tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10188367313400724172024-03-19T04:16:12.192-04:00The Mad Alchemist and Grassroots ArtistsMyself, The Mad Alchemist, welcomes you dearly. As i was cooking up some soap just now, i realized there are SO many artists out there, that blow my MIND on a daily basis. Of all sorts too...not just one kind of limited medium. I think i will list one or two a week. Cant get myself TO excited! These are the people i think shall take over the world one day, and we will be living amongst the madly wonderful colours of their pallet for the days ahead...welcome to my world, welcome to their world...BanjoBaySoapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427025399536095330noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018836731340072417.post-76156186416438656982010-05-22T02:31:00.000-04:002010-05-22T02:31:54.576-04:00The Mad Alchemist and Grassroots Artists: SPRING INTO ART - GIVEAWAY!!!!<a href="http://grassrootsartists.blogspot.com/2010/04/spring-into-art-giveaway.html">The Mad Alchemist and Grassroots Artists: SPRING INTO ART - GIVEAWAY!!!!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">and i bid you goodnite, goodnite, goodnite....</div>BanjoBaySoapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427025399536095330noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018836731340072417.post-63508266218906761992010-05-15T23:01:00.007-04:002010-05-23T13:11:15.001-04:00MAY Marvels<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am featured in a Treasury West by CrystalBeadDesigns!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A few months back, i fell in love with a shop called TwoBalckFlats. I loved everything about it, the colours, the textures, the vibe, the HATS!!! And little did i KNOW, the amazing lady behind the art would turn out to be one of the most wonderfully fascinating and loveable people i have ever met! Her art has been one of the most inspring additions to my life! I actually have incorpoorated it into MY art...when we work, we work in TwoBackFlats top hats. We mix and match, trade off, and have noticed that everything is far more fun and faniciful since we started the movement in-house!!! If you work at BanjoBay, you wear the top hat of your choice. And you love every second of it. I have so many thank you's and so much love to extend to this artist...well, word sdont do it justice. Alas, words will have to do for now. So sit back, put on a hat, grab a cup of java, and enjoy the awesomeness that IS...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">THE "J"...the driving force behind the fabulousity...an interview that she has graced grassrootsartists with...drum roll PLEASE....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I agree completely, E! This is why we understand each other. I can remember the first time I saw a photo of my mom getting off a plane in a black and white suit, hat and platforms. I immediately wished I lived “back when”. Chic and styled head to toe was the norm for leaving the house whether you were socializing or traveling. I was raiding fabric stores for bows before bows were acceptable, making oversized flowers for behind my ear before Neicy Nash (Love you Neicy). Put a hat on and see how every person who passes smiles at you. Let’s bring it back!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Believe it or not, I have just started making my top hats within the last year. They have developed so quickly from their craftsmanship to their design. My adoration of them grows everyday. (I say goodnight to them in their hat boxes every night. (But, don’t tell anyone:)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My awesome aunt was having a hat party for her 50th birthday. That’s another lady that understands the importance of details details details! I immediately knew I wanted a fun and funky hat for my short poofy dress. I was at the fabric store 3 minutes later. 20 minutes later, I had a room full of fabric and flowers and trims and sketches. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It has always been my mission to live with beautiful surroundings. I live in a beautiful city with marble and granite architecture whose details are intoxicating. I have unbelievably gorgeous friends who inspire me daily in their boldness, their colorful hair, their tattoos, their fashion sense and their traditional views on life. I notice everything from how a flower bends and how easily colors in nature flow and belong together. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">As a graphic design major, I was always instantly drawn to paper. Greeting cards and thank you notes and wedding invitations. I am a hair stylist because, well, fantastic hair makes your fantastic hat look even better. However, my love of small detail and crafting (and eating) brought me to my most fabulous venture yet. Marrying fashion and food, my business partner and soul sister, Alicia, and I came up with Petite Four Couture. A high end confectionery specializing in petit fours. I urge everyone, everywhere to grab a hat, join our Facebook page and wait for our website in June. I sense tea parties. Many many tea parties. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">10 years from now, I am barefoot surrounded by husband, his guitar, my dogs (plus 10) and flowers. I am gathering eggs to make cake and strawberries for jam. I am definitely, definitely wearing a hat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS;"><strong>I would be honoured.</strong></span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">and i bid you goodnite, goodnite, goodnite....</div>BanjoBaySoapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427025399536095330noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018836731340072417.post-17065314626998276092010-04-28T15:29:00.012-04:002010-05-23T12:43:47.572-04:00Spread the GOOD WORD<span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>ALL ABOUT SPREADIN THE GOOD WORD!!</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana;">Jia has reviewd my shop and given it two BUBBLES UP!!! She has Spread the GOOD WORD!!!</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">click the link below to see my review!!! MUCH LOVE!