Pok'emon tournement coming soon

Pok'emon tournement coming soon the Chattanooga area....hosted by my son Joshua Bills....exact location, requirements and prizes for first second and third place will be anounced within the next ten days....

Lng time no post...

Wow...here it is the third month of the new year and here i am just now posting...where does the time go????
life has been ever busy, and wonderful, my oldest son has come home...thats most exciting and a huge blessing...awaiting the arrival of the younger son...hopefully soon...and of course i'm still creating art...artdolls mostly...still haven't gotten the hang of making wings....uuugggg...never seems to get easier no matter what medium i use...so practice practice practice...thats what i must do...
 Almost garden time...strawberries and spring flowers already planted, lettuce of all types and can you believe they've already sprouted...woohoo...spring has sprung...longer days, warm breezes...just a really lovely time of year i must say...

 adding a few pictures then i must get back to the art table...

creative spaces

I really love looking at other artists creative spaces...and with that in mind thought i'd share mine...now this is a rather small studio, actually its the corner of a very large bedroom "made" into a creative space...i also have a music area where i tinker on the paino, not very good at it but i do enjoy practicing, so thats my second creative space, and although i have no pictures of it, i do have a sewing room cramped into the guest bedroom thats rarely used...the sewing machine in there is an antique, and yes it works, but i prefer my singer table top model, and so when needed set up an extra card table of which i have two... works perfectly for small spaces as these can be taken down when not in use making room for other activities....one day soon i'll put up pictures of the piano area, and my other love antiques...i have slowly collected some beautiful things, this was after losing my home to a fir eleven years ago, back then i thought i'd never have any thing again...but i must say i have so very much to be thankful for this holiday season, a wonderful husband, a small yet cozy home, and three auper awesome critters whom i love dearly...Merry Christmas every one...

Christmas is coming....

Hello bloggers...christmas is upon us, its that happy time of year full of wonderful, sights and sounds, colors, and i have been busy....as usual...this year my goal was to make a christmas tree with all polymer clay ornaments, except of course the lights and tinsel, and my star on top...now this was no easy task, as this is a six foot tree which means tons of ornaments, of which i wanted each one to be slightly different but simular in style...so first i decided on themes which turned out to be multi colored two and a half inch balls covered in chopped canes, snow flakes, and flat but layered ornaments with snowmen, christmas trees and reindeer...at first count i was up to eighty, then i got to thinking of some goth ornaments i had made back in october which although also had a halloweeny theme, were kinda cute so i added those as well, being halloween and christmas are my two favorite holidays...pictures you say...why of course...it would be no fun without the pictures....soooooo....first i'll show you the tree finished with several angles, then i'll add the collages of the individual pictures of each ornament before being hung...and last but not least the wreath made with the remainder of my polymer clay ornaments...

Now, i'll show you the wreath and two new paintings...did i mention i have waaaay to much energy for just one person....lol...............................ok...maybe not...blogger won't let me post any more pictures on this one..why i do not know...but i've waited twenty minutes for the next eight pictures to add...no luck....oh well, what i'll do is wait till tomorrow, since actually we have all month to share christmas artworks, ornaments and such, and that way we can visit again,,,thank you for your pacience...hope every one is having a happy, safe and blessed season...now back to the studio...hugs...christen

Happy belated thanksgiving

So how was every ones thanksgiving? great i hope...mine was nice...beautiful fall day with blustery winds...my husband and i had a nice meal...turkey, ham, mash potatoes and dressing, steamed veggies, and yeast rolls,,,barely any room for home made sweet potatoe pie...lots of food for just two people, but we made several plates for neighbors and friends who were not able to get out until today...afterwards we winterized the house, raked leaves to burn off those excess calories...
 this christmas i have entered so many swaps, i love swaps but i am swamped with christmas orders and gifts, and of course my online swaps so very little time left for making items for resale...next year i will remember this as although holiday is a time of giving and i do enjoy it so...i really need to focus on marketing...but i truly hate that aspect of art...yes i enjoy the extra money but my sole purpose of making art is more personal than just for resale yet i need to still take a more active role in generating sales...uuugggg...so with that said i will be persueing sales and facebook, twitter, ect as well as my online stores with a renewed vigor and energy i've yet to put into it...

