Custom Items Update

Hi guys! I just wanted to give everyone a quick update regarding custom orders. Due to the high volume of orders I've been receiving and the upcoming holiday season, I will not be taking any new custom item requests until mid January 2012. This includes wedding orders of all kinds. If you sent me a request before 08/04/2011 and confirmed that you were ok with the time frame/price you have been added to the waiting list and will be receiving your custom item(s) by September 15, 2011. I apologize to everyone who has sent me requests over the last week and to anyone who was planning to order custom items for Christmas gifts. Unfortunately I am only one person and there are only so many hours in a day:(

Happy New Year!

Another year gone by... and what a year it was! Keep an eye out for tons of new robots and more from Sleepy Robot 13. Wishing you all a happy new year, have fun and stay safe! See you in 2011.

~Lisastarchild

DIY Robots

So I've gotten several emails recently that a lot of you want me to make the blank DIY robots available again. Well you got your wish! I have made available again in my Etsy shop a few of my blank robots and I lowered the price! You can now get them for only $5.50. I have also dedicated a section of Sleepyrobot13.com to photos sent in of finished bots (it can be found here.) Below you will find a few pictures of photos that have already been sent in.

Can't Get Enough!

As many of you know, I love robots! Some of you have probably seen this video, but I had to post it here because it is one of the cutest things I have ever seen. Enjoy!

Robots Need Love Too 20% Off Sale 2/14 ONLY

Valentine's Day 2/14/2009 10:00am to Midnight ONLY, everything from my Sleepy Robot 13 shop is 20% off!!! During check out just type "Robots need love 2" into the comment section and 20% off your subtotal will be refunded back to your Pay Pal account after payment has been received. *Subtotal excludes shipping cost.

Remember as always all orders $40 and over to the continental United States receive Free shipping. *Order total must be at least $40 After 20% discount is applied and before shipping cost to receive free shipping.

If figurines aren't what your after and Jewelry is more your fare, check out my Sugared With Spite shop. All items in the Sugared with Spite shop are buy 3 get the 4th free. Everything in this shop is $12 and under!

Sorry you cannot combine items from the 2 shops.

Updates & Zombie Toast in Resin

So now that it's after Christmas, things have slowed down a bit. I'm not sending out 22-44 orders a week. Which is good and bad all at the same time. Good because I can take a break and work on new projects, bad because not as many sales = harder to pay my rent! lol. Anyways I've been working on a few new designs for robots as well as possibly some female sculptures holding robots. My first attempt at this did not fair so well, but I have an idea now where I screwed up. Also I am currently in the process of trying to make a mold of Zombie Toast so I can start casting him in resin. So far... no luck. Most of my molds have been coming out with bubbles and lines in them. I ordered a molding compound called CompsiMold this week. It sound simpler to use and I watched a few tutorials and it just might be perfect for what I am trying to do. I'll keep you posted on when you can get your hands on a resin Zombie Toast. I still can't afford to get vinyls made but believe me if I could, I would!

Updates!

Wow so I haven't updated in awhile. I'll just give a brief run down ( or my idea of brief) of whats been up. December 15th the 1st batch Zombie Toast figures sold out. I am currently taking pre-orders for batch #2 in my shop located here now. Batch 2 will only consist of about 10 figures online. After these 10 figures are gone I will not be taking pre-orders for batch 3 until March. Although a new batch won't be available until march I will have a limited # available at upcoming shows.

December 19th I had the pleasure of taking part in the "Last Minute Market" @ the Screw Factory in Lakewood, Ohio. It was a great show. So many visitors and a great mix of eclectic artists. I had many people do all of their X-mas shopping at my booth. I wish I could have gotten around and done some shopping during the show myself, but I had no one to man my booth. My boyfriend who usually holds down the fort for me didn't come to the show. He stayed home to take care of our new dog. A rescue named Butters (more about him later). I got to meet a lot of great people and have to give it up to Cleveland Handmade and I Made It Market for putting on such an awesome show. Also everyone should check out "Autumn's Antics". She is an amazing artist and a sweet girl. I she was my neighbor during the show and I had so much fun talking with her. She makes amazing jewelry and ornaments. Over all GREAT show!

I have a couple new projects I'm working on that should materialize here in the next few days. New robots (of course), Zombie Toast micro plush, a blind box figure and dog toys that aren't for dogs????

Stay tuned!

Zombie Toast(V2)

So the new Zombie Toast figure goes on sale today at 11Am and I am really excited. The response I've gotten so far has been really great and I just can't wait to get him out there. He'll be available in for sale Here for only $13. Only 15 will be for sale now. I haven't yet decided if our when I will begin to take pre-orders for a 2nd batch. Keep checking back for updates.

New Figure

I thought I would put up a quick post for those who don't follow me on twitter where I have been putting posting updates.

I am Currently working a new figure called Zombie Toast. This is the 1st figure that a I'm producing in bulk along with a handmade display box.

Each 2" body is hand sculpted from vinyl clay and hand painted. The faces are printed on plastic to ensure the continuity of each figure and placed in a handmade, signed box. The first run of 20 will be available for $12 each. After the 1st 20 are gone, Sleepy Robot 13 will begin to take pre-orders for the 2nd batch, that will be released at the middle to end of December. The sales of these figures will be put toward getting a small run of vinyl figures made.

I will be making the finishing touches to the figures and packaging early this week and hope to have them available for sale starting Thursday or Friday.

I will post again soon once I've figured out the sale date.

Sleepy Robot 13 Black Friday Sale

I Googled Myself & I Liked It!

Wow that title sounds so much dirtier than it really should. So while bored I typed
"Sleepy Robot 13" into Google and found myself on a few websites and blogs, including one site that tracks Etsy users who are turning their shops into full fledged businesses. Most of these pages seem to be takes off of the feature Plastic and Plush did on my figures.

Plastic and Plush Review

Today the toy website plasticandplush.com did a write up on my figures. I have to admit it was kinda cool to see my work on their main page right underneath the awesomely amazing Bruce Campbell action figure!

You can read the review here:
Plasticandplush.com