</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Miss Kathryn Long of VA (the commonwealth of) is serving up JAVA by day to the sweet peeps of Waynesboro and is an Artist by any other means. With her adorable dog Harvey by her side, this lovely lady is one un-stoppable ROCKIN chick! Talented and hilarious, drop by her shop and take a loosky...whimsical, pretty, and fun.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">I would like to introducce to the world, even if you already know him, Mr. Warhol Waltz himself - Jeremy H. Morris also hailing from Harrisonburg, VA.</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana;">For the purposes of this interview, i felt it approriate and comforting to myself to call him JerBear. You will have to ask him how he feels about that. I however am often thoughtless, so i just assumed it would be ok. JerBear.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Warhol's Waltz started with shoes. I love shoes, I think they give you an instant glimpse into who a person is, so I started revamping ones that I liked and that became Warhol's Waltz, with a bunch of other random crap. It was just a fun thing to do, and right now it is undergoing some changes, so stay tuned if you dare</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I feel that A) you are awesome. And B) I agree. I know that may seem arrogant, some may expect other artists to talk about their work and just say "thank you" after thank you, but I have learned there comes a point where your art and your passion HAS to be for YOU and no one else, so if you like, I'm thrilled, if not, then I'm even more thrilled, because that means that piece is for me, I love it, I am it, I made it, I don't expect you to as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is funny actually, I used to know someone who constantly tried to mentor and guide me, but our style was completely different, so he would critique me and critique me and I would just take it all in. He would always suggest that to make anyone comfortable in front of the camera, I needed to learn how to be in front of the camera, and I disagreed wholeheartedly, because I had already made so many people comfortable and gorgeous. So I prefer behind the camera, I don't like photographs of myself if they are not me being intentionally goofy</span>. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh most definitely. I think that if you took something like a gorgeous Valentino dress on the most amazing model in the world and she looked banging, but had 12 photographers, you are going to get 12 photos that will look different. But that is IF, and this is a big if, that is IF the person behind the camera has a voice in their work, if they have a vision, if they have a mission, then it will be distinctly theirs and will be altered to be that persons image and no one else could even hope to come close. But if not, then you get 12 crap images because no one has anything to say.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you have *muses* Jeremy?</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In real life, I don't have any. I think that colors alone are boring, you have to take the colors of things collectively to appreciate anything. On film, I LOVE vivid colors, high contrast, dramatic, popping colors that grab your face and smack it around a little.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What kind of music do you listen to, or does your music listen to....you?</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Most days these are the people I end of listening to for some amount of time: Lady Gaga, The Libertines, The Postal Service, Janis Joplin, Tegan and Sara, Modest Mouse, Billie Holiday, The Andrews Sisters, The Ink Spots, The White Stripes, and a whoooooole lot of musicals. I am a musical freak because I thought I was going to do musical theater at one point, and I may still try it out somewhere, but I don't expect it to go anywhere.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, it just depends on whether I speak the language or not if I understand them.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Inspiration: where or whom or both does yours come from? what do you derive your fancy stuff from?</span></strong> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not at all. I think that if you learn anything technically minded from the get go then you are just bound to have a boatload of boring pictures. I do nothing technically, I hardly ever use a tripod, I play with light till I get it right, I just go until it looks good to me then stop. Everything is impulsive, natural work, nothing is planned out so I can follow the rule of thirds or have the correct white balance. Some may say that is an excuse for me not knowing the technical side, and I would say to them "Nay, good sir, you are quite wrong." I know the technicals, they are necessary sometimes, but not most of the time for me.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, Jer Bear, You have the ability to make me and it seems, most everyone, crave more of your pictography...take a second look, stare a little more, want the next shot, need to see more...are you adding addictive illegal substances combinded with highly unorthodox verbal and or auditory sublimal messages in your art, or, is it JUST THAT GOOD?</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do you have a posse?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you consider my crazy, cool, and irreplaceable friends one then yes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Can i be part of that posse one day?</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course, I think you would fit quite nicely.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>What do i have to do to be part of the posse? will i get injured? is it safe?</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, we demand you do a Frank-n-Furter routine in Target or Walmart, one which consists of a one minute long impersonation, and if that hurts anyone it will be because they will never be happy again until they hunt you down and ask you to do it again. It tis the power of dear Frank-N-Furter. No joke we did this.