d.s.lookkin ~ crafts of all dimensions!

exciting new changes! new name, new shop!!

2010-06-03T07:29:00.001-07:00

after 2 years of calling my small craft business 'bat dog adventures,' i've decided to change the name... welcome to d.s.lookkin! please check out my new shop here:

please become my fan on facebook:

me and my partner, danny, are working on a whole new website and new business cards. soon i'll bring my new earrings to be sold at NOT JUST VINTAGE in brooklyn. i also plan on bringing my cat toys by pet shops & selling them wholesale. soon i'll apply to a bunch of fun craft events so lots of exciting things to come! i will post it/set up the website redirection as soon as it's ready! thank you everyone!

xox dawn xox

earrings!

2010-05-20T14:11:00.000-07:00

check out my etsy shop for my newest earrings: http://www.etsy.com/shop/batdogadventures

crocheted orange pink earrings!

2010-05-11T19:23:00.001-07:00

cats playing with catnip filled "fruit"

2010-05-10T14:59:00.001-07:00

lily coveting her lemon

scungili playing with lemon

oh lily & scungili! there are enough lemons for everyone...

cat toys!

2010-05-06T22:08:00.001-07:00

here they are: cat toys!

thanks to catherine, lily tested my first prototype of a catnip-filled octopus...as you can see near the base, they really tore up the string...i'll make the next round stronger!

scungili likes it too!!

now...on to "dead" fruit cat toys for vegan pet owners! "x's" for eyes to come soon...

tomatoes up next!

winter

2010-01-12T18:55:00.000-08:00

yes...though i took a brief hiatus from the world of craft fairs, i'll be back soon. while i was creating xmas presents for my mom and danny's family, i created the first 3 potpourri octopai! i know people have been suggesting this for-forever, and it finally came to be. yes!

xox

9th street craft fair!

2009-10-30T20:23:00.001-07:00

ok this is a bit late...but here is the 9th street craft fair from july 18th!

simona the ipod/iphone cozy (recently sold on etsy to a lady in switzerland!)

to warm your iphone.

rainbow!

little hapa cutie!

!!!

octopus love!

louise and me!

another trade!

danny and his favorite ocotpus!

kaja and her cat and dog paintings!

sunny table day

changelujah!

danny my sweetie!!

dawn & freddy!

octopai cutie

such a funny dog...

amy!

amy with cozies and me with one of her monolo monkees!

my mom and her doppelganger (mom is sandals) ;)

sarbani!

me and sarbani

another little customer...

danny and a little one!

9th Street Art Fair - FREE

2009-07-17T13:21:00.000-07:00

Second Annual 9th Street Art Fair! Proceeds benefit the Trinity soup kitchen/pantry.

Come and check out my crocheted ipod/iphone/blackberry cozies, hugging finger puppets, octopus finger puppets, neck cozies, hats and hand sewn/hand silkscreened bags.

Where: 9th St btwn Ave B & C
When: Saturday, July 18th
Time: 10:00am - 8:00pm
How: L to 1st Ave. Walk to Ave B and then downtown to 9th St. It's right off of Tompkin's Sq. Park.

There will be: food, crafts, paintings, clothes, antiques, rare items, knittings, crochetings, sculptors, kids activities...

xox

NJV sample sale!

2009-04-13T21:11:00.001-07:00

hat and neck cozies

njv neck cozy display

alicia piller wearing one of her signature shirts and a (bartered!) purple/grey/black neck cozy.

(http://www.designsbyaliciap.com/)

shilpa wearing her neck cozy the way she wants to wear it!

shilpa!!!!!!

red i-cozy and its new owner!

stunning zulema!

a barter gone well! : me wearing zulema's shirt, zulema wearing my neck cozy

(http://www.zulemaonline.com/homepage.php)

pat and jessica

jessica fashionista

zawadi and boyuan checking out alicia's shirts & earrings

romanohhhhh!

xox boyuan xox

alicia & zawadi

maya & zulema

boyuan, new friend, zawadi and me!

romano! "rufulo!" diamond blue earrings - njv

louise loves njv!!

fiona, her bff, john and i-cozy!

me and alicia piller! she's awesome!

miss louise

sunglasses city!

me and my spread

oh-only-4-hours-of-sleep

maya and her spring time i-cozy

i-cozy with those crazy spring time eyes

maya (co-owner of njv) and me! oh the end of a long fabulous day (first in, last out, oy vey.)

not just vintage - spring 09 sample sale

2009-04-06T22:33:00.000-07:00

sample sale at not just vintage (NJV) - come check out my neck/ipod/iphone cozies (photos below). free entrance, finger foods, live music/dj, 15 unique & local designers.

