MAKE - How To: Zine-Making For Kids

Whoa! Huge shout out and big THANK YOU! to MAKE MAGAZINE'S CRAFT BLOG and DIANE GILLELAND for featuring some of Missy's zines in their ZINE-MAKE TUTORIAL FOR KIDS! (and thanks to our friend Eric for giving us the heads up!)

You can click over to MAKE's article HERE.

Flossy the Pony Feature: In Stitches Etsy Email

Over the weekend my Flossy Bobbins, mainly Flossy the Pony, was featured in the Etsy Finds email newsletter! These were shown in the section called In Stitches that showcases the very best in sewing, embroidery, and supplies that Etsy has to offer. Once again I am so happy to have my handmade goodies shown on Etsy! Thank you Etsy, and you can read the email here.

Flossy Bobbins Featured in Cross-stitch and Needlework Magazine

Please check out the March issue of Cross-stitch and Needlework magazine, especially page eight - my Flossy Bobbins are featured in their Fab Finds!


Here is my Flossy the Dachshund on the contents page. I think it looks great with the pink thread, too!


Here is the Fab Finds article. Check out the cool stuff featured! What an honor to be included in this article!


You can check out this magazine at your local book shop, and you can check out my Flossy Bobbins in my Etsy shop!

Me on Etsy Conversations Podcast

Please have a listen to my interview on Etsy Conversations Podcast! I did an interview about my Etsy Shoppe Sugar Cookie with Angela Holden. Angela is a fellow graphic designer who runs her own Etsy shop, too - it is called Angela Holden Design. I had a fun conversation with Angela all about Etsy, of course, pen pals, Def Leppard, and much more. I was happy to talk to Angela because her podcast is really important to learning more about handmade, crafts, Etsy, and the people behind their shops. Please have a listen to my interview, and feel free to leave a comment on the Etsy Conversations blog!

More Flossy Love!

We just wanted to give a quick SHOUT OUT to GENEVIEVE GAIL and READYMADE MAGAZINE for blogging about the brand new FLOSSY EMBROIDERY BOBBINS that Missy has up on her ETSY SHOP! Thanks for the feature, y'all!

You can check out their posts HERE and HERE! While you're there, check out the rest of their blogs...

Mix Tape!

Yay! We LOVE LOVE LOVE Melbourne, Australia's MIX TAPE ZINE! We're especially excited about the latest issue because Missy's got a brand new ADVERTISEMENT in it. Reading IS cute! If you didn't already know, Mix Tape isn't all about music, like their name might suggest (though, they do have a page or two of music reviews)...rather, it's focus is a mix of all sorts of creative mediums, with an emphasis on crafting and art. There's also articles on food, recipes, how-to's, and of course, some music stuff. If you get a chance, check out their website HERE and maybe pick up a copy...or better yet, subscribe!

Tofu Baby - Behind The Soy!

Hey Folks!

Missy and her notorious comic strip character TOFU BABY are this week's cover story in our local FLAGPOLE MAGAZINE! The story was written by ANDRE GALLANT of the NEITHER BIG NOR TALL blog and you can read more of his writing HERE (thank you, Andre, YOU RULE!).The story focuses on the rise in notoriety of the comic strip that Missy has been drawing for the Flagpole for several years now, and especially on the polarizing effect of her Tofu Baby character, and how such a cute and harmless little comic has the power to inspire hatred, meanness, and ignorance on one hand, and gleeful twee delight for children of all ages on the other. If you're in or around Athens, please be sure to pick up a copy. If you're not from around these parts, please check out the on-line version of the story HERE. The on-line version is a bit different from the printed version - you get a couple more pictures in the on-line version, including a sample of an impressive piece of HATERISM in the form of a totally defaced Tofu Baby comic. There's an added paragraph in the on-line version that doesn't appear in the printed one, but there's also a paragraph missing - so, on-line, I'm mysteriously mentioned as "de la Cruz" without any point of reference. Whatevs! Point is, both versions will give you a little taste of how our lil'Tofu Baby is rising to the status of "local icon" - like it or not!

Below is a picture of a Tofu Baby comic that somebody burned with a CIGARETTE. There's a funny story that goes along with this particular photo (which Missy and I have only heard of, but not seen until today - we copied it from the Flagpole site). Our friend IAN, who works for Flagpole, was in a local taco joint with a friend who was visiting from out of state. He was trying to explain to them the whole Tofu Baby phenomenon that was just happening in our little town, and how much ire Tofu Baby was causing in some people. He grabbed a free copy of Flagpole off a new stand so he could show them the comic and lo and behold, as if on cue, someone had carefully BURNED AWAY the Tofu Baby comic and then placed the Flagpole back on the news stand. And this is just one of MANY crazy stories we have that revolve around Tofu Baby!

Page Magazine, Ja!

Back in September I got a message from PAGE MAGAZINE in Germany. They were contacting zine publishers and asked me all about my zines and how I got started doing them. I also mentioned my band, THE FRENCH TOASTS, and that for each live show we perform we make a zine to remember that performance. Well, the zines are made, whether or not we want to remember the performance is another story (uh, haha?). Well, I am pleased to see this write up in print form in the very amazing design magazine, Page! If you are in Germany, please have a look. This means you, Alexander, cos I know you are reading this! Sehr toll!