All Tied Up In Muslin & New Listing on Etsy!

GREETINGS & SALUTATIONS!

Well another week has gone by, and today the weather doesn't seem to know what to do today! Will it Rain or Will the Sun Come Out and let me continue with painting outside? We wait with baited breath. LOL

I finished up my listing over at my Etsy Shop. I just listed my Spa Washcloths. I really like how they came out. I also love the fact that I'm getting big shipment today of fantastic organic cotton in a bunch of new colors. I have listed the colors over at my Shop if you want to take a look at the colors that I will be offering for these Spa Washcloths. I absolutely cannot make these fast enough for people. These knit up so nice in the yarn that I'm using and the colors are to die for! I have also included with the Spa Washcloths, a white ceramic bowl that has been hand stamped by me. If you are interested in purchasing a set and would like a different wording on your ceramic bowl, just convo me over at Etsy and let me know the colors and the wording that you would like and I will get the order started.

These Spa Washcloths are made to Order. The delivery time on your Order is approx. 2 weeks. However, if I eat boxes and boxes of Fruit Loops and have a ton of Java, I could get them to you sooner! LOL
These Spa Washcloths will last you a lifetime. Enjoy!

I've been working on my Muslin Journals too! As you can see by this picture, it's great having a clothes line up in the yard! LOL

Sanding, Gessoing, Painting, Staining, Sanding, Gessoing, Painting, Staining & Sanding. Well worth the time and effort in preparing these pages for Art Journals.

I made this journal after reading Lynne Hoppe's Muslin Art Journal Tutorial that I have posted earlier here on my Blog. This Journal is Approx. 9 x 11. I didn't pre-wash the Muslin before I dipped it in Tea Stain and it shrunk a bit. So if you want your journal a specific size after you have tea stained it, make sure you pre-wash your muslin first! LOL

On these pages, I have started adding bits of fabric scrapes and glued them down with Gel Medium. I would recommend using Golden's products for this. I had some Gel Medium, (Dick Blick Brand) ...no likey, likey! LOL

These pages I added some additional walnut crystals and waiting for the pages to dry.

I like doing a lot of prep work on my art journals. Once they have coats of paint and gesso, the whole art journal will be ready to go and make some art whenever I feel the muse coming on!

I hope you all have a wonderful and creative weekend. I will be sharing more pages with you next week and some new fabric journal covers that I'm working on.

Play, Laugh, Dance, Create, Dream, Believe, and always make sure you have a Bottle of Wine on hand!

Until Next Time...

Cheers!

Etsy Shop Update and Challenge Pieces Completed

Greetings and Salutations!

It's time for an Etsy Shop Update Again and Here are my listings for this week! Please visit my shop for complete details on listings! Agatha-Folk Art Doll

Twinkle-Folk Art Doll

Spooky Green Hair Ornie

Felicia FanDango-Frenzy Fool of the Dance

Hilga Rothdeutsch-The Society Spinster

Choca Con-The Chocoholic Witch

Cemi Terry Rose, Preserver of the Bones
As Seen In "Art Doll Quarterly Fall Issue 2009"

Caldronetta Cum Laude-Scholar of the Kettle

Make sure you pop over and have a look at my Shop. I have started accepting Layaway Payments, so if there is something you like and need it for the Holidays, I'll put the item on layaway for you and you can make payments. I know times are rough and I thought this would be a good way to help all my customers out!

ENJOY THE NEW ITEMS!

On to Challenges that I signed up to participate in over at "Art Dolls Only" and "Dark Artists Guild"

This is my Challenge Piece for the MMC of September. The Challenge for this piece was to make a CLOWN, and this was my interpretation of a CLOWN. I don't really like Clowns. I know as a small child I would scream my freaking head off when I saw them...things haven't changed! LOL

ADO's 4th QUARTER CHALLENGE

Here is my Halloween ADO 4th Quarter Challenge Piece!

"The Transylvania Trickster"

Over at Dark Artists Guild "DAG" our 3rd Quarter Challenge was entitled "What's In Your Closet" Well, you really don't want to see what is in my closet...however, this Screaming Goth Child Ornie was begging to come out!

DAG's -MMC Challenge for August was to create a Wand. I created THREE!

Here are my Wands that I created. Just in time for the Festivities!



I don't know what is...may be it's the Universe talking or may be it's just that you find and make the coolest friends through blogland and they always seem to be there for you when you have really crap days at work! Well, I came home and there it was...this beautiful card (check out the CROW) waiting to be opened up by ME! My friend Pattee from Odd Dolls sent me this awesome card from an Artist in her local area in Washington State. Thank you so much Pattee for making a crap day into a great NIGHT! LOVE YA!UNTIL NEXT TIME!

CHEERS!