 I've been painting again...i always enjoy that...now of course i've made dozens of clay ornaments and a few dolls i will have to hold off on posting those as  i mentioned are swap items and i do not wanna ruin the element of suprise that goes with not first seeing what is coming in the mail...lol..so today i will share the paintings i've completed, and soon i will post the swap items in detail with photo's just give me another week or so...

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY....

Here are several finished artdolls and two WIPS...one is a creepy orphan bust for a wonderful group of very talented artists that i am so lucky to be a member off...i must say i feel very honoured to be included in this group of mixed media and doll artist...if your interested in creepy, halloweeny type art...please come visit our new blog...you will really love the sellection of art...http://www.creepyorphansociety.blogspot.com/    also in the pictures is a creepy orhan tree wall sculpture i'm working on,,,and this is a big wall sculpture...it is being constructed on the top of a rusty metal tabletop with no legs i found in my father inlaws basement and thought to myself...this would be a super background to a wall hanging of creepy art...right now it does'nt look like much...but picture...a weeping moon, with a haunted mansion collaged in the background, bones hanging from nobby treelimbs and orphans swinging from a treeswing in zombie state of mind....whoooooo...the makings of a awesome piece of art...will post the finished piece in a few weeks...until then...hugs...christen

The good witch

My latest creation for the halloween season...i know i've said it before but i must say it again...halloween and fall are my mosy favorite time of year...and i am so enjoying the fall colors and cooler temps...such a change from the dog days of summer...things are kinda quiet on the home front...having recovered nicely but rather slowly from my third arm surgery i am but finally getting back into a more active routine of morning coffee and art sessions well before the first light of the day has even peaked over the horizen...strange how that is because in years past i was quite the night owl,,,never going to bed before two am...alas all that has changed with the approach of fourty looming in my near future and i find myself with behavior typical of my parents...coffee drinking, early bedtimes, routines, schedules and all the things people do when finally facing the facts of adulthood and no longer given to party life ways...gone are the beer drinking nights and loud music and in  its place a simpler yet joyful peace of mind that my morning coffee is just strong enough...as always my art also is a main focus and i hope to take it to a new level with a few on line artdoll class's and a painting course here in town...always looking to improve and to add fresh and exciting skills to the art table...

Ok,,,these pictures will not upload right..hmmm...why is this? well any way...i've moved on to christmas and here are a few ornaments i've been working on...not my typical style...i'm more of a doll artist and or acrylic painter...but these ideas were stirring in my head and i just wanted to see what i might could do with my ever growing supply of colored polymer clay...now why i continue to buy colored clay is beyond me because i rarely use it in my artdolls but i am lured in by the lovely colors calling to me from the craft store shelves...i love love love color of any kind wether it be clay, paint, fabric, or even just crayons,,,i am won over by the magic of color...and i wouldn't have it any other way....well hopeevery one in blogger land is also enjoying the magic of the fall season...until next time...hugs...christen

I'M BACK.....

Well the surgery went well and i'm almost as good as new with only a few aches and pains but not enough to keep me from my fall creations...oh how i love fall...with cooler air and changing leaves...what a truly wonderful time of year.

i've been busy making some fall witchypoo's and boohags...haunted children of witherspoon manor and jointed dolls i call toodle bugs...you see...toodles was my childhood nickname...lol...lol...

  You'll have to wait on the toodle bugs...these are still WIPS and need clothing...no nekkid toodle bugs allowed...hehehe...but here is a larger pic of a jointed doll i've recently made...but she isn't finished...i've made her a mask but have yet to photogragh that yet...
   well folks that my news for today...hugs...christen