WHEN: sat, april 11th, 10 am - 8 pm (i'll only be there on saturday)

sun, april 12th, 1 pm - 7 pm

WHERE: 1260 bedford ave brooklyn, ny 11216

HOW: take the C to franklin ave or the A/C to nostrand ave (btwn fulton st & halsey st)

...FREE!

xox

turquoise & brown i-cozy

turquoise i-cozy

red/white/blue neck cozy (at NJV)

lavender/multi pink/multi green neck cozy (at NJV)

my neck cozies at NJV

"from abortion rights to social justice: building the movement for reproductive freedom (conference)"

2009-04-06T18:20:00.000-07:00

so cute!

i heart reproductive rights!

jill, her bf and new buddies!! watermelon fashion finger puppet!!

turquoise/brown ipod cozy!

new friends are nice to have.

yay light grey ipod cozy with turquoise eyes!

ah neck cozy!...it's all about turquoise...

very versatile...head cozy!

red pink goodness

finger puppets that hug!

so much hugging, so much love

yes, she inspired me to purchase this shirt from lyndon.

these octopai are for her little dogs to play with!

and she's back again! and got her neck cozy!

ahhh, now that's a happy ipod cozy owner.

condoms...into bag...

yay for condom bag holder! (these are actually

"restructured" baby hats i got at a freecycle event...)

these two were so friendly! ooh hugs are free

he had me commission this the night before...it's button-less for his little 3 month old baby!

we just liked this guy's shirt ... and he liked it too! (legalize gay - repeal prop 8 now!)

she told me that her son's favorite color is green...and he takes markers and draws on his cheeks and says that she can't wash them off because green is his favorite color...

another proud owner of a condom bag holder!!!

i was away from the table at a workshop (and also taking a nap in the wellness room...)...and when i returned these two were trying on neck cozies, posing with ipod cozies/hand puppets and taking photos...so i took one too!

this gentleman got us back in the building after it had been closed the previous night...and purchased this for someone special!

me and danica marie (buddy, carpooler, sister trinidadian, big earrings)

yes, i AM the one i want to be.

yea i did a barter with her friend for a book...this cozy is going to her daughter!

did you know that turquoise is one of this season's colors? i just found out a few weeks ago...

yes! i pod cozy!!

so so so cute!! this 3 yr old was walking around with her mom the whole time...

so much energy and always big smiles.

that's right..."from abortion rights to social justice:

building the movement for reproductive justice"

it was a long conference...even the octopus can't cheer up this sweetie!

cuties!

cuties posing with finger puppet friends

cuties!

cunningham: awesome host and new papa...of a purple octopus!

PART II : The Trunk Show 3.7.2009

2009-04-04T21:52:00.001-07:00

barbikat

barbikat and friends

me and my friends

hot pink

christopher gandsy (trunk show organizer)

barbikat

marketing techniques

mr. travis and friend

nacinimod deodee

nas' earrings

sapphire and her jewelry

me and my spread

sapphire's jewelry

keiko's shoes

Part I: Runway Show

2009-03-14T09:26:00.000-07:00

"merging of the arts"

2009-03-07T05:56:00.000-08:00

last night i made it out to Part I of christopher gandsy's "merging of the arts and got to see my neck cozies, a scarf and a hat on a runway for the first time! it was so thrilling there was not much to contain my enthusiasm. there were two great photographers at this event: joshua plant www.punkenterprises.org and bob johnson www.BittenByAZebraPhotography.com more photos to come!

can't wait for Part II- see you tonight 8-midnight!

xox

The Brooklyn Independent Designer Trunk Show

2009-02-22T11:51:00.000-08:00

i'll be selling my crafts next at The Brooklyn Independent Designer Trunk Show! the last one was really fun and i expect this to be as well! please support your local artists/designers...and me! xox

WHEN: sat, march 7th

TIME: 8-midnight

WHERE: 388 atlantic st, brooklyn, ny

FEE: free!

