Edge Stitch and Pre-Wash

Don't you just love it when you do that thing that your future self will mightily thank you for?

Cozy Robots on sale at the Homestead in SF on Dec 15

Cozy Robot dolls and ornaments also attending COMBOTS
on Dec 19 & 20!

Bar Tiki Bar Ranch at Rhythmix Cultural Works- Dec 11

"The Bar Tiki Bar Ranch is a remote and mysterious Fantasy Land where Gods, Goddesses, Aliens, Pirates, Cannibals and Cowboys meet, mingle and melt down over tall fruity drinks and exotic snacks.


If you listen very carefully, you may be able to hear some lonesome waves crashing on distant shores and the eerie sounds of space savages drumming..."


COME ON DOWN TO THE ART SALE OF THE SEASON!
Friday Dec 11- 6-9pm.

Wonderful group show at Rhythmix Cultural Works "K" Gallery
in Alameda, CA.

Here are some much better shots of the show. I sold 2 pcs already!

Tiki Show

Cardboard Art installed today at
Rhythmix

Tiki 4 Street Gang

New show opening on Dec 11 at Rhythmix in Alameda. Be there for the whole Estuary Art Attack!!

Short List

People ALWAYS ask what inspires me.

Aliens * Pirates * Cannibals * Cowboys * Robots * Luchas
* Patchwork * Shoes * Machines * Mummies * Holidays * Op Art *
Myths * Folktales * Fetish * Pin-ups * Rustic * Monsters * Oceans
* Circus * Dismal * Birds * Bugs * Butter * Computers * Plants *
Eyeballs * Food * Architecture * Crafty * Couture * Camping * Punk
* Sci-Fi * Gypsies * Psychedelia * Cartoons * Cooking * Make up *

HAIR! horology

fact vs fiction

Tiki God of Cardboard Fun

Some new cardboard art coming at ya! This time, with Arduinos. Posted on Twitpic.

Almost Finished!

Custom leather seat cover for the Electrobite:

and an action video!

New Cozy Studio

Almost done moving and unpacking. Finding my ass with both hands.

New Website Soon

Busy moving and learning XHTML and CSS. New website soon...uh, sorta soon. Check back in a few whiles!

RoboGames!

I had a great time this past weekend at RoboGames! I met a lot of cool people, sold some dolls, got lots of props, and saw the future of competitive robotics!! Thanks, everyone! I'll have a new and improved website, and more stuff in my etsy store soon. Check back for specials and even more stuff from the vaults. xox

Skunk Apes: Triad of Hiding Techniques

Skunk Apes spotted in toycyte store!!

Expertly balancing the hiding with availability....go now before they get away!!

toycyte store

custoMONDAY at toycyte.com !!

You have until May 24th to enter!

custom Skunk Ape

Here's a helpful link, if you are new to cryptids

amybean sighting!!

I had a blast hanging out with Jeremy and Jason at toycyte.com !!

Valentine

A cozy valentine for my Sweetie.

custoMONDAYS at toycyte.com

YAY! I've been booked to do a custoMONDAYS giveaway on May 11 here at toycyte. TOO exciting yeah

Cozy Robots Advertised in Make Magazine Classifieds!

As advertised in Make Magazine!! (See Classifieds/Goods in the most recent Lost Knowledge issue)

I'll be making somewhere around 100 Cozy Robots and/or Lucha Robots in their latest, cutest, coziest format. Don't be shy- tell me how many you would like for yourself, or for gifts. The government thinks children under 12 will have a problem, so these are, sadly, not for them.

But you- You deserve a trendy, cushy plush toy! So, let me know!

$30 per doll retail, $20 wholesale for orders of 10 or more.
I get to choose all the colors and styles this time, and I will be posting pictures as they roll, hot off the cozy making machines...

National Bankruptcy Day

Yep, it's gonna be a problem. Help out by writing and calling. Lots of people like me will probably lose the ability to sell their work.

Torch Cutting

When I lived at Ford St. Studios art ghetto in Oakland in the mid to late '90's, there was an endless parade of Obtainium to process.

