“Better Together” for Match.com from FriendsWithYou on Vimeo.

Wow! Above is the recently released video from Friends With You. The video, titled Better Together was created for Match.com. If you haven’t heard of Match.com, then it means you rarely watch TV– this online dating company has had dozens of commercials aired, and now FWY has helped to re-brand the company with this commercial that features several couples. I am finding the obvious partnering of; flip-and-flop, strawberries and cream, cookies and milk– to be absolutely sweet and brilliant.

I wish the best to Peas and Carrots. [via| FWY Blog]

You need to watch the v-blog to know who won the Hello Kitty Giveaway sponsored by Tenacious Toys! I will tell you this, two of the winners are some of my favorite buddies on Twitter. ^___^ Congratulations. The three people will be contacted by email or DM on twitter tomorrow morning, or they can DM once they see this. =D

Yay!! Thanks again Benny, you’ve made some people very happy.

p.s. I look like total shit! I’ve been under the weather lately, and the crappy weather outdoors isn’t helping. Blegh!

Scene: New Moon 2010 from IHCS on Vimeo.

Last week Friday, was the 2nd annual New Moon show at MyPlasticHeart. I’ve been waiting for this show for a while, especially when I began to overhear the names of some of the participating artists. Lou Pimentel, Andrew Bell, kaNO, Stella Im Hultberg, Yumiko Kayukawa, Leontine Greenberg, and many more of my favorite artists and people were in one single exhibit. And!!! I scored a sketch from Stella, this time for real– not the whole I’m so excited and I’m holding my sketchbook ready to ask you for your soul and in my excitement have forgotten to ask you for a sketch kind of way. hahaha. >___<

As you can tell from my run-on sentence, the night was a blast and I even took cupcakes to the opening. They’re too rich I’m told, so I will work on my recipe… in the meantime, hit the jump to check out my favorite pieces and some photos from the ultra-packed gallery.

When I was younger, I was a lot craftier than I am now. Or better said, I was more proactive with my creativity. I remember going to clay molding classes, and building a village from scratch along with it’s residents, their clothing, etc. I remember knitting and making a scarf, and painting. Now– not so much. But, I’m hopeful that all is not lost– and that’s why I have a whole list of craft blogs waiting to try some of their tutorials. Amigurumi in particular are a keen interest of mine– and if I could make a video like the one above it might make my life complete. ^__^ I exaggerate, but you have to agree that its great. Thanks to BoingBoing and Craftzine for getting me obsessed with this YouTube channel.

Also, ukeleles rule and amigurumis that speak Japanese too.

Good something! Due to life sucking a bit the past week (the full past 7 days, not the “restart on Sundays” kind of week), I’ve been pretty dead on the interwebs. But, one must get out of their funk if their mean is to survive right? So here we are, a new v-blog with the announcement of a new giveaway sponsored by Tenacious Toys!!!

There will be a seperate post about the giveaway– but basically its a belated gift from me to you– an early Valentine’s Day opportunity and really an I’m sorry for being gone for a while. Hope you guys enjoy it! Notice how I’m not giving you details on what it is– it’s because you’re supposed to watch the video. =D

Post should be up by tomorrow.

Hey everyone… sorry I haven’t updated in a while. But, here it is! I’ve announced the winner of the PodgyPanda pendant, and the winner is someone I know pretty well too. Also, I didn’t mention it in the video– but like my uber trendy Where The Wild Things Are tee? I picked it up and UrbanOutfitters, I know evil– blah, blah, blah. I’m sorry, I couldn’t resist the call. Until next time. Peace.

Scene: When Hell Freezes Over from IHCS on Vimeo.

Last Friday MyPlasticHeart, located in downtown New York, hosted their first show of the year: When Hell Freezes Over. The show featured 15 customized Cranston Fellows Jr., created by Lou Pimentel. We were personally excited for this show, because we’ve witnessed the journey of Cranston’s creation. We instantly fell in love CFjr, and really didn’t expect to fall in love with any of the customs since the original is so damn great.

Well, we were proven so wrong. I suppose since the 15 invited artists were already working with a great platform, they really just went above and beyond. In an effort to make you feel more present at the shows we attend with our videos– we not only caught up with Lou before the show– but caught up with kaNO during the show. It was pretty awesome and laid-back and you get to witness some of the craziness that goes on during an MPH show. Hit the jump to see pictures from the event, and my favorite customs!

Artist Series: kaNO from IHCS on Vimeo.

It’s been ages since we’ve been able to deliver an Artist Series, but thanks to kaNO for granting us some time– here we are. Our interview with kaNO was the first that happened on the move. We started out in Dumbo, Brooklyn– one of my favorite areas in NYC, and moved its way to kaNO’s home and studio. For more from kaNO, consider following his blogs: Kimanyen | Kano Kid and his Twitter.

For those unfamiliar with the Artist Series segment, the Mr. and myself like to crash a New York City artist’s home and studio to understand how they work, where they started and what the future holds. The point of these interviews is not for a quick view, but is instead intended to really highlight some of the work that these incredibly talented artists have produced and have therefore been designed to watch at a leisurely pace. Hope you enjoy.

Happy New Year!! We didn’t forget to announce the winner of the Snow Treeson giveaway. Congratulations to Gabby, I’ll be emailing you for your snail mail. As I said in the video, I am so sorry to all of the people who were not called– you don’t know how tough it was to want so many people to win, but not have enough to giveaway. Sorry!

I did want to give shout outs and thank you’s now that the year is over. I didn’t forget about people, I was caught up with baking and hanging out with family and friends. Please look for a thank you post coming up next. =D

Yippeeee! Merry Christmas people! I know it’s a day later, but I filmed this yesterday hence all the Christmassy colors and music. I’ve started by announcing the winner of the PinkGhost sponsored giveaway for Helena Garcia’s Chubby Book. Lucky-lucky Audrey is the winner. Now– not that I’m rooting for any particular participant, but Smack6102 was so confident about this draw I almost said his name instead of Audrey’s. I’m sorry Smack (I should learn your real name by the way). It’s alright though– since it’s Christmas, I have chosen to announce the last two giveaways of 2009.

I’ll post more information in the upcoming posts, but the two upcoming giveaways are for a chance to win Podgypanda’s laser engraved Panda Moustache necklace/pin and CrazyLabel’s latest release; Snow Treeson! I hope you all have had a wonderful Holiday Season thus far.