BEARS! BEARS! BEARS!

Just a super quick post before I head out to work for the day! Here are some of the bears I made a few weeks ago for a craft show that my mom and I did. I finally managed to write down my pattern, which made crocheting these puppies go fairly quickly. The part that always ends up taking me forever is dressing them, anyway. There was felt and ribbon allll over our living room floor. I'm a really really messy worker. 

All but one of these little ladies (the very last, coral colored one) still need homes! You can find them in the shop!

Have a good Saturday, everyone! And if you're out Christmas shopping today- please please please, be kind and patient with us retail workers!

Update

HELLOOOOOOOOO out there!

Wow, it sure has been a long time since I've written a post. So many things have happened! Chickadee is going really well! We released our first game, Notorious Inc, this past summer. You can play it for free at our site, Chickadee Games, or various places around the web, or if you're feeling generous you can buy it for a whopping 99 cents for iOS and Android. 

We gave a lightening talk called Maker/Player as part of Pecha Kucha Portland, back in July, about our creative process, Notorious Inc. dev and the importance of collaboration. I was incredibly apprehensive about doing the talk when Adam first suggested it. I am not a public speaker and it's about the last thing I want to be doing, ever. BUT, I did it, with lots of encouragement from Adam, and practice, I was able to get through it! I think I even did pretty well! You can watch it and let me know!

Maker/Player by Adam and Sarah deGrandis from PechaKucha Portland on Vimeo.

AND! Some of our absolute bestest friends from the Oregon moved here over the summer. HERE! TO MAINE! It's been kinda dreamy knowing that they are all within walking distance of our apartment!

Alright, I think that's probably enough of an update for the moment. I'm going to share some stuff I've been making next!

LATER DUDES!

Chickadee!

So. Big news that I can't believe I haven't posted about yet!! Adam and I have started a game studio Chickadee Games!

We're most of the way through our first game, Notorious Inc! (You can read about it and see some screenshots on the Games page on our site) I'm learning a lot of new stuff and Adam has been a really great teacher and I think I've been surprising both of us with the art I've been making. I've been drawing bears and bunnies for so many years now that I was worried that was all I knew anymore!

So please, go check out our site and like us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter. 

Done!

Hi-fives, everyone! I finally finished the giant granny square afghan that I've been posting about for years now.



I decided to call it quits last night while Adam and I were watching some stuff on Netflix. It's been nice to always have it around when I want to do some mindless crocheting but at the same time, it's never finished status always made me feel too guilty to start anything new.

It's a bit of a beast - roughly 64 inches square. I wanted it big enough to fit on top of our bed and big enough to actually cover you when you're feeling like you want to snuggle - because let's be real, nobody has ever snuggled successfully under a lap blanket. Well, no adult, anyway.



So here it is, all finished. Never to be blogged about again. Made from a zillion skeins of Lion Brand's Cotton Ease.

Brrr

It's cold out and things are a-changin'. But I'm still here and making some stuff and learning lots of new things that I'll be able to share at some point. 

In the mean time, don't you think you should get stitching an be prepared for the 75th Quarter Quell?

The Most Important Backpack - Free Pattern!

HEY! I have another important and free cross stitch pattern for you guys. This time it's for Hunger Games fans.

I've been seeing a lot about the Catching Fire film lately and, AND, the Cover Girl Capitol Collection (I'm dying over here about that, by the way!) so Hunger Games has been on my brain. I thought I'd try and do another "important tools" type pattern and decided to go with the backpack that Katniss nabs from the cornucopia. So, it includes her muddy backpack, crackers, rolled up sleeping bag, matches, night vision glasses, dried beef, iodine, wire and water bottle!

Get it for free by clicking the image or right here:

Free Animal Crossing Inspired Pattern

A few weeks ago Adam surprised me with a 3DS and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. We've been playing it every day since and it's pretty great! And since it's been on my mind non-stop, I decided to design a free, AC inspired pattern.

The Most Important Tools mini cross stitch pattern that features, well, just that! The most important tools you need in your AC town! It's available as a free download in .pdf format and you can click here to get it or click on the image below!

It measures about 2 1/2 inches on 14 pt and about 3 1/4 on 11 pt. See, I told you, mini! Happy stitching!