WTS Creatures Are Dancing In The Streets

Yeah, it's been a while. There's good news and there's bad news.

The Good News:

We made our first sale to a local shop here in Denver CO ... Twist and Shout. We encourage you all to go check out our creatures. Twist and Shout is located at 2508 E. Colfax in Denver Colorado. Our creatures are located right inside the front door to the right of the cashier station. For all of you who can't find the time to go check out the awesomeness, we thought we'd give you a picture.WTS Creatures is so on top. :)

And now ...

The Bad News:

We still haven't won the lottery. Thanks to all of you who wrote into the United States lottery commission asking them to send Ricardo and I a couple of winning tickets. We really do appreciate it. Unfortunately, we recently found out that the lottery doesn't work that way. They will not just give away winning tickets...we think that's a bunch of phooey.

Denver Handmade Alliance has teamed up with the City Park Farmers Market and we'll be representing on July 4th 2010. Mark your calendars and tell you friends and family. It's gonna be a hoot!!

Project Hello = Project Success!

This was the very first PROJECT HELLO and it was a lot of fun. The theme for the show was "introductions"; it was neat to see how artists would use their art to interpret this theme. We made new friends, ate tasty treats, saw great art and heard interesting soundscapes.

In this picture, Denise is creating tags for our creatures before the doors open.

A forest of WTS Creatures.
Just one of many new fans taking pictures of our creatures.
Next to us was Zach from Fancy Tiger. This was his first quilt which he had been working on for a month. People could sit with Zach under his massive quilt and he'd show them how to stitch. Zach is a great guy and you should visit him at Fancy Tiger craft store in Denver.
This is Jen. She got dupped into holding this glass ball until someone else came along and took it. This is a great way to meet people and soon it will take place of social websites and singles gatherings.
There were a lot of great visual artists at the show but we were only able to get photos of a few. Debbie Clapper draws awesome intricate patterns and designs. Debbie and her art are very nice and that is a winning combination in the WTS Creatures book:)
Rob Mack is another amazing artist, creating weathered looking illustrations of animals and such. Very cool.

Thank you Sandra for inviting us to be a part of such a fun event. Thank you to the kids that bought our fine stuffies. Thank you to all the great people we met. Project Hello was a success and we can't wait for the next one! Yippee!

Project Hello and George Raccoony

Ladies and Gentlemen, I give to you the one and only George Raccoony, "The one who rubs, scrubs and scratches with its hands" the new WTS creatures mascot. We enjoy watching him dig for worms and scurry about in the backyard ... although we haven't seen him around lately. I think he's off to his summer home in France.
In other news, we here at WTS creatures are, as always, feverishly working round the clock to create the best creatures in all the land. Here's some insight into our process.

We trace and cut out patterns for our fanciful creatures. Ricardo, seen above, is working on "The Strong Man"
Once we have a plethora of patterns traced and cut out of a variety of soft and fluffy fabrics its time to sew them up and get them stuffed.

That's Ricardo again risking his delicate phalanges getting right up next to the perilously sharp needle of the sewing machine and stitching away.

So Sharp .... And Deadly!!

Another WTS creature almost complete. "The strong man" now awaits a bit of fluff and some closure.

Next Saturday, May 8th 2010, Project Hello, WTS creatures is representing!! And if I don't say so myself, it's just in time for Mother's Day. What mom wouldn't want a WTS creature for her very own? Exactly! Hope to see you all there.

Denise & Ricardo

Next Big Thing.

This is the next project we're working towards. Check it out and tell your friends.

-Denise and Ricardo

Oh You, Crafty Ballyhoo!

Today was a success by all means ... but we couldn't have done it without all of our loyal friends, family and fans. Thank you all for making today awesome. Now it's time for the thread and needle tattoos! For all of you who wished you were there but were unable to visit us, I would like to take a moment to give you a brief rundown of the days events :

9:30am - we set up our half of a 6 foot table. Looked pretty sweet, if i do say so myself.

11:00am - The Crafty Ballyhoo Market opens and hoards of craft lovers pour into the Flower Garage and begin to peruse all of the fine wares.

Throughout the day happy strangers and friends made the commitment to providing a new home to one of our very special WTS creatures. We were glad to see them go to such lovely people.

We shared our table with another Denver crafter named Roxanne. She made really neat cut & oxidized glass pendants. Denise purchased one ... teal glass with an image of a fixed gear bicycle on it. NEATO. Show our new friend Roxanne Some love and check out her great craft. www.paisleybird.com

7:00 pm - The end of the day. By the looks of our table, we cleaned up pretty good.

Peace Out D Town!!

Work. Work. Work.

We've been happily slaving away getting ready for Saturday. We've got a good inventory of Connie Ceptuses, The King and Peeter:

Denise working on some new creatures.

Patterns yet to be finished.

Materials for decoupaging and the "work station".

One more day to get everything ready.

OMG! WTS is on tha scene!

Welcome to the first blog post for WTS Creatures! Amazing isn't it? I know...right?..Who knew?

Its Wednesday night and we've been crafting all week. WTS Creatures is getting ready for Denver's "Crafty Ballyhoo."

We are super excited to hangout with other inspired crafters all day Saturday. Word on the street is there's a crazy cake making contest, a cake walk and a latte' pouring contest! Plus swag bags and crafty how-tos. Did we mention its free? Its going to be INSANITY PEPPERS!!! (thats a good thing)

You can expect the bestest, most cutestest, cuddle-friendly, baby-lovin, fun-huggin', party-pluggin', rug-cuttin' creatures on display for y'all. As well as some of the hip to the hippity hip hop you don't stop stationary woodblock printed handmade envelopedy boogedy beat.

Hope to see you there!!

Denise & Ricardo