Plushies and more...

I haven't been extremely productive as far as crafting is concerned, but I've recently finished two craft swaps on craftster and I figured I should show off my creations here. (There's really not much to show off.)

First up is a chibi, clay charm version of Mass Effect 2's Miranda Lawson. I made her using Premo polymer clay, acrylic paint and Sculpey glaze.

Next we have a plush version of Miranda.  I made her using BabyLondonStar's famous plushie pattern.  This is the first time I've used the pattern and it's the second humanoid plushie I've made. I'm improving... 

Here's a group image of the plushie, charm and a N7 necklace I made. The necklace was made using a glass pendant, some Mod Podge and Diamond Glaze.

Finally, the second plushie I made is of Otoha from the anime Karas. He's an improvement over Miranda, but I screwed up his feet. :(  Unlike Miranda, he's 100% machine sewn (well, except for connecting his head to his body). I wish I was better at clothing making as well. He would look much more like the character he is inspired by if I had made added a sports jacket of sorts. :/

The next plush I make will probably be a Sailor Moon character. :)

More Sailor Moon Amigurumi: Sailor Mercury

Well I've finally found time to crochet another Sailor Scout. This time I give you Sailor Mercury:

Isn't she cute? :) I'll probably take a break from crocheting for a bit to work on some clay related projects.

Sailor Moon Amigurumi!! :D

I have a goal to eventually make all of the Sailor Scouts, but for now I'll just share a picture of the ones I've completed thus far:

Starting from the left, we have Queen Beryl, Sailor Venus, Moon, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter.  I will start working on Mercury sometime this week.  Eventually I will complete the rest of the outer Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask too! ^___^

Here's a close up on Sailor Moon. :) Adding hair was a pain, but in the end I'm happy with what I got. :)

Not Sailor Moon related, but I did a character from Dragonlance, Raistlin Majere, for my Dungeons & Dragons craft swap partner. (I apologize for the poor picture quality x_x)

He stopped looking cute once I painted the hourglass eyes. Also in the picture is a "magic-8" ball, "Should my character do it?" and a dice bag with a silhouette of a rust monster. :)

Mwahahaha...Vampire Toast!

I made my first plushie!!! Yay me! I'm so proud of myself. :D

It's for the Weird Stuffie Swap on Craftster. Two of the themes my partner listed were vampires and food, so I combined the two and got this:

I think they're freakin' cute! XD And now with that done I have more confidence to make more plushies. I really want to make an anime-styled plushie of my D&D character and eventually make plushies of the entire party. :)

In other news, I've be crocheting A LOT lately. I'm working on making Sailor Moon amigurumi dolls. :) I've been trying to cipher and translate a Sailor Moon pattern posted at the Sailor Moon Obsession blog and I've just about got it done. I'll post WIP pictures later. I'm also working on a smaller Sailor Moon amigurumi project for another craft swap I'm in. I'm making Sailor Saturn. It's coming out well. I can't wait to add hair.

So what do you think? :)

UPDATE

I added hair last night/in the wee hours of the morning.

Getting cuter! XD Thinking about making her staff with polymer clay.

Things I want to try

I come across sooooo many amazing tutorials, I've decided that bookmarking them wasn't sufficient enough. The little entry here will document all the tutorials I've gotta try!!
Crocheting
Easy granny square crocheting tutorial
Official Sailor Moon Amigurumi Pattern (I'd much rather have the original version, but it's hard to find in Japan :( )
Jewelry Making
Anthropologie Bonheur Necklace

Lanvin Inspired Bracelet
Ribbon and Pearl Necklace
Ribbon Pearl Necklace
Ribbon and Pearl Necklace (obviously, someone has a thing for ribbon and pearls :P )
Paper Crafts
Make awesome Harry Potter Wand
Polymer Clay
Oborochann Octopus Charm Tutorial (loooove this! so irresistibly cute! if you look in her gallery, she also has a tutorial for making a strawberry and panda charm. but, this one is my fave.)
Oolong's Zoo: How I make cats
The Polymer Clay Spot: Seven Petal Rose (dude, the rose earrings are awesome!)
Sewing
Plushie Making Tutorial
Another Plushie Making Tutorial (super cute alien)
Reversible Scalloped Apron Tutorial
Reversible Tie-top Handbag Tutorial
Sweetheart Pin-cushion
Vampire Bunny Plushie
Wee Wonderful's Pointy Kitty
Leather Accessories
Other
Posterized Wood Plaque

Prefer readonly to const!

Prefer readonly to const! Ugh! I'm such a dummy!

Seriously! I never imagined I would find myself in a situation where it would bite me in the rear! -___-'

I made a 'fix' in some code where we had a connection string temporarily hard-coded. Unfortunately, I didn't noticed the const identifier on the variable declaration. I replaced the string literal with a property that looked for the connection string in a config file. However, because the type was a const the variable was compiled with the literal instead of only retrieving it at runtime from the config.

I probably wasted hundreds of dollars because of this mistake. :(

Crafting Mama!

Aaaaah! Craftster has a new challenge next month: Pixelate Mama


(image from thread)

The goal of next month's challenge is to create a pixelate project featuring Cooking (Crafting) Mama!

My brain is churning with ideas right now. I will most likely use fabrics and sewing as my medium. Hopefully, the finished project will come out half as good as what I'm envisioning. :)