Well, Erin of Robot a Day beat me to the punch.
See, we met last week, and over the course of coffee and baby oogling (her baby – v. cute) we decided to spark up a challenge:
YERMITS VS. ROBOTS: BATTLE OF INCOMPREHENSIBILY CUTE THINGS, OR MAYBE THINGS DRESSED AS OTHER THINGS WE DIDN’T REALLY TALK ABOUT WHAT TO CALL IT.
That’s her name for it. I don’t know what to call it. I picked this week’s theme and she was game. (no eye rolling at all)
Luckily, I have the benefit of having a slightly older baby girl (15 years) to answer all my vampire/werewolf questions. (What colour are the eyes again? Do they have any tatoos?)
So here is my contribution to
WEEK ONE (question – are we doing this weekly?)
The Theme: SPARKLY VAMPIRES AND SHIRTLESS WEREWOLVES.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT – I hear you saying.
That werewolf isn’t shirtless! And we can’t tell if that that vampire sparkles or not!
Yes, but…. his shirt comes off in a FLASH, in order that he might wipe away your blood or dry you tears at the drop of a hat. AND oh ya, he’s sparkly. I made a special trip to fabric land just to get that sparkly white felt and they had only TWO pieces left.
Click on the picture below to see it larger, in all its glory:
Still can’t see those sparkles?
And the Robots?
Nicely done. Nicely done.
Do what now? Do we need to get people to vote? Or at least comment? Should there be a prize for commenting? Maybe we cold involve my new button maker? A set of 4 buttons (one of each doll?) for one lucky commenter?
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(edit#2) COMMENT TO WIN! One lucky commenter on either this or the Robot a Day blog’s entry will win a set of four 1 1/4 inch buttons – one of each vampire and werewolf Yermit and Robot. Contest open until Sunday September 12th at Noon EST.
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(Edited) NEXT WEEK’S THEME: Your Favourite Doctor
Tags: Competition, yermits vs robots
I’m loving your yermits! I love how quickly her can take that shirt off (he could probably be in some sort of shirt-taking-off speed competition). And the tattoo? Amazing.
I am game for a weekly challenge if you are! Though I suppose we should decide on a length of time to challenge for?
And next week I’ll do a prize for a commenter, hooray! (also I e-mailed you with some themes!)
The shirt comes off in 1 SECOND- literally. (the buttons don’t actually work, which helps).
First of all, I am BESIDE MYSELF WITH EXCITEMENT that two of my favourite blogs/craftspeople have MET FACE-TO-FACE. The combining of slightly twisted and quirky minds (I mean that in the most complimentary way), facing off in creating obscure and witty doll-dom? Unbelievable. I love it.
Now, for the battle – do we actually have to pick our favourite? That suddenly is putting one on the spot, because I am a huge fan of both Yermits and Robot a Day. I think I might have to go with Yermits, though, and if I’m absolutely honest with myself I think it’s because of the great garb. That plaid shirt…brilliant. And the great sweater/jeans combo…I’d TOTALLY date him.
Well lI have to stick with the Yermits! That’s my girl creating them!
What a hoot! I love the energy and attitude these creatures have! I am on the Etsy OhCanadaTeam, and I just love the sense of humor these guys will bring to our team. Welcome! Love that they have their own food…. I make quilts, perhaps I should make them quilts…
I can’t remember if I have to do anything to be in the contest to win those AWESOME buttons, so I will just say I will read your blog all the time…. can’t wait to see who wins… Yermits-Robots…..