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Hey with amiguruMEI (An original stop-motion adventure)

Mei-chan is out for a walk.

Pippi-chan is bored.

Guess what happens next – presenting an original amiguruMEI stop-motion adventure!

Music: Everyday by Buddy Holly

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Merron-chan goes green

21 Jan

Merron-chan is four and loves the colour green.

While she’s too young to know anything about saving the environment or things like recycling just yet, she has a heart of gold, and is a cheerful girl of sorts, always on the lookout for sunbeams and white clouds.

She has yet to see a forest, or a tree house for that matter.

Just what kind of grown-up would she grow up to be?

What do trees taste like?

Are all buses this pretty?

Are meadows just as soft?

If it’s green…could it be grass-flavoured?

I love sunshine and moonbeams!

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An amiguruMEI Christmas Part IV

14 Jan

Mei-chan: *grumble grumble*

Panda Oji-chan: Wow, Mei-chan! What’s that all about?

Mei-chan: Huh? Oh…just thinking about my gifts this year, is all…

Panda Oji-chan: Bad year?

Panda Oji-chan: Maybe these will cheer you up…

…

Mei-chan: On second thought…things are starting to look up…

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An amiguruMEI Christmas Part III

7 Jan

Mei-chan: Hey, lookie here guys!

Mei-chan: Like em? They’re homemade, especially for you two!

Mei-chan: …Wait, where are you going?

…

Mei-chan: A present for me? Oooh!

…

Mei-chan: A new hat! Awh…you shouldn’t have!

…

Mei-chan: I’m really touched by the effort guys…erm…you don’t think this is too much?

…

Mei-chan: I guess not…but I have a better idea!

Mei-chan: Let’s share the hat, ok? Sharing is caring, after all!

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An amiguruMEI Christmas Part II

4 Jan

Komaneko-chan: Merry Christmas Mei-chan!

Komaneko-chan: Look what I got you!

…

Komaneko-chan: They say: “When it comes to gifts, it’s the thought that counts!”

Komaneko-chan: And I was thinking…maybe when I run out of yarn, I could come borrow some?

Mei-chan: ???!

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An amiguruMEI Christmas Part I

27 Dec

Mei-chan: Frosty the snowman! Lalalalalalala…

Mei-chan: Oh hey guys! Right on time!

Mei-chan: Think you can help finish Frosty’s scarf?

Mei-chan: I just have to go check on something in the oven. I’ll be right back!

…

10 minutes later…

Mei-chan: Oh deary me…

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Marcelle of the circus

18 Jul

Marcelle is a fuzzy French elephant who likes, among other things, baby blue cotton candy.

For those who are often fooled by her sweet wooly demeanour, one must know that Marcelle was once a famous trapeze artist.

She has since left the circus, in hopes of finding greener pastures.

Bonjour!

Panda Oji-chan: Please, can you draw me a sheep?

Mei-chan: I love France! I’d dare say it’s the second best place to the Ghibli Museum!

Komaneko-chan: Nyah! (A gift that looks just like you! Like it?)

ghibli cat prince fox crochet amigurumei

Say cheesu!

P/S Check back next week for a brand new amiguruMEI crochet adventure!

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Say Nyah! (Komaneko)

4 Jun

Komaneko lives in the attic of a sweet little cottage on top of a hill.

She loves a good adventure, being the curious little creature she is.

Her current obsession? Balls and balls of yarn.

Nyah!

Nyah nyah!

Nyahhhhhh…

P/S: Komaneko is based on a Japanese character created by Tsuneo Goda, who won the award for best short film at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France for a work featuring Domo-kun, the crazy-cute monster mascot of Japan’s NHK television station. Komaneko was initially a five-minute animated work designed to introduce stop motion at an exhibition (Koma means frame; neko means cat). Being the phenomenon that it is, the character was later developed into a full-length feature film.

When Meimoirs first stumbled across a Komaneko video, she wanted to rush out and buy a Komaneko something (anything!). Incidentally, Komaneko shares certain characteristics with Mei-chan, like a love for making her own dolls. Check out these super-kawaii videos below and let me know if Koma-chan isn’t the most adorable kitty you’ve ever seen!

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Playdate

22 May

Mei-chan loves Strawberry Shortcake.

The fun-loving cartoon character first appeared as a greeting card design in 1977 – way before Mei-chan was born, of course.

Strawberry Shortcake has since been given a makeover, evolving first into a tomboy-looking adventure-seeker, and later into a wide-eyed, pink-haired people-pleaser.

Some of her friends from Strawberryland were also given new last names (Raspberry Tart to Torte) and the berry hero herself was last rumoured to have stolen Huckleberry Pie’s pet dog, Pupcake.