Its been a week of hard (but still fun) work getting things sorted and ready for ComiCon. Mostly i’ve been finishing up jobs and Cavey stuff so i can have a calm few days before we go away, and get the next batch of Caveys online when we get home. Hinty hinty; more Caveys when i get back! Until then keep your eyes on the heycavey site for a special SDCC Caevy related announcement! Not too many pictures this week, everything i’ve bene up to has been secret or i’ve forgotten to take my camera out with me, duur!
Mega Graff: While the rest of us stuffed our faces with beers and a delicious texmex feast Joe was up the end of the garden creating this. He literally did this over a couple of hours, i kept sneaking up to take a progress picture and before i knew it he was done! It would have take me forever, i don’t know how he does it 
The design was based on a ram’s skull and painted in UV spray paints. My camera couldnt pick up with brightness of the final piece, the colours are incredible, it was literally glows! I think they’re hanging it in their house soon, so i’ll be sure to take a picture of it in all its glory. Its GIANT, too, 8ft x 8ft i think. You have to really stand back to take it all in.
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Cavey Totes: Now in the A Little Stranger shop are these organic cotton tote bags featuring a cute (if i do say so myself!) Cavey design, each is screenprinted by hand and absolutely gorgeous! Limited to only 50 bags. Click here to visit the shop
That’s it from me for now, ive got a big stack of flyers that need badge packs stapling to them (handouts for Comicon) that’s calling my name! Other than that a relaxed and lovely weekend ahead, kicking off with drinks and dinner with my girlfriends tonight. Have a super weekend, see you on Monday for an exciting SDCC announcement!
Apologies for the deadness of the blog all week, and the flurry of posts today as i catch up, i’ve had so much extra traffic to the shop and heycavey.com that I had to upgrade the server Its been a really fun week, Caveys release was a huge success and im so so happy about it, it feels like all the hard work behind the scenes s starting to come together! Onwards with the photos!
Sunday was the Watford Race for Life 5k, I ran it in half an hour which i was really pleased with as it was the hottest, most humid day of the year so far! It was a really great day, and a very moving experience to run and to see who people were racing for written on their backs. I was waiting at the finish line for Vicky to finish and saw ladies breaking down in tears, finishing the race that meant to much to them, i started crying too! This picture is me and Vicky (who walked it with a big gang of work friends, they raised £thousands for Cancer research – go team Carphone Warehouse!) just after we finished, i wore my medal all day! I will definitely do it again next year.
I raised £145 for Cancer Research. Thank you so much to everyone who sponsored me, i hope i’ve done you proud
Ok so after i wrote the title i thought “sexy lady beards” could be taken the wrong way, so to clarify – I mean a beard on a lady’s face. Get your mind out of the gutter, guys! It’s been a super fun week with lots of toy surprises and fun with friends
Naughty naughty, i didnt have time to do a week in pictures last week, getting Cavey for launch has really been keeping me on my toes. So i present to you, a bumper edition!
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Day 210 of my Flickr 365days project
From the Hey Cavey blog
Brunch Me and Jonjo went for a super fancy champagne reception bunch at one of the venues he manages. I’ve never had brunch before but im a total convert – and eggs benedict, where have you been all my life?! The venue is on the 29th floor of the Millbank tower and had some incredible views, i should have taken more photos but i was too busy stuffing my face, ha! On our way to Covent Garden afterward we passed through the Victoria Tower Gardens and saw the 3 elephants that are part of The Elephant Parade. We were on our way to Kidrobot London to take advantage of Munny Month (2 for 1 Munny’s) for customising. I picked up a white 7″ and a GID 7″, got lots of customising ideas already, now i just need to find the time to make them
Having my palm read At the brunch there was a palm reader and i had a reading. I don’t really believe in that kind of thing, but find it interesting so i gave it a go. A lot of the stuff was very obvious, that i’m creative, an individual and i like to do my own thing (i was sitting there with bright purple hair wearing a patchwork dress so i thought that was a bit of a no brainer) She also told me that i was dehydrated, not true – i’ve got to be the most hydrated person in Britain, i drink several gallons of tea daily. And that i’m very good at expressing myself verbally and through the written medium – so not true. I find writing anything excruciating, and anyone who’s met me IRL will tell you how bad i am at explaining myself- just try asking me for directions somewhere! She also hinted that i’d have a baby at 30, and 28 would be when my buinessy/work life would really take off – so watch this space, big things to come in the next 4 years!
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Eatin’ octopus
From the Hey Cavey blog
Greek Night We had a double date/epic greek themed food night last weekend with two of our best friends. I think Jonjo made nearly everything from scratch. It was lovely (I look like i’m having a bad time in the octopus picture above, but it was all for the camera, i ate it all!) night of gorgeous food and wine with some of my favouritest people. <3 <3 <3 This weeks food hilights has also included a great girls night in where i made a selection of vegan curries for us all. One of my best friends has recently turned vegan, and i love cooking vegan food, especially curries. I was practically vegan for years as a single gal so i’m not so confident at cooking meat, but there’s something about making curry that i just love. I think because its slow, you don’t have to get everything ready for exactly the same time. After the tres healthy curry we evened it out by pigging out on cake.
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Cavey Competition Since i launched the competition to win this skeleton Cavey I have been overwhelmed by everyones creative and imaginative answers! I will be picking a winner when @heycavey reaches 200 followers, which won’t be long at this rate, only a few more to go! Thank you to everyone who has retweeted/blogged/said such lovely things about Cavey. He’s not even out yet and he’s had such a positive reponse. I’m so excited about his release! (on June 28th!)