This is me getting ready to cut up an abandoned trailer frame that we had found in the hood and dragged home. You can see some shattered magnet pieces spelling out Big Fun on the wall behind me.

You do know that if you click on any of the pictures, it will show in larger size, don't you? Cool.

Robot Lung

This is a photo of a Robot Lung that I built from scratch for a scene in the movie Bicentennial Man, which I worked on in the spring of 1999. It was to be hung on the wall in the office of some CEO and be a part of a collection of prior art robotics organs. It's made of cardboard tube, model kit parts, various bent glass and polyethylene tubes, and the ubiquitous chroming we used on just about everything. It took about 3 weeks to build, and I'm not sure if it was actually used in the shoot. It's about 12" tall. Bending those glass tubes was a royal bitch, and the movie script was awful.

4 Foot Lucha Robot

Custom Hunterdon Huskies colors, made for Joe Mod.

New Cozy Robots

All new Cozy Robots have their own blogspot!

And a new post on sewartsyblog and Amys in the Arts blog, too!

All in all, a great week for blog love: a shout out from Jeremy Brautman at toycyte.com

Thanks, everyone!!

My stuff at Well Dec. 5- Jan 10

Mardi Gras Yeti, Performance Artist Yeti, Space Ape, Skunk Ape in Smoking Jacket, 3 Lucha Robots and a myriad of Lucha Robot portraits.

Performance Artist Yeti

With the wilderness as a performance space, this Yeti has been very busy staying hidden from inquiring eyes and media.

12" plush doll with hand knit sweater and beret.

Crowbot

For whatever it's worth: I've gotten off the fence about production work. I don't wanna! Prototypes and one of a kinds only, please, thank you! Now back to our regular program:

On a distant Ag planet, there are robotic scarecrows to mind the vast farming fields. Robot scarecrow created for Traveler RPG. 12" burlap and fiberfill plush action figure with leather features.

The Needle dot Org

The Needle is a collaborative blog showcasing the best original plush art from all over the world. Members are busily submitting daily, so check it out. Yes, I am a member, and the linked list of artists will bring you hours of plush art rabbit hole fun. The links take you to blogs, websites and online stores.

New Posts!

Today's word for the Space Apes is Hooray! My favorite toy blog has posted about the Apes. I definitely need some help with my photos- haven't had time to do much better... shooting at the moment with a Lumix TZ1. Can't seem to ever get the lighting right. I bought a tiny set up with tent and two lamps, but still not bright enough.

Anyhow, thanks Plastic and Plush!

And thanks to the lovely Dyn at head-lint!!
PS- You're welcome, and thank YOU!

Space Apes!!!!! 12" Plush

The Space Apes are a motley bunch of Art Ambassadors.
They carry fresh art in their backpacks, and spread the word throughout the galaxy.
Today's word is: Banana.

Crammed Organisms

the book is out! You should get a copy and/or a limited edition print :) I got 3 pages of page love.

And a New Post on bOINGbOING

Attention ! Attention ! Getting lots of Attention !

Interview on Bazaar Bizarre

"In and out of industrial grade design and fabrication for over 25 years..."







for the upcoming You Bazaar Craft Show on Nov 2. Details on the blog!

los Warhols FAN ART

Los Warhols are a fierce team to be confronted with. They began as rock stars, and then they went to the moon, but soon they wished for something new for the stage. The world of Lucha was a natual choice for this bunch of art-loving, music-making Bohemian troubadours. Very original and rather psychedelic, they bring happiness to fans all over the world.
check it out!

Team sTINKeYE

Team sKULLfACE

New Lucha Robot designs

Coming soon !

You Bazaar

Coming up Nov.2 in San Francisco- hope to have a picture or something soon. Yes, I'll have a booth there!

Custom Toy Lab

We're in the database now.

Blue Demon and el Santo Plush Dolls

Images made from some famous photos of these two famous Luchadors- Resized, posterized and cannibalized, printed on treated fabric, backed with black flannel, and stuffed with enough fun that they will be fist bumping til the cows come home. They were made by special request, and we did the deal thru etsy. They are approx 8" tall.

Todd Wall Gear

Our gear celebrates the most important meal of the day: Breakfast!

