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introducing..... alittlestranger.com

2008-09-17T20:13:00.003+01:00

Today i officially launch alittlestranger.com!

I wanted a .com and something a nit more grown up to reflect the direction my work is going. Ive been secretly working on the site for a few months and have decided to properly get going with it, it still needs a few tweaks here and there but the functionality is fine!

To celebrate, here is a new wallpaper! I will be adding a new wallpaper each month on alittlestranger.com

Fullscreen / Widescreen / iPhone

I won't be updating this blog anymore. Please update any bookmarks to http://www.alittlestranger.com

I've moved!

2008-09-16T21:44:00.006+01:00

I have moved domains and won't be updating this blog anymore. Please update any bookmarks to http://www.alittlestranger.com

I've moved!

2008-09-16T21:41:00.002+01:00

I have moved domains and won't be updating this blog anymore. Please update any bookmarks to http://www.alittlestranger.com

I've moved!

2008-09-14T20:35:00.003+01:00

I have moved domains and won't be updating this blog anymore. Please update any bookmarks to http://www.alittlestranger.com

I've moved!

2008-09-12T19:18:00.003+01:00

I have moved domains and won't be updating this blog anymore. Please update any bookmarks to http://www.alittlestranger.com

I've moved!

2008-09-10T07:36:00.002+01:00

I have moved domains and won't be updating this blog anymore. Please update any bookmarks to http://www.alittlestranger.com

I've moved!

2008-09-09T07:19:00.003+01:00

I have moved domains and won't be updating this blog anymore. Please update any bookmarks to http://www.alittlestranger.com

I've moved!

2008-09-08T07:42:00.006+01:00

I have moved domains and won't be updating this blog anymore. Please update any bookmarks to http://www.alittlestranger.com

I've moved!

2008-09-04T20:06:00.007+01:00

I have moved and won't be updating this blog anymore. Please update any bookmarks to http://www.alittlestranger.com

I've moved!

2008-09-01T20:19:00.002+01:00

I have moved and won't be updating this blog anymore. Please update any bookmarks to http://www.alittlestranger.com

I've moved!

2008-08-26T21:49:00.005+01:00

I have moved domains and won't be updating this blog anymore. Please update any bookmarks to http://www.alittlestranger.com

I've moved

2008-08-25T22:23:00.003+01:00

I have moved domains and won't be updating this blog anymore. Please update any bookmarks to http://www.alittlestranger.com

im off to Reading Festival see you next week!

2008-08-20T13:00:00.000+01:00

Entirely hi-vis wardrobe = check
Wellies = check
shit tonne of glow sticks = check check check

I'm off to Reading until monday.

Wedding Cake Toppers

2008-08-12T21:14:00.002+01:00

These are for my friends Pebe and Tori who are getting married this week. It's very exciting because they are the first out of our group of friends to get hitched!

Ive been working on these in secret for the last couple of months but i can finally post a picture because now i have given them to the bride and groom to be! They are made of resin, but the necks are poseable. I will try and get some more pics on the big day of them on the cake!

Hollypop + Facebook group = free shipping!!

2008-08-09T10:22:00.003+01:00

Free shipping for all my facebook buddies! :D

(Do you like my super hot Zac Efron wallpaper?! *squeeee* so excited for HSM3!!)

The Octopal

2008-08-08T07:35:00.005+01:00

This funny Pentapus appeared in my garden the other day looking for a place to stay, i gave her a shrimp sandwich and now she lives with me!

She has been in the pipeline for a while, but didn't turn out quite how i expected, im not sure about her just yet.

What do you think?

Prices reduced, go lookie!!

2008-08-03T10:41:00.003+01:00

When i started selling my plushes, i didnt know what to price them at so the price reflected the amount of time it took me to make them, but the exchange rate between $ and £ makes my plushes less affordale to you guys in the US. Also now I've made some friends online who also make plushes and see how they price theirs i have a better idea of how to price mine!

So I've reduced their prices on my Etsy shop :D

Monster Juggling balls

2008-08-03T09:37:00.003+01:00

These are from back in June but i only just remembered i had photos of them 0__0. They were a birthday present for my boyfriend, they go in a black fleece bag that has a face on it too.