DIRECTIONS: take the A/E to hoyt/schermerhorn st

http://www.cgandsy.com/index_files/events.htm

from chris, the organizer:

"The Brooklyn Indendent Designer Trunk Show 1-year Anniversary! The first night will include a fashion show with featured designers and there will also be a gallery opening highlighting up and coming photographers. The night will conclude with a film screening and continued dance party. On the second night we will be showcasing the work of independent film makers with a mini-film festival and also shopping the Spring & Summer lines of the hottest designers in the area. For more information or to participate in this event email: info@cgandsy.com"

photo shoot with grace giardina

2009-02-08T13:52:00.001-08:00

scary octopai!

behave!

newest editions

new wave

2009-02-05T09:41:00.000-08:00

KRAFTENPLATZ photos!

2009-01-09T23:49:00.000-08:00

tom, neck cozy, zawadi making my awesome orange yellow bracelet!

tom modeling a neck cozy

a gentleman enjoying his yellow turqoise neck cozy - just in time for the cold weather!

ji-eun loves the finger puppets!

ji-eun jamie and me (dawn!) and her fingerpuppets!

another vendor with her holiday purchases! yay!

whoo hoo! craftiness!

octopai and jewelry!

bonnie and randy showing off a rainbow, yellow, red, and orange octopai & a lil finger puppet!

mom posing with the jumbo octopus and a hat i made her a couple years ago!

this pretty lady got this octopus for her roomie and it was a secret!

casey wearing his new "brunch organgejuice" ear cozies!

winston, my new friend who i met again on the subway, is, wow, a special awesome person. he loves to find little meaningful things and give them to people. through a friend, he found all these little keys and gave one to me and it just happens to look like a skeleton key from beatle juice...the kind that will open every door in the house!

oh no! winston got an octopus with a bleeding stump!!!!

louise modeling one of her favorite neck cozies haha ;)

these jokers were trying to tell me my rainbow tree finger puppet was really an iguana...

another happy octopus!

emily with her strawberry shortcake neck cozy and dude with matching awesome big octopus

gene and his awesome t shirt!

gene modeling "fruit cocktail" neck cozy

drew and stanley with their cutie octopai striking a pose.

zawadi talking craftiness with drew

chantel and her jewelry

surprise visit to bluestockings means puppet fun with elvis!

ahhhh

2008-12-27T21:01:00.000-08:00

yes, kraftenplatz was so awesome. so great! wonderful. yea!

and i will put the photos up soon...in the next week...i'm taking a little break. thank you to all the admirers of my crafts - i hope your friends/family/etc enjoyed my little octopai!

happy everything to you!

xox

craft fair at cake shop! everything $1-$30!

2008-12-10T07:53:00.000-08:00

affordable, AWESOME crafts, etc at the cake shop! everything $1-$30! me, chantel, la'kenya and zawadi along with about 24 other vendors will be selling our hand-made items so mark your calenders!

Where: Cake Shop is located at 152 Ludlow Street, NYC, 10002.
When: Sat, Dec 20th
Cost: FREE!
Time: 12-6pm
Directions: J, M, Z or F to Delancey. Exit on the North side of Delancey at Essex. Walk north on Essex to Rivington. Left on Rivington.Right on Ludlow. Cake Shop will be on your right.

http://cake-shop.com/directions/

xox

holiday craft fair at community church of ny!

2008-12-09T09:23:00.000-08:00

the crafting collective!
lisa with her multi purple and hot pink octopus ornaments!
la'kenya and her hand made soaps, oils, scents!
phil, la'kenya, zawadi, la'kenya's bf!
behind the scenes!

oooh! ahhh!

faye and her grey/purple neck cozie!

little girl and her multi-colored purple-ee octopus finger puppet!

ray and partner and new friends!

hugging friends, monsters, octopus!

ray and his partner!

winifred and her wiggly squid-like finger puppet

guest and some little guys

jody (craft fair organizer) and her new little orange friend!

erin checking out a funky neck cozie

boyuan and her new neck cozie!

boyuan modeling my hat and her new cozy

me and kaoru and our little friends!

kaoru, her bf mahbo and their new friends

ji-eun's bf, charlie, and his purple/orange octopus ornament

ji-eun and her fashion plate finger puppets & the lone bug eyed guy

me and my set up

zawadi and her octopus stuffed animal

Community Craft Fair, Sun Dec 7th 12-4pm

2008-12-01T09:14:00.000-08:00

Please join me, my friends (Chantel, Elvis, La'Kenya, Phil & Zawadi) and the crafting community at the The Community Craft Fair this Sunday, December 7th (12-4pm).