We've wined and dined many fine times with our pals Todd and Alex. Looking forward to many more hours in the kitchen together, and out in the world finding the best things to eat and drink.

Alien Barbie

Carefully modded Testors Grey Alien vinyl kit using Bondo and ninja filing and sanding skills. Long lost, and suffers a broken finger. Sadly, this kit is out of production. I bought a bunch at the time cuz they were cheap and easy to assemble. I used them to teach figure model kit building and modding to some kids at Camp Big Fun! in 1998. We were reading the book Forever Barbie at the time, and the plan hatched in my summer camp brain...

Groomin Ghoulies(tm) Tiki Goth package -front

c. 1999 from the defunkt yet funky Big Fun! Amusement Devices shop that existed in East Oakland for so many years. In between paid gigs for movie and/or toy companies and a weird array of word of mouth clients, I worked on "my own ideas".

One toy idea, which I found recently wrapped in a life sized shrunken head, hence somewhat mangled and parts broken, still bears the meaning and message: Hair Groomin' toys are fun!

Below is the first set of samples that I made from small vinyl doll heads which I modified with Bondo and paint and scraps around the studio. The idea is that messing up your doll's hair is just as valid as groomin' nicely, and maybe more so, if you are trying to stick it to the Man.

This figure was made from oil clay sculpt, plaster mold, a casting of soft foam, then painted with acrylics, and some fake hair set in, with a flat styrene bone in it. The box is foam core and hot glue with bondo and paint texture, and the windows are just clear acrylic sheets with acrylic paint.

PS- the heads are all approx 2" tall, and missing/broken parts may have been photo-fixed for presentation purposes.

Tiki Goth- back

This is the only package that was made, and features a bamboo textured surface, and on the bottom is an access point to make the head inside move around. Below are some close ups of the other characters. I don't actually sketch that much- usually the first draft of an idea or thought or whim is a sculpt.

Pug Nosed Pirate

Missing the rest of the sword in the teeth, this character was based on my friend/yardmate Steve Heck, who was busy making strap-on peg legs out of old piano legs, and bleaching his clothing in the sun.

This was before digital cameras, and I am sad that there are not more photos from this era. I do have some copies of the Melrose Gazette, though, of which exactly one issue was produced. I can send you one if you want the inside scoop of the day.

Scary Teacher

Princess Rebecca opened her own school and always wore fabulous glasses. She was the inspiration for the Scary Teacher, though in reality, she was never mean to her students.

(The eyeglasses were broken and mostly missing, so I drew some parts on with the Gimp.)

Class Bully

The Class Bully is a scary classic. I love the descriptions of Social Elements in Flatland.

Shrunken Head, Scarecrow, Mummy

Portrait of 3 Sisters. That'd be me in the middle.

Skull

What's a collection with out a Skull?

Cyborg

Probably the most prophetic of them all- I can see this one as a Lucha Robot.

Angels/Devils prop for People Hater show

A long wided tale approaches,so grab a fresh bevvie and set your spine to comfort.

Around 1996, I was getting busy with going to Galoob Toys and learning to paint their doll prototypes for TV commercials and magazine shoots. My time for SRL, People Hater and Seemen shows was suddenly curtailed and in place of attending, sometimes I would make something in my studio and send it along. This photo shows a collage of the two sided panels I painted and sent to the SRL/People Hater show in Phoenix, in Jan of 96. I was painting leetle dolls all day, and would come home and rock out in life size.

The four original panels were 2' wide x 8' tall scrap plywood: 2 angels and 2 devils. The wings were painted front/back on a separate panel, cut out and sandwiched in between.

The constructions were mounted on a little roller coaster that was on the show site, and as the cars rolled around the track, sometimes you'd see the angels, and sometimes the devils,and of course the wings would be kinda flapping. I have one blurry photo somewhere.

This photo is actually a picture of the original panels, cut and constructed in scale with working wings, and the photo of the other side (the devil) photoshopped on to it (instead of posting two pix to show the other side).

This is what I love about the world of prototypes: In exchange for being a finished product subject to all kinds of Done-ness issues, I feel free to keep working on the objects at my leisure if and when time permits, and the story develops. The layering of stories, materials and construction techniques keeps me in a constant tizz of trying to remember the correct spelling of people's names.

