First post of the New Year!!

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday and an even better new year!! 2009-bring it on! I'm ready!! So for the first assignment of the new year I have started a new Flickr Group called "Sweet & Sour Goodies...Where are you?" I thought this might be a cool way to see all the whereabouts of the little sour guys. So if you have a Sweet & Sour Goodies of your very own, please join the group and submit your photos!

Here's the link for easy access: http://www.flickr.com/groups/imsour/

I'll post some more stuff in the next few days....

Later!

:D Kristine

Happy Holidays from Sweet & Sour Goodies!!

The Sweet & Sour Goodies family would just like to wish all of you a wonderful holiday season and a very Happy New Year!! I would have to say that 2008 has been a pretty awesome year and I can't wait to see what 2009 has in store for us! Here are my top 10 personal highlights of 2008:

10. Obama is victorious!!!

9. The birth of Penelope Stay, Emily Keith, Liam Canale, Jeriden Cruz and Gabriel Arojado-so many babies!! They're taking over!!

8. Watching Madonna live in concert-she really does rock!! And she's so bendy!!

7. Felt Club awesomeness!!

6. Palm Springs trip with girls!! Bachelorette weekend!!

5. Nixon Puppers Hoffman turned 1 years old and wins 3rd place in the "Most Unusual Markings" category at the Del Mar Dog Show!!

4. Our annual San Francisco-holiday trip-always fun and exciting!!

3. The adoption of our 2nd puppy Truman-he's a little devil, but I love him!!

2. The birth of my adorable nephew Marcus Aaron Schneider (aka MAZ)

1. Getting hitched to my best friend and partner in crime, no, not Christopher Walken, better-Craig Hoffman!!

"Oh, 2008 you have been a good year...such a good year in fact, that I will think of you fondly. Like sweet, subtle lyrics to my favorite song that I can replay over and over again in my mind".

:D Kristine

The Ninjas are coming!!

So after a few days of some much needed rest I managed to finish up with some of my custom orders for the holidays. Here are the custom ninjas ordered by Atrero Photography. In May of this year, we were lucky enough to have Ed & Karen shoot our wedding in Santa Barbara. They are really amazing-so if you know anyone that is getting married be sure to check them out!

Also, for those of you who are still looking for holiday gifts I've updated my shop with more dolls! There are ornaments, luchadores, mermaids, oh my!!

As for this weekend, I will be catching up on making some Christmas gifts, holiday decorating and doing some baking....yum!

Later!

Kristine :D

"I'm Exhausted!"

So here's a short little message on what's been going on....

I've been filling custom orders and getting ready for two back to back shows this weekend-Craft Riot in West Hollywood and The Holiday Hit List in Point Loma.

I'm definitely in need of some major R & R, but feet don't fail me now!! I gotta keep on going until everything is done-

I think this photo speaks for itself.

;D

Kristine

Craft Riot!!

Sweet & Sour Goodies will be at Craft Riot on Saturday, December 6th from 11:00 am-4:00 pm!! It should be a great shopping event in West Hollywood. So if you're interested in buying some handmade gifts for the holidays please stop by!!

Hope to see you there!!

:D Kristine

Holiday Hit List!!

This will be a great event with over 60 vendors! There will be tons of wonderful handmade goods-just in time for the holidays!! So I hope to see you there!

Kristine :D

Felt Club was amazing!!

Hey Party People!
So Felt Club was awesome this year at the Shrine Auditorium!! There were SO many people with SO many amazing ideas-I was in heaven! Sweet & Sour Goodies did really well-not bad for our debut appearance ;) We had a great time and met alot of really kool kats. I would have to say that the most popular dolls of the day would have to be the Nun, the Yeti, and the Luchadores!! I would also like to thank Jenny Ryan and all the Felt Club organizers for a fantastic event!! And of course, thank you to my great friends, my family and my better half for their support! You guys are SO hardcore!!

So it's back to the workroom to get ready for my next show of the year-The Holiday Hit List in Point Loma on December 7th!! If you're in the area please be sure to check it out!

Here are some pictures from Felt Club:

"The Panda" posing for the camera! She's such an awesome assistant, so I told her I'd buy her something pretty!
This photo is pre-Felt Club when I was counting all my inventory and taking stock of all the dolls that I would be bringing.

For a moment, our house was being overtaken by dolls!! Craig is really relieved that the show went well-now he has room for his surfboard ;D
Here's a photo from I Heart Guts.
I love these internal organs!! I would have to say that the heart is my favorite- it would make a great anniversary present!

Here's the stuff made by Erika at My Imaginary Boyfriend.

I love the robots, the coal and of course the logs!! Her stuff is totally awesome!

Here is a picture of my booth set up. Again, the astroturf was well received (Thanks Craig!) And those little ninja ornaments sold super fast-I couldn't believe it!

I can't say it enough-Felt Club rocked and I am so excited to see what happens next for Sweet & Sour Goodies....so stay tuned everyone.

:D

Kristine