Lookie in the Goodie Box

I picked up a package from all the way on the other side of the earth the other day. It was from the amazingly talented animator and environmental advocate in Australia, Nick Hilligoss. It not only included the two Quadropodes that make up Nick's cheeky pair of mollusk ... I just somehow lost the entire rest of this post...

(argh! I said it all with more flourish of words and links in the lost draft but at here are the main points...)

I kvelled over the package Nick sent me and all the things he included in detail (faux fur for hair, weights of wire, foams, gels, diffusers and a copy of his shorts, the dvd kind not khakis.) I talked about the other great puppets that have arrived so far and how it's not too late to get your undersea creation here in time. I suggested making seaweed or bubbles, anything that seems fun to make. I talked about how grateful and thrilled I am to receive this thoughtful animator's package from Nick and how we should do this for everyone slogging away on their own in stop motion worlds. It brightens the task to know we are not the only ones.

Then I told the tale of how I discovered that Downstairs Clare has been working on the cottage door! Describing in total detail the great progress he's making and how it will be the best built thing in Halfland for sure. Here's proof of the action starting...



Art Bonus

Today I finished making and mailing out 22 hand-made valentines as late thank you cards for gifts at the holidays. I fashioned these little boids out of colored handmade papers and attached them to various joyful silk-screened papers from Paper Source with raised foam squares. The tiny fluffy tails were made from a flower punch. I liked them all so much I hated to part with them. I wanted to hang them by thread all over our paper craft table like a flock of love. I am glad though that when they arrive at their new homes they'll bring a little of that along.