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">(INTERJECTION: Jermey, i challenge to a Frank-N-Furter dance off. Yeah, I'm THAT with it. Been time-warping for 20 years. Literally. I'm old, ok? Name the time and place, and i will be there in leather and lace, dear Jeremy)</span></strong><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>"Some may say that is an excuse for me not knowing the technical side, and I would say to them "Nay, good sir, you are quite wrong." I know the technicals, they are necessary sometimes, but not most of the time for me." - </strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>Jeremy H. Morris</strong></span></div><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Any pets?</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Two dogs who are complete opposites but make the funniest couple of crack headed dogs.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>(INTERJECTION: why are you giving your dogs crack? seems a little un-ethical to me...???)</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>10 years: where do you see yourself, what are you doing, and do you like it? real or imaginary, totally up to you</strong></span>.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ten years I hope to be well out of Photography school in London and working somewhere, hopefully making good money as a fashion photographer, but that is all just hopes. Right now though I plan to continue with my art, finish my book, go to college at some point, and love life everyday I am living it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong>Did this interview annoy you?</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">No. It was super fun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thank you for interviewing me! And my entire portfolio/website can be found here: <a href="http://www.wix.com/jhmorrisphotography/jhmorrisphotography">www.wix.com/jhmorrisphotography/jhmorrisphotography</a></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>?!?!?!are YOUR lips LIVID?!??!</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">and i bid you goodnite, goodnite, goodnite....</div>BanjoBaySoapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427025399536095330noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018836731340072417.post-44214298628685482932010-04-19T20:22:00.011-04:002010-04-26T16:32:16.295-04:00Latest MusingsSo what is up in your world???<br />
anything NEW or FUNKY or RAD?<br />
i have, oh a whim, decided to take up mixed media art ona a MUCH smaller scale...CARDS and TAGS!<br />
it was all right there in front of my face, DOWNSIZE for a while!!! eh? yeah!<br />
and ofcourse, using my FAVORITE materials, clearly the MOST delighful and my favorite material to ever exist...TULLE!!!<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong>constructing my art in a hat...always, ofcourse!</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGB0AJ6Fdb2i6rIvXP9NN1eEHRipw-x67TpCXWUYkD38n8miLskacGhpZD6oBb09iFMo58XKpS_u9RkVqUJ0j2es5Be8JmtAXYcBSROnkjKkB5myqkUqKI-vPQW-JIlV4UHhU20RmgRs/s1600/HATAPP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGB0AJ6Fdb2i6rIvXP9NN1eEHRipw-x67TpCXWUYkD38n8miLskacGhpZD6oBb09iFMo58XKpS_u9RkVqUJ0j2es5Be8JmtAXYcBSROnkjKkB5myqkUqKI-vPQW-JIlV4UHhU20RmgRs/s200/HATAPP.JPG" width="176" wt="true" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">WELL, hmmmmmmmmm, which hat to wear today?!?!?</span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: large;">OK! this one...</span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8-46nKSg6QF7npb2-EnPnkJbNS0weZk4Ao2CTfeTzRqj68CYQioqMZ07vMFnPDFqjD8bKkbHinJQtHFiG659gmIye6NmgN3biv8IEtnczj9Zpk5FssdtNtQYRmrtyziAnizbpb5C4n8/s1600/HATtwo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8-46nKSg6QF7npb2-EnPnkJbNS0weZk4Ao2CTfeTzRqj68CYQioqMZ07vMFnPDFqjD8bKkbHinJQtHFiG659gmIye6NmgN3biv8IEtnczj9Zpk5FssdtNtQYRmrtyziAnizbpb5C4n8/s200/HATtwo.JPG" width="116" wt="true" /></a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>and, i do this, on a whim, today, Through The Looking Glass....</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>i love texture, and i love treasures. i love tales and things un-told...</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>i love to feel, and to dance, and to twirl around for no reason at all, but to twirl around because it seems like the reasonable thing to do.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>i like cats and rabbits, that can reside in fancy little houses, that are "dressed in shoes and hats and trousers"</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>yes, i have a world, of, my own...</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>i've been lucky, to be inspired by the fizzle of a firework, the flash of a firefly, and the flames from which the pheonix of my spirits have risen.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>i'm lucky.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>and just when i think i am not, i see a wild violet, in my front yard.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>just the most deep purple, pretty white and purple wild violet...oh, just the littlest tiny thing, growing with it's counterparts in this mess of a crazy yard upon which a early warm spring has enabled the sproutting of immeasurable amounts of grass, dandelions, buttercups, clover, tulips, jonquils and blue~bells.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>so this single violet, shouts up to me, loud even for me to stop and look down, yet quiet enough not to wake the sleeping dragons...with their shiny scales and golden tails...roars that shake the big blue whales....from mountains caves to sea...</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>bless this violet, for she sang to me, smiling all the while, in a golden afternoon choir amongst her wild friends, swaying side to side, to and fro, back and forth, around and around, she sang the sweetest song, just for me, and by osmosis of a breeze she flooded my mind with thoughts, with decree...</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>of visions and dreams, of stars and moons, of vows and truths, of all the things that i have been given, be grateful, she sang, not jealous nor bitter, nor angry nor sad, be grateful...for what you have been blessed with in your life is so much more than many will ever feel, taste, see, breathe...she sang this to me and i began to listen...i began.</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>and since that day, my heart beats so much love, no push nor shove, and though confusion is natural, and normal as can be, in my mind, miss violet i shall always hear and see, singing songs of xanadu, of khubla khan, of rubies and of chess, a stout king and his pawn, singing songs of all fancy lovelies, just out there, out on my lawn.</strong></span><br />
