Here it is! The official 2008 Crammed Organisms Book Cover! The artwork is by the super groovy Kill Taupe!

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Here are some details:

- Limited edition: 5,000 copies. Each one is hand numbered!
- 8×8 inches! YAY SQUARE!
- 130 full color pages of plush madness.
- Soft Bound.

The book will be available for pre-order at the end of May 2008!

The first 500 pre-orders come with an amazing limited edition print set! This set features 10 unique pieces from some of Crammed Organisms hottest artists! More on that soon though!

We’re getting closer…

We’re still alive. Spending 10+ hours everyday picking away at the huge amount of work we must get done in our super tiny deadline! All this plush is making me feel a bit like this:

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The wonderful dead giraffe is made by Big Softees. What you can’t see in that photo is the massive size of that stack of boxes. It is roughly 10 feet tall by 5 feet wide. Really stunning!

Lucky, for us, we have lots of nice volunteers to help out with this massive workload.

Here you can see one of the Evil Little Girls working on cleaning up some photos. Below we have half of Bobbin for Apples working on mind-melting inventory.

Here I am with my trusty lint roller. I’ve been taking photos like mad! This huge guy was made by Spooky Daddy! We took him for a little photo shoot at the Shangri La Diner!

However he isn’t the biggest piece we have:

This life size big-foot named Claude was made by Superchick Studio! He stands over 7 feet tall! He is super soft… and he is a great friend to hug!

Anyway… that’s enough for now…

You may have noticed the lack of updates here…

Well, they really are coming now. Hundreds of them. Plush from all around the world.

The mountain of boxes has consumed the back room of Cranky Yellow and it is growing everyday!

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That photo shows about 20 of the 150+ boxes we will be getting. Wow.

I’ll try to find some time to update everyone on the progress as we move forward. There is a huge amount of work ahead of us… so please be understanding.

The official ambassador of Crammed Organisms has arrived!
The amazing Jenny Harada made him everything he is today!

He made his first appearance last night at Wall Ball 2008: a huge event here in Saint Louis that benefits our sponsor SCOSAG! You may have seen him wandering around whispering mysterious “THEY ARE COMING” messages! Here he his modeling with a pretty painting by James! Click it for a larger view!

You’ll be able to meet him at many more events in Saint Louis and around the streets! He will be handing out massive amounts of Crammed Organisms goodies so be sure to snag some to help spread the word!

Oh and… we’re almost done judging… so everyone who applied will find out if they made the cut very soon! YAY!

I’ve been bad with posting new blogs here. Please forgive me.

Our call for artists is over and we’ve recieved a ridiculous amount of applications. Our judges are currently reviewing all of the submissions and will be posting up the accepted artists ASAP! We’re trying really hard to be ahead of schedule!

I’m also able to release the first two bands booked for the APOP Records location! They are Lovely Little Girls and Panicsville!  It’s actually sort of funny that APOP coincidentally booked Lovely Little Girls the same night as our show because I’m a HUGE fan of them! Which means I’m (even more) super excited about the show!

(Photo taken from Lovely Little Girls Myspace Page!)

So if you’ve been putting off your application… you should head over and apply now… or else you’ll miss out on being part of this amazing show!

Hurry Hurry Hurry! Time is running out! We’d love to work with you!

Okay: I know I missed a few days of blogging here due to… well… the regular insanities of my life. I’ve spent the last two days at the hospital with fellow Cranky Yellow staff member Angelo. Which is why some of you received late responses from me. I had to haul his butt to the emergency room when I found him on the floor of the shop yesterday around 2:00…. and I didn’t get to check in with my computer until today (at 9pm). Rest assured he is fine now!

Anyway… I logged in today to find that Crammed Organisms had been blogged about by Craft and consequently put right up on the front page of their site! WOW! I’ve been dancing around ever since!

I snagged a screen shot for all of you to see! (click it to make it bigger!)

YAY!

Keep in mind you have little less than a week to apply.
Thanks again to Jenny Ryan of Craft for the shout out!

(I’m now off to bed to catch up on the sleep I’ve missed!)

That’s it kids! Only ten days left!
You need to jump over to the application page and apply if you haven’t already!

Major thanks to all of you who have applied so far! You gals (and guys) are the ones that are making this show such an exciting event! Here’s something to hopefully brighten your day!

It’s a photo of my cat harassing the local squirrel. I took the photo last spring and didn’t share it with the world. Okay. I know it isn’t plush related but damn it’s cute!

The amazing Das Kaninchen put together a Crammed Organisms Treasury to help promote our show… and BANG… it was selected to be featured on the front page of Etsy!

YAY! Click the thumbnail below to check it out!

Thanks again to Das Kaninchen! Show her some love damn it!

We’ve finally had time to make our official jump onto myspace!

Add us as a friend: http://www.myspace.com/crammedorganisms

Oh… And.

YOU HAVE JUST UNDER 2 WEEKS LEFT TO APPLY!

Thanks…