OK, I've sketched a few pom-pom critters-with-googly-eyes prototypes. I am still determined to go into business!!!! My dream still lives on!!!!! (If you're confused, see "Absolute Cute," Sept. 2004.) Let me know which one(s) you like the most at jteasdale@theonion.com.
(And if you don't like any of them, please, keep your thoughts to yourself. This is all about BEING POSITIVE. I don't look at your personal web pages and e-mail you to criticize them. Keep in mind that when you send e-mails, REAL HUMAN EYES WITH FEELINGS see them. Thanks for taking a gander!!!!!)
Kissin' Cousins!
This could make a great wedding cake topper, or for a way for a person to let that special someone know he or she is a special someone!! (NOTE: This has nothing to do with incest.) The pom poms could also be different colors as a protest against racism. (Except I'd use all weird colors like green and pink and yellow and blue so no one would know for sure who's supposed to be black and who's supposed to be white. After all, I believe in being colorblind.)
Pantsypup Pencil Topper!
Isn't this adorable? This is based on Pantsypup, a character I've doodled since I was twelve years old! Pantsy's been a good friend of mine (for more years than I care to mention!!), and what better way to honor him then with his very own pencil topper!!!! (I'm still not sure how to attach it to the pencil, though.)
Good Grief!
At first, I wasn't sure this was in good taste, but then I thought, maybe it could be a fun way to cheer up the bereaved. Besides, it doesn't have to be for a mourner. It can be for someone who enjoys "black comedy," like M*A*S*H.
Ferdinando Says Hello!
This is supposed to be your guardian angel that you stick to your headboard! It's named after my own guardian angel (who I believe said the words "Ferdinando says hello" to me as I was doing laundry in the basement of my apartment complex in 1994), but if you decide to one day buy one from me, you can name yours anything you like! (I think I might splurge a little and get the pom poms with the glitter on them, for that celestial look.)
Chocolate Pom Poms!
They look delicious, but don't eat them! They're little brown and black pom poms in little fluted candy cups! I thought they'd be a great surprise for a dieter to open up a candy box and find these!!!! (But make sure they have a sense of humor first, otherwise you might have a crabbypants on your hands!!)
By the way, hubby Rick took a look at this sketch and asked me why I was drawing doody! (Actually, he used another term I refuse to stoop to expressing here!) It's just like him to think up something depraved like that! But when I explained I was sketching chocolates, only not actual chocolates, but pom-pom ones, he looked at me as if I had painted myself purple! Like I was the out-to-lunch one! Sheesh! Then he said he had an idea that would really sell. He said I should take two pink pom poms, glue them together, and place two tiny round red pieces of felt on the middle of each of them. It didn't take long for me to figure out what he meant! Double sheesh!