The Latest Silliness

Here in the Pacific Northwest there are 4 seasons. Not exactly Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer in a traditional American postcard sense, but 4 nonetheless. Here, the seasons are more like Spider, Mud, Mold, and Summer. We are in Spider season at the moment, and the 8-legged beasties are plentiful! Arachnophobes beware! In between getting caught in invisible webs and doing weird little dances, I've managed to add 2 new pieces to the menagerie. 

Meet Gemini. These punkin-headed twins share everything, even a name. I was going for Burlesque meets Victorian meets Circus with this pair. They're bigger than my usual fare, standing almost 18 inches tall.

And they're a bit cheeky.

And secondly is a Halloween Parade of sorts. I salvaged a handful of little antique drawers about a year ago and have been waiting for inspiration. Ta-dah!

The skeleton is my favorite. I'm gonna have to make more like him.

Well, back to the work table... 

See ya soon!

🎃

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I'm back!

Hi everybody!

I've missed you!

Let's just jump right in, shall we?

I thought it would be fun to pick a subject (in this case, devils) and do a bunch of variations on that theme. That way I get to play with lots of different stuff (in this case, clay and wood and cloth and paper and paint). Here's the first batch:

That last trio was cut out of reclaimed 1/2 inch plywood, carved a bit around the edges, and painted up all pretty. They're pretty big, like bigger than the average head. I think it'd be fun to get them printed onto fabric and make some pillows and ornaments out of them, so that's on my list. In the meantime, you can get the originals here.

I'm thinking I'll make Black Cats and Jack-o-Lanterns next. Wheeee! 

I'll be back soon.

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Thinking Small

When I started making this batch of tiny wooden things, I wasn't sure what they'd be. I mean, I had a general idea (bee, bird, bird, bird), but not a complete vision. I thought maybe they'd be brooches, but I don't wear brooches, and very much prefer wall jewelry to real jewelry. I was also thinking about how much I like collecting stuff, but how little wall space I have. So I thought small.

I snapped some pics along the way. Day one, two, and three:

I'm quite pleased with how they turned out, and happy to have them fancying up my walls for a little while as they await their forever walls. Their names are Brimble, Freckle, Grumble, and Blackberry.



So you might have noticed that that snapshot up there of  Day One isn't all birds and bees. There are deer legs and dolly bottoms in there too. . .

. . .for Sprout, Ceryn, and Sprig.

And while I was thinking small, I made these teeny weeny itsy bitsy skellys. . .

Tiny enough for necklaces! So of course I had to make adequate presentation boxes for such skeletal silliness. . .

And last but not least in this week's little lineup. . .

. . .The first pumpkins of the year, Sherman and Carolee. I thought about selling them separately for about a minute, but I'd be a monster to separate them.



"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way."

-Napoleon Hill

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Something-New. . .Monday!

I actually finished this celestial batch on Sunday, but my computer wasn't cooperating. Come to think of it, my whole day wasn't cooperating. Ever have one of those days? The kind where you really just shouldn't have gotten out of your pajamas, or left the house, or attempted to communicate with any other human person? And you certainly shouldn't have made any rash decisions about whether or not to bring home a vintage trailer that had a tree crash through its roof so its owners were giving it away and all you had to do was go way across town in hellish traffic and tow it home even though you've never towed anything or driven the thing doing the towing and it's stupid hot out and everything breaks, and, and, and... Seriously, I should have stayed in my jammies.

Lots of moons going on this past week. I think they were inspired by my newly-built outhouse, which really needs a moon on the door. What's with putting moons on outhouse doors anyway? And does it have anything to do with why we refer to bare butts as moons?



Anyway, here's the latest silliness:

Artemis Moon                                                                     Bliss and Beaumont

Soleil                                             Celeste                                          Orion

Hope the rest of you aren't having one of those days.

If you even suspect that you might be, I strongly suggest NOT getting out of your pajamas.

(And while you're hanging out in your jammies, strolling through cyberspace not getting into any trouble at all, maybe you'll stop by my shop ☺)
♥

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Four months, really?!

I can't believe how long it has been since I lasted visited Bloglandia. I put it on my schedule and everything! But alas, time management continues to elude me. It's not like I'm twiddling away my minutes, I just have so much I want to do with so few hours in a day. So I want to catch up. I'll start by playing show 'n' tell. This is what I made since our last visit. . . (Some of these arty tidbits are still in the shop.)

Well, some of what I made. There were other things too, but I either neglected to take pictures or I took pictures and they're hiding somewhere in the mess that is my picture folder. Some of the things were commissioned pieces, and some were for me. Like the outhouse! Yep, I made an outhouse. OK, truth be told, my brother made an outhouse for me, but I totally helped. It still needs a roof, and paint, and a moon on the door, but it's still the height of luxury here on the ole Cart! 

Other stuff I've made since my last visit:

-Many, many messes

-A bed/couch for the studio

-A room transformation (turned my room into a room for College Boy)

-More messes

-Girl Scout projects with my niece

-Plans

-Amends

-New friends

-Wishes

-Campfires

-Daisy chains

-Memories

-A schedule

-Doctor appointments

-Tomato salad

- Etcetera, ad infinitum. . .

There are also lots of things I didn't make. Important things, like enough money to keep my car from being repossessed; and unimportant things, like my bed. But that's a different story. I choose to give my attention to the things I did manage to do.

Now I'm off to make more stuff!

Hope you're all having a happy day.

♥

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Duckies, Lambs, and Dollies

Spring is springing!

Ducky, Dandelion, and Dahlia

Bah Bah Blacksheep, Addie, and Beatrice

Petal, Madison, and Strawberry

I'm still trying to find time to do everything that I want to do, included keeping this here blog updated. A workable schedule continues to elude me. I keep working on it though. Pretty sure I just need two more of me. There are 23 pieces on today's table, all demanding my attention. As soon as this batch is done, I have a special project I'll be doing with my sweet niece Lucy (more about that later), and then doing a Kickstarter campaign to raise the funds to build a little woodworking shop (more about that later too)! But first, packing and shipping some Springtime. Wheee!

Hope you're all having a lovely day!

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Springtime!

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