red hat white cat .... clock

hi

This clock is in my Etsy shop
http://sandymastroni.etsy.com/
thanks for visiting
Happy Thursday !

I guess I should explain about the art that I am now listing in my Etsy shop . I have decided to part with things in my personal collection . Years ago I sold my work through gift shops and catalogs and art shows in the U.S.

I had to keep a consistency then . I would come up with a design and I would make dozens of the same item , [ I have sculpted HUNDREDS of things ] ... but I always kept for myself the very best ones , so I would be able to remember and have a reference if I had to make more ...
I don't know if I will ever go back to making these folk art pumpkins and Santas
I have moved on from them ... I really want to paint now and make new things , so
my plan is > to keep listing these type of things to the end of this year and then move on and fill my shop again with paintings and maybe art dolls ... I don't know . not sure ...but I have to clear my house and my head .
I just know that I can't go back
I am even putting lots of clocks on etsy . Ones that I don't think I will make anymore . MAYBE I will still make Crabby cats . Crabby cat has a place in my heart forever .
so I hope you will take a look ....
thanks for .... letting me vent , and thanks for visiting !

Peter Peter pumpkin boy for Etsy

Hi !!!
Happy Tuesday !

new Halloween item for Etsy

Halloween dummy board

Hi
I painted this with acrylics on board,
and cut it out with my saw .
It's a dummy board that can stand .
there is a little piece of board on the back so it stands .
17 inches tall

Dog Painting with a vintage look

I finished this painting today .
It is a painting of an old chalk ware dog that I bought at Stratford Antique Center .
It's a chalkware bank that I guess they gave as a carnival prize .
I love the dog
so I painted him

it's a very vintage look in a very old frame

It measures a little over 10 x 13 inches

in my etsy shop

preview

I am in the mood to get Halloween and Christmas things in my Etsy shop
Here are some things that will be on soon .
It just takes so long to load them on and write the descriptions etc
I hate that part ....so I procrastinate .
so if by any chance there is something here that interests you ... let me know and I could hold it for you
AH ......AUTUMN ..... October
falling leaves
Chilly Scenes of Winter [ remember that book ? and movie ? ]

my favorite time of year is almost here
meanwhile I still have my bag of frozen corn to cool me down

Frozen bags of corn

It is SO SO SO hot in my house .
HOW HOT IS IT ?????
It's so hot .....I put a bag of frozen corn down my shirt .

It helped .

and I thought about fall and winter and cool brisk air .
..... I decided to start adding Halloween and Christmas things to my Etsy shop .
Go see the new things I made !
http://sandymastroni.etsy.com/

I know it's a little early but when I had the bag of corn from the freezer in my shirt ...I felt much more cherry and happy .

We don't have air conditioning ,,,,, ugh ,,,,,,
be very grateful if you have it because these last few days have been miserable hot [ for me anyway ]
funny > it doesn't seem to bother my husband as much . He refused the frozen bag of string beans that I offered him .
My cats look awful . I feel bad for them .
Oh >>>>>> I am looking forward to the fall !

new stuff for Etsy shop

Made these today !
I just put them in my etsy shop

Guy flies

I'm so tired of taking photos for Etsy !
I've been doing it ALL day ....
I put quite a few Halloween things in my shop
[ one thing already sold ... thank you Rachel !]

so please take a look in my shop
http://sandymastroni.etsy.com/

I'll be playing with this doll I made

thinking of the fall and Halloween

Oh .... it's a hot night , but I am thinking of the fall when the air is crisp and cool and that's when I am happy !
Here is a Halloween gourd guy that I made .
He's in my Etsy shop now .

His head and arms and legs are made from polymer clay and they move .... I used wire . and old buttons .

the other photo .... he is with other things I have made .
wishing you a cool night !

Alice in Wonderland book page..sold

my drawing on an old page from an Alice in Wonderland book .
I love the words that pop out :
down down down
I wonder if I shall fall right through the earth !

in my Etsy shop now

Thank you everyone for visiting here
on my blog ,,,, and for ALL your comments !
I read every one and love to hear from you
thanks !

smile

have a good weekend
smile a lot !

this small canvas painting is in my Etsy shop

Cindy won the clock !

Jerry picked Cindy's name !
Cindy .... please email me with your address !

Thanks everyone for your comments !
Jerry and I will do this again soon
Thank you !

Giveaway

Hi everyone !
I'm finally doing another giveaway on this lovely hot , sticky August night .
This is a clock that I made .... a functional wall clock
PLEASE tell your friends and
Please leave your name in the comments .
Thanks
I'll do a drawing with Jerry in a few days . [ over the weekend ]

Chickadee painting [ just sold ], going to England !

Just put this chickadee in my Etsy shop :
It's a 5 x 7 inch gallery wrapped canvas acrylic painting

Happy Thursday !

Buddy and Jerry

In this photo :
who scares you more ...
Buddy
or
Jerry

Thunder and Lightning

We had a BIG storm ...
the cats were hiding , husband asleep .
Jerry and I had a glass of wine
and enjoyed the storm .

drawing

Just pencil on Canson Paper
Canson is really nice to draw on

small illustration...sold

on illustration board
about 6 x 6 inches, colored with
Willow Derwent Inktense pencil.
[YAY ]

Priscilla stole the rabbit and she did not feel bad about it .

Is it bad ? or badly ?
Is there an English teacher out there ?

got my answer :
It's .... badly .

Priscilla stole the rabbit and she did not feel badly about it .
Thank you Lydia

drawing on old book pages

There's something about drawing on an old book page . The paper feels good . It takes pen and ink well .
and then there is the magic of the words ...

This is written at the top of page 322 :

"...completely to touch her at all . In the end nothing properly matched , except a certain sense of aloneness , which was only an ironic consequence .
She was left as she had been left then , without Phillip or the queenly Astrid of the Belgians either ,

occupying her own circle of space , in a reverberating echo pool of silence . "

It doesn't seem to matter much that I don't know the whole story of this book .... I just love certain phrases .

anyway > A print of this is in my Etsy shop

Oh and P.S. ..... yes I used Derwent Inktense pencil ...... the color is called ..... ' willow ' Oh I love that Inktense

Heavenly Cupcakes painting , original acrylic painting

This angel reminds me of Shirley Temple although I don't think Shirley looked this nutty .
This painting was at America Oh Yes Folk Art Gallery ..... but I am so sad that the gallery recently closed ....
so
now it's in my Etsy shop

Happy Sunday !
Have a cupcake

Eartha Kit -tee,,,,, in my Etsy shop

Her name is
Eartha Kit- tee
but she won't sing

Like a Rhinestone CAT girl ,,,,fabric art doll , hand painted face

Just added this to my Etsy shop because I made it TODAY !
She comes with two greeting cards and the flower.
Her arms , legs and tail move ...

And now I can't stop singing >
Like a
Rhinestone
CAT
girl

I am hoping some of you are old enough to remember Glen Campbell's song ...
Like a
Rhinestone
COWBOY !
Please tell me you remember
and that this song will now play over and over in your head .... ha ha

Cat Girl dolls

I'm making cat girl dolls .
These are 15 inch dolls with movable arms and legs .
hand painted faces [ I used ink, acrylics and Inktense pencils ]

I THINK I will make paint these on mini canvases too
and greeting cards
and maybe book marks too

sculpted Lady

Yes I made her [ a few years ago ] .... I took an old bottle , covered it with polymer clay , sculpted her face , embedded sea shells , jewelry , buttons and beads
and then painted it and antiqued it

She's in the photo below .
notice the

' Artistic ' dust on the buttons !!!!!