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!

It’s obvious that I would love anything produced by Podgy. I mean, he created my character along with the Mr.’s and several banners– he helps put a face on my site. And, when he told me he was going to be participating in The Renmen Project– I reached a new level of excitement.

The Renmen Project, born from the creative people at Thunder Chucky and Ben The Illustrator, is a project which promises to raise funds for UNICEF’s Haiti appeal. The goal is to work with some of the top, most talented and sought after artists to produce limited artwork. The best part is that 100% of the funds will be donated to UNICEF.

Some of the artists working with the project include; Jeremyville, TADO, Pete Fowler, Peskimo, Felt Mistress, and many more– including Podgypanda who will be part of their postcard series!! Above is his entry for the project. He’s dropped several teaser pictures on twitter– but this is the final version. I can’t wait to get a copy. It’ll join my Podgy shrine! I kid, I don’t have a shrine. =D

P.S. I’d like to take this opportunity to send some love to The Free Love Crew: The Neon Hive, Felt Mistress, Scooter&Jinx and ProjectDetonate! There’s a reason for the shout out– but suddenly it feels like a secret. <3

I just want to be friends! by generationexe

I’m not sure if you’ve seen them, or whether you even knew that Meomi is the team behind this year’s Vancouver Olympics mascots. I don’t think I’ve posted about them before, but they are some of the cutest characters– and I’m totally putting the word out to any of my Canadian mates, please hook me up with plushies and other mascot goodies!!!

Meomi just posted the video above on their flickr, isn’t it adorable?!

It’s official, my titles keep getting longer and longer– so from now on– I’ll refer to this series as: “MtVD Gift Guide.” In this series of gift recommendations, we focus on the moustache aficionado. I myself am a fan of moustaches, I can’t help but like that fuzz on a man’s face– it’s not the same on women though, unless its gender breaking photography. Anyway, keep reading to check out some of my hairy finds.

I’ve been so slow on the upkeep and these were meant to be Valentine’s Day gift guides, but guess what– as the Mr. constantly points out– you love your mate more than just on Valentine’s Day so why wouldn’t you want to gift them things even if it wasn’t the commercial day of love. So, I’ve sat through countless Etsy pages searching for affordable presents… here are top gift suggestions for gamers. You’ll excuse me as most items are targeted to women– but I did find some men’s stuff… hit the jump to check it out…

Today is the official release of Bioshock 2. Before I go any further I want to put it out there that I’ve yet to play the first Bioshock, but I’ve spent several hours watching both my Mr. and younger brother play through it. Although I didn’t play it (which will change soon since I hope to be playing it at some point this week), I can tell that I’ve never seen such a cinematic game. With the release of the second installment– NECA has released the Big Daddy Bouncer (above) and the EVE Syringe replica (below).

Tenacious Toys is currently taking pre-orders for the plush and you can go here to reserve your very own. It’ll cost you $24.00. I found the syringe at Entertainment Earth– the pre-order will cost you $15.99, you can click here for your very own. I want both, more specifically for my Mr. who absolutely loves the game. I’m sure once I play it, I’ll get selfish and just focus on how much I want them. ^__^

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.

That’s right people– if you watched the v-blog, you’ll recall I claimed to SUCK! Well, I do because I’ve lost all sense of time and didn’t realize Valentine’s Day is already next week! So, how about we get the ball rolling with our Valentine’s Day giveaway?!!

Thanks to Benny from Tenacious Toys– we’re giving away, not one, not two– but THREE Hello Kitty plushies. Woohoo!! Hit the jump to see what you could win!!