Getting there

Now all I have to do is figure out how to shrink it to fit, Arrrrrrrrh!!!!!!!

changing my blog.

I am trying to change my blog but having the hardest time with it. I am hopeless at this. Fingers crossed.

Happy New Year

It's a bit late I know but happy new year to you all. I hope and pray this year will be good for us all. I am moving into some new adventures this year. I am going to be selling at our local farmers market and I am very excited about it. Never done anything like this before. I am going to be working on my booth. Lots of I am's in this post. Anyway I will post photo's along the way.

Witch paper dolly

I was playing around today in my studio and I drew a picture of one of my dolls. I made a little paper cutout and added some glitter. My wheels are turning now. I think I am going to do some more of my other dolls.

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Father Christmas

I have been painting up a storm. I suddenly got into the Christmas mode. I usually have a hard time switching from Halloween to Christmas. I just love all those yummy colours of fall. I opened a Zazzle store this weekend and will be adding some graphics there soon. This is just a sample of what I have been doing this weekend. 

Victorian Halloween Art Doll

All done now and up for sale on eBay

How cute are they

How cute are they. Lol. If you notice closely, little sister is giving Dylan the old martial art cheek pinch. I love my Grandbabies.

Halloween Humpty Dumpty Witch

For sale on eBay now thru Monday 26th Oct.
eBay item # 250895537742

Halloween Humpty Pumpkin

Just a few final touches and it will be done. Took a long time to get this puppy done, I started painting it nearly two years ago or more and it sat there waiting to have a theme but I couldn't seem to get back to it. I decided that this is going to be done by the end of the year and then the idea of Halloween came to mind and then I really had to get on it. Anyway it is 99.9 percent done and it will go on eBay soon.

New Halloween Ghostie Doll in the works

This is going to be in a pram like one I just sold.

Halloween Witch Doll in the works

Almost done, just the finishing touches to do. They were suposed to be two separate pieces but the large one kept falling forward and the little one kept falling backward. I just grabbed the little one to use as a prop and voilà!

they became co-dependant on each other, so they are BFFS now. How can I separate them lol.

Halloween Witch Humpty Dumpty Art Doll

Halloween Pumpkin in the making

Halloween Art Doll on eBay

My newest Art Doll for sale on eBay this week

Sold

Halloween Art Doll nearly done

She is nearly done, just needs some creepy clothes to wear and she is ready for eBay

Halloween doll Nelly the skelly in the works

Auntie Awful's sister Hazel

This is the second watercolor that I have been working on. I will have three sisters in all. The mean one Auntie Awful, the "pretty one" Hazel and the slightly insane one Marge. I will be making ACEO cards of these three plus some greeting cards. My wheels are still spinning so there maybe other things as well later on.

Art dolls every where

I am in the process of building a new website and working on some paintings that will be available for sale and also some new Art dolls that have a little twist to them. I hope you keep stopping by to see what I am up to and move on to my new site which will be available in a week or so.

Lobster for dinner

How blessed I am to have a hunter fisher Son-In-Law. Now that's what I call a lobster

Too busy to craft

 I bought some Calgon and this is what happened to me

The dog ate my homework

 I have ADHD (Almost Done Housework Duties)

As you can see I am really in deep thought about my next project and it really takes it out on a woman.

Updating my blog

I am trying to update my blog and I am having a hard time doing it. Please excuse the ever changing pages. I know what I want but have no idea how to do it. I am PC challenged you see. I am also trying to get my craft room finished and plaster my bathroom walls. I don't juggle very well and I also have ADHD (Almost Done Household Duties) So I guess I better get back to the tasks at hand.

What to do with all those scissors

I put them all up on the wall above my sewing table.

Mothers Day Blessings

What more could I ask for this mothers day. I have the best Husband the best Grand kids and the biggest catch of the day. My daughter and son in law took us out on their fishing boat. We had a barbecue on board of venison from son in law's last hunt, DELICIOUS! some good wine and the perfect weather.  The men on the boat were so jealous,Go Nana, Go Nana. He He He!.

