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Showing posts with label linen. Show all posts

March 21, 2013

Ramen Party!

Ramen is one of my favourite foods. So when Lillian Chan, creator of Ramen Party asked me to help out with their project, I couldn't help but get involved.

So I'm going to tell you a little about Ramen Party and why you should know about it!

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Ramen Party is a band and brand of characters created and animated by Lillian Chan, who studied at the province's best animation school, Sheridan College. Among her talented designs is Ramen Party a line, or rather a family, of characters inspired by traditional Japanese ramen. 
Now, this isn't your college roommates ramen. This is the real deal, the OG and classic homage to its country of origin. 
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So what is Ramen Party?
Ramen Party is an Interactive StoryBook App designed especially for pre-school age kids. Because kids can be picky eaters. The app is designed to help kids discover and get excited about new and cultural foods, as well as the world around them.  
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Ramen Party is one of the lucky few selected to participate in the CFC's mentoring program ideaBOOST - an curated incubator for small businesses and big ideas based in social and transmedia. 

Submissions for the next round of ideaBOOST are coming to a close next month. 
For more info on ideaBOOST click here 

What is Ramen Party's kickstarter for?
Ramen Party has just launched their campaign with Indiegogo page and their reaching out for to you to help build this app! With the funds generated through the kickstarter, The Ramen Party Team will create kid-friendly... 
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Feed me more info! 
Visit the Ramen Party indiegogo page for even more morsels of information. 

colourful prints & cards
custom Gelskins for your phone
Screenprinted Totes!
custom handmade Ramen Party Stuffie of your choice!
oh yeah I made these 
What are the perks of donating to Ramen Party?
Well! As you can see above, Ramen Party isn't just a brand or just an app. It's a project with legs and arms  and gaining momentum quickly! As part of the kickstarter campaign, The Ramen Party Team has lovingly packaged a delightful assortment of sweet swag, in appreciation for your generous investment and support, including signed prints, a custom thank you animation! and a packages that includes a custom handmade stuffie of your choice.

Early bird catches the worm! 
These items are in high demand, and won't last long. Some items are special editions and in limited quantities. So hurry up and shop for your donation before you miss out! 

So how am I involved with Ramen Party?
The Ramen Party creator, Lillian Chan had the idea to make these characters into toys. Because every kid loves toys! One of the packages available to claim,on their Indiegogo page, is a handmade Ramen Party Stuffie of your choice. And the hands in handmade belong to ME! For every package available, I will CUSTOM MAKE a Ramen Party Character stuffie of your choosing. 
But these aren't just any toys, these stuffies are made from an interesting selections of tactile fabric chosen for their resemblance to their characters. Among the fabrics are rich wools, light and shiny foil linen, colourful felts, and silky satins - turning these Digital Darlings into Tangible Toys.

And yes, Mr. Ramen is wearing a beautiful wrapped-yarn noodle suit! 

 


  

product photos of stuffies by Owen Deveney
Even MORE goodness!
Lillian has collaborated with multi-faceted husband, musician and Ramen Party Team member John Poon, to create a music video, to get YOU excited about the Ramen Party Project too. 
Their video is spoonful of adorable and the catchy-tune will have you hooked! 
And if you listen carefully, you can hear featured artist Kid Koala exercise is DJ scratching skillz on the track!
(if you like the tune, you can get the mp3 on the indiegogo site too!)


Heart, passion and ambition are all ingredients in Lillian Chan's Ramen Party. It's an exciting project, I hope you will get involved with. 
In fact, I'm so excited, I think I'm going to go eat a bowl of ramen right now! 

Please visit Ramen Party on Indiegogo and help support their project. 

Or visit them on facebook and give it a like! 

And of course, watch the video and link to their campaign on their new & official website RamenParty.ca


December 2, 2011

401 Artisans Marketplace

If you're thinking of giving one-of-a-kind gifts this year
but that's about as far as you got, 
come support local artisans at the 401 Artisans Marketplace 
Thursday Dec. 8th to Sunday Dec. 11th.

Preview of good things to come! - click image to enlarge
You'll find a bevy of gifts for everyone, even those hard-to-please people - you know who you are.... Edibles and jewelry, housewares and apparel, accessories and artwork. There are literally hundreds or gift ideas to fit your budget.

As the OOAK Toronto Show comes to a close this weekend, 401 Richmond West opens it's doors, to the craft-hunrgy public, for their 19th annual Holiday Marketplace.


Free admission for everyone! We want you to spend those dolla dollas on the artisans!

About/Vendors/ Times - click image to enlarge
We're open for business Dec 8th through to Sunday Dec. 11th. Join us on Saturday especially because we're holding a raffle hosted by 100 Mile Finds to win an amazing gift basket filled with handmade goodies from artisans participating in the show! The lucky winner will receive one of my Fox Stuffies along with many many other fancy treats!

Also happening on Dec. 10th & 11th is City of Craft at the Theatre Centre on Queen West.
So if you're in the city for either show, make sure you hit up both to find that special gift or unique piece for yourself.

Hurry up and get your indie-holiday shopping on!

August 11, 2011

Fashion Jam in Toronto

Attention Fashion-savvy people in and around the GTA this Friday, August 12th. 
Get your fashion on at
this Friday 7:30pm - 2am
Get your tickets here
Check out the FB event here


One of the crazy talented designers participating in the show is the wonderful Kerri Andreas who will be showing off her amazing hard work in her latest collection entitled "Origins".



 A collection of natural and cozy wears made from delicious natural fibers like cotton, linen and wool, the garments feature hand stitched and silkscreened illustrations and handwritten history and folklore on the origins of the fabric. 
It's not just about the gorgeous apparel, its about appreciating how it came to be!

Check out Kerri's portfolio to see the entire fashion portion of the Origins collection
and her blog to see what she's up to next.

Have fun this weekend and good luck Kerri!
* Photos of Kerri's work by Kerri from her blog