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Penelope

I signed up for an online mixed media doll class. Rarely, do I finished a class project from a live or online class but I had fun with this doll because she is different from other projects that I have made. Can you guess what Penelope's base is....a wine bottle. And no, I did not guzzle down a bottle of wine so I can have the bottle. I sipped the wine, with pinky finger held high, like a 'lady'. Hey, who said I'm no lady!!???

Even though I enjoyed making Penelope, I have a pet peeve about class handouts. When handouts are provided and especially when you have people paying for those handouts, spell check must be used, grammar, and identifying incomplete sentences or instructions need to be corrected. Many times, when proofreading our own work, we sometimes miss errors so ask a friend to proof your work.  They'll catch the errors and/or omissions.

Ok, I'll get off my Enlish major soapbox and present Penelope!!

        
    Penelope's hat has a dried orchid I saved from a lei.     Can you see her bottles of treasure?

   She also carries sea glass.   Penelope before she had hair
 
  

So What If I'm Over 50....

I don't like getting stuff in the mail just because I'm over 50. Today's mail came from TL Service Center and the postcard says "2010 Important Bulletin. If you are between the ages 0f 50 and 85, the federal government provides funeral expense benefits that many Seniors living today are not aware that they qualify for.".  Heck, I have no plans to leave this earth yet and besides, I have plans to play more and  I'm stubborn and I ain't leaving without a fight!!

 

I used to always get offers from AARP. Now funeral expenses.....Geez!!!!  Off to the shredder this piece of mail goes.

And The Winner Is.....

The Ties That Bind doll goes to.....

Time is Running Out

The Ties That Bind Art Doll Raffle

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September 30th at 11a.m. PST

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Halloween Banner Swap

I am one of nine participants in a Halloween banner swap being hosted by Miss Aileen.  C'mon....give me an N!!  Hmm...I don't know why they have a blue tint. They really are orange. The letter was cut from black sticky back felt and I glittered it up so it would sparkle.  The foamies were also hand glittered. I didn't realize I had all these boxes of fine glitter until I pulled them out. I wonder who left them here. What else can I glitter?  Hey Winston, come here!!!

 

A Place to Bark

Bernie Berlin's A Place to Bark is a private animal sanctuary in Tennessee. Bernie rescues animals from shelters and gives them a chance at life. Her rescue survives solely on donations. Please vote for Alphie in The Cutest Dog Contest. The winner will receive $1,000,000 and the money will go a long way towards helping Bernie save more lives.  <sigh> if only I live closer to TN. I'd bring so many of those loving faces home!

  

My First.....

.....altered table. I picked up this unfinished table from freecycle and just had to do something with it. Ok, I have a hard enough time painting paper and journals and to tackle a table, something inside me (hmmm...hearing voices again) said "c'mon, give it a try".

Out comes the gesso and paint brush. While it was drying, I sorted through the millions of images I have and remembered I had a calendar filled with Japanese kimonos. I was going to give the table an Asian theme but the images just didn't look right. They were too small. I kept the kimono and pulled out 11X17" copies of Da Vinci images. Yea...I like that so I cut out a bunch of images and set them aside.

Hmmm...what color do I want the table to be? I knew I wanted a crackle finish and looked through my paint cans. Two coats of yellow, then the crackle, and a coat of pink. Ok, not bad. Uh oh. I forgot about the four edges. I used a magenta craft paint and stencil waste to add the dots. I let the table dry for a couple of days and then glued down the images. Hmmm..too plain. Grab the stencils and spelled out a few words. Then I added the leaves, more stencils and hand painted the vines

After three coats of polyurethane, the table is drying for one more time. Ta-Da...I'm happy with it. Now to figure out where I'm going to put it.

JoAnnA: Moss Hill Studio Workshops

Check out JoAnnA's new Dressed up class .  Isn't this the coolest dress! I bought a large doll's green velvet dress last year when I was in Nashville and its been sitting in the old train case that I bought at the same time. Now I'll be able to use the dress as a piece of art.

JoAnnA Pierotti Dressed Up Workshop Sign Up Page   

I've Been Published

Sometime last year, Stampington was coming out with a new publication called Stuffed. I rarely submit my work and I couldn't resist the magazine's title. I sent in my Asian doll and she was published in the gallery pages.

When Stampington annouced their call for the second issue of Stuffed, I sent in Horatio. I received an email from the editor of Art Doll Quarterly and she said the editor of Stuffed gave Horatio to her because he might fit in with her magazine. I was asked for some background information because she was going to use Horatio in her magazine.

I was in Michaels one day and saw the magazine. I flipped through it looking for Horatio and couldn't find him so I thought they changed their mind. I turned to the table of contents and holy cow, I saw my name. I turned to the back page and there was Horatio with a page to himself. He was selected as the Odd Doll. I couldn't have fainted right then and there but instead composed myself.

Having a page in Art Doll Quarterly has been a thrill that is indescribeable. But, not only is Horatio in this issue, but the Ties That Bind Art Doll is also featured.