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and then, kinda came the start of these....<br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;">be happy in all that you do here</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"The time has come," the Walrus said,</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">"To talk of many things:</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax-</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of cabbages and kings-</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And why the sea is boiling hot </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">And whether pigs have wings."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">but no cabbages or kings</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><strong>::::: IT'S GIVE-AWAY TIME :::::</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sweet Danielle at </span><a href="http://www.dashleydesigns.etsy.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.dashleydesigns.etsy.com/</span></a></div><div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Factory Ashli at </span><a href="http://www.factorygirlashli.etsy.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.factorygirlashli.etsy.com/</span></a></div><div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My girl Gio at </span><a href="http://www.giovannacoraggio.etsy.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.giovannacoraggio.etsy.com/</span></a></div><div align="justify" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Classy Jeanie at </span><a href="http://www.dishyposh.etsy.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.dishyposh.etsy.com/</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Super Fun Pauline at </span><a href="http://www.zeropumpkin.etsy.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">www.zeropumpkin.etsy.com</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Delightful Pam at </span><a href="http://www.rabbity.etsy.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">www.rabbity.etsy.com</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sweet Emma at </span><a href="http://www.byemma.etsy.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">www.byemma.etsy.com</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">RAD zomb at </span><a href="http://www.zomb.etsy.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">www.zomb.etsy.com</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Super Crafty Lisa at </span><a href="http://www.lisamblouin.etsy.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">www.lisamblouin.etsy.com</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> little ol' me, Em at </span><a href="http://www.banjobaysoaps.etsy.com/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.banjobaysoaps.etsy.com/</span></a><br />
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"All of our papers are high quality, from thick to translucent, solid colors or speckled. We have red, orange, yellow, green, blue, pink, black, white and more. <br />
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A butterfly is a symbol for resurrection, transformation, and celebration. Their lives represent the ever changing parts of our lives, from the birth of the caterpillar, its death, followed by the resurrection into a wonderful beautiful butterfly.<br />
According to some myths, butterflies help bring sleep, peace, and dreams. They can symbolize female fertility and the love between two lovers in a relationship"<br />
WOW! keep or share these with someone else! THANK YOU Emma for being a part of the grassrootsartists movement! Someone is going to be very springy and lucky!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">and i bid you goodnite, goodnite, goodnite....</div>BanjoBaySoapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427025399536095330noreply@blogger.com66tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018836731340072417.post-76329685970711758892010-04-02T08:06:00.044-04:002010-04-24T11:34:46.623-04:00APRIL ARTISTS<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="color: lime; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><strong>::APRIL ARTISTS::</strong></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">as you all know by now, if i want to eat it up even though it is unedible, those are my chosen featured artists.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">nom nom nom. yummy. yummy. yummy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">WOW. April is coming to an end, but brining about so many NEW beginnings! The flowers are blooming, the fishies are swimming, the trees are gettning green, and what was once in a state of solitude is coming alive! In the midst of all this action, our featherd friends are ready to nest, gathering up this and that and prepping their nests for a birth of an entire new genreration of life...what better way to ring in the celebration of this than to talk to someone who creates fancy beautiful luxury homes to our little tweets, than Miss Cathy McAllister, or Cat as we will call her...creator of much, lover of art, and you decide the rest!!!