MoM cat in blue ..... art doll pillow

My new friend Sue bought my Mom cat pillow . This is her cat , Chenowith meeting Mom Cat .

dear cat people

Hi .... jump on over to Chew Gum and Walk blog . Deborah wants a photo of your cat . I gave her four photos . { all my cats are so freakin' cute ]
this is her blog :
http://deborahmarie.wordpress.com/

canvas art hanging for wall or doorknob

Made this today ...

In my etsy shop
http://sandymastroni.etsy.com/

Thanks for visiting !

hey .... guess what

I made a pillow today .
Just put it in my Etsy shop !
It's creepy
http://sandymastroni.etsy.com/

Little girl pillow and cat pillow

I made a pillow today !
I put a few other new pillows in my etsy shop in the last few days too
http://sandymastroni.etsy.com/

AND
Cathie Jo has made a new embroidered pillow from a drawing of mine
http://bobetsy.etsy.com/

Thanks for stopping by ! THANK YOU .....I appreciate ALL your comments . They make me so happy ! Thank you !

4 x 4 canvas cats

I just don't like canvas .... it's because I don't paint thick and heavy .
I love these little 4 x 4 inch canvases , but what I do is >
I mod podge on a piece of fabric .
I love painting with acrylics and using Inktense on fabric !
I made these today .
I had fun .

new pillow for Etsy shop

Hi ... In between waiting for the CABLE guy [so annoying to wait for them ] , I made a new pillow .
I'll be putting this and a few other things in my shop tonight !
Thanks for stopping by !

For Etsy

Hi !!!!
I hope you had a lovely Easter day !

I put five new things in my etsy shop
[ showing the four here and also the google eyes girl pillow from the last post]

check out my shop when you have a moment !
http://sandymastroni.etsy.com/
I like my little Mr. Business Man cat .
Maybe this would be a good father's day gift ????
Bye !
just sold > Mr Business cat

Easter

Happy Easter
everyone !

Love you !

Why

Why do all my dolls remind me of my mother ?
This is what I made today . ALL day and into the night [ it's almost 2 a.m. ]

Oh and if you have time ..... I had such a nice surprise when I visited Chew Gum and Walk blog
I love this blog ....

here's the link :
http://deborahmarie.wordpress.com/

Message dolls

Happy Wednesday

Be good today

Mitzi and the cat pillow

Mitzi growled at this pillow for a while and then she took a nap !
This is my cousin Carol's little Mitzi .

new clock on Etsy

Hi
Happy Monday !

Cat buddy art doll

Remember cat head on a stick ?
well , today I made the body . It's 18 inches long and it can sit on a sofa OR it can be wall art !
[ has a loop on the back ]

Okee dokee

have a good night !

things I'm working on

The first photo is of two clay ladies I made a few years ago [ on my kitchen counter ] ...
and then ...
the amazing cat head . [ work in progress ]...............................
Baby Em and Juliette are not impressed .
and then .... clown man doll.
[ a work in progress ].
and then .....
my mom is a weird pincushion head
[ another work in progress ]


I was so happy today > a really nice lady in Ohio bought the TWO fabric art dolls below . The rabbit AND the cat ! >>>>>> So I ran downstairs to tell my husband . As I was telling him , he was looking at me like I was such a weirdo . When I finished my story .... he said .... 'Do you know that you have your sweater on inside out , AND backwards ! You can't even dress yourself !' [ he said with love .] ha ha
It was true .... my old sweater , so I turned it around, but it's still inside out .
I can't wait to work on more dolls and pincushion heads .
I hope you have a nice day too !

I should say>> Michael was really happy that I was so happy . I just think even after thirty something years ... he still can't believe it .

Today is/was Monday

Today I added a scarf to the Polka dot rabbit . and yesterday I made ANOTHER bigger cat doll [ can't part with the first one ]
and then today I made a rabbit doll .
The cat and rabbit doll each have a spring flower . I painted the daisy and the tulip on .
and then ..... I remembered this little square pillow that I made many years ago . [ early 90's ] . It wasn't under the bed , it was in some drawer .
I like it because I made the little green wool pillow and I embroidered the little flowers on . I painted the running rabbit on muslin and attached it to the pillow with ..... uhm ....
is that called the buttonhole stitch ?
I forget . and I sure don't remember how to do that stitch now . I'll have to drag out the old directions and practice again .

I am RABBIT

Made a rabbit today .
and .....

I found a great new blog .
great collections of art

go see :
http://deborahmarie.wordpress.com/
The blog is called Chew Gum and Walk
She has posted many things of mine .... it's fun . Thank you Deborah

found it .... under the bed

I made this in 1994 ...... I KNEW it was here somewhere ! Yes it was under the bed.
scroll down ...... I have more pillows to show you

ok .... I think I'm having fun

I guess I'm making dolls now . I used to make dolls YEARS ago . Way back in 1974 I scared all my bridesmaids with little bridesmaid's dolls . and now here it is 30 + years later and I'm making dolls again .
I THOUGHT I was going to be painting for galleries . That went well for a while but now the galleries are quiet............ so .......Thank you Lord for Etsy . and Thank you Lord for your guidance.
He is with me .... always encouraging . He is my art rep . [ for sure ]
This is how I make them > I draw out the cat on fabric , sew it up , stuff VERY tightly , paint a few coats of gesso , paint with acrylics, then a coat or two of no gloss polyurethane .
I'm having fun ..... I have no idea what price to put on these four dolls that I've made in the last week or so . I forgot how much work it is to make a doll .
so to all you doll makers > now I remember , now I know

rabbit pillow for my Etsy shop

This is a little rabbit pillow .... I just made it .
and I will put it on Etsy soon .
thanks for visiting me !

another cat pillow for Etsy

I just finished this 'welcome spring'
cat pillow ..... now in my Etsy shop .
It looks beautiful out there .
Have a wonderful day !

wow ... this just sold !!!!
if you like it , I can make another
similar cat !

YouTube - Be Good Tanyas - "Littlest Birds"

YouTube - Be Good Tanyas - "Littlest Birds"

this song >
I hope you'll listen
click the YouTube link above .
Tell me if you like it too !

This is the Day that the Lord has made ... clocks

Rabbit and girl drawing and rabbit doll

Today I stayed in my studio for ten hours .
NOTHING was going right .... every drawing was so bad ..... I was getting so sad .
but I don't give up . I don't even know if that's good .
so here is an illustration for today . and Below is the rabbit doll . Ronnie [ biddybrain ] had many funny suggestions of what to put in her purse.
Everything from a mini cat pillow to a Cadbury egg. ha ha
but there is just a little heart charm in the purse right now . I think she shoplifts . [ like P.J. 's giraffe [ Imogene ]
I can never accept when I have a day like today .
I can't believe it when I can't draw , when nothing works !
ok , it's only midnight . I'm going back to work
I took a nap before . I'll be up til 4 .
happy ...... Thursday !