Goodbye, Narwhals!

It has been a crazy few months! Besides my normal busy schedule full of kids activities, Etsy orders, and lots of other stuff, my husband has been working 7 days a week building this:

and, oh yes, we had a sweet little baby:

and on top of all of that, I completed my biggest order ever!
This is what 135 narwhals looks like before:

and this is after (plus 1 giant narwhal):

I feel like it is the end of one season and the beginning of a new one.
(Wait, maybe because it IS the first day of SPRING, after all!)
The thought, "Narwhals!" has been running through my mind for the past few months. It was a lot of work getting an order that big completed! I loved making the cute little guys, but I'm happy to be done with that project. Now I can move on to the next big thing. This new season holds many new and exciting things- settling in to life as a family of four, moving into our first house, getting kittens, stocking up my Etsy shop again, and I can't wait to see what else comes our way!

Goodbye little narwhals, I hope you all find good homes and have grand adventures!

Guardian of the Narwhal Horns, you were fabulous. All of these magical horns found their way safely and securely onto each and every narwhal. Job well done.

(You can pretend that I did not just talk to a silly picture of a stuffed animal, OK?)

Sakura-Con 2012!!!

I have been keeping this secret since November, but now I can announce... I am the official plushie maker for Sakura-Con's (Seattle's Anime Convention in April) annual collectable mascot this year!!

I'm so excited... I have always loved narwhals and have wanted to design one. They are adorable, and I hope I captured that in my plushies!

There will be 135 (plus one giant one, which will be sold at the Charity Auction), and they are available exclusively at Sakura-Con. No more will ever be made! (However, I am working on a different narwhal design that will be available in my shop sometime in the near future!)

Do any of you plan on attending Sakura-Con? I wish I was going! I love anime... some of my favorite movies of all time are anime! These are some really good ones... I haven't seen The Secret World of Arrietty yet, but it looks really cute! I read The Borrowers when I was little, and loved it.

I'll have more pictures of the narwhals later, but right now my poor baby has a stuffy nose and is very grumpy, and he's refusing to nap much longer than half an hour! Hope you enjoyed the photos! :)