Designer Con 2012:Mammoths, Zombies, & Skunks, Oh My!
For the first time ever, the Smudges will be invading California! On Saturday November 3rd, 2012, come on out to Designer Con, being held in the Pasadena Convention Center. The doors open at 9 am and the show ends at 6 pm. I will be debuting two new designs: ‘Brea’ a tar covered wooly mammoth Smudge, and the Return of The Living Smudge series. Each are 1st edition runs, and are extremely limited. I am in Booth 404. Come by and say hi!
Show Website: http://www.designercon.com/
Show Location:
Pasadena Convention Center
300 East Green Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
More About Brea:
At a wee 4 inches tall, these tiny mammoths live on the wild side. As the pictures show, this little lady recently got a bit to close for comfort when visiting the La Brea Tar Pits. She just peeked over the edge and it was going going gone! Good thing she was able to clamber up outta that sticky mess and make her way to Designer Con! These plush/mixed media figures are the 1st edition of the ‘Brea” Smudges and are limited to a mere 6 pieces. Their tummies are made of a pretty vintage floral fabric, of which every spare scrap was used!
The zombie sickness has finally taken foot in the Smudge Community. These itty bitty hand-stitched blood splattered ‘Return of The Living Smudge” plush figures feature a bright pink oozing brain, vintage button eyes, and enough bloody gore to last you until next Halloween! Series 1 is a run of 18 (10 of which will be available to Designer Con attendees!)
PRICE: $60
Of course I will have the regular gang with me as well! Tons of classic smudges, bacteria, Stinky Skunk Smudges, and RUSTY RED PANDA SMUDGES!
Stinky Skunk Smudge
Meet the newest member of the animal Smudges: Stinky Skunk Smudge! Measuring in at about 6 1/2″ tall, this little bugger is quite a bit taller than the classic smudge! He’ll be stinking up my store in about a week, so be on the look out for him.
Materials: Felt, Fleece, Buttons, Polyfill
Mutant Fish Plushie Invades The Midwest!
Hide your children hide your wives! Weird mutant fish plushies have invaded the Midwest. I was lucky enough to catch this one before they dispersed into the cornfields. Surprisingly he was very peaceful.
He was originally found grazing in this field of grass before he agreed to come home with us.
Then he insisted on trying to swim in the dog’s kiddie pool, even though there was no water in it. Good thing he has all of those spindly little legs to get around with!
He agreeably sat for one more photo with Hatch before scampering off into the woods. I hope he finds more of his kind to frolic around with! We will miss you mutant fish plushie!
Mutant Fish Plushie is based off of this quick creature sketch I drew in my mini 3′ sketchbook. Final plush is fabricated out of fleece and embroidery thread, and lovingly stuffed with fabric scraps and polyfil. More of his kind will be available in my shop later this year.
Silver Surfer Smudge for Actor Doug Jones
This one-of-a-kind shiny Silver Surfer Smudge is a one of made specially for well known actor Doug Jones. He was in town recently for the Chicago Wizard Convention, and since my husband was meeting up with Mr. Jones after the show, we decided to surprise him with this little guy!
Some of Doug’s most well known roles include the Silver Surfer in the Fantastic 4 movie, Fauno in Guillermo del Toro’s Pan’s Labrynth, and Abe Sapien in the Hell Boy movies. I had a great time working on this Smudge, and am happy to say that Doug will give him a great home!
Menswear Smudge Collection
Meet Mr. Lincoln Smudge! As the name implies, this long nosed big hatted fellow shares many similarities with America’s 16th President. He doe not however, hunt vampires. If a scary monster is afoot, this little guy goes into hiding!
Pretty Gilded Menswear Smudge. These glas, like their male counterparts, are created using menswear styled fabric. Their pretty pearly eyes are from my vintage antique button collection. No two are exactly alike.
Mohawk Rocker Smudge loves to P.A.R.T.Y! Don’t let this guy’s cute innocent demeanor fool you, Mohawk Rocker Smudge is hip on the music scene, and stays up late every night partying like it’s 1999.
PROCESS PHOTOS
Paisley Fawn has Moved to Chicagoland!
Hello Chicago! Paisley Fawn has moved into the southern suburbs and is gearing up to launch a new summer line of cute plush and weird creatures. Be prepared to be smothered in cuteness shortly after the 4th of July. Until then, please explore the website. If you have an event that you’d like Paisley to make an appearance at, please contact her via the address on the contact page.
Fox Plush Featured On Toy Design Served!
The very nice people at Toy Design Served were kind enough to showcase my plush designs again! My fox plushes were featured on the front page today. Thanks guys (and gals)! Here is a link to my feature: http://www.toydesignserved.com/gallery/Cute-Plush-Foxes-Lila-Leonard/3270931
Be sure to check out this blog on a regular basis, because every week they feature a new set of artists (all of which are VERY cool!) Go check it out, and tell them Paisley sent you!
Teddy Bear Smudge Featured on Spanky Stokes Toy Blog
Today my giant sized Teddy Bear Smudges were featured on the Spanky Stokes toy design/art blog! Check out his site for the full article: http://www.spankystokes.com/2012/03/smudge-plush-toy-from-paisley-fawn.html
Spanky Stoke’s (aka John Stokes) art blog is one of the leading toy design blogs on the web, featuring daily articles and interviews with today’s leading edge artists. He features everything cool in the art world, from vinyl and plush toys, to illustrations, graffiti, and more! You can also find him on twitter here: @SpankyStokes Thanks Spanky, for a wonderful article!
Donnie Goth Hand-Made Plush Dolls
Here is a project I worked on during the beginning part of this year with talented comic creator/artist Rick Porven. They are currently for sale here: http://www.facebook.com/donniegothcomic?sk=app_138996027389
Text Borrowed from the Donnie Goth page:
The Donnie Goth dsiplay at the 2012 Orlando Mega-Con…. Isn’t the coffin that Rick made pretty sweet!?!?
Toy Design Served: Front Page Feature!
This morning I woke up to an email from the toy design blog: Toy Design Served. I was featured on the front page in the number one slot! The blog admins found my artist profile on behance network, liked what they saw, and graciously featured me! Here is a link to the feature: http://www.toydesignserved.com/gallery/Plush-Artist-Toys/2772713
Be sure to check out this blog on a regular basis, because every week they feature a new set of artists (all of which are VERY cool!) Go check it out, and tell them Paisley sent you!
