view from my pillow

It's been a MONTH since I blogged .... shocking !
Everything is fine here , I've just been so busy

I wanted to show you a view from my pillow

You've heard of the book " Where Women [ artists ] Create
well
This is " Where Women [ artists ] Sleep "

I've been working [ art work ] .... and also taking more time on my spiritual life
Reading more
Praying more
Believing and Receiving
Trusting in HIM

You can see in the photo the books I keep near to me
This is my little nook , my little alcove , crammed with my dolls , books and my friend ..... Buddy

I hope you are having a wonderful summer
Oh I love summer , sunshine , that bright , cheerful , intense penetrating sun ,  sweat on my upper lip , flat limp hair , everybody in shorts , me in long sleeves , wondering if it will ever rain again , bugs ......... oh yes ....... you know I just love summer .  { I know .... sarcasm is stupid }  Anybody who reads my blog knows what I think of Summer
well , have a great week , sunshine and all !!!!!

mermaid art dolls .... soon to be on Etsy

Some new art dolls ......
each measures about 9 inches tall

For NEW visitors ....... click on the photos to see them large against a black background

I'll be putting these in my Etsy shop later this week .......

have a happy Tuesday !

doll head ! redhead !.......{ sold }

hello !!!
Hope you are all having a good week !

This doll .......... in my shop

creepy ,,,,,, dolls ,,,,,,clowns, { both sold }

clown dolls in my Etsy shop

creepy art dolls

the best thing to do to chase away the blues .......take photos of all the creepy stuff in your house , with the only light being your flash light
these are my new creepy dolls that I'm not ready to part with yet

odd illustrations for your wall

Hi everyone !
I've made some prints of my illustrations . They are printed and then I hand color them , mounted onto mat board , ready to hang .... there's wire on the back [ I rigged up wire on the back ], so they're ready to hang ! You don't need a frame !
in my shop !

Black cat art doll ......sold

black cat art doll

made this cat today !

In my shop ............ thanks ......... have a good night !

Etsy cat doll...........sold

in my Etsy shop .......... a new cat doll

Fancy Cat for Etsy... { sold }

Just finished Carlotta ....
a very fancy cat

she wears red lipstick and red heels ....... mascara and a beauty mark , AND , pearls of course !

She's in my shop

Thanks for visiting ! ....... have a happy Wednesday

Cry baby cat for Etsy

oh ... this is weird

Just trying this new blog stuff ..... anything new and different freaks me out

so here I go ... posting this cat to see how I do with this new system .......[ this cry baby is in my Etsy shop ]

great .... I'm lost , how do I put a title on this.... OH .... I see
why do they have to keep changing things ? I don't have time to learn all new stuff again
well
night night

greeting cards giveaway winner

The winner of the greeting cards giveaway is :

Kelly

of Shelby's Enchanted bowtique .

she just started a blog and she has an Etsy shop TOO

and

I pulled out two more names for a smaller giveaway of two cards each

for

Deb Lewis of sweet chestnut studio ......... her blog

and

Janine of just beans blog fame ! ...... visit her blog too !

Jerry usually draws the names but he was busy with the Barbie dolls , so I drew the names from

a hat all by myself

Please send me your address Shelby and Deb and Janine

My email is in my profile

THANK YOU to EVERYBODY !!!!!!

Have a happy day

a giveaway of greeting cards

FINALLY .... a giveaway !

I've been such a bad blogger and I don't know why !

but I'm back , and I hope you will still always visit me

Please leave your name

and I will draw a winner on April 18 2012 [ Wednesday ]

This is an assortment of my greeting cards

Big ones ...... smaller ones

Creepy ones ..... cute ones

I took photos of six but I will DEFINITELY pack up MORE !!!!!

Leave your name !!!!!!

Thanks !

moleskin sketchbook

Page one ..... drawing in my new moleskin sketchbook [ the one that Lynne Hoppe gave me ]

I'm thinking I will draw in this everyday

a drawing every day .... or so .... [ ha ha ]

well

This is an old lady

the words are taken from an old book [ title of book is called Dreams ]

I like the words even though I don't know what the heck it means

drawing > I used pencil , ball point pen and colored pencil .

It is so freakin' hot ....... I am NOT happy about this

I know you probably like this .... NOT ME ...... it's too hot already !!!!!

too sunny hot and cheerful for me

oh gee ....

okay

enjoy your happy sunny day tomorrow !!!!!

paper bag floor technique .... on my desk top

I did it Cindi !!!! ......... I don't think Cindi thought I would ever get to this .

I have an old crappy desk , it's where I make my greeting cards . The top was in bad shape .... SO .... I did the paper bag thing and I love it !

you can find detailed directions by google searching > paper bag floors

but ......I don't follow directions . Anyway most of us have done decoupage , and I used to do this technique [ with paper bags ] ... to draw and paint on .

I would mod podge it down on masonite board .... and paint away !

OH WOW >

I JUST realized that this is how I painted the cat that you see in these photos !!!

My Red Hat Cat ! ........... I didn't even post this on purpose . I painted this cat a few years ago and now I make greeting cards of her

weird ..... things are weird sometimes

this is how I did the desk >

I sanded the top of the desk , vacuum , then I put a coat of poly on the ugly surface .

Then I tore pieces of brown craft paper [ I had some craft paper [ mailing paper ] or you could use paper bags ] ..... I wet pieces and squeezed out the excess water

don't use scissors

I laid it down with mod podge , push out excess mod podge [ I use a plastic wall paper thing ] , wipe away excess. [you don't need to mod podge the top of the paper.]

I let this dry overnight .

it was fun

after it dried ....I put a coat of poly on .[ low gloss]... let it dry

OR .... if you have no patience [ like me ]....> use your hair dryer

then I wiped on black antique stuff [ that Folk Art medium ], wipe away excess .

then I put more coats of polyurethane on .

I worked on it today [ making greeting cards ] .... and it felt so nice to have a new surface to work on .

we'll see how it holds up !

but , It seems very strong because of the coats of poly.

I like it so much ....one of these days I might do the floor !

Have you ever tried this ? to paint art on it , or for the floor ?

I know it's not a great looking desk , but it looks and feels much better , better than it was !

what do you think Cindi ?

will you do your floors now ?????