I'm back!

I'm back! Time for a new start! It's been a while. Looking forward to it! Hope you are too!

It's been waaaayyyy too long! So much has happened, so many challenges...but I'm back! There will be changes, I want to take my life and work in another direction...hopefully it will all be for the best! The good thing is, I'm still a dreamer and that will plot my course. :)

Bunny Ornament in the Winter Issue of Celebrate 365

So excited about having my little rabbit ornament included in the winter issue of Celebrate 365! This little guy will be listed on eBay Tuesday, Dec 13th for 5 days, together with a copy of the magazine. This is my very first published piece and I'm just over the moon.

Inspired by all of my antique children's books

this little guy will be listed on ebay tonight... maryhelen22 or simply search PFATT for lots of wonderful offerings by some very talented Folk artists.

Another new little batty on ebay

These little bats are taking over my life! But I like it. Click on the title if you'd like to be whisked away to this little guys ebay auction. :)

Very, very busy summer but now I'm back to work...well Artwork

Finally, after a super summer of hustle and bustle, I'm back to creating :)...and blogging. I've missed visiting everyone and posting myself, but hopefully I'll be back on track starting today. Wanted to give you a glimpse of my new Halloween creation. He's listed on ebay (click on the title to be whisked on over to the auction) and will be there for the next 6 days.

I hope everyone had a wonderful summer and is safe and sound. Irene hit the surrounding area around me pretty hard and I'm so very thankful to be OK. My heart goes out to all who lost so much during that horrible storm.

PFATT Breast Cancer Awareness Charity Auction

Hi everyone, I wanted to take a moment and ask you all to attend out PFATT Breast Cancer Awareness Charity Auction to be held on ebay, June 12th at 9:30 EST and 6:30 PST. I and several other members of PFATT have decorated a lovely 34 inch cream colored, real goose feather tree from Ragan house, with OOAK ornaments for this worthy cause. The little Breast Cancer fighter shown in an earlier post is my contribution to the tree.

100% of the proceeds of this auction will be donated to the non profit organization FORCE ( Facing our risk of Cancer Empowered). To provide support, resources and information and promote awareness and research specific to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer and to unite families affected by hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.

Here is a sneak peek of the tree with the ornies that have arrived so far. Each one is made with love from the giving hearts of some of the most talented artists on Ebay.

We hope you will join us for this very worthy cause and mark your calendars for Sunday June 12th at 9:30pm EST. We hope you will place a bid and help us by advertising for this amazing auction. Feel free to grab the banner above and post it on your blog to help spread the word.

New Bat ornament will list on ebay tomorrow

Just finished a new little bat ornament that I'll be listing on ebay tomorrow. The photo really doesn't do him justice. You can't see the marabou around his neck or the glitter on the moon but it was the best I could get. All in all, he's pretty cute I think.

So sorry to be gone for so long...but it's been a busy month

Wow, the weeks have just flown by and I've had sooo much to do! First, we had a "biggest loser" contest at work...and my partner and I won!!! 26 lbs for me and 17 for her in just 6 weeks! I feel great! Also, I joined PFATT and have been working like crazy to get things on ebay. We're also going to be auctioning off a fully ornamented feather tree in June to raise money for Breast Cancer research. Many of the PFATT ladies have already created an ornament for the tree and I myself, have finished my contribution, a little breast cancer fighter! I'll be posting more information about this wonderful auction soon. Thanks so much for sticking with me, even though I'm sometimes a lousy blogger! It means so much. :)

A NEW MEMBER OF PFATT

Sooooo thrilled to be a new member of PFATT! I'm still in awe! I posted the banner and link yesterday and totally forgot to do a post! I am wayyyyy out of it! I'm so honored and humbled and I hope that I can pull my weight in such a prestigious group of artists!!! It is for sure, a birthday wish come true!!! Thanks to Lori Davis of http://vintagepaletteart.blogspot.com/ and all of the girls at PFATT! click the title of this post to be taken to the amazing PFATT blog!

A New Bunny, a little different than what I usually do

Working on Bunnies today

I LOVE rabbits and bunnies, always have. I wanted to work on some tags for Easter, so I pulled out my old stand by rabbit pattern I'd created years ago and decided it needed updating. So, I spent a bit of time reworking it until I came up with a shape I really liked. Then, I created these sweet little prim tags, or they could be used as ornaments, from some scrapbook card stock. I have soooo many bunny ideas and will be making several of them in next few days. Meanwhile, this set of 3 were listed on Ebay tonight.

Easterween Giveaway!

If you're a Halloween Fan like I am, you will want to scurry on over to Artistic Halloween Queens for their Easterween Giveaway! The giveaway is for a basket full of Halloween "OOAK" ornaments created by the talented Halloween Queens! Head on over to their blog now so you don't miss this Awesome Giveaway!!!!!

Speaking of Winning

I’d like to share with you one of the most adorable creatures I’ve ever seen! His name is Piccolo and he was created by Carol, a wonderfully talented artist whose blog is called Battatter's. I’d entered a contest she was having and to my delight, I WON! My prize was that she would create any creature I’d like. Well, if you have seen her bats you’d understand why my first and only choice was a bat. (Though I have to say that she also sent me some photos of other works she’d created and if I’d not already been set on the bat, it would have been a very difficult decision for sure!) If you haven’t seen her work, do take yourself over to her blog and be prepared to be blown away! The detail in this little bat is amazing! I can’t begin to tell you how in love I am with him! He’s really, really a treasure and I’m so, so very lucky that he’s come to stay with me.

Thank you again Carol, I'm just thrilled with my little baby bat!

OWOH Prize Winnings

First I need to apologize for posting this so late, I'm afraid so many other things have detoured me from being a good blogger lately. But I've wanted so badly to share these for some time.
I really loved the downloadable print that we all received from Jo at Tanglefrost blog, I think it’s just beautiful. I love the colors so much! Visit her blog and see more from this talented artist.

I also received an online Folk Art Doll Workshop from the very, very talented Moriah at MLB Studios. I had so hoped to get started with making a doll with that workshop during my school break but way too many things, including a blizzard, came up. Luckily, I can go to the workshop whenever I’d like and work on my doll at my own pace. Thank you again Moriah, I’m a very lucky girl indeed. Take a moment and visit Moriah’s blog if you haven’t already. She has some awesome tutorials and she’s just as creative as a person can get!

Last but certainly not least was a wonderful little goodie package sent to me by Wanda at A Frayed of Fibers blog. Isn’t the little Dottie doll adorable! Fall is one of my favorite times of the year and she will have a special place in my decorating for sure! I am also IN LOVE with my little initial pendant, it makes quite a statement and I’ve already been complimented on it. And look at all of those lovely handmade beads; I’ve actually already started using some of them in a project, I’ll be sure to post when I’m finished. Do take a moment and take a peek at Wanda’s blog, her work is so lovely, you’ll be glad you did.

Ahhh the Heralds of spring

A Midsummer Night's Dream - 1909 (1/2)

A Midsummer Night's Dream - 1909 (2/2)

When oh When will Winter be over?

photo from shorpy.com

2 feet, that's what I got to wake up to this morning, 2 feet of fresh white snow. It did it's best to sparkle and gleam in the early dawn light and try to gain my affection, but I'm just done. Ok, I might have hesitated a bit during my shoveling and gazed at the beautiful colors and light bouncing off of each glittery flake, but once it was in the shovel the sheer weight of it was enough to break my trance. It is pretty, really...it is. I'm just ready for Spring.

A little Spring Inside with a Lilac candle

The Lilac candle is at least making it smell like Spring inside...but outside, it is clearly still Winter...*sigh*