Mochi Mochi Land

Ok. For any of you out there interested in knitting, crafting, sewing, or just awesome things in general, you must check out Mochi Mochi Land. One of the latest amazing things to be featured on WhipUp.net, you will not believe the creations of this artist.

"Mochimochi Land was launched in early 2007 as a place where knitted toys and people can live together in a spirit of tolerance.

The toys that inhabit Mochimochi Land are at once cute and strange, and they appeal to adults and children alike. They are all original designs by Anna Hrachovec, a knitter who lives in Brooklyn. Anna finds inspiration in Japanese kawaii designs and illustrators like Dr. Seuss. Her knitted toys have been featured on The Martha Stewart Show, around the web, and in print. Her original knitted creations have appeared in galleries in New York, San Francisco, Seattle, and Tokyo.

Downloadable Embroidery
Patterns!!

The Mochimochi Shop specializes in downloadable knitting and cross-stitch patterns. Printed Mochimochi Land patterns are also available for wholesale prices. (Please contact info [at] mochimochiland [dot] com to inquire.)

Anna’s first book of knitting patterns, Knitting Mochimochi, was released in June 2010." - this information was found on the About Me page of the MochiMochi Land Website.


All the creatures remind me of things you might see in a Hiyao Miyazaki movie. And most of the items seen on their site are things that you can download the patterns for, whether it's embroidery or knitting. Others are available for purchase on Etsy.


Anyhoooo...If I were you, I'd check out these awesome creations. If nothing else, they are really fun to look at!

Kombucha, y'all!!!

Ok. For anyone that is a fan of Kombucha Tea you must read the following. Some great friends of mine are now making their own and you can buy it too! It is NO KIDDING the best kombucha I have ever tasted. I will never buy one from anyone else again....unless they run out cuz they're so awesome...and then I would be forced to.

Anyways! It's called Cumberland Valley Kombucha. I am listing information below. Please contact them to try it for your own selves, cause it's hell-yeah awesome!!!!

Krysta K. and Melissa B.

(615)995-4994

krysta.kacz@gmail.com

You can also check out Krysta's blog Cumberland Pickles. 

...monday blues

Oh my goodness! I just spent the whole day entrenched in home budgets, bill organization, scary dark closet clean-out, and children's growth-spurt clothes turnover crazy-town. While I got a lot more done than I thought I would, how come it feels like I did nothing! I have a more organized craft closet, but a crazy messy kitchen. Is it ever all together at once?! Well, hopefully everyone else's week is going well. It's been beautifully blustery fall out, and I'm excited to spend some time in the weather this week!

Craft Daze

To any and all of you out there who are at all into crafting and cottage industry type endeavors, WHIPUP.NET is definitely a website you should know about. Whipup.net has a million and one amazing download-able designs. To give you an idea of what their site is all about, here's a portion of their mission statement:

"Whipup values time over money, values skills over things, and is for creating a space in a hectic life for making. Whip up is all for the handcraft movement." 

They have everything from mason jar labels to zombie lunchbox patterns. I can spend hours on here looking around and getting really inspired seeing the crafting that others are doing. 

I put some pictures up of the things they have that are halloween themed right now, to help get y'all in the spooky spirit. You should definitely check it out, although be warned, you may not be able to leave...

A visit to Fairyland

Book tip!!

I just finished a really great book that was given to me a few weeks ago. It was a great gift, and I love it! It's called Modern Fairies, Dwarves, Goblins and Other Nasties: A Practical Guide by Miss Edythe McFate. This is a smart and fun "guidebook" to the modern world of the fantastic. Set mainly in present day New York City, the book is filled with tips and warnings about modern day fairies. I love the way it bounces back and forth between short stories about encounters with modern mythical creatures and quick one page helpful hints about existing amongst them. If you're at all interested in sci-fi, fantasy fiction, you should definitely check this out! 

Ashtma, part deux!

So. In an attempt to prevent my little man (and me!) from having these scary seasonal asthma attacks, I am changing our diet. Not many people realize, that asthma is very manageable if you pay attention to what you are putting in your body. Of course, this is true for a lot of things. According to the incredibly useful guide Nutritional Healing that I have at home, I should try to make sure that his diet consists mainly of the following:

Fruits

Nuts

Vegetables

Brown Rice

Whole Grains...

We should be staying away from the following:

Dairy

wheat

yeast

peanuts...

the list goes on, but those seem to be the most important ones. 

Also. There is a supplement available from Herb Pharm called Calm Breath. It contains the following herbs:

* Khella seed (Ammi visnaga) 30% * Skunk Cabbage rhizome & root (Symplocarpus foetidus) 20% * Grindelia leaf & flower (Grindelia spp.) 18% * Turmeric rhizome (Curcuma longa) 18% * Thyme leaf & flower (Thymus vulgaris) 14%

If you would like to Purchase Calm Breath, there are several websites available. It is recommended to take it two to three times daily with juice or tea. I am going to start my son on this today!!! I am very excited about it. 

So! Let the new regime begin. I will let you all know how these things help with his wheezing and schtuff. Hope all of you are well!

SANDMAN!!!

This is very exciting...possibly...if you're at all a fan of Neil Gaiman, check this link out!

Sandman TV Series in Development

That's all for now!