</span><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Cat is a mother a grandmother! Three children, and a "fiesty" 3 yr old grand-daughter. Isnt family wonderful? But i a jumping the gun...let's rewind back in time. Always having the creative itch and the natural knack for arts, Cat took workshops through her time in highs school, and she originally began as an Art major in college, taking up Social Work as her major later on. She wanted to be an artist but not to be a STARVING artist! Back-up plan, wise idea!! Since then, Cat has worked with mentally and physically challenged people for her entire career. The thing I found most endearing about Cat was when she said "I had done volunteer work since junior high, and had a strong sense of committment to advocating for equality in peoples lives, and educating others as to how important people with disabilities are." I personally think that shows such a true sense of her compassion for the people, no matter what shape size or conition they are in. Ah, the compassion of an artist, to me, has no boundaries. As artitsts, this can be both all our strengths and our downfall. Well, Cat encountered a different curve ball life threw, as she has continued doing this type of work until 2004, when, as she says "fate dealt me a similar hand, and previously latent medical issues rose to the surface, and robbed me of my career, and my entire life as I knew it. Depressed and with an unsure future, I dug out my old painting supplies, and started dabbling. Some trips to the art supply store opened up my eyes to polymer clay, gourds, and other mediums. My sister convinced me to open a shop, but I would not do it until I had everything in place. So, in November,2008, I took the plunge, and opened up my shop here on Etsy"</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Ah, here i give you a snipppet of the BEST of the BEST with mixed media and expression...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">with whom i have totally fallen in love with</span><br />
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<span style="color: lime; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: lime; font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.dishyposh.etsy.com/">http://www.dishyposh.etsy.com/</a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">SO, i was thumbling and tumbling around etsy the other week, and i LUCKILY came across this most...magical, amazing picture of a pill box hat. It brought about ALL SORTS of emotions within me, feelings like "classy" and "vintage", "big band" and "swing", "jazzy" and "how it used to be"..."proper" yet "FUNKY" and "FUN", i was so thrilled! SO, you know me, i asked for an interview and YAY, Miss Jeanie was happy to oblidge! I cant say ENOUGH great things about her and her art, and i would love for you meet her! Ready? Here you go....</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div align="center" style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouRz5Ro0-_hwVyV6OdDtupTwiR6qCdbshyEEkETn-u4VnmSrT37GzS44uucTmHsEHoy_kywFEUkcjbSuSKI4kufMPTWBeKfgtWqavCKFTe44H6ATPhoga4UHothxGN0Ui7Opjqe1Na5Q/s1600/DISHYPOSH3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiouRz5Ro0-_hwVyV6OdDtupTwiR6qCdbshyEEkETn-u4VnmSrT37GzS44uucTmHsEHoy_kywFEUkcjbSuSKI4kufMPTWBeKfgtWqavCKFTe44H6ATPhoga4UHothxGN0Ui7Opjqe1Na5Q/s320/DISHYPOSH3.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">My name is Jeanie Lanterman-Summers. I live in Redding in Northern California. I moved up here from Southern California in 1995 '. I am married and a homeschooling mother of 2 boys. I have been running an acting troupe for about 12 years in our area. We go by name of 'St. Valerius Troupe of Actors and Other Such Nonsense.' My group and I perform different genres throughout the year including Renaissance, Victorian, 1940's, 1930's and the list keeps growing. Mainly, we like to give to those in our community that we think need it the most. We dress up and sing for Retirement and nursing homes, we perform at Renaissance faires in the state of California and, throughout the year, we hold events such as our annual 1940's Big Band Swing Party. Costuming is a big part of our group's events. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">For the longest time, I would create costuming (including hats) for my group to match the time periods that we were performing. Hats were always something that I enjoyed making from scratch and I have always felt that I was particularly good at them. I also felt as though the costume was not finished until there was a hat on the head! So when my husband was laid off last winter, I started to make them as a business so that we could get bye in our time of struggles. My husband is now working again and the hats have taken off and have become a fun and exciting new chapter in my life. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ybr4UDXZ8SmqEoHh4-6w-P4DTyhjKnNXnjfm1Ich4-dked82yYL6-B-qWkThV9rAJNI9T40_ojNu0KD8s4bBo-a1G8eKxDDZOxzHJ0E6EEsBhkTTKATdlW7SGPQfi4Am6VjN9vX59Tc/s1600/DISHYPOSH8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0ybr4UDXZ8SmqEoHh4-6w-P4DTyhjKnNXnjfm1Ich4-dked82yYL6-B-qWkThV9rAJNI9T40_ojNu0KD8s4bBo-a1G8eKxDDZOxzHJ0E6EEsBhkTTKATdlW7SGPQfi4Am6VjN9vX59Tc/s320/DISHYPOSH8.jpg" /></a></div>I think that for a while, the whole saying of being dressed from 'head to toe' was lost. It wasn't a need (or a want) in our society to wear fine hats. Fine hats were the images of the past. 50 years ago and earlier, hats were a must. My grandmother used to say that you 'never left your home without a hat on your head.' For a long period of time in our society, hats were no longer being used for fashion. They became used for functional purposes only. Baseball caps to keep the sun out of the eyes and beanies in winter to keep your head warm. I don't think that the fashion of hats was really thought of for the the past 50 years or so. Now, it seems as though we have come back to the fashion of hats. I love to see a man in an Irish cap or fedora. It seems classy and worldly for spmeone to wear a good hat. Women that go out in public with a cute hat on their head get my highest verbal praises. I make sure I let people know just how fond I am of their fashion choice. It, to me, is a sign of our society bringing back class and refinery to the eyes of the public and it is quite pleasing. I have longed for this type of style to come full circle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMWtR7NtSAgE9coxraZhyphenhyphen8keIb5I2crwdiWcfMmVK0-dCSrXAsMHKBNxTxsB7tSPozE-4t-UrYy3MummZxGXiN2V_-1Jbk7X42syx0wPvYoL2N08YpAc3trBtP_9nnByfihU5J7APK2Y/s1600/DISHYPOSH7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPMWtR7NtSAgE9coxraZhyphenhyphen8keIb5I2crwdiWcfMmVK0-dCSrXAsMHKBNxTxsB7tSPozE-4t-UrYy3MummZxGXiN2V_-1Jbk7X42syx0wPvYoL2N08YpAc3trBtP_9nnByfihU5J7APK2Y/s320/DISHYPOSH7.