The good little girls and boys are asleep in their beds dreaming of Christmas morning...the bad ones are tossing and turning....but all left cookies and milk for Santa with hope that he brings them everything on their Christmas list.
I'm going trick or treating with my grandson tonight. We live in a small community and Halloween is a special time. We go on a hayride with all of our friends. The streets are filled with children in their costumes and the city has a haunted house and games. I trick or treated on these same streets as did my children and now their children. 
Cover your eyes and don't you peek
I usually don't create scary, but "Scary Skelly" came from somewhere deep inside me. I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark alley or anywhere else for that matter.
If you love Halloween you need to hurry on over to the Halloween Queens give a way. http://artisticthalloweenqueens.blogspot.com/2010/09/queen-for-day-giveaway.html
She traveled on the sunny Florida where Raedell of DellaRae Designs dressed her and gave her a moon lantern to guide her on her travels to find her lost love Endymion.
Tiny slippers adorned her feet so that she could dance night after night in the fairy glen.
Ribbon wings and a tulle and taffeta gown completed her outfit. Shimmering butterflies in honor of her creator danced across her gown. A beautiful journal accompanied Selene on her journey and recorded her adventures.
Pictured above is just a hint of the lovely Selene whose creator is Tracey of http://jasmoonbutterfly.blogspot.com/ of London. Selene traveled to to the California home of Martha of Ayala Art http://ilove2paint.blogspot.com/ where she was given a beautiful serene face and long black hair and then to me to be dressed and accessorized. Selene has had a exciting trip delayed by volcanic ash and other tragedies along the way, but soon she and her amazing journal will return home to England.
Come join the fun and create a character from Alice in Wonderland at the ADO 2nd Annual Blog Event. My online art doll group is sponsoring the event and everyone is invited to participate...accomplished art doll artists or first time doll makers. The only requirement to participate is that you must have a blog. So, if this sound like fun to you, please join us. Let your creativity shine like Cheshire Cat's smile. Don't be late...the signup begins today!
I had the choice of what to do with Luna. I decided not to dress her, but to add some accessories to enhance her story. I made the moon for Luna to sit and wish on from paper clay and added pearls to the base. While in Florida Luna found and oyster who shared his pearl and the pearls of many of this friends with her. I also used the pearls in her hair. I decided to make Luna's hair green because she had a greenish tint to her skin. I used several different shades of hand dyed mohair for her wild mane. This is how Luna looked when she left for England on the back of a dolphin.
The winners of "Love at First Sight" in the One World One Heart giveaway are:
I am eagerly awaiting the arrival of Luna from Ayala Art. She is traveling to Florida from California. Together we will dance in the moonlight.
This froggy boy will end up in Liberty to top the cake of a very special boy for his first birthday. He hopes they will let him have some ice cream because he tired of eating flies.
If you had told me a year ago that I would be participating in a blog event, I would have said you were crazy. A year ago I had never even read a blog much less created one. I started reading in February and in April I created DellaRae DeZines. It has been a fun nine months. I have made some wonderful friends through blogging and won some wonderful prizes from the many give a ways. And now I am a part of OWOH http://awhimsicalbohemian.typepad.com/a_whimsical_bohemian/one-world-one-heart.html my second blog event. There are lots of great prizes to be had and many wonderful people to meet so go and visit and let the fun begin. This past year has been an adventure that I hope continues for a long, long time.
Can't you tell by that goofy look on his face that he has just met the girl of his dreams and his heart is pounding out of his chest. This little snowman is hand sculpted from polymer clay and painted with acrylic paints. He is approximately six inches tall. He has twisted wire arms ready to hug you. Fancy yarn adorns his hat and a yarn scarf completes his outfit. He is covered with a clear glass glitter. To win this little guy, just leave a comment below and a link or an email address where I can reach you should you be the winner. The winner will be chosen and announced on February 15th.
People who see the picture often ask me how long it took to finish the picture, and my answer is I really don't know. I did the picture for an assignment for a class I was taking. You had to turn a picture into a piece of word art. I started the picture by sketching Willie lightly in pencil. Then I used different hard and soft lead pencils and colored pencils to get the effect I wanted. After the intitial drawing, I put the picture on a table and would work on it when I had time. Sometimes it would be for a few minutes and sometimes a few hours. At the time I didn't know how much I would like the picture when it was finished so I didn't calculate the time.
The picture is composed with Willie's name and the words to his songs. His name is repeated many times and some of the songs are repeated and some are used only one time. I used them where I thought they fit on the picture.
For example, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" had to go in his eyes. This is only picture I have done in this style and many have asked, "Has Willie seen it?" and my answer is ,"No." Someday maybe he will.
The Gourd Queen is having a wonderful giveaway...you have a chance of winning this little Gourdy Snowman ( don't you just love his devilish little grin) if you visit her blog. You will see some amazing art there. Just click on this link http://thegourdqueen.blogspot.com/ and enter a place of magic!
Today is the day we all begin to work on our dolls for the Art Dolls Only Traveling Doll Project. Starting today, and continuing through the year, the project will end in September. What is the TDP? It is a collaboration of artists, seven teams to be exact, all working individually on a group doll. Each doll will travel from artist to artist, ending up where she started, but with a completely different look when she returns home. Each artist will add their own personal touch to each doll. A journal will travel with the doll and her experiences and that of the artist will be recorded to tell her story.
