Mon-Chi Custom....

The week is coming to an end and here's what I've been up to this week. Making custom orders!

I get custom requests quite often these days and I really enjoy them. It is nice to step away from the designs I see and make every day and to give them a little twist. I want to encourage customers to give me custom requests as it just brightens up my day.

I think this Mon-Chi custom came out so cute and I loved making it. The ears and the little hands go so well. I might even put something up like this as a permanent listing in the shop. I have to think about it for a bit.

But it is soooo cute though!

I'm also working on a little something for my little baby girl. I will show you more photos tomorrow if I managed to finish it by then. It turned out to be allot more work than I thought. It is looking real cute at the moment though and I have no doubt it will look great once finished. More about that tomorrow! Now I'm going out on the town to get something as amazing as slippers and a night gown. Yeeey! Need to get that birth bag ready as it is only just under 4 weeks left now. Peeew!

Recycling... in a way...

Yesterday, in lack of other things to do I went through my old Tomo folder on my computer to see what designs I could recycle and use for MobiLOVE instead. I found quite a few. Like all of these for example. They are my old Pocket Mirror designs. It is "The Forest Dwellers" collection and the "Kawaii" collection. I found loads more designs that I used for the necklaces and hair-clips you can find at Tomodachi Island as well. But I didn't have time to sort them out in the end. I got stuck doing descriptions and search words for ALL of the cases at MobiLOVE. That might have been the most BORING job I have ever made, but I realized I had done it all wrong and unfortunately in business you have to do the boring things too. So I did, until 21.00 last night..... (-.-)

That is why I might not have the most interesting blog post for you today. But better than nothing I guess :) I am also struggling with this silly little cold that seem to have taken all my energy away from me. But I will not let it have me completely! I SAY NO!

You can find all of the cases from this post in the MobiLOVE Etsy shop!

Aries Time Lapse...

Hope all of you have had a great weekend. I've spent all morning getting this Time Lapse ready for you lot. I finished the Aries Zodiac over the weekend and filmed the process. So I thought I'd share the video as well as the finished painting with you. This will become a print and also a phone case eventually. But there is 11 more Zodiacs to finish before the products will be up in the shop.

Datchis here, Datchis there, Datchis EVERYWHERE!

Good Morning peoples! I've spent the past two days making these little sweeties. I spend a whole day designing them and probably a whole day photographing them. I wanted something a little bit different from Tomodachi Islands normal Yeties so I decided to make a Yeti/Owling hybrid. So these are the Datchis!

 I started out with some rough drawings as I always do when it comes to designing new phone sleeves. They more or less always come out very differently from the drawings but it is good to know what you're doing before you set out cutting and sewing.

Once that is done I draw up the patterns I'm going to need. I keep a little box in my crafting cupboard with loads of paper cuttings of old and new patterns. You never know when you might need to use them again.

 Needles and thread....

And some fabric paint and we're all good to put these little cuties together... And here's how they came out:

 The Pink DATCHIS!

 Pink Fluffy Datchi with a present (present does not come with the sleeve ;))

 I love her so much! Those Colours go so well together!

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 Hard Case Pink DATCHI! Yes yes oh yes, Tomodachi Island has now got it's first hard case! Woop woop for that! And she is just as cute as the fluffy Datchi!

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 And then we've got the Grey DATCHIS!!!

 Here's the fluffy grey Datchi in all her glory. I looooove the fur. So soft and fluffy!

And she's got a pressie toooo! (not included in the purchase)

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 Hard Case Grey DATCHI! And yes, Tomodachi Island has got its SECOND hard case! Omg!

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 And here's a little snap shot of them all together.

And a little photo from yesterdays photo shoot. I an hurting today. It is not easy to crawl around on the floor trying to take nice pictures when you got a massive preggie belly in the way lol. But I think they came out alright in the end and also, the lounge has to the best natural light in the house. So it was worth it :D

Yukai Neko...

 I don't know if you remember these three. I did them about a year ago and was going to make plushies out of them. They didn't come out the way I wanted them to so I decided to scrap the idea completely. However I did cut them out and have kept them hanging around the office since I find them extremely cute. I saw them last week after they'd been hidden behind my office curtain for a while and thought they'd make great phone cases.So I took up my pen tablet on Friday night and had a go and this  is what came out of it...