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I tend to use felt mostly. It it strong, soft, and makes a great form. I also enjoy wools and tweeds. I love the satin I use as lining because I feel that the inside of your hat is just as important as the outside. It is only finished when the lining is done. I love vintage materials as well. Something from the past that might be worn out on one part can be salvaged and made into something new...like a hat. I had an old wool coat from the 40's that belonged to my grandmother but it's lining was ripped and in great disrepair. I didn't want to toss it out because it was sentimental to me. Although it was no longer good as a coat, I ended up using some of it to make a hat so that I will forever have a piece of my grandmother's coat close to me.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As I wrote earlier, I am a bit of a history buff and being involved in a group of people that like to reenact different time periods, costuming is of the utmost importance. A good hat finishes off your ensemble. I like to create and have never been a big one for patterns so, yes, these hats are very much a part of me. They had a lot of prototypes before them before I was happy with them and their design. I consider myself very in touch with the seasons and like to decorate them accordingly. I enjoy the creativity of the weather and think that truly, there is a hat for you to wear Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I love all types of art. I appreciate other's creativity and enjoy seeing through the eyes of many artists. I enjoy music, sculpture, painting, decor, and sewing most of all. I like that I can see something and think, 'I can make that.' Art is not only a way to express one's self, it is an enormous outlet that I could not picture doing without. Artist expression makes my life complete.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">hmmmm, 10 years from now? I have know idea. I live in the now and even with a great imagination, I find it hard for me to foresee. There are So many possibilities. I suppose that I would like to have a joyous life with my friends and family near me and the freedom to continue to live my life with my creativity on the forefront of it. I hope for continual financial stability and happiness...more trips to Disneyland and maybe a trip to Europe...lol...other then that, who knows, Anything is possible~ </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><strong>~moving onto another delightful artist~</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Meet Sarah</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.toadstoolsntreestump.etsy.com/"><strong>www.toadstoolsntreestump.etsy.com</strong></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New;">before i OPEN the magical door to Sarah's world, I have to tell you, i kinda got a little obsessed with her fairys and trolls befre i even met her!! I think one of the first things i tolf her was "It's like the Dark Crystal meets Techniclour" Once i got to know Sarah, wow, she is has such a gentle and humble personality...sweet as a peach, and so so special. And I mean, words dont really do this artist or her art justice. I wish i could, put into words, the MAGNITUDE of her breahthrough boundaries artwork. SO, i suppose, the best thing to do, is to let you see and read all about her, for yourself. Let's open the door to the Tree of Life, and see what mad yummy goodness awaits us inside!! Take a seat within Faery Ring, and let's drink some Kava Infused Tea while we get to know Miss Sarah Dressler and her creatures of magic together....</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUJfQedYIuYE5b2nwOm1SNHcHyxNuDLWB_jjl6w3liMNPxB1y533ApWSFBsNmR7IpxR9CkGuvVH_gMC1BJ0YllIk9t8CfGPdkbO9awF6IJinAAUlc2DJADRBTl8Lm-9h_4ArznwMjIoB0/s320/TOAD8.jpg" /></strong></div><div style="text-align: left;">An interesting question, when I was a full time art student surrounded by people who called themselves artists, I decided I was really a craftswoman. I did not give myself that name because I was a Crafts major, but because I was creative and was good at what I did. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">My “craftsmanship” was good. But I drew a line (in my head) between being a craftsman and an artist. That line was hard to pin down but essentially I decided an artist was someone who was compelled to make art,</div><div style="text-align: left;"> to express themselves artistically. It was not about being recognized by a gallery or buyers but about an internal drive to create. At that point in my life I created because that was expected of me, not because I felt compelled to. I have had period of my life when I did not create much of anything, and periods where my hands have been perpetually employed in something creative. Even at those times I still don’t feel like the title “artist” fits, it’s more like a nervous energy that leaks out of my hands and my imagination. I don’t consciously express ideas through art, so I still don’t feel like an “artist.” All that said I understand that my personal definition does not fit the average person’s definition of “artist,” so in so much as I have been creating most of my life, either drawing, painting, silver smithing, doll making etc I guess I have always been something of an artist.<strong><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">I love the mohair but it’s a bit expensive and really expensive to ship, as it comes from New Zealand. But, it’s worth it, it is heavenly soft to touch and needle felts into doll heads like a dream. My favorite fabric paints are Jacquard Lumiere paints, and for that touch of twinkle I usually use Scribbles 3D fabric paints. Faces are done with a mixture of Prisma color pencils, fabric dye pens and fabric paints. I put a coat or two of 3D crystal lacquer over the eyes to give them some dimension and shine, like real eyes. