Little Halloween dolls...........sold

Is it too early ? I'm pretending Halloween is next week

these two are in my shop ..... little art dolls

God bless America............sold

this guy is in my shop

Etsy paper doll .... cat art.... sold

Hi

I painted a cat and then ....

I just made a paper doll of him

He's in my shop

I cut this out from heavy cardboard ... raised the back just a little so it will cast a shadow

there's a loop on the back for hanging

or can be propped up on a shelf

have a good weekend !

OH .... it just sold ! But I will make more SOON

Saturday night update > ....oh oh oh ..... I just made another one and it's in my shop !

Etsy carrot art doll

Lovely .... in her pretty dress and black pumps

she's in my shop

Etsy art doll ..... linen and lace..... sold

finished another art doll

she's in my shop

Etsy art doll .... Vegetable Angel doll .... with good advice

She loved vegetables so much ... her legs turned into string beans

Her wings are calcium rich green leaves

polka dot peas

she's in my shop !

Thank you ! I should share my latest favorite vegetable recipe !!!!! I will .... soon

right now It's just too hot

bye for now !

vampire rag doll .... Rag dolls gone wild !.... sold

in my shop ................. have a good weekend and Memorial Day

Etsy art doll , mermaid

When I make the FIRST doll , a new one , a new design ..... I don't look at the clock because it's MAGIC time . THEN when I make another one .... I realize .... oh my gosh , this is taking a LONG time to finish ! Does this happen to you ?

anyway > here is my second mermaid doll with hand stitched bits of lace and fabric

I had to go up a little on the price .

but she is now in my shop

shabby chic mermaid........sold

I had this thought as I was falling asleep ... [ instead of counting sheep ]

I wanted to make a doll using bits and pieces hand stitched .... like the way I used to make heart pillows

so I made this doll today . The hand stitching took forever but I didn't mind ...... it was fun stitching on bits of lace, cheesecloth , buttons, bits of old doilies too .

Hope you are having a nice weekend !

This mermaid doll is in my shop ! { sold ! }

art doll .... finished and in my shop....sold

Finished the doll . She's in my shop . Tomorrow { Wednesday } ...Mister TUB is coming here to reglaze our beat up old bath tub.

I've never even seen a reglazed tub ..... Have you ?

I hope it comes out well !!! I'll let you know .

Have a good Wednesday !

2nd Chapter of Acts - Encores - Easter Song

Art doll in progress

I always forget to take a photo or two of a doll in progress [ because I'm usually so engrossed in creating ] click to enlarge to see this doll and the mess .

Things have been busy here lately at my house .

Remember how I had been complaining about being overwhelmed ? I think I was overwhelmed and depressed .

So I have been praying about this and the Lord answered my prayer

I was upset because my house was a mess , not just messy ... but a mess . We live in an old cape built in 1940 . and things were getting bad.

SO we had ' Electrician Boy' here and he replaced some very scary electrical outlets .

Mister Tub is coming next week to reglaze our pitted and stained old bathtub.

The plumber replaced some ancient faucets that weren't working .

and some other things need attention too .

anyway ....

This was my prayer . I needed help , and God heard and answered

so... this is wonderful [ annoying to have strangers in my house though ]

but I haven't been able to work too much and I miss working and creating !

I can't wait to get back to the dolls , and I'm looking forward to painting a room , painting some of my old tag sale furniture , maybe make more curtains from my old embroidered tablecloths .

I'm looking forward to blogging more too

I can't wait to get back to normal [ my kind of normal ]

I don't know how some of you do it ... I mean find time to create ..... with kids and big families and running around . I need big blocks of time to create [ with few interruptions ! ]

so I hope everything is going well with you

and remember to thank and praise God everyday !

because He loves you and cares about you

Rabbit art doll ...... a little creepy ?

click to enlarge

I made a new creepy bunny guy ..... oh .... I still love Inktense

in my shop

Have a good weekend

about blogging

I don't know why I'm having a hard time getting back into blogging ...yeah , I've been busy .... yeah , I had JURY duty , yeah it was my birthday

but I just lost my rhythm .

I wanted to do a giveaway > but I got nuttin' to give away . I'll do one soon !!!!

I hope to do better . because I miss it and I miss all of you . actually I am still frustrated with how long my computer is taking to load up blogs . I get mad and I leave .

but even with that > I am going to try to blog more often

thank you for visiting me . Thanks for that !!!!!

this is my odd boy art doll .... he is for sale . Let me know if you want him , maybe you want to know more about him , but right now I'd better go to bed .... I'm trying to get to sleep a little earlier . That ain't easy for me

Talking Kitty Cat - (Wake Up Kitty 2)

Vampire Bride art doll ....sold

Goin' to the chapel

and we're gonna get married

just finished this pretty doll > she's in my shop !

Okay .... bye bye

Sharing Stitches book by Chrissie Grace .... I'm so happy to be in this book

My work is in this WONDERFUL book ..... click the photos to ENLARGE

I've been intending to write about this since DECEMBER 2010 .... but haven't .....because

of that "overwhelm" problem I have .

This is a book by Chrissie Grace . it's called Sharing Stitches . There are many Etsy artists in this beautiful book ...... including ME !!!!

