TRACIE!!
Tootie reached high into a hat, pulled out the little slip of paper and said, "T won!"
Thanks everyone for playing and leaving a comment. I'm sorry I can't send something to each of you. Maybe I'll do this again or you will be lucky on someone else's blog. At least you tried, eh? If Tracie hadn't tried she wouldn't have won now would she have?
:)
I have been flitfully (is that a word?) busy doing this and that. This is the That. The house paintings are the This. I don't know how to categorize everything else. Um, I've sort of dug myself in a hole by limiting it to two. I'm really up to this and that and that and that and this and this too.
We spent a good part of this weekend working in the yard as I'm sure most of you did. We had 10 cubic yards of dirt delivered which H has been hauling around in a wheelbarrow. I bought some shrubbery. Very nice ones. And not
too expensive. Anyone know what movie? Hint: I bought them from Roger the Shrubber (link to audio file - fair warning).
Today was cold and put a damper on further yard work. I spent the day inside puttering around in my studio. I dug out my shrinky dinks to make buttons. I'd post pictures but they didn't turn out all that and a bag of chips. I did manage to start a very small fire in the toaster oven during the shrinky part of the dinks. Well! The directions say to put them on a piece of brown paper grocery bag...Let's just say I won't be making the money with the dinks.
I have more ideas for my house paintings and it involves Tootie's toys. You'll have to wait for the reveal on that one.
What else?
I would like to sell the first papiermache doll I made but I'm not sure which platform she should go on. Etsy? or eBay? What do you think? Pros and cons -- any experienced etsy/ebay people out there?
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Oh, if you guess which movie I was quoting in the first paragraph I'll have Tootie draw your name out of a hat and the winner will get a mini 4 pack of my postcards. Your answer doesn't have to be right, just leave a comment to be included in the drawing. We'll pick on Wednesday, April 30th after 6pm.
I'm painting again. It's been a long while since I have but suddenly I feel inspired. Maybe it's the weather. Maybe it's that my daughter is more self sufficient. I dunno. But I'm painting again.
Forever it seems that I've been fascinated with new home communities and developments. Not that I want to own one myself. I'm not sure why they're so fascinating to me. I think it's the rhythm of the houses in contrast to the plain land. Around here everything is built on old farmland. No trees in sight. This just adds to the contrast. Now with the mortgage thing going on I wonder how many families in these homes can really afford them? Are they hollow and empty? What do these people do for a living? Do they have relationships with their neighbors?
I'm going to try - note, I'm not promising anything - to paint everyday. If I get a painting done a week that'd be wunderbar. It's good practice. I'm stepping out and am taking a risk -- I'm going to post these for sale as I make them. I figure I have that etsy shop now, I might as well put it to use.
So, here's my first one. The painted part measures 7.5" x 8". It is painted with gouache. Since this is a new endeavor for me I've priced it relatively low.
About 7 years ago I had one of those philosophical "what am I supposed to do" moments. I felt like God said "make dolls" which, at the time, I thought was stupid. I thought I must have eaten some bad cheese because - clearly - I had much better things I was supposed to do with my time than to make stupid dolls.
So I didn't do it. I chased after other things that other people were doing that looked very exciting but it wasn't me.
Finally, 4 years later, in 2005 I made my first doll and Joybucket was born. And that is that.
I'm digging what I'm doing. I've met some very lovely people that I would have never come across. Who knows what I'll be doing in the future. Right now, this is what I'm supposed to be doing.
The one thing I've learned? Don't try to be someone you're not. Do I walk this out everyday? No.
I have a little poem I made up that runs through my head to remind me of this fact.
If You Are A Do Be Than
Do be the best
Do Be
Do.
Don't be
a New Be
or a
Doh Be Doh.
But be the best
Do Be
to do be
a Do Be
do be
do.
Hello, I'm Susan* and I make dolls.
*aka Major Goofball
"Mommy, I know how to spell know like you know something. It's just like no the opposite of yes."
"Well, you would think that but it's actually a bit of a tricky word. It has a silent K in the front and ends with a W."
"oh."
About 10 minutes later.
"Mommy! I know how to spell gnat! N-A-T!"
"Yeah, you would think. But, um, gnat starts with a silent G."
What are the chances she would pick two random words that are oddballs?
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For those wanting to know when I'll open my etsy shop - I'm just waiting on envelopes that should arrive next week.
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