Fuzzington at the San Diego County Fair (Part 1)

This year, I thought I'd try my hand at submitting an entry to the Home and Hobby Competition at the San Diego County Fair! I decided to make two entries. One was a fun diorama using the Fuzzies the I already had, and the other was in the spirit of the this year's fair theme, "Music Mania."

The first diorama was entitled "Best of Show." The setting is an animal competition at the Fuzzington County Fair, displaying the first and second place winners.


For example, here we have the winning rabbits:

I made the pink one first place because I love pink!!! It's my favorite color!!

But wait, there's more to the story...

Here's the little guy who won second place in the bird category:

He certainly tried to put on his best show! He fluffed his feathers, stood up really straight-- he even got all dressed up with the cute little bow, but he was no competition for the first place winner of the bird category, who also stole the entire show...

The grand prize winner is...

Baby, the dino-bird!!!

I've never even heard of a dinobird. Have you? Hmmm... maybe it's some sort of exotic species.

Hey, hey! Hold on a sec! Something doesn't look right here. Who are these two guys in the background?

Why are they high-fiving? And why are they holding the trophy??
Something doesn't look right about all this...

Second Fuzzy creation to come in Part 2 of this blog entry...

Fuzzington is Coming Back!!

Hello Friends!

It's been a while since I updated this blog. Far too much time has passed since I've been up to my Fuzzy shenanigans!! I've been super busy with school and can't wait until summer session is over so I can get working on the pipe cleaners again! They have been sad and neglected and have been calling me deperately! Just one week to go and we'll be back in business!

Not too much has happened since March... I did, however enter a lot of the Fuzzies as a diorama into the San Diego County Fair Home and Hobby contest. I'll post something soon with pics so you can see the Fuzzies at work.

Anyhow, you can expect to see more activity in this blog and at the store!! Looking forward to getting back into the action and hearing from all of you!!

- Fuzz

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Slow Progress...

I am sad to report that I have not had a chance to work on my Fuzzies in almost two weeks!! I've been traveling so much for work! Two weeks ago I was in Schaumburg, IL (I call it Scumburg during this time of the year because it's so darn cold over there). Last week I was in LA. This week, I'm finally back in SD. Monday is already over, and still no Fuzzies!! Boo-hoo. I have some new creations in mind that are begging for me to bring them to fruition, like a flamingo, a pink dinosaur, a giraffe, a seal pup (the white kind), and a frog.

Also, the San Diego County Fair is coming up, and I've been trying to think of themes that I could make a bunch of Fuzzies for, and put them in a diorama to submit in the arts and crafts competition. Maybe a farm scene to go with the general nature of a County fair? Or a zoo? So many ideas... Any suggestions?

I really wish we had 36 hour days so I could make time for crafts. Sometimes my day job gets in the way of my love for crafting. It's almost like the day job is a wife of 30 years who nags me endlessly to do take out the trash and do chores, and crafts are like the hot young secretary that I have a love affair with during my midlife crisis, who makes me feel alive again. Yeah, that's a pretty lame analogy...

Henry the Dinosaur

I've been experimenting with trying to create more eccentric Fuzzies. As a result, here is my latest pipe cleaner creation, Henry the Dinosaur and a prehistoric tree! Henry is made of green pipe cleaners and pink felt for the tongue.

I basically used up my whole stash of green pipe cleaners for the dino and tree (about 12 pipe cleaners). The dinosaur measures 3.5 inches from nose to tail, and 2.5 inches high. The tree is about 4 inches high. I went for a more abstract look with the tree. I love how Henry looks so friendly!!

Looks like the Fuzzies are getting bigger and bigger and before I know it, I'll be selling FUZZIES as opposed to Fuzzies.