Oddzballz
I bought the purple one, its name is Slupeez. These cute little cell phone charms are made by the talented Elsa Kawai. I first saw them in early December and ordered one without hesitation. They are all handmade and no two are exactly alike (just like high priced denim guys!). While they are listed as cell phone charms, I plan on using mine as a bag charm. They would be good on a keychain also.
The First OddzBallz
Why the name?? Because they are odd and round like a ball! The OddzBallz are the offspring of my fantasy and the first OddzBallz saw the face of this earth on a warm summer day in 2005 when I did some random drawings in my sketchbook, while waiting for my flight to Providence, RI. My brain suddenly had an inspiration and my hands produced a funny creature, which turned out to be the prototype OddBeez character. I wanted OddBeez to have a body & soul, so I gave him a body using clay materials. I then baked him in the oven to make him tough. Finally, I kissed OddBeez to give him part of my soul. And that’s how the first OddzBallz was born…OddzBallz – A Part of Me
These creatures are really part of me – their looks and names are sort of related to me:
Oddbeez, the sleepy OddzBallz – cause I love to sleep!
Qwepeez, the ill-tempered, sneezing OddzBallz – cause I love to be stubborn sometimes!
Slupeez, the hungry OddzBallz – cause I love to eat and slurp!The Oddzballz jewelry charms are all handcrafted with pride in my very own dwellings in Virginia/ Rhode Island. Each of them is unique, because they are handmade, almost like us…we are unique and we deserve unique things in life…(source)
From the looks of the website Elsa started selling Oddzballz in October, 2005 and has already produced several runs of Oddzballzs. Congrats Elsa, that is freakin’ fantastic. For 2006 she has created 2 new limited edition designs
I ordered Deveelz since it’s closer to my evil nature, hee hee. There are only 500 of each one so get to steppin’
[tags]Oddzballz, charms, shopping, cell phone[/tags]