Sneaky Peeky

Painting and painting (and repainting) and painting.

Finishing up a big ole Halloweeny batch today. Yay!

One will be a clown. I'm facing my fears.

What do you think about clowns? Cute, or the stuff nightmares are made of?

Today's Table

Here's what's in the works this morning.

(I've heard that life is just a bowl of cherries, but this is something way sillier.)

With Dylan out of commission I've had to take on all his maker duties on top of my regularly scheduled shenanigans. That is, the sewing and stuffing part. Oh sure, I know how to sew. But Dylan is something special, able to turn the tiniest of limbs without so much as a curse word. I however am an entirely different kind of special when it comes to sewing, but I gotta say that I held my own. I may have required supervision, but see those goat horns up there? I did that! Not as gracefully (or G-rated) as Dylan might have, nor as quickly, but in the end they turned out every bit as good as his. Hooray! Today I get to start on the part that I feel much more comfortable with, the drawing and base-painting bit (no curse words required). I've also got 3 more Halloweeny sculpted pieces in the works. See that smiley punkinhead down there? He's gonna be a clown. That's right, I'm facing my fears! He may turn out to be the stuff that nightmares are made of, but I'm hoping we'll be friends.

And speaking of sculpted pieces, I just had to share this wonderful pic sent by Cornelius's new caretaker!

She assures me that he'll be joined shortly by his Halloween brethren, but for now he's enjoying hanging out with all the Sams. Isn't this a wonderful collection? I recognize several of the artists represented. Can't wait to see her Halloweeny stuff! And for any of you misguided souls out there thinking that it's too early to be thinking about Halloween, might I remind you that it's practically September which is practically October.

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The First Batch

Hooray, the first batch of goodies made entirely here in the wheelie house are all done! 

It took longer than I anticipated, mostly because of not being able to find stuff and also having to cart water back and forth every time I needed to rinse out my paint cup. (Running water is still not something that we've got going on at the moment.)  I'm so pleased with this first batch of goodies a la Cart. Working at my table all week has given me a much needed sense of normalcy. I don't need a whole lot of normal in my life, but these past couple of weeks have been so crazy that a bit of normalcy was much appreciated.

Cornelius Sweets, Fric and Frac McGuiness, and Serendipity.

They're all one-of-a-kinds, and are available now in the shop.

Update on Dylan's digits:

Thanks to all who have sent get-wells to Dylan! He's still all wrapped up in bandages and such and is mighty restless having to just sort of sit around, but he's healing. We go back to the surgeon's in a week for a progress report. I'll let you know how it goes.