Each one has a different expression (i like the shouting one the best!)

I thought that for if hes going to be a crusty juggler anyways he may as well do it in style :P

A peek at whats to come

2008-08-02T17:18:00.002+01:00

Here is a little peek at the direction some of my new designs are going to go in. Ive learnt a lot from my last set of plushes, the little girls in monster suits. I enjoyed setting myself a limit of only producing 10 of them but i think making all 10 in a row has made my blog a big stagnent. My next line of plushes will come along a bit more sporadically and mixed up with other things - while making the little girls i have been coming up with lots of new ideas that I'm desperate to make as plushes!

I am also working on some cake toppers for a friends wedding which i will post pictures of in the next couple of weeks, i am very excited about getting them finished!!

Hollypop on Plasticandplush.com

2008-07-29T10:30:00.003+01:00

Last Wednesday Hollypop.co.uk was featured on the plasticandplush.com blog. I only just got back from a festival so its gotten lost on their page under all the Comic Con reports, but the link is:

www.plasticandplush.com/plasticandplush/2008/07/handmade-...

I am feeling very proud!

The festival was fantastic, it was lovely having a few days off but now i'm back i've got to get busy busy busy working on my new designs! I also need to try and get the smell of fires and hippies out of my hair :P

Grrr i'm a zombie monster!

2008-07-21T22:43:00.005+01:00

This is number 9 of 10 - only one more to go!! This little one is wearing a zombie costume, RAR! She has already found a home but the other little girls in monster suits are avaliable in my shop. I am really excited about the last one of these little girls and i will post her picture soon, i am also excited about what will be coming next but that is a secret for now! ha!

I am going camping for a few days so i will see you when i get back :D ....

The Final Two

2008-07-15T20:45:00.001+01:00

You'll get to meet them soon! :)

Hollypop Skeleton Qee

2008-07-10T21:26:00.004+01:00

This little guy has been around for a while but i only just got a tripod for my camera so these are my first pictures of him in the dark that aren't blurry! He is a 2" Qee (I think he was an alien? I remember him having a silver head) keychain. I Removed the keychain attatchment and all the existing paint and gave him a new neon pink look with lots of shiny shiny laquer. In black light he glows even better because the UV paint AND the phosphorescentplastic plastic glow.

The phone is another story. I felt a bit twatish having a silver blackberry in that black holster they give you seeing as i only really use it for flickr and face book. They're great for business-heads but its wasnt very me, so i Holly-fied it. Now its a Raspberry instead of a Blackberry :oP

New Hollypop Blythe cases

2008-07-08T23:32:00.005+01:00

For sale now in my shop

Kewpie competition

2008-07-08T20:49:00.004+01:00

I found out about this competition through a friends blog, everyone has the same 2" kewpie doll to customise. Sounds like fun!! Here he is being harassed by Domo on my desk while he awaits some clothes! The competition is on margotpotter.com, I wanted to post a more direct link here but the website is impossible to navigate. 0_0

Are Kewpies even boys or girls?

Hollypop on Clutter

2008-07-03T20:06:00.001+01:00

I made a custom pink Monster girl for Clutter magazine, yay im so glad they like her! i made this one a while ago but kept her secret just incase :oP

Etsy Hearts me's

2008-07-02T20:21:00.001+01:00

today my Etsy shop made it to being favourited 150 times, yay!

Little Girls in Monster Suits (limited 5,6 and 7 of 10)

2008-07-02T12:43:00.004+01:00

For sale now

Lyra VS The Punisher

2008-06-30T15:42:00.000+01:00

Going on sale tomorrow

2008-06-30T09:09:00.000+01:00

Just a quick peek, they will go on sale tomorrow. These are numbers 5,6 and 7 of 10.

Hollypop Husky Hoodie

2008-06-28T22:04:00.000+01:00

Happy birthday Alicia, GRRR!

Whos this little fluff?!

2008-06-27T09:12:00.002+01:00

Meet my latest custom plush, he will be winging his way off to his new home very soon!

