You get hyped up on sugar – just like me and my crazies!!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Whitney & Brooke . . .
October 27, 2010 Filed Under small words art
Over the past 2 years, I’ve been giving gift certificates to my friends when they have a baby. I do this because I’m normally in the midst of other artwork. AND my friends do not get special treatment {awful, I know!} They must wait in line like the rest of the people. BUT if there is a spell where I’m emailing back and forth with a client and the emails stretch out for a few days as we work out the details, I do try to fill in that blank time with art for friends. Normally, they give me free reign and I don’t really give them many options – haha, . . . okay, I do – but they usually just tell me to do whatever I want. Therefor, I can just jump right into their art without having to wait for email replies and working out all the specifics.
Such as these next ones . . . . .
Now, I’m about to hack someone off or make their day . . . I hope it’s the latter. But the request was for 1 painting with both names – I just couldn’t do it. Really, I couldn’t force myself to paint 2 names on 1 canvas. I know I have before, but it was because of wall space and really there was no other options.
This time, I talked to people who “know” the situation and there is plenty of space on the wall – so, there is no worries there!
BUT the reason I can’t do it is because they are twins!! And I know a little about twins and I’m telling the truth when I say they will be sharing so much stuff their entire life! I could at least give the 2 their own paintings!
My friend, Allison, loved the “Amira” painting and wanted one similar. I always try to mix up a canvas when some one request one similar to another – so notice the ends of the “Brooke” are different from the “Amira.” And obviously the fonts are different!
Allison, I hope you love these . . . And if you don’t, . . Well, Matt told me to paint two!!!! heehee!
More Halloween Decorations . . .
October 26, 2010 Filed Under Party, something like decorating
Unfortunately, I just realized that I didn’t get many pictures from the party {before, after or during} on the day of. It’s been so hectic that I literally just picked up my camera and went through the ones that were on there {pitiful, I know – the party was over a week ago!} I did take a few that were decent, but nothing where you could see anything. And then there were quite a few that were blurry {?} – I don’t know how that happened. This also means I got absolutely NONE of the food! Let me know and I can post recipes for the food. I did take some of the decorations days before {thankfully}. So, I’m going to cram the last bit in this post!
Spiders were everywhere – the fake kind. Up until this year, I really have not had a bunch of Halloween “stuff.” It’s funny how you change things up after kids – such as “fall decor” goes to “Halloween decor.” I remember thinking “back in the day” that fall stuff would last so much longer during the season. Pshh – and then I had kids and realized after Halloween, you go straight into Christmas!
Poor Thanksgiving. I feel so sorry for that holiday and its decorations. It gets sooo cheated.
These are still my favorite – and my first real Halloween decorations I bought. I never bought anymore – but I think I will now!
My kitchen dresser ended up having more stuff on it. But originally it looked like this. The apothecary jars had tags hanging from them telling what the contents of each jar was – “mummy wraps,” “feathers of crow” and “spider legs.”
Mr. Jack Happy came from my previous place of employment! {haha!} I got my teeth cleaned and a filling replaced a couple of weeks ago. This guy was sitting on the counter and asked if I could buy him. And – obviously – they said yes! OR I just grabbed him and took off running. I’ll let you figure it out! {Sad when you are buying/stealing Halloween decor from your dental office!} Honestly, it was the Ed Grimley pose that got me.
I found several of these ornaments at Pier 1. Total crack ups! I got the Pirate, Frankenstein, Devil & Mummy. Click on the links QUICK! I don’t know how long they will last since they are seasonal!
I found the paper mache pumpkin person at Cracker Barrel several years ago. It is scary in a funny way. The cloche bell jar came from Hobby Lobby last year – in the 80% clearance isle! I think I got it and the base for $2.89 or something ridiculous like that! it has some moose moss, a pumpkin and more of those spiders! I had the creepy books already. {I have a lot of creepy books!}
Originally, I was going to take all the stuff out of my hurricanes on the mantel, but changed my mind and just wrapped them with the webbing and added spiders {of course!}
These spiders came from Michaels and have clips! I also found some great {and tiny} furry ones at Pier 1.
No lie, I’m dreading removing all the web stuff! I plan on cutting it all off!
Then there were the LEGS! I love the legs! I would love to tell you they were my original idea – but they were NOT. I did see a picture in a Better Homes & Gardens special edition magazine. I already had the urn. The Spanish moss was cheap AND incredibly messy {Who actually uses this stuff in their home!?} The tights were a $2 find at Kroger {yeah, I said Kroger.} The shoes are loaners from a friend of mine’s mother!! Quite certain these are “classics.” The legs . . . oh, the legs – took forever for me to find!!! I kept finding them, but they were too expensive or the shipping was ridiculous! I finally found these on EBay – they are hosiery legs, so the shoes fit wonky. After squeezing the feet, we made them fit. Kinda awkward but they’re on. {At this angle, you can’t see the awkwardness!} We also decorated with spider webs and witches’ brooms.
Time ran out to get all the decorating completed, but I do have more, but how much of it do you really want to see?!?
AND I have art I need to blog about!
