The Devil

We shot the very last calendar photo today - the Devil!  There was a bit of controversy over this one as a lot of people told Kate they didn't think the Devil was a famous monster.  She disagrees and keeps telling everyone the Devil is actually the A#1 monster of all time (and her favorite antagonist in horror movies).  Regardless, everything went really well and I modeled to perfection.  Now time for a much needed break while all the photos are sent off to Mister Brennan Groh to work his magical graphic design charms.  Hurrah!

King Kong

Heya!  So we shot King Kong this morning.  I got to be him in the classic scene where he fights the T-Rex in the jungle.  (We couldn't quite figure out how to make me hang off a building like they do in the end of the movies - so this was the second best option.  (But also because Kate loves dinosaurs and it gave her an excuse to buy one.))
Here's a photo of me hanging out before the shoot with Mr. T-Rex.  I used to hate him, but we've become buddies now.

And here he is in the set waiting on me to get my costume on.

You'll have to wait to see the final photo - but not too much longer because we only have one to go!!!!!!  Hurrah!

Swamp Thing

Heya!
So today we sat down and tried for the second time to shoot the Swamp Thing.  I really wasn't in the mood the first time we tried - and Kate realized that there were some things she wanted to add to my costume and the background anyways - so it all worked out.  Thanks to some help from her friends she was able to get a great shot today (which was a little hard because I wasn't so sure on how I felt about the vaporizer that her friends lent her for the photo).  Here's some photos leading up to and at the shoot.

I had to oversee all the costume construction

here's a close up of the costume when it was finally finished

here's a shot of the set all ready to go

(I like how you can see she recycled the Frankenstein's Monster

and Abominable Snowman sets to make this one)

I'm getting bored waiting for the shoot to start

here's when Jay first turned on the vaporizer and I wasn't sure what was happening

Ok.  Onto the next: KING KONG!

Frankenstein's Monster

Heya!
Upon waking this morning we saw that it was a bright and sunny day.  So we decided that it sounded like a good day for a photo shoot - a Frankenstein's Monster photo shoot.  Kate had her work cut out for this one and had to learn how sew clothing in order to make me my suit jacket.  Luckily, his jacket is known for being a bit tattered so her lack of sewing skills didn't matter so much.  We also had some help on this one from an awesome customer who offered us a Frankenstein hat they had.  The result: awesome.  Check out our second favorite shot from the shoot:

St. Paul Craftstravaganza Recap

Hello all!  In case you missed it this last weekend Kate ventured to Minnesota for the St. Paul Craftstravaganza and came back with tons o' things to tell me about and show me.  First and most importantly - she brought me back presents!  I got a bunch of new toys from both Too Bad Mice and Gentry Night Studios.  Here's a photo of all of them:

Here's some photos of me playing with my new strawberry ice cream cone from Too Bad Mice when I got back.  I love it!

And here's me with my new piece of bacon from Gentry Night Studios.  Also super amazing.  I look a little bit goofy in the last photo, though.

Lastly I thought I'd share some of the photos she took on her trip.
This is a big, orange moose from her favorite stop in Black River Falls.  Sadly, she missed her face in the photo.  And didn't realize until she got back in her car that her cell phone was "loaded" with black and white "film" so you can't really tell it's an orange moose.

She stayed with her brother while she was visiting and got to enjoy the company of the many street cats that live in his neighborhood.  You can see one in the background here watching them all eat.

While there her brother gave her an amazing birthday present: an antique bobble-head version of me!  You can see it in the little gold top hat below on her shelf of knick-knacks.  Best present ever.

Now back to the grindstone.  Up next: Frankenstein.

Abominable Snowman

Heya!  So we did the Abominable Snowman shoot today.  I have to say that it was officially my least favorite costume that Kate has ever made me wear.  It covered up both my ears and my mouth.  Not cool, Kate.  Not cool.  But I still managed to pull it out and give her an awesome 30 seconds of my modeling time.  Here's a photo from the shoot.  It wasn't the winner, but rather our second favorite.  (Wait until you see number one - I totally nailed it.)

St. Paul Craftstravaganza

If you are in the Twin Cities area this Saturday make sure to come out and visit Kate Funk and lots o' other awesome vendors at the St. Paul Craftstravaganza!