I'll be selling my crocheted finger puppets, stuffed animals, neck cozies, hats, etc.

This is your chance to support local creativity!

Clothing, jewelry, bags, toys, winter-wear, etc!

Stocking stuffers and Hannukah & Kwanzaa gifts!

This FREE Community Craft Fair offers customers

the key components that are often missing in big box

retail chain stores—artistic design, locally made items,

and a chance to meet the artists and designers

and ask them personally about their work.

WHERE: Community Church of New York
40 E. 35th Street (b/w Madison & Park Ave)

DIRECTIONS: Take 6 train to 33rd St and walk up town.

Click below for more directions:

http://www.ccny.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=131&Itemid=175

buy nothing day! 11/28/08, day after t-day!

2008-11-20T07:02:00.000-08:00

Buy Nothing Day 2008: Dance Your Debt Away!

Free dance party at Union Square

Friday, November 28, 2008 3:00pm - 5:30pm

FREE

Take the L, N, R, W, Q, 4, 5, 6 trains to Union SquarePhone Contact: 917-825-3562

Email Contact: Michael@revbilly.com Website: http://www.revbilly.com

http://www.revbilly.com/events/buy-nothing-day-2008-dance-your-debt-away

happy days

2008-11-14T07:21:00.000-08:00

i'm so excited about the new crochet designs i thought of with geoff...these octapai but bigger, thicker yarn, octapus hats! octapus dolls! octapus pillows! it might be more costumey than fashion, but as long as its fun, who cares? i love it!! eventually i'll move on to another animal...how to make a whale?

brooklyn independent designers trunk show, Nov 8th

2008-11-11T19:40:00.000-08:00

joey c-note and freaky finger puppet

founder of "kongo crochet" with pink friend
geoff and joey c-note's cozy dap

stephanie and natty with their new friends

friend & wadiyah all smiles!

christopher gandsy, designer and trunk show organizer, with his wife's hot pink/grey neck cozy co-founder of "not just vintage" trying on a neck cozy

client modeling her newest purchase! cyclist with a fancy neck cozy!

sam with her purchases: fashion red, softie octapus and ketchup-mustard finger puppets!

founder of "kongo crochet" and her yellow octapus

joey c-note and his peanut butter & jelly neck cozy

fashion red!

light yellow posable octapus!

client, wadiyah, trying on a neck cozy

last saturday was the brooklyn independent designers trunk show organized by christopher gandsy (http://www.cgandsy.com/). it was awesome! i met so many great designers! natty, her stephanie, marc showed up as did louise, geoff, joey c-note and sam. it made me so happy to have so many friends come out and support me. xox

Sam!

2008-11-05T11:14:00.001-08:00

sam trying on her favorite neck cozy

puppets go to a photo shoot!

2008-11-05T10:51:00.000-08:00

grace and her muse myself and my octopai

cutie!

everyone!

monsters!

octapus

louise's octapus

octopai!

under the sea!

octopai!

yea!

we hug!

we hug too!

hugging gang! two cuties

three friends!

more pics!

2008-10-14T17:31:00.001-07:00

chaffee and her fave cozy
finger puppets!
...for everyone!
a city year participant modeling a turqoise & yellow neck cozy
" ketchup & mustard" puppet!

...and he's a trooper!!!

dawn + geoff
eve, organizer of the fall festival
hugging finger puppets for her neice!

neck cozies

yes! finger puppets & neck cozies!

my mom found her favorite cozy!

they had a puppet show...look at all the little cuties!

cuties!!!!

"octapus"

siblings love finger puppets!

fall fest pics!

2008-10-14T17:24:00.000-07:00

new friend + "octapus"

ah! neck rest!