Gym Buddies- samples

I admit- I caught the Jazzercize bug from my neighbor, Virginia Shepley, and we were great gym buddies for a few years. We made a ton of fun of the whole scene because we were arty hipsters and the others were Alameda housewives, and we did not fit in at all, but that is actually another story. In the meantime, I couldn't help but notice that the standard workout attire was very similar to the color schemes found in super hero action figures that I was working with at the time.

I had purchased a 6" Rogue, made a mold off it and modified that casting, and recast it to include a bunch of gym gear and gym appropriate super hero costumes. I was motivated, in a business sense, to fantasize that I would sell this idea to Jazzercise and they would carry a line of Gym Buddy Dashboard Action Figures in addition to their branded clothing and water bottles.

These are resin casts from a silicone mold, and painted with Cel Vinyl paints.

Packaging Prototype -front

In my "spare time", I decided to make a promotional set of blister packs with a toy inside to show off my soup to nuts shop capabilites. Here's the lowdown:

Brian Normanly, Terry McGovern and I built a thermoformer with a 2' x 2' vacuum table, as described in the Moldmakers Handbook. Oil clay sculpt on wood plank of front half of ice cream cone- pulled a one shot thermoform off it and then made a plaster cast from the mold. This became the thermoform mold that I could then make 4 more of. I cast those little clowns in resin from some plastic figures that I bought and modified into Big Fun! pencil topper toys. I had some help with the graphics from Evelyn Whitburn, who also showed me how to tape things shut nicely.

The packaging was meant to show that I could make one, or a few, or many of anything pertinent to the toy design industry. I may or may not have been exaggerating. There is a way larger story here, but you'll have to ask specific questions to get it going.

Packaging Prototype -back

The back side where I blab about what I can do, plus you can admire the little embedded figures from both sides.

Packaging Detail

I made molds off a bunch of circus figures that I bought, modified the castings and made a second round of molds. Then painted the final details. x 4. (The figures of the ballerina came out with no arms or legs because I didn't fully grasp the venting concept yet, but I made them into pencil toppers too.)

Post on BoingBoing today

Go Robots!

24" Lucha Robot for Mark P

more pix on flickr

first plush commission- a Lucha Robot for Father's Day for the Godfather of Machine Performance Art.

RoboGames Contenders

metallic finish on grayscale Qoob and Flashtor925LG, Flashtor SketchMode, Qoob Scratchboard.

Moving Around and Cleaning Up Day

Like a life sized skootch puzzle, moving everything around the
5' x 12' space while trying to stay in front of the fan cuz it's about 99 degrees in there.

Pix from Crammed Organisms show opening June 6

Cranky's pix

Robotica show at Rhythmix-- also opened on June 6

the little cast/painted dudes are on another shelf to the right. See better pix below (scroll down, yo!)
Rhythmix Cultural Works
my pix

12" Brown Suede Lucha

12" Camo Lucha

Ice Capadesbots

New Luchas for Well:

Princess Pinkypants, Black Lung, Red Devil and the Blue Meanie

revised Renaissance Man

Quant

Yellow Flashtor

Sold at Rhythmix show.

Red Qoob

Blue Flashtor - back

Yellow Qoob

L'il Dudes

Getting Ready for

RoboGames!!

Oil Clay Sculpt- front

Oil Clay Sculpt

Plaster Mold 1

The sculpt is wasted (pulled out when the mold is set)

Plaster Mold 2

Plaster mold for casting with Flexible Slip, which is a clay/latex slip casting material. The figures come out of the molds still soft and very pliable- have to be careful not to tear it or over stretch. Anyhow- they dry and shrink a bit into a material that feels a lot like leather, and can take any number of paints and glues. It's kinda messy and crude, but really fun!

New Casts- front

These are almost a day old, and need a few days to harden fully. They are hollow, so I tried different combinations of fillings to keep them from caving in too much. Left to right: filled with flax seeds (gives a nice weight), the second 2 have flax seed and fiberfill combos.