 I thought they'd look super cute with a cheerleader sort of name patch and tried it out. I think it works really well.

 What do you think?

Yukai Neko YEEEY! Click the pictures to get redirected to the MobiLOVE Etsy store :D

MobiLOVE is now OPEN!

Hey guess what?!?!?!?! MobiLOVE is now LIVE! Yupp my new Etsy store that I have been working for for about a year now is finally real. It took a long time to get this going the way I wanted it to and for the first time in my life I decided to invest in something expensive. So here it is! MobiLOVE! There's not loads in there just yet, only these six cases. They're only available for iPhone 4/4S and iPhone 5/5S at the moment, but will be available for Samsung Galaxy S3/S4 from next week at some point. Also during March the store will fill up massively with loads of cute accessories for your phones. I would love to hear what you guys think and please feel free to give suggestions of things you might want to see in the shop in the future.

You can also find a little Mini Shop in the right side panel here on the blog. ---->

GO mobiLOVE!!!

30 Years Old...

So yesterday was my 30th Birthday. I can't believe how quick the past 10 years have gone. But looking back at it I have achieved so much. I always thought 30 sounded ancient when I turned 20, and now here I am. I must say that I have achieved more or less everything I wanted to achieve and turning 30 is feeling great. I don't feel a day older and to be honest I never think I will. I will always be a big kid really. A big kid with a kid hehe. 

Anyway, my first plan was to go home to Sweden to celebrate but since I am pregnant I felt that I couldn't be bothered with another travel to Sweden. It is hard on me anyway and I seem to catch every lurgy there is out there at the moment. It was sad not to go home by Ceri treated me so well an brought me a little bit of Sweden anyway, by buying more or less all my favorite snack food from Sweden. I also got this adorable Momiji doll that I didn't even know of! I collect them and this is probably the most adorable one I have ever seen. So I squealed like a little girl when I opened it. It is just to die for!

 I also got this huge book of paper monsters! I LOOOVE PAPER TOYS! And I got 50 of them to fold now. I will wait till I have gotten another shelf dedicated to paper toys only though. I tend to knock mine over allot where they sit now and I don't want to ruin them!

 I am so starting with The Blob anyway! Made by my favorite Dolly Oblong of course! He is sooooo cool!

 Also, got this huge bouquet of flowers from my parents in law. I didn't have a vase big enough so had to empty the spaghetti jar lol...

 They sit in the kitchen and smell absolutly amazing!

 So what's happening here at Tomodachi Island headquarters at the moment then. I know it's been a while but I am working hard to get everything ready for the opening of mobiLOVE next month....

 I thought I'd give you a little sneak peak of two of the cases that will be available from the 1st of March... These two kawaii cuties! There will be soooo much more to choose from though and I am really excited. The printer is working beyond all expectations and these prints just wont come off. I tried scratching one that got a bit messed up and I seriously have to dig a hole in the case to get the print of. So I am sooooo happy.

Also the office have been re-made again. We decided that we wanted to have our offices together so I had to rethink things and this is how it ended up. Also got myself a huge wardrobe that can fit all my crafting materials and fabrics which is great. Just need a little shelf for my toys now and it'll all be sorted.

Restore and be Unique!

 Remember that old table I bought from the second hand shop?! Well it is finished! I did finish it a while back but wanted to give it another coat of paint before I showed it to you. After it's been sitting in the lounge half done I've started to like it's shabby chic look and decided NOT to give it a second coat of paint. So here it is! I hope you like it!

Buying and restoring second hand furniture is such a great way to make your home unique and to stand out from the crowed. I cant wait to finish of our lounge, and maybe if I get the permission from my other half I will show it to you once it is done ;)

Table art...

The drawing to go inside the table I am restoring is done. I don't know if you remember, but I bought this second hand table that I wanted to restore. Anyway, I need to give it one more coat of white but the weather is not allowing me. I think I just have to do it inside. Don't want to though as the paint is really smelly, however the summer seem to have given up finally and now I'm looking at several months of rain. Seems I don't have any other choice. I will show you some photos of it when it is done anyway. It will definitely be a one of a kind item anyway. Can't wait to finish it off.