Looooook who's here........Pinkie!

Pinkie is a tiny (about 2.5 inches high) paper mache snowman with a knitted pink hat complete with a button and tiny red feather. Isn't he cute?

He has picked his Christmas tree already! It's a tiny pink bottle brush tree surrounded by silver tinsel.
How about that toasty pink chenille scarf!
He's cozied up inside of a small glass cloche with a sparkly pom-pom on top.Pinkie will be available to purchase on Spooky Time Jingles Marketplace on July 13th.

Taking a Break.......

Took a little break from the studio today. Made a fabulous pizza with organic, cold pressed olive oil that was a creamy green color and so fresh tasting......basal from my garden.......tomatoes from sombody elses garden.........kalamata olives from my olive tree (not really, I wish!)........buffalo mozzarella cheese from my pet buffalo........just kidding, from Wal-Mart actually and fresh homemade pizza dough........a dash of salt and a few cranks of pepper and ta-da! It was so de-lish!!!!!!

Gary and I ate the pizza overlooking the back flower garden. The black-eyed Susans are doing great as well as the hostas!

Sneak peek of a new Halloween project started earlier this week..........and it's not a shadowbox. Hmmmm, are you curious?????

And the winner is..........

The winner of the July 4th Artist Trading Card is Shelia from Pieces of Me because that crazy nut ate warm potato salad on the 4th of July and live to tell the story! He, he, he!

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Happy 4th of July!

Digby, Alice, Johnson and Beverly were getting their "festive" on with their red and blue party hats for the 4th of July party. They had a lovely picnic planned of potato salad, burgers and watermelon followed up by a hell-raising good time of setting off M-80s near the gazebo around 9 PM.........yes, yes, they were a wild group!

Have safe and happy 4th of July friends in blogland!

The first person who leaves a comment that says "I ate warm potato salad on the 4th of July and lived to tell the story" will receive this artist trading card!

Christmas in July?......Oh yah!

Yes, it's true, it's Christmas in July! Already there are Halloween and the beginning of Christmas decorations in the craft stores such as Hobby Lobby, Michaels and Pat Catans. As a seasonal artist you have to be 1 to 2 seasons ahead of game to get things done in time. Therefore, I'm working on 3 new Christmas pieces to add to the Spooky Time Jingles Market Place on July 13th. I've got 2 done and now I'm off to create my 3rd offering which is going to be something different from the shadowboxes.

I like the 1950s retro look of aqua and red together, it hearkens back to a time of a aluminum Christmas trees, tons of silver glitter and Bing Crosby singing "White Christmas". This piece entitled "MaryBelle's Snowmen" has that touch of nostalgia, with MaryBelle dressed in her swing coat with her hand nestled in her tinsel muff. The snowmen are hand drawn and painted. The little one raised from the background as well as MaryBelle, she is raised about an inch from the background to give depth to the piece. The size is 5 inches by 5 inches square in a black wooded frame with small glittery red, silver and aqua balls and a small white bottle brush tree in the forefront.

The collage before I put it into the shadowbox frame.......

The collage in the shadowbox frame............

Some people are not into the retro 1950s Christmas colors and like a more traditional look to their Christmas art........enter........red & green. Nothing says 'Christmas' like the pairing of red & green. I've entitled this piece "Imogene's Red and Green Christmas". Imogene is a copy of a photo from around 1915. I love her giant puffy hat and obviously from her fur trimmed coat she appears to have been a child of privilege. She holds a candy cane in one had as if to usher in the holiday season and a Christmas ball in the other hand. This piece is full of detail from the original 6 cent Christmas stamp to the tiny glittery circles reading "family and friends" and "Happy Holidays". Vintage style sheet music of 'Jingle Bells' is placed diagonally behind Imogene which as been slightly antiqued. Stamped, lacy snowflakes dot the background. This piece is 5 X 5 inches in a black wooded frame with a glass front.

It's very difficult to take a good picture of the shadowbox when it is assembled because of the reflection on the glass. If anybody has any tips on how to take good pics with a glass front on the object, I'd be more than happy to receive them!

Another Spooky Time Jingles Offerings

Max knew he had the best, most whimsical pumpkins in the land and would proudly display them on an old wooden bench as not to upstage their character and beauty. Why were his pumpkins so special? Simple.....he talked to them everyday. He'd spin spooky tales of far away dusty places where a lone howl or simple creak was a sinister foreshadowing that something truly scary was going to take place. Sitting for hours with his pet crow Edgar perched on his shoulder on lazy, sunny, Sunday's in late September, Max would sell his prizes and dream of planting pumpkin seeds next summer.

A picture before I put it in the wooden box.....

This shows the dimension.....

This shadowbox measures 5 inches square. Max, the pumpkins, crow and bench are raised approximately 1/2 inch from the background giving a 3-D look. The back of this piece has been signed and titled by the artist with the Honey Girl Studio circle seal. This piece will be available on the Spooky Time Jingle Marketplace on July 13. Mark your calenders to pop onto this website because it definitely has some of the most talented folk artists of our time.
If you can't wait until July 13th you can visit my All Hallows' Evening site of Halloween creations.
Smiles!

Spooky Time Jingles Market Place

I'm pleased to announced that I will be joining the Spooky Time Jingles Marketplace where I will have my own page of creations along with a plethora of extremely talented artists. Halloween and Christmas art will be sold on this site only. I'm both excited and humbled to be in the company of such extraordinary talent. Dani from Ambitions Design created this marketplace and the official lauch will be July 13th. She has put a lot of time and work into it and I'll post more as the time nears. I hope you'll take time to pop in and check out the creativity!

In preparing for the July 13th launch, I've been in my studio working an Halloween pieces. Here is a sneak peek........

The background in this piece with the man in the moon is a copy of a vintage board game cover. Isn't it cool!!!! I love the colors and the graphics.

It's here.......the All Hallows' Evening Store

All Hallows' Evening Website

It's up and running! Please visit All Hallows' Evening. A site I started for just my Halloween creations which you can purchase or just have fun looking at. I really dig Halloween and especially the vintage Halloween look. All fo my creations are one of a kind creations. Bookmark and check the All Hallows' Evening site frequently as I will be adding new creations just about every other day.

Here are a few things you'll find on the site.........