'm VERY happy about my sales!!! I just hate an empty shop!

OMG CHRISTMAS RATS!!!!

Enjoy the cuteness!!!

It's that time of year again!! Time for adorable rat Christmas ornaments!!!! Woot! I wuvs them.

More new stuff!!!

First up is Bishop the rat. He's a big fan of Sweatin' to the Oldies! He even has his own sweat band so that he doesn't drip on your stuff. Because he's considerate like that.

And next up is my zombie weasel. He's freaking adorable! And loves brains.

Both are up in my shop!!

Lower KIRIBAN!

I'm impatient. So I've lowered my Kiriban number on my DeviantArt page! Yay!
I originally had it set at 2500, but that would take forever.
So I lowered it to 1500.
Free ratty for the person who is the 1500th visitor to my DA!

Feeling lost? Here's my original post on my Kiriban.

I'M DOING A KIRIBAN!!!

Wait. A Kiriban? WTF is a Kiriban????

1. A milestone; an interesting number displayed on a web counter, such as 10000, 22222, etc.; particularly, one selected by the website owner for the purpose of giving a prize to whoever reaches it.

2. A gift or prize given to one who reaches such a milestone.

3. The system of giving gifts to those who reach web count milestones.

-----courtesy of Wiktionary

So anyway, I've been spending lots more time on DeviantArt. I've had my DA page for almost a year, but have only been really active on it recently. I've met some fabulous artists on there and I'm interested in really promoting my artwork there.

So yeah. I'm hosting a Kiriban. I have it set at the 25ooth page view! Low to start, and I'll be hosting Kiribans ever few thousand page views. (And I say low to start, because my page views are sitting at 1042 as I type this)

Check it out if ya like! Tweeting it would be awesome!

My page is here.

My journal entry specifically on the Kiriban is here.

Oh yeah! I'm giving away a ratty as the Kiriban prize!

Kinda like this guy here!

Zombies and Rats, Oh My!

I've been sooooooo productive lately! Which I'm totally impressed with!

That's right - I impress myself. Booya.

A zombie unicorn! With a disemboweled bear on it's horn! Why? Why the hell not!

The little bear comes off. Because that's way more awesome than it not coming off.

This is Ivan the rat. He's obsessed with everything feline. He left yesterday to his new home!!

And Ian the rat. Sporting fabulous ear hair!!!

Project 365 - NEWNESS!

I had someone put in an alchemy request for a zombie wolf. Weeeeeeeeee! Here he is!

He's, um, a little scruffy. And missing an ear and his tail.

I also made a new rat today! Boris!

Boris was a senior member in the Ratty Russian Mob. He's since retired.

I like new things . . . . .

New Stuff - Ratties!

Thought I'd share my 2 new ratties with you!

You're welcome.

This is Sven. He's pretty bad-ass. He's got a mohawk. And a Napoleon complex.

And here's Blaze. He has a mohawk too. He's all, "check out my mohawk bitches! Hell yeah!" Blaze has a potty mouth.

And the winner is . . . . .

Jiorji!
It's pretty funny. So yesterday I wrote out all the entries on a list. There were a few who had the max 3 entries, so their names appeared 3 times (duh). Well last night I drempt that the winning number was 18. This morning I got on random.org to pick the winning number . . . . .and it gave me 18! And number 18 is jiorji! Jiorji will be happy as she was hoping for a boyfriend for the sunburnt rat. (she bought her a while back and blogged her!)
Congrats jiorji!
I'll be having another giveaway next month! I'm thinking one of my Christmas rat ornaments! Or a zombie snowman . . . .hmmmmmm.

Giveaway Time!

Like I mentioned earlier in the week, I'm having a giveaway to celebrate having over 100 sales! Who am I giving away? Gunther the rat!

Yes, little Gunther needs a new home!

Awesome Cami! How do I enter?

I'm glad you asked! It's very simple:

1. Leave a comment telling me what animal you'd like to see as a zombie. This counts as one entry.

2. Blog this giveaway and leave a comment telling me you blogged (with a link, of course). This counts as 2 entries.

The maximum number of entries for any one person is 3. Please leave a way for me to contact you as well (email, etsy, etc).

The giveaway starts now (Sunday, Oct. 11) and runs through next Saturday (Oct. 17). The winner will be chosen by a random number generator. Good luck!

Christmas Rats!

I've got 17 Christmas rat ornaments! Yay! I've been working on these suckers a couple evenings a week for the past 2 weeks. Each one is sewn by hand (no machine here!) and is unique. And darn stinking cute!

Here's all 17, piled on one another!

A smaller group shot! These guys are small, around 2 inches and made from socks.

With a santa hat! I plan on adorning some with santa hats, some with reindeer antlers, some with scarves . . . you get the idea.

I'll be posting these guys in my shop, but my question is when? In October? Wait until November? Anyone have a suggestion?

What to write about . . .

