More
See all Show me
125. Who?
9 months ago
118. The Soofy Travel Project
10 months ago
"The Soofy Travel Project is a 2009 worldwide mailing project to encourage proactive creativity in photography, filmmaking, and arts and crafts while connecting with people around the world."

SUBMISSIONS CLOSED!

Concerns or questions to: TheSoofyTravelProject@gmail.com

*Remember to include your name and address in your submission.


READ THIS IMPORTANT INFORMATION IF YOU ARE PARTICIPATING:

*Soofy if a very special present from one of my beloved friends and I expect you to only participate if you are willing to seriously commit to this project. If not, please do not participate; don't worry I will have other projects this year that we can collaborate on.

*If Soofy gets lost, abused, or neglected, the project will end.

*Your mailing address will only be disclosed to one other person (the person mailing Soofy to you) other than myself, no one else.

*All media and content that you created during this belongs to you and will only be used for "The Soofy Travel Project."

Relevant Links:
Official Site - TheSoofyTravelProject.com
Blog - TheSoofyTravelProject.tumblr.com
Twitter - twitter.com/TravellingSoofy
Flickr Set - flickr.com/photos/karenabad/sets/72157612343507036/

63 Likes

  • Teah 10 months ago
    I'm excited for this, Karen. =D
  • Weee Soof Soof!!! :-) I hope everything goes well and he doesn't get lost. Look at how cute he is! That would be a shame haha.
  • evanoah sea☆ 10 months ago
    by the time you get him back, he'll have all sorts of upgrades, he'll be skippin' and hoppin' and won't stop talkin' 'bout all his adventuresssss... sheeehat he'll be chewin' gum when he gets off the plane and leaps into your everlovin' arms!
  • hahah aww! I'd be a little terrified if he grew and came back as tall as me. hahah. He's excited and nervous...(and suffocating since he's sitting warm in his box right now.) haha

    I wish he made sounds. I was gonna have cecil go on an adventure, but he's way more expensive...but Soofy is cuter, not offense to Cecil. haha.
  •  
  • Paul Davis plus 10 months ago
    I love the photo of Soofy watching Barack!

    This is intriguing. =D
  • Soofy loves Obama...to the max! haha Yeah I think this should be a fun project. In the grand scheme of things, it's not really about me, or about Soofy, it's about people having fun and connecting with others through some similar vehicle. :-)
  •  
  • P.urtle 10 months ago
    cool idea!
  • Hee hee thanks!
  •  
  • Buck Flashroy 10 months ago
    Very cool - reminds me a little of the Looby's Vacation project.
  • Andrea Allen staff 10 months ago
    Looby was the first thing I thought of when I heard about this, too!
  • You know what's funny, I had completely forgotten about Looby until AA messaged me yesterday. I revisited that forum post...and giggled a little because even then name sounds similar. By the way...where is Looby? Did he make it around alright?
  • Buck Flashroy 10 months ago
    He got lost in France I think. There have been attempts to get him back on his travels, but I don't know how successful they've been because we haven't seen any more videos of him.
  • ojo plus 10 months ago
    There's an offline conversation with our famous french filmmaker (you know who). It looks like Looby is lost in France (to the melody of Bonny Tyler's tune) :(

    No better news right now.
  • Buck Flashroy 10 months ago
    Thanks for the update Ojo. Sad news though :(
  • :-( Looby!!!!!
  •  
  • devBear 10 months ago
    This is an awesome idea. I hope I can think of a cool way to come up with a submission, but if not, I'll enjoy watching what other people do.
  • Remember submissions can be as in depth as a video or as simple as an email saying "I'm in..." [with your address and stuff of course]

    The reason why I left it open was so that I would have more content to work with when I compiled all this stuff at the end of the year. :-) This project is just something for fun of course! :-)
  •  
  • ße ωell ;-) plus 10 months ago
    cool idea, dunno if I can offer anything to enrich soofy's travels, but if so - then I'm in ;-)
  • haha The Soofy Project is just about taking some time to just enjoy something fun out of the day to day, whether you go on a grand adventure with him, or just sit at home on the couch eating chips watching a movie.

    Think about it and if you decide you want in send an email to TheSoofyTravelProject@gmail.com :-) (I'm sure you have a lot of roboticness to offer) beep boop! haha
  • ße ωell ;-) plus 10 months ago
    just left an email - maybe I will show Soofy a good robotic time ;-)
  •  
  • AbOwLoFsUnShInE! 10 months ago
    cool. what a sweet idea!!
  • He's a little gem treat!
  •  
  • Yves Fraweel plus 10 months ago
    c'est mignon, like always.
  • ;-) :-*

