Hudson Valley Etsy Team June Craft Fair

What a great day!!! I think by far this is the best craft fair I have done. Met a lot of great people and had tons of help and support from my amazing husband and my friend Kat. Especially when the rain came down! O_O

I have another great outdoor event coming up the end of this month which I'm really excited about too!!

For the latest event schedule please visit:
http://www.kokmatoys.com/events.html

Hope to see you there!!

Craft Fair This Sunday!!!

Getting prepared for Sunday!
Come by and enjoy the fun, sun & handcrafted goodness.

Beacon Open Studios 2012!!

Shhhh... I know I'm late on my post about Beacon Open Studios.

I must say I had a great experience this year!! I got to meet a great new set of Artists, Photographers and Designers. Truck City at Spire Studios was much larger than I had expected and was full of wonder!

Although I didn't have enough time to prototype all my new designs I still got to share some of my previous and a couple new ones.

New design Lazy Daisy was a HUGE hit with kids!! Mommy's who have purchased the couple dolls I had on hand have been sending me pics!

I also had a great interview with FIT Alumni & Faculty Relations!

Click Here to Read Interview with FIT Alumni & Faculty Relations!

Now I'm preparing for June's upcoming craft shows!! For event calendar please visit the Kokma Toys website at www.KokmaToys/events.html

If you have Kokma Toys Fan pics please email them to me at amy@kokma.com

Be sure to like my Facebook page and follow Kokma Toys on Twitter to get all the latest news!

Pre-Orders for Lazy Daisy are now being taken.
Please contact me directly or order from Kokma Toys website at www.KokmaToys.com/dolls.html Quantities are limited and production time is currently 3 weeks. Please email me with any questions at amy@kokma.com

Kokma Toys Video

Beacon Bull Digital has been so awesome!!! They created this great video featuring my creations!!

Beacon Open Studios 2012

Very excited for Beacon Open Studios at the end of this month. I will be featuring my toys and art.

Again, this year I had the great opportunity to create the graphics for Beacon Open Studios Postcard, Poster and artwork for the catalog.

Please come by!!

Beacon Open Studios
is the weekend of
April 28th & 29th, 2012
12pm - 6pm

My work will be at
Spire Studios
45 Beekman Street
2nd Floor Gallery
Beacon, New York

Spire Studios is a prime location for this year's Truck City! So much eye candy!

Kickoff Show
at
Hudson Beach Glass
162 Main Street
Beacon, New York

Kickoff Show runs April 14-30
Kickoff Party April 27th

I will have one of recent digital renderings in the Kickoff Show :D

For more info visit:
www.Kokma.com
www.BeaconOpenStudios.org

Creation of Kuriketto and the Unicorn Super Pow Chop!

Before the Holidays of December my friend Diana told me about The Custom Toy Show event they were hosting at their store Dream in Plastic. And of course I had to be a part of the fun! Inspired by one of Diana's birthday cakes I decided to make a decapitated Unicorn.




But since I dislike making my life easy when it comes to my craft I added a cloth doll, Kuriketto, to the mix.

I started with Kuriketto first since I had to order the fabric for the Unicorn and it takes about 2 weeks to receive. I worked with a current doll pattern I developed and modified it slightly.

First step was to start with her face. I did a rough sketch as seen below.



After I got the shape I wanted I rendered them out in Illustrator.



I printed them out and got them ready to be ironed on. Thankfully my printer decided to play nice.



After her face was set I started spooling her hair and sewed her completely up.



Then I filled her with my favorite polyfil made by Fairfield World.



At this point she needs her nose, which I hand tack on and her skirt. Her hair is not styled.

While in this week long plus process of finishing up Kuriketto my Unicorn material arrives. I have been working on the pattern in between constructing Kuriketto. Normally a new pattern, like the Unicorn's, will take me up to 2 weeks to develop before going to final fabric. Here is a picture of the Unicorn being sewn.



With his new innards.



Now to the hand glittering. This is by far the most favorite thing to do... I think I have a glittering problem ;D





The glitter can take up to 16 hours or more to dry. Especially on fabric. At this point I was starting to panic because the show was only days away and I still had so much to do to finish Kuriketto. I spent an entire day detailing her hair made of yarn and putting on last minute accessories.


I'm happy I got the piece finished! It's currently being shown at Dream In Plastic in Beacon, NY

Holiday Fun

For this Holiday Season I have created Yeti Henry.

He is soft and cuddly and is sugar cookie scented! He comes with a handcrafted cinnamon ornament and hand knitted scarf.





In addition to having my toys and ornaments being sold at Dream in Plastic, The CW Elf Pop-Up Shop is also selling my creations.



CW Elf Pop-Up Shop
197 Main Street, Beacon, NY




Dream in Plastic
177 Main Street
Beacon, New York
www.DreamInPlastic.com





The Hudson Valley Etsy Team Howland Center Craft Fair was so much fun! I got to meet some really great people and make some connections with local creative people.




Wishing Everyone Joyous Winter Holidays!