Annual Fall Festival

2008-10-07T12:58:00.001-07:00

The next street fair where I'll be selling my finger puppets, neck cozies & other crafts is at Hope Community Inc's Annual Fall Festival:

Mon, Oct 13th, Columbus Day

11am - 4pm

East 104th St. btwn Lex/3rd Ave

http://www.hopeci.org/

This is a great FREE event for young people (and the young at heart!)* Sidewalk Chalk Drawings* Face painting, clowns & balloon art* Puppet show, Arts & Crafts* NYPD Operation Safe Child Registration* Live entertainment* DJ Music and Open Mic. Poetry* Health and Social Services Info* Free food for Children under 12* Snacks and Refreshments on Sale

Directions: Take the 4/5/6 to 103rd Street and you're right there!

let's get professional!

2008-10-03T09:58:00.000-07:00

ooh i'm ordering new business cards ... instead of the old ones i made by hand on index cards...and they're so cute! ahhhh so cute! bumpy would be proud.

also, phonebanking this sun is needed at planned parenthood ny. free candy! freedom is not free...unless you come out and get voters info for voting (...for obama)!!!!

sun, oct 12th
1-4pm
26 bleecker street
d/f train to broadway/lafayette

xox

politics 2008

2008-10-01T13:58:00.001-07:00

i'm thinking about making some obama finger puppets though i'm not sure what that would look like...if i had a bunch of obama pins, i could pin them to the puppet. hmm...or a tag that reads "yes we can!"...

friends forever!

2008-09-30T18:30:00.000-07:00

zawadi's ear cozy

ahahahah!

hugging buddies

lucky 77

fuzzy cute buddies!

more photos from sat

2008-09-24T09:23:00.000-07:00

grace talkin shop

grace and her paintings!

a new friend!

finger puppets that hug!

saturday's spread

batdogs

2008-09-23T10:07:00.000-07:00

sample hats: iguana & chin/head-strap hats

sample finger puppets that hug!

yes also...there were so many dogs out on saturday! if only i had a dog and made dog clothes...which brings me to batdog. batdog is what we, bumpy & tanooki baby, call a french bulldog. if we had a dog we would have a french bull dog and i'd name it either cat or batdog (and i'd also have a cat named dog hahaha). they got the bat ears, look like muscular little piggy cats. that's what b and i are going to have some day to add to our little family with wolo (like "Vollo"), our big fatty of a maine coon cat (who's a hungry p**pin machine).

so it's like batdog adventures with bumpy, tanooki, wolo and countless other characters...

xox dawn xox

9th street art fair - east village

2008-09-23T09:35:00.001-07:00

on saturday (9/20/08), i got to sell at my first street art/craft fair which was really awesome. my friend, grace, showed up a little later with the tables and her flower paintings so i set up anyhow right on the street. i'll post the photos tonight.

it was so nice to see little kids (+adults) play with my finger puppets! chaffee was right - "everybody needs a fingerpuppet." !!!! two little boys played with some puppets which pleasantly surprised me since my puppets have a feminine quality to them. but toys are toys and they're fairly genderless...adult women liked them too! i just want a big fat sign that says "please touch!" i hate when you can't touch the things you want to buy or art/crafts that you're checking out. that's another thing to work on...made out of cardboard and other recycable materials?

grace's mom, jody suggested i sell things on http://www.etsy.com/ and i think now is the time! i was looking at their site - oh god i love cute! i don't know what it is but i can't help it. and now that i have a "website" i feel a lot better about it. but maybe i won't get cards printed up? maybe i'll just make them all by hand? hmm...

my friend zawadi and my cousin alex both commissioned pieces! so excited! and now i'm ready to ship off their creations. i always just made gifts for the xmas, birthdays, etc. i'm really having fun making specialized, sometimes really weird stuff as commissions. alex's finger puppet "hermes" looks almost exactly like the one we drew together...and definately as weird and quirky as he is! ;) it's really fun to be a part of the all these different creative steps and it's also a nice little challenge.

anyhow a big thank you to my coworker alex for telling me about blogging/websites...because they're free and i'm all about free. anyone heard of freecycle? 2/3 of our furniture is from freecycle.

xox dawn xox