Friday, March 27, 2009

Pillows for Passover



Yesterday I worked with my son's class at his school to make these cute pillows for Passover. We used big fabric samples from an upholstery swatch book, combined with nice cotton kid-friendly prints I brought with me. Each child chose two pieces of fabric..and helped pin them together, sew them on the machine and then stuff them. They will take them home to use at the Seder during the part when you're supposed to lean or recline. So easy to make and the kids were very proud of themselves!

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Princess Vicki SIGHTING..!


Princess Vicki was spotted in upstate New York in a Crane Game this week peering out the glass waiting to be won! So be on the lookout for more of her Naughty Naughty Pets friends popping up in other Crane Games...there's already been another sighting in a Florida Walmart..
Somebody please WIN her..!

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Paper Stuffed Animals




Here's Eddie with his own invention..."Paper Stuffed Animals"

Friday, March 13, 2009

My Amazing Kids...



Today I took my kids to a birthday party at Madame Alexander. For those of you that don't know it, it's a Doll Company here in NYC that's been around for about 80 years. We had a tour of the factory, watched a man making tiny doll hats, saw miniature clothes being sewn and little wigs being brushed. It was pretty neat..and then we had cake!

Back at home later this evening my kids were very busy and very quiet for an hour while I was not paying attention..suddenly they came running out and surprised me with these..! They had started their own doll factory and made these dolls of our family. They only used what they could find..tape, paper and yarn..how amazing is that!!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

Holiday Sale #2



Sunday December 14th
10AM - 7:30PM
The Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street, NYC

I'll be there selling Naughty Naughty Pets Plush Toys, Giant Pillow Size Plush, Handbags, Wallets, Watches..and other fun stuff!

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Holiday Sale #1



'Tis the season...Here are the Naughty Naughty Pets at the Designer Lounge. The sale was OK..could have had a better attendance, but it was fun nonetheless. My friend shared the table with me. Her product is these cute Re-Gift Kits..great idea!!! Check it out at www.theregiftkit.com

Thursday, December 04, 2008

Parson's Toy Design Class





I visited the Toy Design Class again at Parsons a couple of weeks ago. Many thanks to Caty for inviting me back. I always love talking about Naughty Naughty Pets.! ...and another fun plush design project..!

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Designer's Lounge


It's time again for the Holiday Sales..! I will be selling the Naughty Naughty Pets plush toys and other items at the Designer's Lounge next Tuesday, December 2nd at PS234 in Tribeca at 292 Greenwich St, NYC from 7-10pm. Hope to see you there! and stay tuned for more Holiday Sales coming up....

Sunday, November 23, 2008

Judith Stiles Designs





A friend of mine opened a lovely new store last week on Warren Street in Tribeca. She has beautiful ceramic lamps, vases, platters, bowls, glass sushi plates, funky cake stands, sconces, cool wooden spoons, tiles..and NAUGHTY NAUGHTY PETS..! So check it out...a great place for Holiday shopping.!!

Judith Stiles Designs
72 Warren St
New York, NY 10007
Tel: 212-349-8470
open daily 11am-7pm

Sunday, November 16, 2008

My beautiful studio





Just got back from a weekend upstate and took these pictures of my beautiful studio. The weather was rainy and cold..just a perfect day to paint in the studio with my kids. I'm working on a big Ivan painting to sell in my Holiday Sample Sale (coming soon...)

Monday, November 03, 2008

Aldrich Museum- Toy Workshop a BIG success!










The Toy Workshop at the Aldrich Museum was a huge success this weekend. I've never sewn so much in my life! There must have been 100 kids..I think we sewed about 80 toys altogether. Anyway, it was great fun..the kids were so creative..and so were the parents.!

VOTE

Friday, October 31, 2008

Aldrich Museum-Toy Workshop


Inspired by the economy, election anxiety, and the anticipated chilly November weather, The Aldrich announces Free-for-All Family Day, Saturday, November 1, 2008.

Family Day will feature a plush toy-making workshop with Wendy Ann Gardner, author, illustrator, and creator of Scary Stories and Naughty Naughty Pets, on Saturday, November 1, 2008, from 12 noon to 5 pm. Organized activities begin at 1 pm.

Adults and children of all ages are invited to visit the Museum totally free to enjoy an afternoon of shapes and zany creatures during a four-hour toy-making workshop from 1 to 5 pm. Learn how to make your own plush characters, starting with a crazy shape. Gardner will help with the sewing, the rest of the creature details are up to the designer!

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
258 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877
Tel 203.438.4519, Fax 203.438.0198, www.aldrichart.org

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

HAPPY BIRTHDAY...!!

Pictoplasma




This week I attended the Pictoplasma conference in NYC. It was a great event..very inspiring..particularly the work of Tim Biskup, Motomichi Nakamura and Friends With You. Check out their amazing work at the links below...

http://www.motomichi.com
http://www.timbiskup.com
http://www.friendswithyou.com

Monday, August 11, 2008

Kiefer Lost and Found


This story ran recently in a UK newspaper about a baby who had lost her Kiefer doll. When I was alerted to the story I immediately emailed to see if I could send a replacement. Anyhow, it seems that the Kiefer was returned to them and a subsequent story the next week showed Kiefer at the Blackpool Tower recuperating from his ordeal. So glad it ended happily..!

Saturday, July 26, 2008

Piggy Project



Recently I participated in the Piggy Bank Project. Graphic artists from around the world were asked to design a pig character for an exhibition in Spain this summer and this was my submission.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

He's a Fan..!


This photo appeared in this month's InStyle magazine..so I guess Josh Groban is a fan..!! Who knew.?!?

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

A Song for Me


My daughter who is just finishing up her Kindergarten year wrote this song today at school. Somehow I felt it really summed up where I'm at right now so I thought I would share it with you..

Sometimes We Are There

Sometimes we are there
Sometimes we are not
La La La
Ba Ba Ba
So that's how you feel
So really that's how you feel
Da Da Da
Oh really
that's how you feel
Oh really that's how you feel
Oh Oh Oh
Really Really !