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Another Local Maker - My Imaginary Boyfriend
As much as I like talking about me, sometimes I like to talk about others as well. This week I wanted to talk about a local crafter/maker who runs My Imaginary Boyfriend. Her work has been in a number of magazines like Adorn and Bust and featured on boingboing and a whole host of other online sites. The proprietress (and dear friend of mine) Erika has been in the crafting business for a few years now professionally, but my own shelves are adorned with her cool stuff going back 10-15 years. She's been showing at craft fairs across the country from New York to San Francisco and will be at the Maker Faire in San Mateo on May 3rd and 4th. I wrote a piece on my trip to the Maker Faire last year and I'm looking forward to seeing her set up there. Her work is pretty wide ranging, but most of it is either a bit geeky, a little kitsch, or just pure awesome style. She has a felt pillow that looks like a log and small felt robots. She's also made some really cool geek gear like a tie that is quite reminiscent of Doctor Who's tie (the 10th doctor). What would you expect from someone who made a tiny felt TARDIS to hold her cell phone? On top of that, the other half of her items would look quite at home in a high end shop or in a quite stylish home. It's always fun to spend time with people who love making stuff but love making stuff so different from the stuff I can make. Anyway, if you like the pictures, head on over to her website and check out her blog and show her some love. You could also head to her store and show her some love too. :)
[edit: Looking through the photos I chose, I pulled a lot of wood grain. This isn't a representative sample, just stuff that jumps out at me. You should definitely click here. Heh. ]
17 comments from 5 users
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posted by
MakesThingsGo
on Apr 2, 2008 at 08:30 AM
BTW, lemme know what you all think of her website. We're getting ready to do a big overhaul so input is welcome. In the meantime, this is also, as always, your building, construction, green energy and (apparently now) crafting open thread. posted by
sagefever
on Apr 2, 2008 at 09:33 AM
Cool stuff~ love the semi "scotish" purse! posted by
jasonsperber
on Apr 2, 2008 at 10:16 AM
I love this tie. Not only is it in the color scheme of the new parenting website we've been working on, RaisingBakersfield.com (launch coming soon!), but it's inspired by Doctor Who! That's awesome! posted by
sagefever
on Apr 2, 2008 at 10:22 AM
I want the Tardis cell phone cover!!! posted by
TomW
on Apr 2, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Yeah, I may have to buy that tie. And a log. And a few other things too. :) posted by
TomW
on Apr 2, 2008 at 10:42 AM
Sage, don't know what happened to my comment. Anyway, she can't sell the TARDIS cases because of licensing (the BBC might send the Daleks for her), but she did post the pattern for them here: http://community.livejourna... posted by
jasonsperber
on Apr 2, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Okay, we're getting off-topic a bit here, but I went to that LiveJournal community, and this is just classic: Crafty Tardis: For when you absolutely, postively must have a macrame Dalekposted by
TomW
on Apr 2, 2008 at 10:56 AM
The nice thing about MTG Jason is that it's a semi-open thread. There is no "off topic". And c'mon: absolutely, postively must have a macrame Dalek? That happened to me twice last week. posted by
witbee
on Apr 2, 2008 at 11:05 AM
When I click the link, the firewall says "No" because it is classified as an "adult" site. posted by
TomW
on Apr 2, 2008 at 11:07 AM
Witbee: which link?
posted by
sagefever
on Apr 2, 2008 at 11:07 AM
That happens so much to me...Dr.Who fans,gotta love them One question can the macrame Dalek say "must exterminate?" Looks like you could have used it for the newsroom :-) posted by
TomW
on Apr 2, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Sage, if you come to the Bloggers' BBQ, my cell phone has the Dalek "EXTERMINATE" followed by the Doctor Who theme as the ring tone. If you wanted though, you could add a little sound chip to the macrame dalek. They are about 15 bucks at Radio Shack (cheaper online) and then you can download all the Doctor clips you want: http://www.bbc.co.uk/doctor... posted by
sagefever
on Apr 2, 2008 at 11:20 AM
That is so cool~ Mr sage will love this!! posted by
witbee
on Apr 2, 2008 at 12:05 PM
posted by
TomW
on Apr 2, 2008 at 12:31 PM
Weird, witbee. I'm guessing your website guard either doesn't want to allow anything with "boyfriend" or they've set it to disallow anything that has to do with using your imagination. :) Try this: http://72.14.253.104/search... posted by
jasonsperber
on Apr 2, 2008 at 12:59 PM
That's funny, witbee, are you on a school computer? :) Can you see the Etsy link, or are crafts or all kinds banned? Heh. posted by
witbee
on Apr 2, 2008 at 01:25 PM
TW: the link works, but I can't see anything because the pictures are blocked. I'll see it when I get home. It is a district computer and Lightspped systems blocks about 75% of what I try and view. I can never do lesson planning at work because of it.
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