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image from rotocasted.com
Getting my dream Treeson I just paid for him yesterday and I just cant wait for him to get here, I have been kicking myself for not getting almond treeson when he came out. Of course i want all the treesons, but there’s something about his little bear face that put him above all the others for me. Thank you to Sam for sending me the link to get my dream toy, he also got me onto Rotocasted, where you can mark toys you have and make wishlists for ones you don’t yet. I may regret signing up when i’m broke from spending all my money on toys, it quite the enabling site! I havent quite finished adding all my toys to my Rotocasted page, it also made me realise how much of my collection is actual kids toys, rather than urban vinyl im such a bebe
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Day 219 of my Flickr 365days project
Rainbow cake earrings and necklace I was over the moon when i got this package from Mmagda on Etsy. In it was this incredibly detailed polymer clay jewellery, so beautifully made, i am beyond impressed! I got some ice cream cone earrings too www.etsy.com/shop/mmagda
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Day 219 of my Flickr 365days project
So i caved and got one of those wanky armbands, my left hand’s so used to holding my ipod it kept trying to raise up when i was running, like i was going to answer a question ha ha! I love it though, and i’m glad i found a pink one. My fav running playlists – Resident presents Hospital (Mixed by Danny Byrd) / High Contrast Radio 1 Essential mix / John B podcast #68 July 2009 studio mix. BTW i’m running for Cancer Research on June 27th (only a week away!) my sponsorsip page is here, hint hint.
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Hello piggies!
Thats it from me, hope you have a super duper weekend, bye bye now!!
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A couple of weekends ago we had a video games themed dress up party. I think it deserves its own picture post because of all the awesome costumes everyone, so much effort went into it! The theme was 16 Bit, you had to come as a character from 16bit (or prior) game. Prepare to geek out
Hows that for alliteration? Its been a great and very productive week here. All my free time has been spent working on secret projects which will all be revealed in good time (oooh the mystery!) and working on my latest custom, and 8″ Qee. We also had an epic fancy dress party over the lovely long weekend.
I’m taking part in the Watford 5k on June 27th to raise money for Cancer Research, a very worthy cause which is close to my heart. I’m a little nervous about it as i’ve never ran in an event before, if you could sponsor me i would be so grateful. You dont have to be in Britain to donate, i’m really close to my fundraising goal of £100, so every £1 helps If you’re in the area come down on the day it looks like its going to be a fun event, plus you get to see my sweaty running face, ha ha!
A mega chonking picture post this week! Birthday parties, BBQ, sunshine, guinea pigs… I’m not even going to waste any time introducing it all, lets get started!
Just got an email from Jayefuu telling me i’ve been featured in these Instructables top trumps put together by himself and a gang of other instructables members. 104 Instructables users were chosen for the cards and im very flattered to be among them. Professionally printed glossy, double sided, rounded corner, card cards, printed by gmjhowe at his UK print shop, click here to order a pack using Paypal. They’re 10GBP/15USD/11.5 Euros. All profits after paying for materials and time go towards their Instructables stall at the Newcastle Maker Faire 2011.
Cross post from over on heycavey.com Floral Cavey popped his sombrero on and joined us for a BBQ yesterday. Go have a look over there for another picture
Hi remember me? It’s Holly, the worlds worst blogger! Sorry this is a week late, but you get a double one to make up for it! Last week was pretty much all about getting heycavey.com finished anyways so you didnt miss much!
Hows your week been? I feel like i haven’t been up to much this week, a lot of late nights and deadlines but i managed to fit in lots of fun last weekend
Hello! How are you on this lovely Friday? I’ve properly got the Friday feeling this morning - found out this morning that i am going to Hospitality next weekend (hip hip hooray! thanks Tony!) and today i’m off for a day of shopping and then to see Wicked with my sister, then heading for a friends birthday drinks after. So i’d better write this quick so i can get ready! Its Friday and you know what that means, Week in Pictures! How has this week been treating you? Mine has been good, a bit of working on secret projects, a lot of working overtime to get jobs done on time!
Wow! The weather in the UK has been unseasonably beeeeautiful this week, last weekend was an absolute scorcher so we made the most of it by having a super henching BBQ. Lot more fun times were had, onwards with the pictures!
Yippee! Another great week of sunny weather and fun times here. I’ve been working on lots of secret project that i hope to reveal soon! I also released my first plush toy for a good few months, and he sold out in less than 12 hours which was just amazing, so big thanks everyone who reads the blog and a big hello to new readers! My favouritest part of this week was Vicky and Louis’s house warming party last weekend, i took lots of pictures…….
Had a brilliant long Easter Weekend, treated myself to a full 4 days off. Had a great time seeing friends, playing board games, making roast dinners, watching films, and generally having a lovely time. Unfortunately for Week In Pictures i managed to go to two drum & bass nights over the weekend and yet I only took pictures of toys and gardening – at 26 am I the worlds youngest old fart? Anyway, on with the pictures…
I’m posting my Week in Pictures a day early this week cause tomorrow i’m *finally* launching the new A Little Stranger shop! Its been a long crazy journey, lots of late nights behind the scenes getting it all up and running, but it’ll be online and starting off with an Easter weekend sale. But enough of that, on with the pictures!
It’s been a fun week! Lots of behind the scenes work on the webshop, which will launch Monday (yey!) but i still found time to fit in some silly fun with friends. Lots more pics after the jump!
So this week has been mostly about setting up the new webshop i aim to have open by the end of March. Other than that theres been lots of crafts, Glee watching, D&B, baking, painting and work work working!
Cavey is a plush series from A Little Stranger. Each Cavey is lovingly handmade in the UK.
