Ami Ana's going MINI!!

So I've decided it's time for Ami Ana to go mini - that is to make some of Ami Ana's most popular items in mini or toddler/childrens size - are you excited?!?

Before you get too excited I should preface this by saying that they are I'm afraid all "girls" items - sorry! Girls are just easy and fun to make fashion and fashion accessories for. And I'm a girl. At least, Wombat frequently tells me that I am. Sorry.

Anyway...this leads to the reason why I am posting about this on this blog rather than on Anarashii - which I surmise is just what you're wondering about. I have a confession - I need your help! And I mean "your" as in I need your help my fellow kiwi bloggy friends : D (sorry to those outside of NZ!! - it's just it's costly to post outside of NZ when funds are low - but not to say that this could change). So - what do I need your help with? Sadly this proves to be not particularly helpful when it comes to designing items for female youngins ; ) - this is where you lovely friends come in! I'm seeking your assistance so that I can better gauge size and also to confirm that I'm getting my size "guesses" right - so help me out and that's right - you read right - you get FREE stuff!! One other thing, if you're ok with it, it would be extremely helpful if you could also snap some pix for me with your dear wee girls modelling what every Ami Ana freebie you're lucky enough to receive - I will not post pix without your approval and naturally I will not name names (unless you want me to) but I will post a link to your blog, your site - whatever you prefer. Interested? Leave me a comment and I'll get in touch with you - and make sure you have a contact email currently saved on your profile or I won't be able to contact you! : (

One more thing - I am well aware of how wool can aggravate sensitive skin and am constantly looking at or searching out soft synthetics or other cost effective natural yarns that pill less than others - have you found something that you think is great? Let me know! (unless it's feather yarn...uh, cos then I don't want to know) - with the exception of feather yarn, which I have an anaphylactic aversion to, I'm very keen to hear about other options : )

So without further ado here are a few of the items that I'm keen to make "minis" of - do you have Ami Ana favs you'd love to see mini versions of? What are they? Let me know! :D

Also possibly these....

What do you think?

Some Personal MJ Favourites

As I was driving home from dropping the boys off at school I heard on the radio that today is the anniversary of Michael Jackson's death, in memory of him they began playing MJ hits back to back from 9am. OH YEAH. It was close - I almost didn't make it out of the car...!

So I thought, appropriate surely to share some of my own favs - will they surprise you?

Well, firstly is this funky little number that until today I never knew was a cover of a Stevie Wonder song.
Definitely a winner in my books.

Funnily enough I was watching Rush Hour on Wednesday night when they played a short clip of this song that I had actually forgotten about! Shame on me.

Some other sure favs include (all from his Music and Me album) Cinderella stay awhile, We've got forever and All the things you are as well as others naturally.

For instance I was just remarking to Chris how this is probably one of the coolest scenes in a movie EVER. And naturally Thriller is what makes it.

There are many others that I certainly don't have time to name (let alone link to!), however I think it fitting to end with this mish-mash of MJ hits. Fairly impressive.

What are your favourites? Annnnd most importantly can you do this....?

Quotes to live by.....

Just thought I'd share - mostly Disney ones - words to live by. really.

Life is like a straw it only sucks when you make it

"What made you decide to become a policeman-officer?" - Hot Fuzz

"I'm sorry Spleen, there's not enough beer in the WORLD" - The Bowler, Mystery Men

"But the animal is inside out....and it exploded" - Teb, Galaxy Quest

"Boy, I bet that must be frustrating" Dory, Finding Nemo

"I cannot heave me heart into my mouth" Cordelia, King Lear

"Brevity is the soul of wit" Polonius, Macbeth

"I like going to book stores and approaching the book clerk and saying - Hi, I'm looking for a book entitled 'How to deal with rejection without killing', can you help me?" - Some random, hilarious comedian I heard once

"Good feeling gone" - Dory, Finding Nemo

"Well that was INCREDIBLY eaaaaaasy" - from How "The Lord of the Rings" should have ended

"I'm not happy Bob. NOT happy." - The Incredibles

"Just, ah, whenever you get a 'fly so fast it reverses time itself' gadget on your belt - let me know" - Superman to Batman on How "Superman" should have ended

"He likes a peanut.....I like a peanut...." - Tantor, Tarzan

"Do you guys even READ the script?!!!" - Guy, Galaxy Quest

"I'm AMAZING. I'm Batman!!" - Dean, Supernatural

"Let's get out of here before one of those things kills Guy." - Gwen, Galaxy Quest

"Remember back in the day where Health and Safety was just called 'Common Sense'?" - A hilarious Aussie comedian whose name I don't recall

"No. I didn't do that." - Jermaine, Flight of the Conchords

Some of these I actually use regularly in everyday life - oh ho! - such as? you say unbelievingly....

"Boy, I bet that must be frustrating!" (Dory) - I use this ALOT. Love it.

What else?

"Well, that was INCREDIBLY eaaaaaaaaaasy," from "How The Lord of the Rings should have ended"

Usually when I'm surprised how easy or quickly something was achieved. Sometimes I forget where this quote is from and Chris likes to torture me until I remember.

"Good feeling GONE" - also another great one from Dory.

"I'm not happy Bob. NOT happy." - we actually used to have the Donts trained to say this when he was younger - we also had Monk trained when very young to say "A bargain!" when we cued him with "What do you get at The Warehouse?" and when we prompted him with "and a money back..." he would pipe up cheerfully "Guarantee!!"

Not so frequently I also like to say.....

"Do you guys even READ the script?!?!?!!" - Guy, Galaxy Quest - OR substitute words in appropriately such as recently with the crazed "neighbor" - does she even LIVE in her house?!?!!

"I'm AMAAAAAZING. I'm Batman." - Dean, Supernatural.

In fact....just this morning, I made a TOTALLY "Batman" worthy saving-catch. 'Twas AMAZING.