I'm sure all of you are aware that yesterday was 09/09/09. Yay. How exciteing. Well, I worked yesterday in the nursery and it was a MAD HOUSE!!! I swear that every one who was 37 weeks preggers or more tried to have their baby yesterday. We did 8 deliveries on my shift and THANK GOD for the NICU! They went to our twin delivery while Libby and I were both at other deliveries. That makes 9 total. And there were 3 still in labor and 3 in triage when I left last night. Seriously? Is the date that important? So none of us got lunch, it was controlled chaos, but darnit - we had some cute babies!!! Most of them boys. I think we had 2 girls.

And just for fun, my Halloween rat!!! He sold last night which is bittersweet. I really like him. In his bat costume with posable wings!

Happy Thursday!!

Rat Ornaments!

I have high hopes for sales this Christmas. Duuuuuuuude. It's September! Why all this talk of Christmas? Well, because I'm hoping to sell Christmas ornaments! Cute and creepy ones! So why not start now?

Here's where you guys come in. I took a few pics of my first 2 rat ornaments and I'd love to get your opinion! They're smaller than my signature rat - about 2 inches. And darn cute in my opinion!

Soooooo, critiques? Suggestions? Thoughts? Want one? What about price?

And thanks!

The rats thank you too . . .

Rats

I love rats. I mean, love rats. I've owned them all my life and they're the perfect pet! Sadly, I don't have any right now. My hubby is allergic to everything with fur except dogs. I'm bound and determined to have rats again though. The office is now my studio, and is my domain. I've taken it over and moved his stuff out. Why not have my ratties in there? Where they won't bother him. That's my quest.

Why rats? Why not! They're cute, smart, clean, and loveable!

Can you deny this cuteness?! Just look at him!

So cute with his red eyes!!

Om nom nom nom! And yes, I like their tails. They don't creep me out. It's part of their awesomeness!

Until I get my own rats again, I'll continue to make them. Well, I'm sure I'll still make them after I have them as well!

I love rodents! I'll scream it from the rooftops!

And The Winner Is . . . .

I want to start by saying thank you to all who entered! I appreciate your interest and feedback! There was definitely a theme for people wanting to see more vermin in addition to raccoons, badgers, skunks, hedgehogs, and squirrels! Funny, because I've been wanting to do all of these! They will be slowly making their way into my shop - it'll take time as I haven't drafted any patterns yet. And unless Claire the octopus sells in the next 2 days, she'll be getting a zombified makeover! 'Cause, yeah. She doesn't fit my shop theme.

My son had the honors of picking the winner.

All the entries! Yes, the dumb flash washed them out. Grrrrrr.

Folded and into the mixing bowl!!!

See how professional Ayden is? He's looking away to make sure it's all fair! (actually, he's watching Wonder Pets)

Hamming it up for mom!

This one! Got it!

Read it! Read it!!

That's right! Silly Little Lady is the winner! Check your convo gal!

Again, thank you so much to all who entered. I really do appreciate you taking the time! And don't worry - I'll be having more giveaways! The next one will be in September! (if I'm able, I'm going to try and give away a rat every month!)

Thank you again!

My First-Ever Blog Giveaway!!

That's right! I'm doing my first blog giveaway!! It's terribly exciting - in fact, I just peed a little.

*runs to bedroom to change pants*

I feel better now. Okay! So what am I giving away? Only one of my awesome signature rats!! Oh yeah, baby! Vermin! This guy's name is Winston and he's very excited to travel!

See?! See how cute Winston is?! Don't you just wanna squish him?! DON'T squish him. That's downright mean.

And the best thing about Winston? He doesn't have the plague. That's right!! Plague free! Woohoo!

Golly Cami, I love him! How do I win him?

I'm glad you asked! There's 2 ways to enter:

1. Visit my Etsy shop, take a look around and leave a comment here stating what I should make more of, what I shouldn't make again, OR something you'd like to see me make (you can look through my sold items as well). This will get you 1 entry.

2. Blog this giveaway! Comment here with a link to your blog post. That will get you 2 entries!

And be sure to leave contact info for me in case you're the winner!

This contest will run for one week starting today (Sat. Aug. 8th) and ending on Saturday, Aug. 15th. The winner will be chosen randomly by my 2 year old son on Sunday morning (Aug. 16th).

Alrighty!! Enter away!!

The Raggy Rat

I thought that it would be nice to showcase one of my favorite plush creators, and one of my inspirations - The Raggy Rat. I found her quite by accident. I had uploaded some pics of my plush rats to flickr and did a search to see if they would come up. Mine were there, but so were these fabulous critters:

Are these not the cutest little ratties you've ever seen? Her talent astounds me. Seriously. I spent an hour drooling over her flickr account. Well, probably longer. To say I love her work is an understatement.

She doesn't make only rats though. Oh no. I think she could make anything under the sun!

I mean, look at this fish! Holy crap!

I wish she had one in her Etsy shop - I would totally buy it!


And this badger? I swoon everytime I see him!




Please, check out her flickr page!
And her Etsy shop!
Show some love on her blog!
Perhaps I wax poetic, but I hope to be as skilled as she is one day.