Hello Dango~

I’ve been busy this year releasing several new lines of cute characters for my company Merry Happy Studios. Among them is the dango x animal remix design. If you’re not familiar with dango’s, they’re a Japanese sweet dessert made of rice flour and comes 3 on a stick. They’re super yummy and pretty too! Take a peep below to see my design~

These plushies were made in a limited edition number of 150 and they’re so squishy and soft. ^-^ They’re still available on my website and etsy.

 

Acrylic necklaces on gold accented ball chains

Waterproof vinyl stickers. Slapping them everywhere!

So what do you guys think? You like? I’m always looking for feedback. 😀

New Goodies, Pt.1 : BUST CRAFTACULAR

Nearly a year later and we are back on the blog with a catchup of what’s going on over at Merry Happy Studios. This is going to be another super visual post. 🙂

Does this picture look familiar? It should because the previous blog post also started out with a pic similar to this. Once again Merry Happy Studios was showcasing our goods at the Bust Craftacular @ Maker Faire this year. We didn’t have any rain but it was a big dusty weekend. Either way it was fun and great seeing the reactions to our new products; especially from kids who are unrestricted with their emotions.

First in the new products list, which is not for kids but that didn’t stop them from exclaiming “We should get that for Daddy!”

Adding to the line of Grandma tote bags, I debuted 2 new grandpa “drinks” totes. COFFEE + BEER. Yum.

I created a bunch of tiny gift-able items that kids could afford. Things like postcards, pin back buttons and stickers. ^_^

These were eaten up! So happy about that.

More pictures to come in a follow up post… Going to force myself to get back on track with this blog.

And finally wanted to mention that I launched a brand new web shop 1-2 months ago. Other than my etsy, you can now buy directly from http://merryhappystudios.com/

Thanks for stopping by and being patient with my post!

Sketch, Sketch Tuesdays

Memories from this summer

And of course some new things I have done/created

Tiger vinyl stickers.

I LIKE PICKLES tote bag

Farewell Summer.

Xiao Fu in the Summer.

Guess what this lady has been up to?

Woot! Wearable art! I’ve been developing my brand and characters these past 6 months and I’m super excited to reveal this. This is the first new product of mine in a while and I am so happy with the results. It is also a new medium of mine to play with so look out for more in the future. Also notice the new logo. A website is in the works as well as possibly some PVC figures. Crossing my fingers that the brain juice will continue to work and get inspired. ^-^

The design on this shirt was based off of a tiger plushie I made 2 years ago for a art gallery show. It was inspired by my first trip to China with my family and I saw all these amazing folk art. Xiao Fu is in the same set of designs as Boba pig below. They will be an entire line of animal people as well. 😀

Here is a picture of me after I ripped apart the box and immediately put on the shirt in it’s instagrammed glory.

Also would appreciate some love on my facebook page. It’s lonely.

https://www.facebook.com/MerryHappyStudios

L’arc~en~ciel @ MSG

This past Sunday I experienced one of the greatest nights of my life. I was able to see my favorite group L’arc~en~ciel live at Madison Square Garden! I’ve been obsessed with them for a long long time. It started with a unhealthy love for Gackt and quickly progressed into all other things Japanese. That went on for a good 7 years till college hit and I no longer had time to be a fan-girl anymore. 😦 But all that excitement and glee came rushing back. I think I’m in love again.

View of the stage.

The boys.

Hyde rocking out.

Ready, Steady, Go!

Tetsu

Hyde and his sexy ass eyes

Pyro effects, disco balls and more

And final picture of the night. Kissy-Face Hyde. Showing all the fans some love. <<333

UPDATED:

It has now been 4 days since the concert. I am still in a dreamy haze. The concert was surreal and I get over how amazing it is.

I have been listening to the albums Real and Awake on repeat. L’arc and Hyde has been rolling off my tongue non-stop. 😀

Thanks to the new viewers whom have stopped by to check out the photos!

Hope you all enjoy

~Love, Wendy

A photography post

I took advantage of the sunlight this weekend and played around with my camera more. I took these shots of these two new toys in my collection. The craftsmenship of these figures are crazy good. They’re Bishoujo manga-fied renditions of DC Comics female characters. The price is a bit hefty but they’re worth it.

First up is Batgirl.

 

The details are so gorgeous it’s sick. Look at the lashes.

Next up is poison ivy. This one was just released last week and the price tag has increased by $10. Sad face.

Look at her nails…

I’m quite pleased with the quality of the camera in daylight. It’s crisp and the colors are amazing.

February 2012

I recently brought a new camera. A Olympus E-Pen PM1 to be exact. I wanted to upgrade my point and shoot to something that will take crisper detailed pictures without the price and size of a DSLR. I’m liking it so far. The only down point to it is that the indoor shots are not that great. It has a red/yellow muted hue to it and still hard to fix in photoshop. In the daylight here are the results I got.

Reprinted these little guys because they were so popular.

Anything with a yellow tint seems hard to translate on this camera.

Parfait postcards. Did a bit of retouching to this pic.

So far these are all pictures of product shots I needed to take for my shop. I’m heading on out to China this coming April. Maybe I can share my beautiful pics then. And for those in the New York City area, I’ll be at the Spring Anime festival at NYU’s Polytech campus. Hope to see some familiar and new faces. I have a booth there as an artist and it will be my debut at a convention 🙂

Here’s some info

Spring Fest 2012
NYU’s Polytechnic University
March 10, 2012 10 A.M – 4:30 P.M
6 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn, NY 11201

and I would appreciate if you guys liked my facebook page. 🙂 Check it out here.

Dragon Weekend

Happy Early Chinese New Year! It’s the year of the dragon and considered to be one of the luckiest animals/creatures. May the year of 2012 be a year of prosperity, health and love!

Here’s of what I’ve been up to. ^-^

Nona Shopping List memo pads. Printed on 70lb linen paper. Super Awesome, super cute!

Bubble Boy postcards.

All available here

Hello Again. Goodbye Summer

Pages of my sketchbook

“Little Riding Hood All in Black” Pen Sketch

“Sexy Nerd Squid is Fine & Dandy” Sharpie Sketch

“I’m King for a Day…at Medieval Times” Pen on paper, colored in Illustrator

And now to the new stuff I’ve been making!

I know some of you have seen the Bread and Olives bag already and I would like to introduce you all to the I like Saltines bag. Yum! Loved saltines with milk as a kid. You can get these lovely little items at my etsy or bigcartel.

NEW ETSY: http://www.etsy.com/shop/merryhappystudios

BIGCARTEL: http://www.merryhappystudios.bigcartel.com

New

Why hello there. It’s the dessert midgets re-imagined into a much cuter look.

And in charm form. I’m planning on making these into cell phone straps and necklaces. It’s going to be a busy busy summer! Thank god for summer fridays.

Except for the fact that I end up going shopping every week. Whether for art supplies, books or clothes I waste those fridays.

More eye candy. These earring are handmade from start to finish.

Who wants to be my test subject and test these out? heheh