New Casts

Can't wait til they dry so I can paint 'em! The mask stitching was done by hand when the casts were still soft...more rubbery than soft, actually, but still soft enough to poke a tool through. I could drill it when it's hardened, but that's really gummy because of the latex.

Pimentoes for Him

Cozy Rampage Makes the Cut!

World's Largest Plush Show
Crammed Organisms

The Pimentoes!

Live in Action!

Stripey Tot Socks

6" long in the foot, 6" high in the leg.

Stripey Booties

Crystal Palace Taos 100% wool

Pimentoes

Zara extra fine merino wool with Cruise cotton/silk toes

Pimentoes Baby Clothes: you saw it here first!

Busy Busy

camping socks for tots

Dusting off my old high school skills and learning new patterns off the internets! Getting them to match reminds me of painting doll eyes prototypes for toy companies back in the day...surprisingly very difficult to get em exact...Fusion Brand 44% Dralon,36% Wool, 20% Mohair.

Knit Olives for Valentine's Day

I found the pattern here and made em 4 Sweetie.

Luchadorobot(tm) Plush Renaissance Man

Luchadorobot(tm) Plush Griddy

Luchadorobot(tm) Plush Quant

Cozy Camo Sweater for 12" Skunk Ape

6" Luchadorobots

Coming Soon! I'll post soon at Luchadorobot.com

Unicorn for Auction

Sold!!







This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 United States License.

Aztec Ice Toast

It's the Toast of the Town:

Toast some fancy pants bread lightly (this here is Pugliese) and butter it. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Add scoops of your favorite dark chocolate ice cream, a gentle pour of Kahlua and sprinkle the top with crushed red chili pepper. A steak knife and fork complete the experience.

Oct 4

we turned 50! (me and Sputnik 1)

Rough Week

our community had a rough week this week:

Todd Blair

Jack Davis

Cozy Corner

L'il Unicorn

We gave a presentation last night at Porn Palace in San Francisco.
More pix:

Bearded Irises Abloom

New 6 Inch Plushies

limited edition available thru my etsy store

Fabric Printing with Bubble Jet

Here's a little adjunct tutorial to go along with the official instructions:

printing with Bubble Jet

Monster Beach Hottie

Who's that new girl in the hood or in the sand or potentially on your shelf? Crikey- we don't know her name, but we're all agog at how A La Mode she is with her pink cloth bikini and matching sparkly toes. She's got a stylishly tatty hat to keep the sun out of her eye and that's an eye she can keep on the other surfers and their play clothes. You know how important it is to look good at the beach party, right? Well, from what we hear, it's even tougher competition at Monster Beach. Surf's UP and Hang 10-23!! Approx 9.5 inches tall x 3.5 inches wide. Click on amybean etsy store over on the right side of this page for more info.

12 " Plush Yeti

They're here, they're dear. For holding close and keeping near. Oh, but they are a feisty duo and always up for some sort of travel adventure. See etsy store for custom clothing to tackle the great outdoors.

Righteous!

Worried?

Look OUT!!

12" Plush Florida Skunk Apes

The Bruthas The Bruthas I don't know their names. I'm not even sure they exist, but fact or fiction, they are two of the best dressed skunk apes in the Everglades, or as shown here, on tour in sunny CA.

read more here:
see more pictures here:
for sale here:

PAtchwoRk

Hey- I got blogged on Craft:!!

Folk Arts

I'm the laziest lamezors most boring blog poster I know. I am getting tax info together and getting my materials ready for teh all new hotness, which turns out to be the all there all the time kind of hotness...I'm just too lazy or distracted to tell you much about it all. I hope you ignore me because I am ignoring you. And obsessing over the news.

New Year's Resolution

More Art! Oh, yes, yes I will be making toys this year.

Abracadabra Hoodies

2006

We made ourselves neighborhoodies for the Abracadabra DIY
Bra Making Support Group. We rock. If you want one, I made it
into a kit for $20. Email me and I'll send you the letters
printed on muslin, some heat-n-bond iron on adhesive, reflective
tape and assembly instructions.