I contributed three designs [ with instructions ]

It's really a well done , beautiful book with many projects and I am so pleased to part of this .

You can go to Amazon and take a look [ a peek inside ]

I bet you will want to buy it . I know you will like it.

OH

In the back of the book there are bios on each artist . There you will see me .... and JERRY !!!!

Yes .... Jerry wanted to get in on the fun

so please take a look at this book at your bookstore or Amazon .

back to overwhelm

rag doll ......art doll vampire

new series of art dolls > Rag Dolls gone Wild...... ha

crazy , creepy , scary funny goth , vampire rag doll

have a wonderful week

this doll is in my shop .....

six new art dolls

Oh I've been busy ....which is good !...... still no relaxing, still not reading .

here are six dolls

Mixie Pixie gets first choice .... she's been waiting !!!!

update on wednesday morning [ march 2 ] ......... # 3 , # 4 and #5 have sold

Randi asked for # 3 ..... I will try to make another similar Randi , and you can decide if you like her

THANKS !!!!

#6 is in my Etsy shop

new art doll , bunny baby

I made a girl bunny doll yesterday and I just finished a boy bunny doll [ no photo yet ]

I will try to get these two new dolls in my shop by this weekend

It's been so long since I blogged ! I don't think I've ever gone this long without writing .

I'm still mad ..... frustrated too

I always think my middle name should be Overwhelm . Sandy Overwhelm Mastroni

but maybe I should add 'greedy' ?

There's SO much I want to do ..... I want to READ [ like I used to do ] .... I want to paint more involved paintings [ like I used to do ]

I want to make cool curtains ..... paint a wall , clean the house

But I really miss reading the most

and the days fly by .

I PLAN to do a give away soon .... so please come back again . Not sure when I will do this , but SOON

I miss you . OH > and I've been having a problem keeping up on everyone's blogs , because my computer is slow to load a blog . Why is this happening ? I have to keep hitting refresh and it still doesn't load , so I get mad and just leave . does this happen to you ? I have an APPLE which I still LOVE , it's only slow with loading up blogs .

This Saturday there is book sale two streets over from me . Like I need more books .

but I'm always looking for that book that makes my heart beat fast , maybe another classic

or one to rip pages out to draw on .

well ... it's late

have a happy Friday ! and a good weekend !

illustrated game on Etsy

today I was looking through my PILES of drawings [ under the bed ].... { in drawers ]

anyway > I found this illustration I did a while back . I drew the lady on mat board and then made different hair styles for her . They attach with velcro

At the time I drew it , well , I thought .... it's okay . But then today I thought > this is sort of funny

so ........ I put it in my Etsy shop

I want to do more things like this . I'm going to do different HATS next !!!!

the first hat I make will be the magic eight ball hat .... ha ha

the next hat will be a hat full of circus jugglers

and the NEXT will be ..... I don't know yet

any ideas ?

Granny's Visitors, original acrylic in my NEW shop

Click to enlarge !

This painting is going in my NEW shop > TheBlackBirdGallery

don't even ask me where this idea came from ... I have no idea .... ha ha ha

I usually just start painting and whatever happens , happens.

I think these visitors are friendly .... Granny seems to think so .

Would you like to know how I painted this ? ......... I painted a piece of mdf board BLACK .

then I build up from there , layers and layers of colors . A glaze technique. I put a color down and then a coat of varnish . It takes a long time , but it's fun .

have a happy Sunday !

Saturday night art doll

I hear it raining outside and some chunks of ice are falling off the roof ... but the driveway and front of the house .... still ice

here's a doll that's in my shop ...... she's sort of weird ? ..... but she is very nice .

for Etsy , art doll rabbit...... JUST SOLD

well .... I decided to vacuum this morning and I was going along , almost enjoying it but then the vacuum sucked up something and I smelled that horrible smell .... another fan belt ruined .

are they called fan belts ? or is that just for a car . anyway .... I had to stop vacuuming and what could I do but make a doll [ oh sh.........sugar ! ] and nuts

this little rabbit doll is now in my etsy shop

I put a few things on sale in my new shop [ theblackbirdgallery ]... to celebrate

A Well Respected Man in my NEW etsy shop

click to enlarge > to see it BIG

well , first of all I want to thank you for ALL the funny comments in my last post . I FINALLY got to the post office today . It was a sheet of ice to the car , the roads are fine.... it's our house and driveway [ thick with ice ]

There's NO sun , ever , no sun at the front of our house .

The other day I bought a NEW MR. SHOVEL !!!!! and lots of ice melt

I have new NEWS ...... I opened up another Etsy shop . This new shop will have my paintings and illustrations . The other shop will have my dolls and pillows and the wood cut outs .

Do you think it's a good idea to have TWO shops ?

PLEASE visit me there > it's weird and lonely to have a brand new shop with not many looks or hearts

The shop is called ..... The Blackbird Gallery

so this guy > one of my 2 a.m. drawings . As I was drawing him the old KINKS song kept going through my head

A well respected man

I don't know if it even fits him .... but that was what I was singing

I hope everyone is doing fine with all the snow and ice . make soup !!!!!

Bye for now !!!!!