For you, Little one

"For you, Little one" is the first in a series of paintings (hopefully) inspired by traditional and modern, eastern and western imagery. It is painted with acrylic paint on canvas then hand stitched onto blue cotton fabric. I then stretched it and built a frame around the edges. This piece is 18" x 16".

New! Hand Painted Stool...

I just finished my first hand-painted stool. The elephant design is something that I did in plush form a while ago. I decided that I would like to incorporate more painted designs into my Cutesy but not Cutesy work. I have found that I work in reverse from most people. For some reason I am able to make things in plush form without drawing them at all first...but then once it is three dimensional, then I am able to draw or paint it as I like. Whatever works! I am excited to add new projects to my fall and holiday collections and craft shows!

Harold the Circus Elephant and his little rabbit in the hat...

Cutesy but not Cutesy featured on Coolmompicks

Cutesy but not Cutesy had the wonderful surprise of being featured on coolmompicks.com, a blog featuring various small business owners, designers, and woman-made wonders for moms of all kinds! You can view the blog feature here... Ugli-er Dolls... and check out the rest of the blog here... coolmompicks.

Cutesy but not Cutesy was also featured on today's Daily Dish from Seekingdesigners.com which you can check out here... Timmy the World's Smallest Circus Monkey

In other news, I am hard at work designing my own web page which will hopefully launch just in time (hopefully!) for the holidays. I am also gearing up for various craft shows throughout the Philadelphia area. I will post an official event list here once all the details are worked out for those of you who might be interested in seeing some of the creations in person.


I have also started making the infamous laptop cozies again. It seems to be around this time, with school just around the corner, that people really go searching for a good protective covering for their precious laptops! The cozies this fall have a slightly different style than they did last fall which I am very excited about. I am also working on various drawings, paintings, booklets, etc which will reveal themselves in the next few weeks hopefully! Busy, busy, busy!

Plush Team Banner

I finally completed the banner for the Plush Team that was graciously funded by a grant from Etsy. The banner is entirely hand-stitched using durable canvas fabric. It is 6 feet by 2 feet in size and ready to be hung prominently at the first of the Plush Team's group shows in Chicago at the Renegade Craft Fair in September. The Plush Team and all of its members are all hard at work gathering plushies to send on over to add to our abundant display that will represent some of the finest plushie designers in all the land! If you are in the Chicago area, mark your calendars. Now. And if you're not in the Chicago area, hope and dream with me that the Plush Team will have the opportunity to show together in a town near you. All of you!!!

World's smallest circus monkey?

World's smallest circus monkey?
Originally uploaded by dkoss2

I have finally completed by piece for the Plush Team's newest project "Let's all go to the fair!". I made this circus monkey for the sideshow creatures category....he's the World's Smallest Circus Monkey...or it's the World's Largest Banana...it all depends on how you look at it! The banana itself is actually about 20" tall leaving the monkey at almost 32" tall! Not so small after all, is he?

Another Cutesy but not Cutesy siting at Subterranean Books

C.O. Set Up at Subterranean Books
Originally uploaded by Cranky Yellow

Those are some cutesy monster legs! I came across this rooting through some flickr photos of the Crammed Organisms show in St. Louis. We've all been waiting patiently to hear news of how it went and to see and hold the long-awaited books...

Back from Vacation, a new Cutesy but not Cutesy discovery!

Cutesy but not Cutesy is back from a wonderful whirlwind vacation in Shanghai and Beijing, China! There was a lot to see and experience and we came home with a bag full of Chinese plushies!

In the meantime, while we were gone, Cutesy creations did a little traveling on their own! Cutesy but not Cutesy has recently been working in collaboration with Todd Marrone of Ghosticorn Apparel to design some limited edition logo plushies for them. With the first prototypes sent off to him before the vacation, we came back to discover that it didn't take long for the plushies to find new homes after taking them to a big East Coast Roller Derby Extravaganza! Keep an eye out for more Ghosticorns by Cutesy but not Cutesy in the future!