"You must be *this* Awesome to wear this Hoodie."(tm)

First Person Superhero

Designer-Craft Sale October 14th

Come to the Adeline & 26th Designer-Craft Sale in West Oakland on October 14th if you can!

We'll have a vast array of baby t shirts and some fuzzy hats.
We'll be making cinnamon toast! How cozy is that!

All local artists and super fine wares.

Craft Sale

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

2006
....look, I'm trying to get on with the day and get out of my robe and push out into the world of...real..ity...no, really I am ... it's just so damn....cozy...

Plush Leopard Klein Bottle

2005 As many of you know, I have been an Anti-Fashionista for quite some time, though many of my creations are, in fact, completely wearable and will pass as bona fide fashionable items in most situations. It's time to invite you into my unreal workshop. The Leopard Klein Bottle is Guaranteed Useless.

It is sized for a child's hand, quite by accident. What's more fun than making fictional fashion items? Making complex mathematical formulas in such materials that you just might ask: WTF?!?!?

More information here: Klein Bottle

My Path to Enlightenment

2006

is Paved With

Sacrifice and Redemption

Praying Mantis Paid Us a Visit

2006 This critter hung out in our plants for close to a week, then left without even a note. Buon Viaggio!

Existential Dilemma

2005

Full Length Fur Robe and Matching Hat

2004 Traded for Chocolates
We met through a mutual friend and suddenly I was immersed in designing and executing a full length fake fur robe with secret inside pocketry and embroidered initials. In a nutshell, we picked out an appropriately shaped robe at a thrift store and I made a pattern from it. For three weeks I cut, stitched and fitted the satin lining to the body and made a matching hat for good luck. And good luck it was indeed, as evidenced by the fabulous chocolates for 300 people that I received in return in the spring of 2005.

Full Length Flannel Robe

2004 For three weeks Sweetie watched me toil round the clock in the August heat with fur bits everywhere and then asked the only logical question: "When do I get one?"

He picked out two fantastic flannels and is the proud owner of a fully reversible machine washable floor length ultracozy spaceships and robotstravaganza.

Nostalgia Wig

2003 Not For Sale

In the days before popular alternatives to labor intensive personal hair care such as hot steam rollers, electric curling irons, blow driers and super short cuts, there were curlers. Curlers were an essential part of a certain cultural language. It was plain and ordinary to see women out and about in their hair-do-to-be, especially on a Saturday in suburban NJ. It always suggested something special and otherworldly to me...the idea of risking "bad taste" (as in "Why can't you do your personal grooming in the privacy of your own home?") in the daytime to achieve some positive outcome for the evening made a strong impression.

When wearing this piece, perhaps one can feel the hopes and fears inside the delayed gratification, the sense of risk taking, and the anticipation of something otherwise unobtainable. Or a trip down memory lane, or possibly a devil may care attitude.

Meditation- It works!

2006

Red Burlap Hat and Purse

2003 I made a whole series of hats with hat boxes, matching halter tops, and purses with lots of entertaining descriptions. And lots of other accessories, come to think of it, but I can't find most of the photos or the text. Damn. There's one posted below if you scroll, but that's about it from the Hillbilly Freak Wear days. Lordy, I may have to resurrect some of those items just for the fun of it.

Here's one made out of red and beige checked burlap. Model: Unidentified Fashionista.

Hat Racks

2005

Veggies Hat

In 2002, I thought I'd streamline my shop to focus on costume work. Kaiser Permanente has a theater troupe and comissioned many pieces for their traveling show about nutrition. The fruits and veggies hats required removeable fruits and veggies that could be thrown into the audience of grade schoolers. The removable piece is the broccoli.

Veggies Hat #2

I'll spare you the cozy details of the tight schedule and the wacky decision making process, but suffice to say, they loved what I made and wanted a 2nd set of everything. (This hat is the only repeat performance I did make.) The red pepper is the piece that comes off. There's corn on the right, chard on the back side, tons of carrots and the dangling cherry tomatoes caused people to lose their minds.

Fruits Hat

Built on a bicycle helmet for stability.

Fruits Hat- Back

The removable piece is the apple, which is next to the pineapple slices.

Cupcake Hat

Zero calories!

Fats and Proteins

Fabric cutouts handstitched to umbrellas.