Some work in progress

I am working on this right now. Don't know what I am going to do with it yet. She looks like she  has got  lots of attitude. I have a new toy that I am playing around with on my computer and this is what I have so far. I sketched this on paper first then scanned it in to the computer. Playing around with it is so much fun. I will post my finished product when it is done.

My little Jakey Pakey Shakin Bakey

Cutest guys on the block. Cousins and best buddies. They make a Nana proud.

Best buddies. She loves her big brother. He looks out for her always. Grandchildren are the crowning glory of the aged. Proverbs 17-6 Little blessings from God.

Cowbabies

My Grand Babies. Growing up so fast. They petted the horses and then helped their Daddy bag a pig and a turkey for dinner. Yum Yum

Kitchen Cabinets Painted Black

My inspiration for this was the wonderful art of Tracy Flickinger. I had the apron and when I decided to paint my kitchen black I wanted the doors to have some other color and the apron gave me the idea to fill the panels with these cute guys.

           I plastered the walls and took down those awful 70's light panels. I put tin where the lights were.

As I live in wine country I wanted to add some grapes. I found these cheap resin shelves and used them for under my granite counters. I painted them black and Viola!! These are selling for $60 each in wood at my local hardware store.

                                        

This is my starting point. Orange stain and floor tiles for counters, Yuk!

The cabinets were redwood and in good condition so I didn't have to replace them.

I added bead board to the recessed doors only on the bottom to give them some texture

It's a dogs life after all

Cookie, my constant companion. She loves this spot as it looks out on to the street and she can keep her eye out for the black cat that lives across the street.
 How wonderful is unconditional love. What would I do without her.

Life is slowly getting back to normal

I have had a rough six months and I feel like there is light at the end of the tunnel and I am heading for it. The sun is shining this morning and I feel the need to get back into my art today. Count your blessings often. I treasure each moment that things are calm now.

Charlotte passed away

My dear Mother in law Charlotte passed away recently from lung cancer. We had been taking care of her and now we are taking care of my 87 year old Father in law. They had been married 58 years. I have never been this close to a person that was sick and then died. I was her carer to the end.  I have to say that to me it was so similar to giving birth.
I didn't see it as her struggling to die but just the opposite. Just as we struggle in pain at childbirth to separate  our child from our body, she struggled in pain to separate her spirit from her body. Just as we are born, I watched her as she was reborn into spirit. Very sad in many ways but also a blessing to know she was free from pain and sickness and has a new body now. The day she passed, the sun came out and a rainbow appeared in the sky at the end of our street. It was a magical moment and we were blessed to capture it on a cell phone just before it disappeared. She was my best friend for 33 years and I will miss her very much.

New Craft Room

Hi everyone, still working hard on my house.My new craft room is slowly emerging from the dust and wood shavings. Going very slow as we have a family member (Charlotte) that is very sick. Prayers are gratefully accepted for healing for lung cancer. Thank you to all in advance that pray for her. I am going to post more often than I have as I feel like it's an outlet for me and takes my mind off things for a little while.

Kaz

Taking some time off to get my house in order

As you can see from the photo I am in the middle of a huge construction project. We are making two rooms out of one big one. We never use the large room, it just sits there looking pretty. We decided to make it two rooms, one is going to be my sewing room (yippeeee!) and the other one will be for the grand kids for toys and wii games etc. They both will  have a closet in them so lots of storage (I can go shopping) This one wall is over 12 feet high so lots of wall to drywall and paint. We are doing all the work ourselves so it takes us a lot longer than the professionals. I can't wait to get it done and move my things in. I will post as I get time.

Arrrrrrrrhhhhh!!!

Trying to do some work but it's hard when I'm stressed. All my creative juices dry up. Calgon take me away!. I have so many ideas swimming around in my head but all it's doing right now is giving me a headache.

Halloween Baby In A Buggy

I am working on this little doll right now. She is very tiny, only seven inches tall and the doll she is holding is three inches. Just a few more touches and she will be ready for eBay.