Monday, November 24, 2008

It's been a long time !

Okay let's catch up, I finished all of my Halloween projects and shipped them off to their new homes. yeah!
I was already to really concentrate on my favorite things, Santa's, snowmen, tiny decorated trees and ornaments, I carefully sketched,
planned and organized all of my projects fully focused on the task ahead. yea right! I tripped other one of my dogs and broke both of my wrists!!! yea! I am not sure which one of my small doggies was the culprit, both were sitting in their beds with wide eyes and looked really guilty as we hobbled off to the hospital. I have a new appreciation for my husband who did all the cooking,cleaning laundry, and dishes! My husband has never put a dish in the dishwasher,and here he is doing it all it been heaven!
I did manage to convince my doctor that I need as much of my hands exposed, so he allowed me to have my right fingers exposed to mid palm, however the left was broken in 2 places so that one got the whole cast treatment. As I sat in my studio, I decided to try painting a completed sculpted gourd, figuring that would be an easy project to do,I am in total denial at this point , after all I have my fingers exposed! I carefully squeezed the paint on to my foam plate, took about 2 minutes because I didn't have any strenght in my fingers because well my wrists were broken. I pushed on, I fought with my brush to get it into a workable position, dipped my brush in the large pool of paint, accidently tipped it over ON TO MY LAP!! Of course I couldn't grab it because my casts wouldn't let me reach around to pick it up. Yay! That was the high point of my first day back to work in my studio.
I'd like to report things did get better, I have been able to do some sculpting keeping my projects scaled down, still have trouble keeping hold of things but all in all not too bad.
My casts came off Thursday, I have to continue to wear splints for another month,but hey is all good! AND my husband contiues to cook,clean,and wash dishes! It's a Christmas Miracle! Life is good!
Happy Thanksgiving !!

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Sunday Musings

Time continues to fly by, as I work on a hundred and one projects in my studio. I have dolls waiting for arms or clothes, sculptures that are waiting to be sanded, paint waiting to be applied and the online art lesson I purchased from Marilyn Radzat to start, as I sit here typing on my blog. Every minute I sit here typing is one less minute I have to finish Halloween pieces. But it's Sunday and I feel like procrastinating, I feel like baking instead....... or maybe searching EBay for tiny treasures. I could certainly use a few warm cookies to munch while I search for treasures!
Multi tasking at it's best! Maybe peanut butter cookies and a large glass of ice water haha you thought I was going to say milk but milk fills me up leaving less room for warm cookies so water it is besides I am trying to healthy!
It's football season, my team lost, my husband snores softly from the couch and I feel like a being lazy so off I go to bake some cookies, spend some money on EBay, pretend all is well , before the Monday craziness kicks into full swing. Today is mine to spend how I choose, I choose to ignore the gas crisis,the bailout and the endless parade of snippy commericals for candidates that all seem to be self serving liars. I choose a day for me and if my husband is nice I will share my cookies with him!

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Spooky Times Ahead! Beware

The winds begin blow, leaves are being to blush hinting that change is just around the corner. Days are shorter, signaling the best of holidays lay just ahead. In my studio things have taken a spooky turn. Summer has left my studio for the darker colors of Halloween. Take a peek at my spooky endeavors, they will appearing at an EBay auction near you......S

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Tires of Fire

Well the drama continues for Our Oregon Crusaders they have now blown a total of 5 !! tires. All on different vehicles caravaning to their next destination Chippewa Falls WI. They have a important performance tonight GO OC!! From there they travel to McKenzie TN. for another performance on August 1. Then to Henderson Tn. Aug.2 . August 3 Dayton Ohio performance August 5 Michigan In. Then the biggies the National competitions Bloomfield IN on the 6 8th and 9th.
I'm sure the rough beginning to their trip has tired everyone out but the kids have been working up to this moment for 7 months, they are ready, they are fighters, and most of all they are talented YOUNG musicians! Thank GOD there have been no accidents, and the OC adults have planned for every possible event.
I on the other hand have spent the last 2 days cleaning my studio, when it was originally set up I thought I knew how I wanted it but for several months now I have been feeling frustrated, the room wasn't working for me and didn't make sense. I am a p-i-g- when I work so if things don't have a permanent place I have a tendency to pile things up. I finally gave everything a place, I expect to make amazing things now that I can find my things. lol the true test tomorrow morning.

Thursday, July 24, 2008

Fairy names

Your fairy is called Feather Saturnglow
She is a trouble maker.
She lives in high places where the clouds meet the earth.
She is only seen in the light of a full moon.
She wears pale blue like the sky. She has delicate pale pink wings like a cicada.
Get'>http://www.emmadavies.net/fairy/default.aspx">Get your free fairy name here!

