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...

Goth art dolls

Well seems another month has just flown by me...where does the time seem to go...between art and gardening and house hold duties seems i rarely find the time or energy to blog..right now today i'm in the middle of cleaning my studio and setting up a new sewing room...i'll be posting photos probably in the next two weeks of each work space...one is for my sculpting and painting while my other is all sewing things related...i've put off setting up this space due to no air conditioning in that room but since i'll be getting one next week i can't wait to start sewing and learning my "new" antique sewing machine...yes its new to me but is over fourty years old yet in mint condition all the attachments kept in their original boxes ect...a lovely machine and perfect for the simple seamstress i aim to be...mostly in the past i've only done hand sewing but i'm looking to add more detail to my costumes and need the help of a sewing machine to achieve this goal....i have so many ideas and plans for very detailed doll gowns...only problem being most of my dolls do not bend and there for must be hand sewn directly on too the art doll...but a sewing machine still will be helpful for adding layers to skirts and dress's as well as making perfect hems with even stitches...not to mention other things i might decide to sew as well...maybe some mini wall art made from hand painted and rubber stamped fabric...my head is swimming in idea...but first i must arrange the space to be able to use it in a proper way...clutter seems to upset my creative energy...i need neatness, organization...these things are a must if i'm to create successfully...so i'll leave you with photo's of my latest goth doll nose ring and all...is'nt she cute? and of course i'm working on a whole set of alice and wonderland creations for the ADO blog challange...so much excitement...ohhh i just love art dolls...also please visit my other blog at http://www.wickedwhimsies.blogspot.com/

new night light artdoll and mixed media paintings

i sure am bad at blogging...seems i just get so carried away with family and art that weeks slip by and then i realize i've not blogged any...which i do enjoy writing and i love blogs so i should be very good at it but actually i'm a pretty lazy blogger...rather be making art...hehehe...any onme out there entering the ADO's alice in wonderland challenge? well i can not wait to see what people come up with...how exciting!!!!

mothers day is fast approaching...

     
   Mothers day is fast approaching and always the delemia as to what to buy her...how to say just what she means to me and what words could ever describe the sacrifices she made to give me some of the best days of my life...this song says so much and reminds me of she and I in so many ways...you know its really sad but it took me thirty-seven years to really feel the depth of how important she is to me...and i just wanted to share a few of my childhood memories and how she helped create the magic of childhood in some often hard circumstances....when i was five my father left...yes...i still love him...and yes to me he is a great man and always will be but still she raised three children alone...she worked a full time job...she gardened...did lawn care, took us to ball games and dance practice...long hours of dance recitals, apple picking in the fall and never instant potatoes or canned bisquits even once...our christmas's were full of magic...our home had a huge yard with a park at the fence line were we could fish or ice skate in winter...she gave us the ability to dream and said girls could do any thing just like little boys...when i doubted myself...she always said...sure you can you can do it...and practice...she believed in practice makes perfect...panio lessons...bike rides...indoor swimming several times a week during winter after long work days....i just wanted a moment to stop and say...thank you mom...and to tell the world i had the best mom and many best days spent with her....she is my hero...

also save plastic candy egg cartons for painting

my new etsy shop

http//:fantasiesfromwithin.etsy.com

my life feels just like the song....manic monday

the first monday of march and already i've had a busy busy day...lets see...went and had my oil changed ...purchased and had new back tires put on the car....went to the grocery store...drug store...cable company...insurance company...book store...then lunch...burger king...mailed my dads birthday present...bought stamps and package supplies...mailed my morgage payment...and made my cats weekly batch of home made cat food which consists of whole chicken leg quarters...fresh parsley...grated parsnip for kidney problems...and brown rice all boiled...cooled and divided into daily servings and guess what...its not even noon here yet and i am ready for a nap...but no rest or the weary...this wednesday i'm sheduled for my fourth and hopefully last surgery in the past six months and i've got a million things to finish before that...knowing i will not feel like doing anything but sleeping for awhile afterward i'm faced with the pressure of remembering all that must be done in order for my life to run smoothly while i recover...i guess thats about all the news for today ...until next time folks have happy and creative thoughts...hugs...christen

my sister site...whicked whimsies

my other site http://wickedwhimsies.blogspot.com/  has some more of my art and a really cute video with the song...purple people eater being sung by Alvin and the chimpmunks and boy is it funny...check it out....