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When my daughter was very young she thought the eyes looked so real that she declared that once the eyes were complete the doll was awake and I could no longer sew anything to it or touch it with anything sharp, lest I hurt the doll. At some point a doll needed repair (a neighbor’s dog removed her hair) and she required surgery. We created doll anesthetic – a concoction of things that smelled good from my spice drawer – we developed different formulas for faeries, mermaids and others. Most of my dolls get some kind of token that gives us a clue into it’s personality. Some dolls take ages for me to finish as I can’t seem to find the right item for that doll to hold or wear. I have a box of dolls that don’t have their totem, once in a while when I have amassed a new collection of interesting items in the right scale for the dolls I pull out those orphans of my studio to see if they are ready to reveal themselves and we match them with the right items. Sometimes it just feels right to leave them without that clue and it’s up to their adoptive owner to work out what they are like, if it will ever be revealed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsoHT8sBXaTS3fTFQmY2Wo52HahZEjHKlpVz1Z2DbaS5Bqsm_1byU4BEAJZ0YSvLQv0Z5Zo3TIjKnEkEJF1IKsmK8_fUOvl5ng1r-Z9XIQk00d_zKUcjyTW0aV3aANSOXJsDr3-PELJ4/s1600/TOAD14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsoHT8sBXaTS3fTFQmY2Wo52HahZEjHKlpVz1Z2DbaS5Bqsm_1byU4BEAJZ0YSvLQv0Z5Zo3TIjKnEkEJF1IKsmK8_fUOvl5ng1r-Z9XIQk00d_zKUcjyTW0aV3aANSOXJsDr3-PELJ4/s320/TOAD14.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NWpSXG126zVXJtNM_O8bLIYnXB45ARYXPbN0EjaDKvcx-scEq3Tu96FKd5CZxtpyZdOgvgxi-DQH2wKqWPmvuA4T_SFg9lf1zvRkCLDNDlrBWi_2BhYOpbpNvPq6EqEA-RMl9Y3ibXo/s1600/TOAD1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" nt="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2NWpSXG126zVXJtNM_O8bLIYnXB45ARYXPbN0EjaDKvcx-scEq3Tu96FKd5CZxtpyZdOgvgxi-DQH2wKqWPmvuA4T_SFg9lf1zvRkCLDNDlrBWi_2BhYOpbpNvPq6EqEA-RMl9Y3ibXo/s320/TOAD1.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Inspiration comes from so many places. The work of Brian and Wendy Froud and Hayao Miyazaki are always a treat to indulge in. I love that they create their own worlds that you can mentally slip into and feel like they could be real places. They do not seem bound to mundane concepts of scale and what characters “should look like.” When first I opened a book illustrated by Brian Froud I felt liberated, who says Fae creatures need to follow human proportions? Why not have feet several times bigger than your head? Or legs a fraction of the length of your torso? Who says a creature should only have 2 eyes? I admit that the more I make dolls that play with proportion the more I want to push those boundaries. I also take inspiration from nature; I love to take walks with my kids and to look for great shapes in trees, and clouds and flowers… Once last spring I almost captured what looked like a goblin face in the bark of a tree. But, when I got my camera out the light was behind a cloud and once the light was back on the tree not even I could quite see that face again. I think it’s a gift to be able to wander the world and find beauty and inspiration in the most mundane items. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Meet Emma</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New;">lucky me stumbled upon Emma's store in a chat room on Etsy. I kept seeing these pictures show up on the sidebar, and had to find the "culprit" of such soothing, elegant, and beautiful works of art!! Alas, there she was, the CUTEST puppydog icon...and to my even more delightful surprise, she was the sweetest woman to talk with! So gentle and happy, fun and open. Not just your average person, Emma's enthusiam for art, her own and OTHERS, is SO refreshing. She just exudes warmness. I admire her work, her ethic, and her craft so very much, and her art takes me to a place in my mind that makes feel as if i am floating in the sky, on a silver laced cloud...what more could one ask for? Sound quite whispy and sweet? It IS! And, well, i welcome you to take a ride on that cloud for yourself...with the lady of the hour, the artist of moment..</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;">MISS EMMA</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-size: small;">I change my favorite color every year because I believe that they are all special and unique in their own way. As each year I grow, my tastes change as I learn new ideas and points of views. If I have to stay with one color for the rest of my life I would be bored.</span> <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">What is your style?</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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I get my inspiration from everything. Could be from a conversation, new clothing from the store, a vintage item in an antique shop, and talented people on Etsy.<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">When you are not creating beautiful works of art, what do you like to do in your off-time?</span></strong><br />
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Besides school I like to play golf, write stories, practice photography, hiking, and exploring.. I try to enjoy my life as much as possible before I have a kid and go back to work.<br />
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</div><strong><span style="font-size: large;">What is the purpose of your blog?</span></strong><br />
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I love making treasures, but I'm rarely around when there are spots available. Rather than waiting for creativity to happen on a schedule, I can post my own treasures whenever creativity strikes me. I also use it as a place to practice my writing. <br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please visit Emma ON her beautiful blog at </span><br />
<a href="http://www.emmall.me/treasure/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">www.emmall.me/treasure/</span></a><br />
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store at <br />
