Gift #2: Haiku Animals

 

I got this book for my husband's birthday. It has beautiful Japanese traditional drawings of different animals, along with translated haiku poems.

Congratulations to thee giveaway winner, Sharon Rubinstein Granovsky! Here's what Sharon chose:

Thanks everyone who participated!

Have a nice weekend!

Same Lazy Animals, New Packages

 

The first purchase of a whole family of finger puppets has made me finally deal with the packaging issue.f

Shop Openning

After a long break, the blog is back with good news: LazyAnimals Etsy shop is finally open, after a long period of preparations! Opening discounts available for the first buyers! Please drop by for a visit and spread the word. Here are some of my favorite images from the shop:j

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The Complete Finger Puppets Series

Finally the finger puppets project is complete! Bears, rabbits, kangaroos, foxes and cammels, five of each! The fun part is mixing them up and creating all kinds of families. Here are a few:l

 

More families and combinations on Lazy Animals Etsy shop, that will hopefully open soon. Look up for updates and discounts on Lazy Animals facebook page.g

Finger Zoo

Introducing the first complete finger zoo set! h

Second from the right is the newest member - the camel, another animal that is very dear to my heart. I think this specific one bears a certain resemblance to a tiger or a panther, at least the animated ones like the pink panther. Let's say this is my tribute to all of you protesters all over the Middle East - I'm sure you're reading my blog right now. Please look deeply into the eyes of this tiger-camel and let your hearts fill up with courage and motivation!n

Also a first appearance on this blog of Mr. Rabbit, second from the left, dedicated to my little friend Yanai, whose finger got bit by a terrible rabbit!h

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Dancing Fox

Next on the finger puppets series - Mr. Fox! I prepared a little stop-motion clip for him, inspired by these adorable clips by Eva of Misako Mimoko, the coolest craft-maker and blogger ever(!), whose work has always been an endless source of inspiration.j

Here are some images of her delicious dalls: j

Hebrew readers, please check out this post by another very-cool-artist-and-blogger Galia Pasternak, featuring a portrait of me! f