I can't take all the credit for this idea; I was totally inspired by this post (http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=374088.msg4430516#msg4430516) by DesignerFake in the Hoopla Rd 4 gallery thread. My boyfriend and I frequent Reddit (a big link aggregate site similar to Digg) and we can't stop laughing every time we see Trollface. So, I just had to stitch him up! And my boyfriend was cool with the idea of hanging it on the front door of our apartment, chalking it up to an April Fools decoration, so now we can snicker and giggle as we leave for work for the day and come home too!


Trollface is split stitch, back stitch, and satin stitch. 6 strands for the thicker parts, two strands for the thinner ones.


Hanging on our front door! Problem, buddy?

Very tempting to upload a pic of the Chive 'Y U NO' guy...must resist....

I just had to!

I finally got my hoops from sloth003 today! She made a great set of Bioshock hoops, with a Little Sister beckoning her Big Daddy! I love the metallic floss parts of the Big Daddy, and sloth003 says there are glow in the dark bits too, but I'm not home to check it out yet. I will get pics of that when I get home tonight!

(Craftster keeps resizing my photo, so I'll get some bigger individual shots when I get home.)

Thanks, sloth003!

I'm participating in the Hoopla Round 4 swap, which is a diptych round (paired hoops) and was fortunate enough to get paired up with sloth003, who is into all kinds of fun, nerdy stuff. When she mentioned that a set of Mythbusters hoops would make her giggle forever, I just had to oblige! I present to you the guys with the job we all envy, Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman!


Here's Adam! He's done mostly in backstitch, with some long and short stitch in his shirt. His glasses are done in metallic black thread but it's not as shiny as I had hoped it would be. His hair is my favorite part; I really like how it came out most of all!


Here's Jamie! Like Adam, he's also predominantly backstitch. His shirt is satin stitch, his glasses done in metallic silver floss, and his glorious beard is turkey work! It was time consuming but so worth it! Grooming it afterwards made me feel like I was giving him a haircut, so it was a lot of fun!


Obligatory close-up to show extent of said furriness!

I wanted to do more with them as far as color, but I was afraid a fancy background would detract too much from the central focus, so I found those cute little gears instead and sewed them on. sloth003 really liked them, so that made me happy. I hope you guys dig them too!

Woo, I finished my second hoop! I'll mail them on Thursday, but here's a teaser pic for you, sloth003!

I know we have some gamer Craftsters out there, but most of the video game themed swaps I see cater more to the mainstream stuff, like Mario and Zelda and the ilk. Are there any crafters out there who have played any of the Shin Megami Tensei games? There are so many different sub-series within the series itself (I myself am extremely partial to the Persona games) and wondered if there would be enough interest to create a swap around this awesome series! I've never been an organizer before, but I'd try it if there was genuine excitement for something like this!

I received from FinRaziel today! I'm so excited and I love what I got! I was in the process of rolling out pizza dough when the mail carrier rang the doorbell, so my boyfriend had to open the package for me. The first thing he showed me was the adorable box adorned with Luna, seen here:



"What's inside?" I asked eagerly! He opened the tiny box and inside were these three awesome bottlecap charms and a corded necklace to put them on, which is really awesome because I love corded necklaces as opposed to chains! Sweet!



Here's a close up of the three charms. It's hard to pick a favorite, but if I really had to, I'd have to say the one with Sailor Moon mid-henshin (transformation) would be it!



I can't wait to wear this when I go back to work on Wednesday! Thanks so much, FinRaziel!

So I bought this fabric for a hoop for a swap I'm doing:



Now, I have already made one attempt at the design using the actual colors of the characters in an outline done in backstitch, but the colors looked washed out and lacked oomph, so to speak. So now I'm debating outlining them in a single color, and that's where I need your help! Looking at this fabric, what color do you suggest would make for the best outline and biggest impact, visually? I don't want to upload the sketch for the design because it would be a swap spoiler, so I hope you can visualize okay without it!

I apologize for the long wait for those of you who sent my ATCs! I have been so slack in checking my mailbox lately, but now I can post them all at once (and what a great batch it is)!

First up is this adorable Legend of Zelda ATC from Seeba7. I love the glittery border and how Link and the hearts are raised from the background! Also, I did NOT know that the series was based on the movie 'Legend!' Thanks for the trivia fact, Seeba7!


Next we have this amazing movable matryoshka doll card from WideEyedLife! Technically, she wrote the title in Cyrillic but I don't know how to make the characters here, lol. She even wrote me a note with a lot of Russian in it because she majored in Russian in college. How cool! I have no idea what the note says, but the writing is great, and this card is amazing!


Finally, here is my other movable ATC from SusanAB! I love this idea! It suits me really well too because I am like one of the most indecisive people on the planet. This is so fantastic!


Thank you so much, everyone! You all spoiled me!

I wanted to do a series of ATCs, and Street Fighter seemed fitting because it's something my boyfriend is interested in, so I knew at least I'd get some attention from him (my friends on Facebook just aren't interested in my artistic endeavors, and I crave input and critiques). They are hand-drawn, colored with Prismacolor markers and pencils and outlined with an 01 size Sakura Micron pen. The names are written in Sharpie, which is hard to do over the waxy pencils.


Sakura is #1 in the series. I just wanted to draw her because I like to draw girls and she's adorable.


Hakan is #2. Hakan is probably the funniest Street Fighter character I've ever seen. He is a Turkish oil wrestler, hence the uber-shine to his skin. I'm not as satisfied with this one as Sakura, but I am happy with how his body came out, for the most part.