Happy (belated) Hanukkah!

Zippy Friends hopes that everyone had a great Hanukkah this year! We know that our friend Shanna did after she got this custom Hanukkah themed Zippy Friend commissioned by her fiance.

Shanna's Zippy loves the Festival of Lights!

She even has her own little smiley yarmulka.

Inside she's got latkes and apple sauce, chocolate coins, a dreidel, menorah and candles and her personalized heart. Too cute!

-Zippy out

parts and pieces

Welcome Patch! At about 8 inches tall, he is one of the smaller Zippy Friends, but he still has room for a little felt brain & spine, heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, stomach & intestines, and bladder.

Patch loves scrap-booking and quilting!

Patch is good friend with Meme, the Zippy Featured in the short film "How a Zippy Friend is made" which is available to view at www.ZippyFriends.com.

Patch is for sale on Etsy.

-Zippy out

Where do Zippy Friends come from?

Watch and find out! And yes, it really only takes 4 minutes... I work really fast right?

How a Zippy Friend is made! from Zippy Friends on Vimeo.

-Zippy out

Zippy deployment

This Yellow Lab Zippy is getting ship all the way to Afghanistan! Jason, the son of a woman I go to the gym with, is a US soldier stationed in Afghanistan for the next several months. He had a yellow lab growing up who really did eat his math homework once! He's also a fan of the NJ Jets and pizza.

-Zippy out

A side project.

Ok, so its a little unrelated to Zippy Friends, but it still came out pretty cool. Check out the day I spent toting my camera around Long Beach Island and snapping a pic every 30 seconds. I had a tripod, but yes, every picture was taken manually... maybe one day I'll figure out a more streamlined system! It was all captured in one day from sunrise to sunset in Ship Bottom and Surf City. It also features one of my favorite songs, "5 Years Time" by Noah and the Whale. Enjoy!

A Day on LBI from Zippy Friends on Vimeo.

I Love Lucy!

I just finished Lucy, a little kitty Zippy inspired by a real life kitty named Lucy. When Lucy's mom first described her to me she said, "She's colors that you've never seen before!" So with that I had to go shopping for some new fleece, no black and white kitty (like her brother, Scout). I brought Lucy Zippy over to meet her likeness and wrap her up before her mom got home from vacation. While I was there I learned Zippies + real animals = longest photo shoot ever.

Lucy Zippy relaxing on the porch.

Lucy Cat and Lucy Zippy didn't quite know what to make of each other at first.

But they became friends soon enough!

Lucy's got your standard kitty things like fish, a mouse and a hair-ball; but Lucy also loves dark chocolate m&m's and robots!

Here's Lucy Cat being a big help, in the way that a small child is a big help...

...by taking things from your meticulously set still life and playing with them.

Lucy Zippy and her big brother Scout Zippy.

Kitty guts everywhere!

Next time I do an animal photo shoot I will have to remember treats!

-Zippy out

Congratulations Jackie and Bill!

As the first online customer of Zippy Friends was getting ready for her wedding, Zippy Friends was getting ready for her bridal shower. What gift would we bring to her pre-wedding party? Why personalized Bride and Groom Zippies of course!

The happy couple.

The biggest challenge (after finding ways to attach bow ties and veils and still being able to unzip zippers) was to fill each Zippy Friend with things that they each liked.

What would bridal photos be without some close ups of accessories?

Congratulations again to Jackie and Bill! May all their married days be merry!

-Zippy out!