Philadelphia GIVE Festival-Sept. 20th

Cutesy but not Cutesy will be in Northern Liberties (3rd and Poplar) at the Philadelphia GIVE Festival. It will be an all day music festival with arts and crafts for sale as well. All proceeds from the festival will be donated to benefit local charities. Admission is $10 and an extra $10 will get you a bottomless cup of beer! If you're in the area, come out and enjoy the new fall weather, good music, and good people!

New additions to Cutesy but not Cutesy

Cutesy but not Cutesy has been hard at work planning and preparing for her busy busy fall season filled with craft shows, etc. Here are some of the newest additions to the Cutesy collection.

First, T-shirts are in. I have S, M, L, and XL. They are $15 each or $10 with the purchase of a monster! Contact me if you are interested! :)


Next is a new hand-painted stool...


And, finally, free-standing monster #2...Cleveland...

First Self-standing monster!

I just completed my first monster that is able to stand on his own. I weighted his legs and feet to allow him to do so....There are still a few kinks I need to work out with the future ones but for now he is able to stand upright! Meet Clark...

Custom order!

Sock Monkey in Red Baron
Originally uploaded by dkoss2

Here is my newest project. It is a custom order for an old friend of mine from high school. She needed a unique present for a new born baby whose new room is completely overtaken by sock monkeys. Admittedly, it's difficult for a monster maker to compete with a sock monkey, so this is the best I could come up with! It is about 18" long and 15" tall and will hopefully make a new baby very happy some day!

Renegade Chicago

I packed up half of my inventory and shipped it off to Chicago yesterday for the upcoming Renegade Chicago Craft Festival. Ten pounds of Cutesy but not Cutesy monsters are now currently in transit from their origin in New Jersey to their future destination. I hope they're safe and enjoying their time away from home.



...oh...and I hope I didn't pack up my LIVE monster by accident!

Monster Cupcake!

I just wanted to introduce the newest...sweetest addition to the Cutesy family! The Monster Cupcake!!!



and an original painting of the Monster Cupcake!


Now onto real monster cupcakes I can actually eat! Yum!

Cutesy gets pressed....and THREADS!!!

Cutesy but not Cutesy has gotten much blog press as of late. Many thanks to those who appreciate my monsters enough to write a these wonderful blog posts about them!

First, the cutesy monsters were featured on a blog for hip moms and moms-to-be called coolmompicks.com. You can check out that post here... CoolMomPicks

Also, featured this week on a wonderful new blog Kidado which can be viewed here... Kidado

And last but not least on SimplySentimental which you can check out here... Simple Sentimental

Phew...and in other news... Cutesy but not Cutesy finally has GEAR! Sweatshirts, t-shirts, tote bags, and even baby onesies!!! Mix and match your favorite style and color with Cutesy's logo here... Skreened

The next few weeks are going to be filled with flying fuzz and calloused finger tips as I get ready for my full packed late summer-fall craft fair schedule... and, of course, shipping out my items to Renegade Chicago to join the Plush Team in the best craft booth to ever be seen by human eyes!