My most cherished moment of the entire fair started when a darling little girl kept lingering in front of my table that she was barely tall enough to see and petting bunny peas and whales but her mother was unable to buy anything for her. She finally settled on buying herself a turtle charm which I happily placed in an organza gift bag and handed it to her with a business card. Upon turning the business card over and seeing pictures of my plushies, she starts jumping up and down excitedly and smiling widely at me and her mother who goes “Oh, are you Mochi Studios? My daughter has a Ninja Bean of yours that she carries around with her everywhere!” It turns out, she purchased the Ninja Bean for her at Modern Mouse last year, and I was so overjoyed hear that my plush creation is so loved and by such a happy little girl! I’m still beaming with happiness over this experience in particular over all the wonderful events of the weekend. And just yesterday, I dropped of some new inventory at Modern Mouse that hopefully will bring joy to new people *^_^*

Without further ado, here are some pics of Maker Faire weekend and highlights!

Rita and Lam at the Mochi Studios table ~

Fan and Rita ~

Some shots around the plushie filled table ~

Pea Pods, Octopi, Narwhals, Bunny Peas

Wonderland Mushrooms and Mushrooms and table of charms

Entire table from the side

I’m so happy that I brought my floss box (which holds my embroidery and sewing supplies) with me to the fair! I was able to finish some new Baby Pea Pods on Sunday that I rushed to make more of Saturday night since I sold out the first day! And I made the first ever Three Peas in a Pod plush!! It was a special request for a girl who just happened to be throwing a baby shower for her friend expecting triplets the next day!! I made changes to an existing Pea Pod I made and stuck three of the smallest peas into it and tadaa!! It was a proud moment for Mochi Studios!

Sunday afternoon, I custom embroidered these Bride & Groom Pea Pods on the fly especially for a couple who’s getting married this Fourth of July! Peas & Muus! Such cute nicknames!

Awesome vendor neighbor Martin Hsu and his friend Mark ~

More fun neighbors ~ Brad of Tiny Sparks and Shawn of Seattle Show Posters

Plush neighbor across from me ~ Julie of Particle Zoo!

The super hero organizers of Bazaar Bizarre SF and Urban Fauna Studio ~ Jamie and Blas!!

Warning: The following pics were taken with my old camera and aren’t spectacular but my Maker Faire experience would be incomplete without them ^_^

Giant jacuzzi sized pot of paella served to us Makers on Friday Set up day ~

R2-D2 coming by to chill with the vendors while we set up Saturday morning ~

Our first sale was a Narwhal to a cute girl with a totally awesome octopus hat that she design and her friend handmade!

Cool Miss Darlene was the only lucky one to go home with a Giant Octopus!

Absolute pleasure meeting Alice of Futuregirl!
I swear I wouldn’t be so crafty without inspiration from her craft blog!

That’s all for now!

Feel free to send me pictures of your new Mochi Studios plushies from the Faire!

Thank you again, everyone!

Hope to see you again next year or sooner!

More peas coming soon!
Thanks for your suggestions, Vicki!
Feel free to share more suggestions for peas!

Happy Spring!

♣ Happy St. Patty’s Day ♣ ~!

Spring is almost here!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Thank you, Earthdog, for these great pictures of Geri Designs and Mochi Studios’ booth at Renegade Craft Fair this past weekend!

Renegade Pictures from Earthdog

Renegade Holiday Craft Show
With  Geri Designs
Saturday, December 19th – 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Sunday, December 20th – 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Fort Mason Center Herbst Pavilion

Geri and I will be at Booth #27!

Geri Designs will debut her super adorable painted wooden dolls at the fair along with her jewelry collection and special holiday glass ornaments! Each wooden doll is unique and one of a kind and painted with the cutest little faces and outfits! I haven’t event seen them all and I can’t wait to get a few myself!

The Fort Mason website has some directions and you can also use Google Maps. The car entrance to Fort Mason is at the intersection of Marina Blvd and Buchanan Street – there is no street address.

You can easily get there via public transportation. Located between Fisherman’s Wharf and the Golden Gate Bride on the San Francisco Bay, Fort Mason is asily accessible by MUNI and BART. MUNI lines near Fort MAson are the 10 Townsend, 22 Fillmore, 28 19th Ave., 30 Stockton, 47 Van Ness and 49 Van Ness/Mission.

Additionally, the first few special customers of Mochi Studios at Renegade on Saturday will receive a limited edition 2010 Sea Life Calendar print by Mochi Studios if you spend more than $10! It’s 8.5″ x 11″ and printed in high quality on linen card stock paper.

Especially for this show, I also made limited edition creations! — A Peach colored Pea Pod, a Bride and Groom Pea Pod, a hot pink Giant Octopus, some mini Ninja Beans, purple colored Rice Babies (you’ll have to see what animal it is at the fair!), and some crochet amigurumi creations and more!!

Can’t wait to see you there!!!

Ninja Beans have sold out again but please check out the Rice Babies, Shrooms, and Pea Pods! Hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend!

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Entries for this giveaway will end on midnight PST October 15th
and the lucky winner will be randomly drawn and announced on October 16th!
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