alrighty, then! i finally managed to get a pic up with Qumana. Soon I’ll be switching web servers…thank god…so that i don’t have to monkey around with this! anywhoooo….i finally finished this funny BIG donkey, which Erich dubbed Dollamer! he’s a pretty funny lookin’ guy with a huge head! i’ve added Dollmer to the shop , since he’s in need of a good home! onto other news: I just received in the mail Lynda Barry’s new book "What it is" and it is so awesome! I haven’t had a chance yet to try the writing excercises (SP?) but i certainly will this week! I’m toying around with the idea of making some comics/zine sorta material…but i haven’t really narrowed my ideas down! i hope to get a move on it sometime today…since it’s pretty dang hot/humid out…and i have every intention of squirreling up inside the house with the a/c blasting! happy weekend to all!

Tags: mohair, needle felted, outsider, art, folk, sculpture, donkey, stuffed animal

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okay…this is my third attempt at using illustrator. the first was an angry lil’ cupcake that made it onto the face of a bunch of pins for the guys at work…who just happen to have a motorcycle "gang" named "the cupcakes"(….tongue in cheek, natch!) the second didn’t come out as well as i hoped…it was a funny lil brown dog…but by the time i shrunk the image down small enuff for a 1 inch pin…it really looked like a brown turd o’ sorts…only with eyes-a bandana-and tail…and who’d want to wear that? sooooo…i altered a recent sketch i had in my moleskin and tried to make it suitable pin material….the larger illustration looks better…but the pin is pretty funny, too. the whole idea stemmed from a weekend where erich had gone on a huge snack eating binge…and i mean major! i swear every ten minutes he was shoving some sorta crappy food down his throat! of course the up side of this is that he was quitting smoking…and the binging was just a passing phase…but i swore he looked like some fat little winter squirrel stowing all those chips in his cheeks! anywho….i am hiding out…trying to get as much art accomplished in these three free days as possible..before heading back to the grind! i’ll post more arty progresses as the weekend continues!!! happy 4th!

Tags: outsider, folk, art, squirrel, cartoon

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okay! whew! for a few days now my website was down and i didn’t even know it!! …i guess that’s a reality check that maybe i should update it every once in a while…since it’s been ages! oh well…it’s so hard to balance work,art,and chores…let alone computer stuff which i have absolutely no patience for! anyway…i was quite proud of myself for finally having a really productive weekend! i managed to finish good ole mister philippe (who is pictured above!) a big ole kitty cat…one of my largest really…especially with all the needle felted details! i also managed to start and almost put together a fat red squirrel that i had in my mind for quite some time! i worked practically all day both saturday and sunday…and hope to have just as productive of a weekend this weekend as well…..5 hour energy drink here i come!

Tags: mohair, needle felted, kitty, cat, outsider, folk, art, stuffed animal, doll

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okay…i think i finally managed at least one pic! this is the print i made on the big gocco machine last weekend…framed and already hung in the living room! i like to call it the artists mantra…..or "lil’ dog speaks the truth"….anywho….i’ve only been quasi-crafty this weekend……i managed to cut out a few more paper henry’s:

…..which is my new jointed paper doll o’ sorts. i’ll be adding them to the shop as soon as i finish the labels. i used the big gocco for these…as well as some hand coloring with a light water color wash.  i also managed to sew up a new BIG outsider….a lil’ weiner dog…whom i haven’t found a name for yet other than "weiner dog".  weiner dog is just waiting for a teeny bit o’ hand sewing …and then he’ll be ready to needle felt! as soon as he’s finished i’ll post pics….i’ve been dreamin’ about a lil’ weiner dog for quite some time now! …after all, you know…you gotta have dreams! ahhh well…other than that i slacked ALOT this weekend…sherked most of my chores…sat on my butt in the air conditioning (something i havent done in soooo long…thank god we are not in the loft anymore….think 120 degree heat on a day like today! yikes!), and watched way too many CSI re-runs….along with some crafty-ness! oh i also managed some funny little sketches….one makes me laugh…it’s erich as a squirrel…saying "i loves ‘em snacks"…(since erich is quitting the ole cig habit…and on a bit of a binge!) …anywhoot….i’m off to call it a nite…and a weekend,too, i guess…ugh.

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okay…this was supposed to be part two of my entry (see post below for the first part!!)…complete with another pic…but i am having so much trouble getting my pics uploaded…that i’m going to wait until i have more patience…and am not wanting to smashy the computer! …off to stuff my tummy and finish up on those prints!

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okay…first of all…this is going to be a bunch o’ mini entries…since goofy qumana doesn’t seem to want me to upload more than one pic per entry….and i am wayyyy too lazy to mess with it…ok……now on with it!  i finally got to use my print gocco arts machine …which is the larger one! & lemme tell you…it is awesome! such a nice change to make larger drawings! i made about 60 prints…and am hand-coloring certain parts of them. certainly worth the $$$. if you have a chance to get the larger model, i highly recommend it. i haven’t tested it out on cloth yet, but am pretty excited to…as soon as i come up with a decent-enuff sketch…i’m thinking about doing a few t’s….and of course larger screen printed outsiders…akin to my sleepy lil’ olive dolls.  i’m still hangin’ on to my little gocco tho’ …for small scale stuff. these machines ….big and smal…..l never cease to amaze me!…okay…part 2:

Tags: gocco, print gocco arts, outsider, folk, art

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Whew! I finally finished Big ole Harlon. Thank god for extended holiday weekends! He’s quite larger than any of my usual guys…exact measurements..i don’t have at the moment, but i will later. i made his face alot larger than i usually do…and added individual teeth..i really love his side profile…he looks kinda Crumb-ish..not intentionally tho’…i think it’s just because of the exagerrated features! i should have him listed up in the shop at some point today! Hubby and i also managed to go to a really great/gigantic flea market yesterday in Stormville NY at the old airport. They have it a few times a year…and there are tons of vendors…old and new…altho’ i’m mostly concerned with the old and really just about jog past the new stuff! i scored  awesome little russian wood kokeshi-style moppy haired dolls…that i WOULD post a pic of if goofy Qumana wasn’t giving me grief….ggggrrrrrrrrrr. Ah well…off to finally use my new print gocco,whoop up a big batch o salsa, and grill some veggie burgers! happy memorial day to all!