A bit of a fiddle-around

2008-06-24T11:15:00.002+01:00

There have been some exciting happenings in the world of Hollypop lately, well exciting if you like looking at websites!

Hollypop.co.uk was getting a bit convoluted, with the gallery here, news there and a blog somewhere else again. So i've moved everything together and i think its a bit easier to navigate this way.

The rest will be revealed soon......

So i think ive spent enough time on my computer lately, its back to the sewing machine with me ;oP

Hot Babes in the Tub

2008-06-18T14:51:00.003+01:00

Hayley, Sophie and I know the best place for a Hollypop plushie is in the bath!

Mr Delicious loves Hollypop

2008-06-16T14:31:00.000+01:00

Mr Delicious loves hollypop, originally uploaded by loveandasandwich.

This smiley Purple bear was a trade with Loveandasandwich for her super cute bunwich

New Dragons on Flickr

2008-06-12T14:33:00.000+01:00

Hollypop wallpapers

2008-06-11T23:29:00.001+01:00

I made a painting i did into wallpapers, i hope you like them!

1024 x 768

1600 x 1200

A new start

2008-06-09T23:33:00.001+01:00

I had a g4 ibook before (in 4/5 years i worked my way through 4 of them, eep!) So this is such a massive upgrade - no trackpad! haha! Only downside so far is that the screen is so big i can see now how rubbish some of my photos are, they looked really crisp before :oP

I went in thinking i'd get the 20" but left with the 24", it barely fits on my desk and i can feel it making my eyes square. Its awesome.

New Custom Dragons

2008-06-09T23:07:00.000+01:00

These are two new custom plush dragons that i made last week. That was about it for last week, i'm working on another plush but i'll post pictures when he's totally finished! Also through livejournal i found this website http://www.spookydaddy.com/ Their toys are great, cute but with goth tendencies - plush i can relate to! ha!

a new start

2008-06-08T23:08:00.000+01:00

RAR!

2008-05-31T23:35:00.001+01:00

Attack of the teeny jellyfish!

2008-05-31T23:34:00.000+01:00

My white fleece has this funny fringey border, so these jellyfish appeared while i was watching the X files.

Jellyfish

2008-05-31T23:09:00.000+01:00

My white fleece has this funny fringey border, so these jellyfish appeared while i was watching the X files.

RAR!

2008-05-30T23:09:00.000+01:00

Little Girls in Monster suits on Etsy

2008-05-27T23:36:00.000+01:00

I have put the purple and turquoise kids in monster suits on Etsy, the green one stays with me as she was the first one i did so she has some imperfections

2008-05-27T23:10:00.000+01:00

I have put the purple and turquoise kids in monster suits on Etsy, the green one stays with me as she was the first one i did so she has some imperfections

New Dragons on Flickr

2008-05-27T14:33:00.000+01:00

I have put the purple and turquoise kids in monster suits on Etsy, the green one stays with me as she was the first one i did so she has some imperfections

Little girls in Monster suits, some more pictures

2008-05-24T23:37:00.000+01:00

You'd think they'd get hot in the sun in those costumes!

2008-05-23T23:37:00.000+01:00

So this week I worked on some commissions and made these guys. Its an idea i've had in my head for a while and i'm super happy to get them done! They're based on some paintings i've been doing, all my paintings seem to revolve around dolls wearing costumes (mostly cos i don't like drawing hands :P ) So i painted up a bigger face and printed it onto iron on transfer stuff

The CD player i have in my sewing room is really picky about playing CDR's so i've been having a great time listening to albums i havent heard for yeeeears. Todays favourite lost gems were the second Rachel Stamp album and Idlewild.

I will take some proper pictures next week at work...

2008-05-23T14:34:00.001+01:00

Skull Yetis are up on etsy

2008-05-16T23:38:00.000+01:00

Both skull yetis are on etsy now, go have a lookie!

As of today...

2008-05-12T23:39:00.000+01:00

Its official, 4 days of the week i work as a model maker, but as of today Mondays is Hollypop day!! I have a whole day a week now to work on new toy designs yippee! Today i tried to new designs, they're kind of like yetis but with skull faces. I made one in purple and one in gray, i will get them on online soon!