And their off!

The kids are finally starting their tour! Few oops along the way, our cook trailer hasn't made it out off the state yet it broke down in Pendleton OR. So they rented a refrigerated Uhaul moved all the cold foodon to it and started off again. Then the van had a blow out arghhh! So our little band of Drum Corp members are trudging their way to Dubuque Iowa slightly behind schedule , but troubles side, the kids got to have McDonald's twice now. Since they haven't been allowed "junk" food I am sure they didn't mind too much. We have done all we can to send them on their way with 20 prepared frozen meals that may or may not be cooked since the cook trailer is about 1700 miles away from the Corp buses and vans!
I have been working on my Halloween pieces all week and finally see some progress. Today was get out of the studio day by going out to breakfast yeah! But then over to Spencer's Alley to work on my boothes. My hubby helper came too, which was awesome because he can reach those really high places ! I rewarded him [and me too] by getting Panda Express for dinner. Yum.

I have two really awesome ways to raise money for the Oregon Crusaders that doesn't cost anyone a dime. The first is Goodsearch.com & Igive.com.
If you would like to help us raise money please use these to websites the first one is a search engine that you log on to it will ask you to type in your charity hit the verify button and start searching like normal every search you make adds money to our cause. The other is IGIVE.com you log in ,set up the charity name, verify and then pick from hundreds of stores that participate including my fav's EBay, amazon, Sears etc. every dollar you spend with these stores will donate part of the sale to the charity you choose. please choose Oregon Crusaders Drum & Bugle Corp. oregoncrusaders.org

Well it's time to transform into my nighttime persona "the couch potato" It's been a long day! Is it bedtime yet?

Friday, July 18, 2008

Another creative Day.!

WooHoo! a really good day to create. I love it when things come together. Finished a huge gourd Santa and started on a small ornament sized seahorse. I have wanting to get this piece out of my head for a while now and today was the day. It's hard to wait for things to dry when a piece comes together so easily. That doesn't happen very often as many of you may know, hopefully it will be dry by the morning and I can start the sanding process.
My hubby and I were at Lowe's yesterday and I found the most amazing clematis . It's called the little duckling and it's just as cute as it sounds. I will try to add a picture tomorrow it's sort of a small bloom with thousands of petals. I love clematis and have several around the yard but nothing like this one. I should post some of my garden as well.
Want a new delicous recipe? Try this one :
Anniversary Chicken
2 tbl oil
6 chicken breast boneless/skinless
1/4 cup teriyaki sauce
1/2 cup ranch dressing
1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese or cheddar Colby jack
3 stalks green onion chopped
3 ounces of bacon bits I just used 4 strips of regular bacon cooked
oven temp 350
in large skillet heat oil over med. heat add chicken breasts and saute 4 to 5 minutes on each side until lightly brown
place browned chicken breasts in baking dish / pan Brush with teriyaki sauce then spoon on ranch dressing. sprinkle with cheese green onions and bacon bits. bake for 25 to 35 min.
yum! we like stuffed baked potatoes so I cut chicken in to bite size pieces before adding all ingredients then coat the pieces as directions indicated. bake as directed bake your favorite potatoes , slice open add sour cream and this mixture and dinner is done!
This is one of our Drum Corp. recipes.

American Holiday Artists

American Holiday Artists
Ebay Art Group I belong to visit us to see all of our members creations

Phineas Birthday Surprise

Phineas Birthday Surprise
SOLD

Hawaii in early Dec

Hawaii in early Dec
North side of Oahu

Earlier this week

Earlier this week

Old World Santa Glass eyes

Old World Santa Glass eyes
Gourd

Snow Dec 2008

Snow Dec 2008

Snowflake Santa Gourd

Snowflake Santa Gourd
ex large gourd sculpted

Mirek's sculpt

Mirek's sculpt
HUH??

Mirek's updated version

Mirek's updated version

Victorian look Christmas Angels AHA/Adsg folk art Ooak

Victorian look Christmas Angels  AHA/Adsg folk art Ooak

Smoking Pipe & Red/Blk Santa's

Smoking Pipe & Red/Blk Santa's
Gourd Art

Mad Hatters Teapot

Mad Hatters Teapot
Just listed on Ebay

Christmas Snowman

Christmas Snowman

Fall Celebreate 365 is out!!

Fall Celebreate 365 is out!!
Be quick and grab yours! this book is amazing!

Jingle Bell Santa 2008

Jingle Bell Santa 2008