Tags: needle felted, outsider, folk, art, 425sqftart, carnival bear

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sorry…no pics in this post…just me…gibbering…after all it’s 5:30 in the morning…i’ve had zero sleep…and i have to go to work in a couple o’ hours! what a way to start Monday!…complaining and sleepless…it’s gonna be a good one…i can tell already! anywhoot….we are just about all settled in the new digs! only a few more pics to hang…a new couch …and t.v. to buy and we’re set! the art room (which is now in a loft above the living room…..(it feels like a little tree house/hideaway/escape from dogs/magical wonderland of sorts!) was just completed yesterday…so i’m pretty psyched about that….since i’ve been totally non- creative (& kooky!) for the past month due to the cell free phone ringtones verizon wireless download free mobile ringtones free cellular phone ringtones info personal phone remember ringtones 24 tv show ringtones free ringtones sprint make ringtones 3g for free ringtones christian music ringtones samsung polyphonic ringtones download nextel ringtones software free ringtones for t mobile phone free motorola razr ringtones free sms ringtones cingular download free ringtones celcom malaysia caller ringtones pcs ringtones sprint vision free ringtones maker download free motorola ringtones download free ringtones move! now…i can finally finish that big ole outsider i was working on from ages ago! and speaking of outsiders….they are on the cover of Teddy Bear Review Magazine for the month of June!…and there is a really nice 3 page spread on them as well! as soon as i have more time…i’ll post a pic of it! annnndddd…in other exciting news…well…at least to me…since i lurve cars…..hubby and i just purchased a new mini cooper clubman! well…we don’t actually have it,yet…but it is on order…and hopefully we’ll have it sometime in june! we wound up picking mellow yellow with a silver top with matching mirrors and c-pillars! it is just the cutest car! and a total blast to drive! i can’t wait until it gets here!!!

Tags: mini clubman, 425sqftart, moving, teddy bear review

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…alot…and really nothing has been going on with me…all at once…(i am so zen-like, dammit!) anywho…..the above pic is of a biggitty big outsider that i started about..oh maybe a month ago…and am finally (*sigh*)getting around to finishing…however…he may take me yet another 3 weeks or so to complete…as we are moving AGAIN…yup…i can’t even believe my own typing….we just signed the lease and have already been quasi packed for the past 2 weeks! I mean…the all-so-important art supplies remain out until right before we move..which officially won’t be until May 1st…however, i’ve been digging around in a plastic tub for foodstuffs like spaghetti,soup, or crushed tomatoes for the past 2 weeks! you see where my priorities are??? …and to think i’m 33 years old! geesh! on another odd note, i was recently diagnosed with lyme’s disease! can you believe it? no wonder i was so sick practically all winter and barely had enough energy to get out of bed, let alone be creative. not to mention…the most oddball joint pains…one minute in some weird part of my foot, the next a quarter sized diameter in my arm…..very strange….and i’ve felt even worse on the goofy antibiotic i’ve been taking (thank god today is my last day!)…which really doesn’t make much sense to me (anyone else out in cyber-space have that experience?)… i am keeping my fingers crossed that once i’m through with this prescription coupled with the soon-to-be excercise regiment i’ve cooked up and better diet ..that i’ll miraculously feel better……

Tags: mohair, needle felted, outsider, folk, art, moving, lyme disease, 425sqftart

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Finally! The second lil’ Sleepy Olive in a limited series of 20! Geesh! That only took me foooorrreevvver!! Unfortunatley, I’ve caught the second round of the "government-goo" …as hubby and i like to call it! this crazy cold/flu thing has rendered me useless for the past couple o’ weeks again! i spent 90 percent of yesterday (my long awaited crafty Saturday!!) in bed feelin’ like a big ole lump o’ poo! this morning i actually felt decent enough to finish this lil’ gal’s scarf…so finally i could list her! i haven’t even touched my new print gocco machine…so ya know i’m feelin’ crappy! yeah…i went on a craft supply spree the past 2 weeks! i kinda figured it was a now or never kinda thing…since we may be moving (again…*sigh*) once our lease is up! yes…you heard me correctly…movin’ AGAIN! Anywhoo…I added a button maker to the mix….so hopefully once i’m feelin’ up to snuff…i’ll crank out some silly buttons….a print gocco arts machine….so i can explore making bigger prints (anyone else out there feel limited by the smaller gocco??), and a bunch of funky mohair…which i’m super physched to use…not to mention…some to experiment with hand-dying my own!! i’ll post pics of my hand-dying experience once i rustle up an old pot to use…that’s about all i’m missing! i’m pretty excited about it…i think it’ll be awesome….since i can never find the wacky colors i’m after! well….i am off to start a new BIG BIG BIGGITY BIG Outsider…I’m thinkin’ Carnival style….yeah!

Tags: mohair, outsider, folk, art, gocco, 425sqftart, dog, puppy, doll, sculpture

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