A Proper Plan
The alarmingly long, overly detailed version of exactly how the kit preorder is going to work, spelled out at great length just so I can feel thorough, is below. But before we get started, I want to put this bit up front: I really need to keep this simple and streamlined if I'm going to pull it off. So I am going to be very firm about only doing this in a way and at a scale that works for me right now. So while there are all sorts of other things that would also be fun, they all add [...]
Bat bits
So our sweet, chompy little friends are out (Fangs, on both payhip and ravelry, and 15% off for the next couple of days with the code BATTY). And, just in case you were wondering about innards, I'm going to link you to the stuff I used on mine.* First is peg dolls. These come in a fairly limited range of sizes. I used one of the super duper giant ones (easier to see the step by step photos on this one), and I love them at that scale, but they are a bit harder to find at that size. These are delightfully [...]
Ok so we’re doing this!
I am absolutely delighted by how excited everyone is for this paper, so we are totally going to do kits. I honestly expected the vibe to be either 'eh, nah, not for me' (which cool, no problem) or 'how very very very dare you charge enough to both pay for your supplies and for postage and pay anyone who helps you a decent wage for their work and pay yourself a decent wage for your time'. But instead everyone was delightful and excited and absolutely no one on instagram told me I was a monster. So now we're going to do [...]
Fangs
Fangs is out on both payhip and ravelry, and you can use the code BATTY for 15% off for the next few days! Now look, I know you do not need these. Literally no one needs these. They fulfill no vital function. Billions and billions and billions of humans will live perfectly happy lives completely unaware of their existence. However, a small sliver of folks will become aware of them. Because by some twist of fate, I managed to make a life where I get to show my toys to lots of people on the internet. And an even small sliver [...]
Soooo…kits?
Right. You know how every year I make stars. And every year I say 'oh, if only the paper came in prettier colors.' But not this year. This year I FOUND the paper in prettier colors. Yes it's ungodly expensive, yes you have to import it, in bulk, from overseas. But ya know...that's something I'm good at. So I was thinking what if we did kits...what if we did little kits with everything you needed to make either 6 or 12 of these stars (the paper, plus a bit extra for practice, stickers for assembling them, dots for hanging them, [...]
Completely Batty
Ok, we are going to do this, and we are going to do this on speed racer mode. Because I have just completely hyperfocused on these guys for the last few days. And that means either I push through and get them out now, before the fixation wanes...or I shove them in the doom bins and 50/50 if I ever think of them again. (Yes, I know my brain. No, that doesn't mean I'm in charge of it. But it does help me work around its stranger proclivities.) So, we are going to do The Fastest Test Ever. As in, [...]
Flap
Ahem. Again. An undeniable lapse in judgement. And yes, probably several of them, as both the peg dolls and the various wing bits were all pulled from the depths of the office closet. I have a very well-equipped closet. Now the real question is, do I hurry and get these out late this month? Or do I tuck them away and have them come out next year? If I wait till next year, I'll likely do a knitted version of the wings as well. If I do them this year, we'll go with the felt (or cork, or vinyl, or [...]
Lapse
I...I have had a lapse in discretion. Probably several, given that I had the peg dolls on hand already. And the felt. The felt which is not yet present in this image, but which will be making an appearance shortly. Because things are going to get significantly more absurd in just a moment.
Oh yes
Ahem. Yes. Yes this works. Yes I have plans for this. Yes I shall be posting more about it soon. Once I'm out of the frenzied experimentation phase.
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