the monter mash

oh ...i can not wait till next halloween....can you believe i'm already planning my very next halloween eight months in advance...crazy huh? Underneath this post you'll find one of my favorite halloween tunes...enjoy

the vampire princess

my latest and my most favorite art doll so far is my newest....vampire princess and evil minion...check her out and tell me what you think?

WHATS FOR DINNER?

Its cold and wet here in the Chattanooga valley and the forcast tomorrow is calling for sleet and snow...brrrr...not very southern like weather if you ask me...so today my husband and I stayed in and snuggled under blankets and watched old movies...court shows...and ate yummy comfort food...homemade chicken and egg noodle soup with carrots, celery and saut'ed garlic with fresh rosemary and piping hot yeast rolls with whipped honey butter, boy was it good...plus the house felt so homey with the smell of fresh bread and soup floating in the air...all in all a cozy winters day with loved ones just can not be beat...our two cats Tarbaby and Trouble and dog Co-co under the covers snuggled up...i'm so blessed and to think i'd would have never dreamed life could once again be good..oh, we've all felt that i'm sure,its been a long ten years but my life is finally stable and for the most part...productive...oh happy day!!! the first pic is of a wall sculpture i've finally finished and the second is of our yummy chicken soup.

creepy molly and her dolly sculpt

wow, where does the time go...already the third week into the new year...and i have so many creative things i'm doing...my most recent prodject has been a really creepy art doll and a shadow box....i call it...creepy molly and her dolly and her imaginary friend manson. As a child did you ever have an imaginary friend? Well i most certainly did...and not a one of them was a human...one just happened to be an animal and the other was a friendly brownie like creature who was responsible for turning the frig light on and off...creating my imaginary characters was great fun...i'd love to see any imaginary friends others care to share...just seems an interesting subject to me....what do you think?

I've been selected as a finalist

Its been several weeks since i've had time to blog and so very much has happened during that time...hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas...mine was fantastic...great food and lots of friends...although missed my children dearly as they both live with their father and he and I have issues,,,but does'nt every one?

My most exciting news is that after entering the earth mother art doll contest for the magazine, Cloth, Paper, Scissor...I found out i was sellected for consideration to be published...now how exciting is that!!! Seems it was just yesterday i began making artdolls..but really it was last March, that i discovered polymer clay and airdry clay and since then...boy have i been busy...i've always created art in some form or another but artdolls have been a new found joy and i look forward to this upcoming year to grow and create as an artist in many forms. here is a picture of the doll i entered into the mother earth art doll challenge...do you like her?

happy hauntings its almost halloween!

yeah!!!! its almost halloween my favorite time of year, i love spooky stories and old horror movies and every thing pleasantly dark and creepy, not to mention it is a great excuse to eat chocolate, what more could a woman want, here are a few of my lastest projects

WIPS, so much to do.....

This is my work station on any given day and a mess as usual, i've got a lot of half finished projects, a few that are rejects and a few that have just ol' left me puzzled, the paper mache doll, well, his/her legs are to short and her head is to big so i'm leaning in the direction of it being a halloween pumkin head doll that way it'll look like i ment to make it that way, no one will know just us and any one reading this page, and speaking of reading this page i'm feeling a little lonely out here in blogger world seems to be just me and my dolls hanging out together, oh well.

Wormkin the baby tree goblin

this is Wormkin the baby tree goblin and he stays in a grumpy goblin mood, just walk underneath his tree and see if he wont throw rocks, bits of bark and small limbs down from above, now you would have to catch a site of him after dark cause we all know goblins never come out in the daylight and wormkin is no exeption, why is he so grumpy? well just ask him, if you dare!