In the end, I earned about 2 bucks/hour, but it sure was a fun project to pull together in less than a week.

Toy Prototype- Front

In 2003, Wild Planet Toys ran a contest to gather fresh ideas from kids. The winning sketches were made into prototypes for the annual Toy Fair in NYC.

This is a "Looks Like" concept model for a ring toss game where the bison figure tips and dumps the rings while electronically keeping score.

Toy Prototype- Side

The base is cast in resin, the hanger is aluminum, and the figure is made of different fabrics shaped over a foam sculpt. The horns are wood and the vinyl rings have pellets inside for weight. They paid me 1K and it took about 3 solid days to design and build from the winning sketch. Approximately 12" wide and 12" tall.

Hat with Hair Fascination

2003 SOLD Boater w Braid: Like we were sayin': we lucked out and are looking to pass our great good fortune on to you in the form of unique one of a kind fashions at an extremely affordable price. Ever wish you could dress up just a bit more but don't know exactly what would make the difference? Try our built in braid - this model comes in two tone acid green - perfect for that garden party or day playing hookey.The construction meets our strictest standards: "Can it hold beer??"

One of a Kind Things are Our Specialty

2003 SOLD Rose Over: You've never seen anything like it! How do we know this? Because we've never seen anything like this, and we look around.. a LOT: Gosh- we lucked out and got our feisty little fingers on a whole load of straw hats and vintage fabric flowers and are looking to pass the savings on to you. There are too many one of a kinds to list but if you like what you see here, give a holler and we'll set you up real nice...just add ice for a cool and super summery shade treat. All your friends will be so amazed at your hat buying adventure and unquestionable innate sense of style.

2003 SOLD Fancy Flowers: Yes, it's true there are too many to list. However- if you've come this far, maybe you're getting the gist of our super summer special on straw hats with vintage fabric flowers just bursting out all over. You've probably also noticed our recent infatuation with sticks. Yes, there are two (count 'em:2) real sticks in this hat holding up the flower end of the deal in all it's glory. In case you were wondering, they raise the power of flower approximately 12 extra inches above the ordinary. That's a whole foot in your hat. And a subtle paradox to ponder while you remain shady and more stylish than most. Now summer is more fun than ever.

Do I have my Fantasies, Or do they have Me?

2005

sCOODLY bOODLY Sighting

1999

Wigged Out Cascade- Front View

Did you think we only did hats? Guess again- we are fully inspired by hair-do's as well. This is a super exotic concoction made especially for that special someone who appreciates a timeless ageless bouffant that says "I refuse to be catergorized as a subculture by my hair."

Wigged Out Cascade- Side View

A loose interpretation of that American Classic -the Mohawk- there's a base of ash blonde in a relatively conservative cut- but Look Out! It goes directly from Zero to Party with the very next elements: acid green hair in curlers, still. Lots of delightful flowers, real glass rhinestones, and a whimsical wistful touch of youth- flame red hair.

Wigged Out Cascade- Back View

2003
Sure it's all over the hair-do map, but one thing's for sure- if you're looking for what to wear out on Friday when you won't be home til Monday- this one's a sure bet for success!!
$85.

Hillbilly Freak Wear Leopard Print Hat

2003
This one of a kind gem shown here was conceived in a moment of true inspiration and is built to last- We know how sensitive you are about showin' up at the barn dance wearing a cookie cutter type outfit- well this here original leopard-like pattern is hand stamped by our custom potato stampin' professionals. It sports complimentary color X-stitchin and comes with its own fancy storage unit to keep it nice for that heirloom type investment. You won't find this baby on anyone else in the whole valley and you'll look super special at the pancake breakfast or the chili cook-off. Keeps the sun out of your eyes, too.
$150.

Cryptid Wrist Warmers

2006
Hot off the press and warm on your wrists.
They match the hats.
$45.

Plush Dominatrix

2001
Stuffed dolphins attached to silver lame gloves.
One hand position available- "pointing".
Not For Sale

Panda Pasties (tm)

2001
Men's S, M, L, XL
SOLD OUT

Best put your energy to other use than trying to figure me out.