    <3
  •  
  • Mike Hutcherson plus 10 months ago
    great idea. i think Soofy should come and vist us in London, England.........i'm sending you an email.
  • Wee He'd love to, make sure you bundle him up well!
  •  
  • mike ambs ☂ plus 10 months ago
    I'm so excited! :) I can't wait for Soofy to arrive.
  • Weee he's gonna have so much fun with you..i'm so jealous of him seriously.
  • mike ambs ☂ plus 9 months ago
    You could always drop him off personally ;)
  •  
  • MattyJatz 10 months ago
    Karen,
    What a great idea! I look forward to taking part in this creative adventure. One question that I didn't find an answer to yet. Is he made out of cardboard? Thanks!
  • He is made out of plastic...but it looks like cardboard. So he can get a little wet...but not too much of course...because there's a battery in his head for his eyes to light up. :-) Wee this is gonna be awesome!
  •  
  • Jason Brewer 10 months ago
    This is awesome, I want soofy :D how'd you make him?
  • He was actually given to me as a present from a friend. He is a Danboard.
  •  
  • A boy with glasses 10 months ago
    Wow! I'd love to be part of this project
  • It's gonna be so awesome!
  •  
  • Tom Murphy VII 10 months ago
    I made that font "Action Jackson" that you're using! It's like I'm already participating! :)
  • Oh my god that's really awesome (and kinda random). I couldn't remember where I found it or if someone had sent it to me...but it ended up in a folder on my computer called "Cool Stuff, Don't Forget." Thanks for making a fun font it's really really cool!

    <3
  • beshart plus 10 months ago
    Cool project Karen! Hope we can participate.
    And awesome font Tom. I've found it on dafont.com some time ago and use it frequently. Thx!
  • Tom Murphy VII 9 months ago
    Yeah, that one does get around! (eg. see radar.spacebar.org/f/a/weblog/comment/1/999 ) Thank you both for using it for good!
  • hahah those examples are so funny.
  •  
  • amber 10 months ago
    it's really cool!
  • weee it should be totally fun and cute!
  •  
  • Tõnis Liivamägi plus 10 months ago
    e-mail sent.
  • OH man I'm SUPER excited for him to get to you! :-)
  •  
  • Eric Power 10 months ago
    woohoo! That sounds like fun!
  • Oh man I can't believe he gets to hang out with you.
  • Eric Power 9 months ago
    Awesome!!!!
  •  
  • Jon Salazar 10 months ago
    oh yes, I'm in
  • <3 cat salazarssssszzz!
  •  
  • demikat 10 months ago
    yay Mail Art that i care about!! I want him to visit me!!!
  • This is gonna be so much fun I hope everyone has a good time with him when he comes around!
  •  
  • Sune Amstrup 10 months ago
    Sounds interesting, though I don't have a camcorder.

    And just a question :
    What if he gets hooked on travelling ? :) what's your plan B, then ? Haha ;)
  • It's alright, I think some of the people participating don't either...photos are fun or web came or whatever. :-)

    If he gets hooked on traveling..i'm gonna be in a lot of trouble.

    haha

    <3
  •  
  • Martin Frericks 10 months ago
    what a great idea. i want to travel like that :) except maybe in a plane instead of a box :)
  • I wanna travel too..he's a spoiled brat. haha
  •  
  • RogerB1 plus 10 months ago
    I just sent you a note to your website and if you are interested, I would have happy to help out.
  • Aww I'm excited he gets to visit such nice and caring people..he's in safe hands...i hope hee hee.
  • Have you gotten the emails I've sent you?

    let me know if you haven't. I need your addy if you still want to participate.
  •  
  • Thomas Garoche 10 months ago
    Bonne idée !
  • Merci Thomas <3
  •  
  • Oli 9 months ago
    really nice idea!! its really lighting to see a proyect like this! :)
  • hee hee thanks Oli i hope it will be fun he leaves this weekend! :-)
  •  
  • media khritty 9 months ago
    awesome idea! can't wait to see the finished product. would've been fun to have gotten in on this.
  • it will take all year but it should be fun :-)
  •  
  • Irina Shatalova plus 9 months ago
    Ouch! Some mysterious and intriguing new character appears!
  • Irina Shatalova plus 9 months ago
    and I missed it, as always....
  • Well..he's still in the USA for a couple months, he won't be in Europe or Asia for a while, I can add you to his stop later in the year if you are still interested? If you are message me :-) <3
  •  
  • Edward Westerhuis 1 month ago
    Great Idea Karen
  •  
This conversation is missing your voice. Take five seconds to join Vimeo or log in.

Advertisement

Photos

Statistics

  •  
    plays
    likes
    comments
  • Total
    plays 1,584
    likes 64
    comments 68
  • Nov 23rd
    plays 1
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 22nd
    plays 0
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 21st
    plays 1
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 20th
    plays 2
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 19th
    plays 0
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 18th
    plays 1
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 17th
    plays 1
    likes 0
    comments 0
  • Nov 16th
    plays 0
    likes 0
    comments 0
Previous Week

Downloads

Please join Vimeo or log in to download the original file. It only takes a few seconds.