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• 09:49 The kitten got stuck up a tree. Again. How cliche!
• 16:59 Apparently, we're the sort of people who you can leave giant turtles with. Also: we have a new giant turtle friend.

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The Daily Photo Project...DONE!

I can't believe it...I stuck with something difficult for a whole year!
Sure, I didn't do it perfectly. Out of the 365 photos I should have taken, I took 267. Whoops. And apropos of the whole year of photos, I'm posting this recap a bit late.
I can't believe just how challenging this project was. It was kind of a burden, honestly. I think because I was already engaged in so many other creative outlets- this was kind of like the straw that weighed the camel down, if not broke her back.
Anyway- here's the last photo: 5/8/08:
(it's so grubby looking because it's a photo of the aftermath of a small kitchen fire)

Daily Photo 05.08.08 - THE END!!!
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

And the very first daily photo: 5/08/07:

Tall wedges- 1st Daily Photo- 5.08.07
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

On the other hand, I still think it's a great idea to take a photo a day. It's kind of neat to be able to actually look back at your year, day by day.
Although I won't be doing this again, and I'm relieved that it's over, I'm discovering a kind of hole in my day. Every so often I think, aha! Here's my daily photo for the day! And then I remember: this project is over. And the photo does not get taken, and doesn't get posted... So I miss my little excuse to post random things to the internet. Oh well, there's still Twitter.
If you haven't personally tried something like this, I actually do recommend it. For awhile I was tinkering with the idea of doing a post it note a day, or a drawing a day, a painting a day... I'm sure you could come up with some fun variations on your own! The point is just to creatively challenge yourself- that's always rewarding. So start something big today...you never know where it might lead!
If you are so inclined, you can check out the whole batch here.

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• 17:01 Chickenpants held in a chokehold by a luchador? Yes. www.flickr.com/photos/smallchick/2488310460/
• 20:21 Dear Toys R Us: since when do you suck?

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Just a quick post to say

I just finished up a batch of Chickenpants Babies! There are 14 10 5 in the shop, waiting to be snatched up. ^-^

Links and Lovin'

Or something like that.
First, I just have to share with you this amazing Wooliture that was made of Topanga!

"Topanga" Pug Wooliture
Originally uploaded by rosethistleartworks

It was made by the very talented Rose Thistle Artworks. It is even more adorable in person! The above photo is hers...I've been a little lax in the photo department as of late. (well, at least with my own personal photos. More on that later, hopefully!) She has a great talent of really capturing the personality of the individual creature in her sculptures. I just love my tiny Topanga sculpture!

And I don't know how I managed to not mention this earlier, but one of the cool things that happened at Maker Faire was that I got to meet Ms. Plush You in person! She didn't forget to mention it, though, and you can see a geeky photo of me on her blog. Can I just say that she was super, super sweet in real life, too? Although somehow, in my mind I always pictured her as a glasses wearer, like myself...hmmm...

Toycyte gave the Chickenpants a very nice writeup! They are part 2 out of the 5 part Maker Faire recap. Thank you, Toycyte!
(The blindbox toys he mentions I made just for Maker Faire...and out of 20, I only have two left!)

KLEAN Bath and Body gave us a Digg on her blog, too. It's basically just a link back to the post I made earlier, but I'm mentioning it because oh, my goodness, do her products smell amazing! I am so hooked.

Yet another very fun thing about Maker Faire was getting a chance to meet some people I know from the interwebs IRL! Such as Pollyanna Cowgirl. And Tokyo Bunnie...Isby Blue...just to mention a few!

Also! Through the Etsy forums, I came across this new start-up blog: A Blog For Blogs. She's setting up a sort of directory of Etsy bloggers. PLUS, she's offering free advertising, so you may want to hop on over there if that's the sort of thing you're looking for...

And on that note, I am hereby wrapping up this terribly long post. Thank you for reading all this. I'll be back soon with a new brood of Chickenpants Babies!

Chickenpants Does Maker Faire Part Three: Everything Else

OK- brace yourself for the blog post to end all blog posts. (Meaning: it's going to be a long one) Best of all, towards the end, there's a photo of a luchador. Without any further ado, take it away, Pauline and G.Pete!

Make: Chickenpants
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

G.Pete: Hello, folks. You may be asking yourself: "why such a long pause between posts?" Well, it wasn't our fault. We were totally ready to go on this last week, but boss was all, ooooh, deadlines, leave me alone!
Anyway: Let's start with the Diet Coke and Mentos fountains!

Prepare the diet coke and mentos fountains!
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

I, um, didn't get to see them go off. I had an appointment.
Pauline: He was scared of potential loud noises, so he hid in the bushes.

Nature?
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

G.Pete: Thank you Pauline. That was not at all embarrassing. I'll have you know I was not afraid, but instead, urging this fellow chicken to get out of harm's way.

Giant metal guy, reaching for a metal chicken
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

*pluck*
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

Let's go!
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

Pauline: But enough about that- let's get on to the main event- ROBOTS!
I got to meet R2-D2. (built by the guys of artoo-detoo.net)

Pauline got to meet a real, live R2-D2
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

G.Pete: I tried to interview this fellow, but he only wanted to speak in beeps.

Classic bot!
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

These two chaps were much more talkative.

Ro-bros
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

We discussed literature. Well, instruction manuals.

G.Pete and the Robot
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

G.Pete: A giant, and very talkative giraffe was cruising around the grounds, as well.

G. Pete and the Giraffe
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

Pauline: I got to meet the guys from the Electronic Frontier Foundation. With such an adventurous name, I thought maybe they went to space or something. Instead, they protect the rights of people in the digital world.

The guys from the EFF explain blogger's rights to Pauline
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

I had questions. Madame Ovary had answers.

Hmmm....Pauline is intrigued
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

G.Pete: But Maker Faire was about more than just cool robots and technological advances. Also, there were Chickenpants sized trees, which I found very refreshing.

A Chickenpants sized grove
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

This artist was even looking out for others with her state of the art affordable artist housing!

G.Pete had to check it out
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

Starting in the mid-100s, it was a steal! Thanks,
Dystopic Horizons!

Afordable artist housing, at last!
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

Pauline: Perhaps the highlight for me was meeting this luchador! So exciting!

Luchador, Chickenpants
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

G.Pete: Well, that's it for our recap! Thank you for reading all this. To see more photos from Maker Faire, be sure to visit our Flickr set.

Going home
Originally uploaded by absolutely small

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• 08:42 Maker Faire recap part two is up: tinyurl.com/65p4bl
• 08:43 And actually has been up for days. Deadlines on *actual* *paying* *gigs* are keeping me from my beloved internets.

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• 09:47 Waiting in the car while Dan walks in the ditch, looking for a tortise he spotted from the road.

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• 17:16 I haven't had an energy drink since red bull was fashionable. Now, suddenly, the grocery cart is full of them. Deadlines loom at eye level.

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• 17:28 A watched pot never boils, but an unwatched pot will totally explode in balls of flame. PS: I almost burned down the kitchen.

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