Oops! I completely forgot to post about this last week, but the phone charms are now in stock! You can buy them directly from milkbunnie.com (click SHOP)! They are super cute, durable, easy to clean, unlikely to break, and completely waterproof. The charms are $5 each, but if you buy one of each, you’ll save $1 on each charm, making them $4 each. :3

I’m pretty in love with them so far, and I have a couple extra charms lying around, so I am making them into earrings! I need to get some new earring hooks, but they will be at the Gold Coast Art Fair on Aug. 20, 21, & 22. It is very unlikely they’ll be available online, though… sorry!

In celebration, I’ll be hosting a NEW giveaway! (YAYYY!) This is more Facebook-centric, so if you don’t have a Facebook account… I’m sorry. See the Milkbunnie Facebook page for more details: http://www.facebook.com/milkbunnie

It’s my birthday today! (Well, yesterday, since it is now 12:30 AM…) I’ve been away from the computer (how refreshing!) for a few days and spending all my time at Lollapalooza instead! My boyfriend got us both tickets a long time ago when he got his full-time job. Unfortunately, now that August has rolled around, we are all broke again. Oh well…

Anyway, Lollapalooza was AMAZING, to say the least. Lady Gaga was by far the highlight of my weekend? My week? My month? My summer? My entire life?! I can’t even count how many stage and costume changes she went through. Mind-blowing. Her piano rendition of “Speechless” made me cry. Okay, I’ll stop blabbering about how obsessed I am with Gaga now.

ON TO THE REAL POINT OF THIS POST: One of the vendors at the Green Street Market in Lollapalooza was Michael Michael Motorcycle. He had some GORGEOUS screenprints for sale that I just could not pass up. I love his aesthetic and the amount of detail in the prints!

I stumbled across his booth on the first day, couldn’t decide what to get because I loved everything, and left. I went back the second day, still couldn’t decide, and left. Then he chased me down the street to tell me how much he loved my fennec fox tattoo because he & his wife LOVED foxes. I promised I would come back and actually buy something! So at the end of the day, I decided that I wanted at least two posters and hopefully not spend over $30. Unfortunately, all my favorites were $200+. Sigh. I really wanted that Bright Eyes poster up there… because I’m really obsessed with cats, but A GIRL’S GOT A BUDGET! So I ended up getting an Eisley poster (love them) and a New Found Glory poster (um, I don’t like them, but the art was amazing and it was $5).

Anyway, Nick and I talked to him and his wife for a while, mostly about screenprinting and facilities, etc. They were both such genuine, lovely people. They told us about the best way to set up a printing facility at home, techniques… His wife even showed me a program for running credit card purchases from a cell phone, which is going to be HUGELY helpful in two weeks. It was so great to meet people so supportive, helpful, and inspiring, which made Lollapalooza an even better experience than it already was.

Point is, both of them are fantastic. He is a talented artist, and you should check him out! Here’s a link again! http://www.michaelmichaelmotorcycle.com/

XOXO!

In celebration of August, my favorite month (because my birthday is in August, hehe), I am hosting my first GIVEAWAY! Hopefully, it will be the first of many!

The winner will be chosen at random, by picking names out of a hat. How do you enter, you ask? It’s simple:

Send an email to amyamok+giveaway@gmail.com. It’s very important you send it to THAT address, with the +giveaway, or else it will not count! That’s it!

You can also get ADDITIONAL entries by doing any of the following:

1. On Facebook: Post about this giveaway in your profile! Link to http://bit.ly/aOgwzl and don’t forget to tag @Milkbunnie!

2. On Twitter: Tweet about this giveaway in your profile! Link to http://bit.ly/aOgwzl and don’t forget to tag @amyamok!

3. Post about this giveaway in your own blog! Link to http://bit.ly/aOgwzl and mention that you did this in your email entry, please. :)

The cut-off for this contest will be Wednesday, August 4th at exactly midnight, so get your entries in soon!

SO ADORABLE. I want to make more puffin-related art.

kateymalloy:

waka waka

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This just makes me laugh. :)

fuckyeahhelvetica:

I figured Helvetica replacing Comic Sans was funny and noteworthy for your great blog. This is one of the new Safari Extensions! 

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I finished the remodel for the Milkbunnie website today! I’m really happy with it! I think it’s a big improvement on the last two versions, even though my web design skills are a little outdated…

I even added a Shop section to the website! It uses the PayPal shopping cart system, which I’ve always found a little annoying, but there’s no way I can code my own shopping cart system, haha. At least I won’t have to rely on Etsy for sales anymore, which is a huge plus in my opinion. I don’t think I’ll be getting rid of the Etsy shop anytime soon, but it’s definitely going to take a back seat to the shop on the main website.

Also! My boyfriend brought home these little square cube thingies from work today. He even spray painted them robin’s egg blue for me! :) I love them… I think I’m going to use them in the art sale in August, maybe to hold phone charms or buttons… But I think I want to hold on to them afterwards and maybe convert them into cute little shelves to hang on the wall. Not sure what I can put in them yet. Probably just an assortment of cute tiny things!

Please excuse the horrible couch behind me. :p It was black and was absorbing so much heat in this hot weather we’ve been having lately, so we draped an ugly white blanket over it…

Love love love love LOVE this dress! I would like to pick up sewing again…

lookbookdotnu:

Snorlax dress

Animal blobs I created on one insomia-filled night. There are a lot more, but they’re still living in my sketchbook for now.

I drew these four to make into phone charms! I can’t wait until they’re produced and mailed to me. :3 Also, I received the four Milkbunnie prints today… They look GREAT! I am so happy with them.

Christopher Ross belts. My new way-out-of-my-budget obsession. The rabbit one is definitely my favorite.

Here is #4 — “Butter” with Milkbunnie as a pat of butter on some waffles!

Here is #3 — “Whipped Cream” with Milkbunnie as the topping to a delicious strawberry smoothie.

(This one is my favorite, bahahaha!)

I finished the Milkbunnie Dairy Products series! It has been an intense few days of drawing… I am about to ordering a bunch of 8.5x11 prints for the art fair in August. I wish I could order more though… But prints are so expensive to make!

The first in the series is the bunny in a glass of milk from a few posts down.

Here is #2 — “Sour Cream” with Milkbunnie on a taco!

(I wish you could put more than one picture in a post without it turning into that annoying slideshow thing.)