Beep!

Everyone I'd like to introduce you to Beep. There is much discussion on what he/ she truly is but there is no denying how awesome Beep is.

There is also no denying that Beep has two heads and some short noodlie legs.

Beep was made for our friend Scott because without him WTS Creature wouldn't be here today.

This is Scott and Beep together at last. Happy birthday Scott.

Right now Beep is one of my favorite creatures! I'm so happy how it turned out that there will definitely be more. Beep might have cousin's or siblings with names like "Boop" and "Brrrring". The sky is the limit!! I don't know but i'm stoked on it. Hooray for Beep!!

Protype

We're messing with some new and exciting ideas here at WTS Creatures.
This is an idea that I've had on my mind for a while: luchador pillows!
Introducing "Star Del Face"! I made his head especially large because when it sews up it basically shrinks.
This one has a mustache and crazy beady eyes. To me he turned out more French than Spanish and his head is kinda wonky. I don't mind the wonk but there's a time and a place. Regardless, so far so good.
Making perfectly round pillows is a bit tricky. I'm gonna go some more tweaks and tests before we push this out into the market. Expect more crazy luchador pillows like this. Have fun!
luv Ricardo

Introducing "Yorg"

As with all our little creatures they start out as tiny seeds in our brains. Then the seed blossoms out of our skulls on to paper through our fingers. We pick the fabric, cut the patterns and as they say "the rest is becoming of the history."
This is the newest seed to blossom.



Introducing the first new WTS Creature of 2011: Yorg. He's got a cousin that likes to swim in a lake around Scotland.

late entries and the new year

Its a brand new year and the holidays are finally over. (sigh)

Here are some highlights from the last days of 2010.

My cousin Este and Nicholas with Sumi on Christmas.

My mom with a custom pillow I made with the likenesses of my brothers and I. Notice the smile of happiness which comes with every WTS design ;)

Tomte Craft has a new location at 41st and Tennyson. Before the holidays they had a potluck gift swap with other great crafters. We swapped some glasses from Vital Industries and a handbag from Tutela. It was a great turn out with good food and friendly faces. Tomte Craft has yet to settle in its new home but everything should be tip-top at the beginning of February.

So that's more or less how WTS Creatures did Christmas in 2010. We were truly fortunate to have such great family and friends to share the spirit and cheer of the season with.

As for 2011, we've resolved to bring the world all sorts of new and exciting WTS creatures as well as keep on creating everyone's favorite creatures from 2010. There will be more craft fairs, more creatures and more fun in 2011 ... Stay posted and share in the fun and excitement that is WTS Creatures.

Denver! Denver!

Whoa! Its been too long since we last chatted. I promise to do a better job of keeping you in the know as long as you promise to never stop being so wonderful. ha. great!

Between Halloween and the moment that I'm typing this there have been some pretty cool things going down.

First, we did a rather small craft fair in Littleton . It was quite eclectic and small and although not too lucrative, we DID meet some very nice people. Unfortunately I don't have any photos from this event so you'll just have to image Pterodactyls riding bikes and bears doing backflips with pink afro wigs on.

(ahem)

The second pretty cool thing is that Tomte is just as excited about WTS Creatures as we are! So now you can find our little friends on the modern craft shelves of their delightful store. We are really excited about this!

Currently they are located on Platte near 15th right now but are relocating to 41st and Tennyson. Depending on when you read this they might have already moved. December's first friday marked a sort of grand opening event to introduce everyone to Tomte's new space.

Considering it was the same night as Denver's parade of lights there was a really good turn out. Definitely check out their store or browse online cause the have a lot of great gift ideas.

This year was the first year that I attended the Fancy Tiger Holiday Handmade craft fair. Unfortunately WTS Creatures wasn't there with a table because we missed the deadline and it was very sad. Next year will be our time. Regardless it was a pretty awesome event. I attended Saturday kicking myself that we missed out on something so truly great. I visited with Sandra Fettingis and Roxanne of Paisley Bird, while crowds browsed their wares. This picture shows you the amount of crafty sellers and patrons as well as how neat the ballroom of the Sherman Street Event Center is.
In the short time that Denise and I have been enjoying WTS Creatures, we've met some incredibly talented and nice people in Denver's craft scene. Now "Scene" may be too pretentious a word but our experience has been nothing but positive. Going to the Fancy Tiger Handmade Event was excitingly inspirational. It makes me truly thankful to be a part of something so creative,positive and accessible. Walking amongst all those people made me want to go home and start sewing to create something new! I loved it. I think Denver's got it good here and I'm glad to be a part of it.

Don't forget Christmas is upon us! We're going to be flooding etsy with more fun and colorful creatures.

Ricardo

Art by Craft MCA Destruction

Saturday the 30th of 2010 saw the destruction of the Denver MCA by WTS Creatures and other craft crazy vendors. We owned the night that day in the day. Good times were had by all.

This shot is of Denise closing up all the creatures we made the night before. We scrambled and made about 40 creatures in a week, finishing them up at 1am the night before.

They put most of the vendors in the lower level of the museum. Here is a great shot of the scene after the initial rush of patrons.

Oh look at there! Its a smiling Denise selling cute, cuddly WTS Creatures!

This is me just happy to be there. Tee hee.

This is what happens when you quickly cut some thread with scissors you think aren't sharp.

Craft fair casualty.

A basket of severed heads, made especially for Halloween. But we all know that severed heads are timeless so you'll be seeing more of these.

Denise saying "Well Hello! Welcome to WTS Creatures!"

This is our new friend Jennifer Ghormley. Jen is very nice and makes awesome art and handmade sketchbooks. Do yourself a favor and check out her work.

Jen's handmade sketch books.

The Art by Craft fair went off very well. We always look forward to meeting new people and connecting with creative people like Jen. WTS Creatures can't wait for the next event. Hopefully we'll see you there.

Exciting Things!!!

Hey Everyone! We're going to be at the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art on Saturday selling our lil' creatures. There's gonna be over 30 other crafty individuals along with us so come out and support. Its should be pretty fun.
Check this link to find out a little more:
LINK FOR FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT ART BY CRAFT AT THE MCA DENVER

Also, We here at WTS Creatures have applied for the $500 grant from
Yes Please More.
Its based on votes so the entrepreneur who gets the most votes gets the money. Could you imagine what we could do with all that cold hard cash?

..........(day dream montage)...........

Whoa. Anyway. Go here: CLICK ME and vote for us so we can take over the world. Thank you!

nice nice,

Ricardo and Denise.