I DID IT!

Here they are - the first two things available for sale on my etsy shop!

Charlotte, the little wren was designed for you...but I had to make a few little prints first!

I am carving another one, too, so I can send yours to you.

The "little green house" is pretty cool.....I really like it, though it is not one that everyone will like, I bet.

Hope to have more up tomorrow. It is going to be an incredibly BUSY week, so we'll see how it goes.

Welcome back to "regular" time zones - whew! Love the "Fall Back"....

some little things....

I started playing with stamps....again.....and thought this was pretty silly!

The feet are fun and I wanted to make a little drawing that would fit...

..hmmmmmm....... not so sure, but it makes me giggle, for sure!

I put together a little "fairy dust" and need to do a label.

This is the first attempt, but I need to wrap my brain around it and picture the "whole banana" ...so to speak.

I'll share the final result when it is done.

And, thanks to Danielle, I am almost ready to announce the opening of my etsy shop!

Tomorrow may be the day....I just need to get some photos together and write down the things I want to say....sigh....

......so many words.......

(don't hold your breath)

gRaSShoPPer

I walked out the front door yesterday and back in....and once again...and I realized that there was "someone" watching me. I looked down at the rosemary bush and there it was...

gRaSShoPPer!

He was HUGE!

At least three inches long.

And such a glorious green.

Guess I should've come right in and made a grasshopper stamp...

Didn't occur to me til this very moment.

Instead, I carved this little clown,

with PoLKa DoTs!

cReEpY cLoWn

This morning we got up and after a shower, Grayson put on his "clown white" and added the "wig" I made last night (from felt, what else?)

He thinks clowns are pretty creepy, so decided that is what he would do for Halloween.

Everyone is "dressing" for school today........

It is incredible what a little "paint" can do, don't you think?

...hmmmmmm....he almost looks "happy"......

(spooky)

WiLdCaTs!!

Desert Academy - Grayson's school - is the home of the wildcats!

The Parents' Association is having some "tattoos" made as a fund raiser and, instead of simply drawing the image, I, of course, made it far more complicated and carved a stamp (!)

pretty cool though, don't you think?

above, is the carved stamp and

below, is the image it stamps on paper

RrooOoaAARRR!

Gotta say that I am quite pleased with the way it turned out....

........... Go Wildcats!...........

Good News and Bad News

The bad news first - I did not get into the Renegade San Francisco Holiday Show

......bummer.......

The good news is that I finally finished most of the work I had to get done this week and got to play with Oolie tonight - her last night here!

We spent some time in the greenhouse this evening, talking about images to carve in stamps. She is such a great support and had fab ideas....including those below that have me so excited!!

This one I adore!

It is her little grand-niece in the pumpkin patch - so darn cute!

I call this "friends"

They are two separate stamps, but look great together...

This little guy is quite blurry - hmmmmm - but cute.

I will try him again, though, 'cause I like his style.

It is a disappointment to not be going to SF Renegade, but I'll get over it.

Thanks to all of you you encouraged me and had confidence.

Guess all the stuff I have been making for it will now go to my

"soon-to-open" etsy shop....

xo

RENEGADE CRAFT FAIR submissions

Well, I did it!

I applied to the San Francisco Renegade Holiday Craft Fair!!

(wish me luck!)

Here are my submissions:

Felt Goodies - lavender-filled, hand-dyed hearts and xmas ornaments

Bracelets from ribbons and buttons

Papier-Mache figures - birds, girls and houses

...and some Bug Charms

Handmade Rubber Stamps and hand-printed cards