<a href="http://www.byemma.etsy.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">www.byemma.etsy.com</span></a></div><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">So I found this artist in a chat room, I was automaticallty intrgued by their avatar...a yellow FuNkY pumpkin. Let me say that the shop blew my away! You can't help bu SMILE when you are in this shop and looking at all the RAD and unique art. Dolls, Stickers, Paintings, COLOUR, wierd illusion, asain culture and cats! how about THAT for variety!?! Deriving inpiration from Tim Burton, Billy Corgan, and what must be all things super and unusual...shake it all up, hang out with Gino the cat...and POW! you have zeropumpkin! I deeply appreciate this art and I deeply appreciate this artist. If you are into the flip side of fabulous freaky fun...meet the ARTIST, from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Courier New; font-size: large;"><strong>ZeRoPuMpKiN</strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">well i get my inspiration from alot things, from movies to music. Desgin books, magazines, the things i love & i see. Especially from my pet cat "gino".</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">i am in love with dark colors such as black grey, dark green, i love white colors as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">yes, i am big fan of the smashing pumpkins, thats where i get my shop name. I love the cranberries, & Joe haisashi music.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">which is really pretty wierd since English was always my favorite subjuect and i took it on as a my Major in college...i always liked the writing aspect...was never reallly a reader.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SO, to shake my mind up a bit, and get the wheels turning, I decided to pick up a novel at the book store yesterday..."The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See, i have this "problem"...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">if a book doesn't zip zap my interest right away, i will end up reading the SAME page about 10 times, and still have NO CLUE of what i just read.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ADHD? dunno. BUT, i remeber "The Jungle" from high school, and from college too...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was one of the few books looking back that I always could follow, even with off the wall Lithuanian antics and names i still cant pronouce. It was the meat of the story that reeled me in. A TRULY deep, dark, revealing, hard-core story....fiction/non fiction....and HA! i just made a pun. Meat. Unitended!!! Alas, it is 12:44 AM and i cannot sleep. And though i am probably not going to take DELIGHTFUL Alice in Wonderland bookmark from madgypsy.etsy.com out of "The Jungle" to read, I still thought i would write about reading. Books. Literature. Gettin my LEARN back on. My brain has been WAY too numb for too long, and i am calling out a MAYDAY for something else to get me back on the book train....for SURE.</span><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SO, i have my uber favorites. If i want to eat one of there products that is completely </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">un-edible...yup, that is an uber favorite.</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">The more i meeet people that deal and dabble in Vintage, the more i realize it is a TRUE artform, with so many dimensions and complexiy to it. </div><div style="text-align: left;">I would like to introduce you to my freind, Miss Pam!!! I met Pam in an etsy chat room, and something drew me to her. and INTO her shop where i was BLOWN AWAY with all the different vintage goodies from dolls to shoes to jewlery to books to hats...she has a definte eye for taste and a defintie eye for colour. I even think she has cured me of my fear of dolls...so Pam is magic in my book. Would you like to meet her? Well, here we go....</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Your shop is SO diverse, how did you get into it, and what is your favorite kind of art/vintage?</span></strong></div> <br />
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I believe in surrounding yourself with things (& people) that you love. So, when I become interested in something, I tend to dive in pretty hard. I started buying vintage online without knowing much about it. Unfortunately, vintage sizes are VERY different from modern sizes. So, sometimes, I received items that didn't fit. I also had to learn what to look for online. Sometimes, it is hard to know what you're getting when you can't: touch the fabric, try on the shoes, see how the hat looks on you, guesstimate the size of the knick-knack, etc. So, I began to have a collection of great items, but some of which I couldn't use. THAT'S when the Vintage-lover & collector becomes the Vintage-seller. I think this is probably true for many of us Vintage Vendors here on Etsy.<br />
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I think that anything that makes me laugh, is my new favorite thing! There is SO much great kitsch and camp is vintage. It really is a lot of fun.<br />
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I also get a lot of compliments when I go out in vintage. It is ALWAYS in style! <br />
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I've also really enjoyed learning the history behind some of the wonderful things that I find. I try to research items, so I can give the most accurate description in my shop.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">well Pam, you are rockingthe worlds of many people with your passion for life and art...keep going, you are a true inspiration, and a woderfully DELIGHTFUL colourful lady,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Please CHECK OUT Pam's yummy stuff at</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.rabbity.etsy.com/"><span style="font-size: x-large;">http://www.rabbity.etsy.com/</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><strong><span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS; font-size: x-large;">Ms.PLUG IT herself!!!!</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3i_isessf3kCinAgq2tmcpDdsHx1gHwmn5XoBvmIOehj9k_8_ujcHLLbr5H8A39nkJ9RGvVy6LPLnM8nUKl_1A0XzuG21mx8H8B9GW7EI0TzIja5qgUqnmDI6_9IRHz7JOHGPHIhQVbU/s1600-h/il_430xN_85709687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3i_isessf3kCinAgq2tmcpDdsHx1gHwmn5XoBvmIOehj9k_8_ujcHLLbr5H8A39nkJ9RGvVy6LPLnM8nUKl_1A0XzuG21mx8H8B9GW7EI0TzIja5qgUqnmDI6_9IRHz7JOHGPHIhQVbU/s320/il_430xN_85709687.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been SO excited to do an interview with Gio for SO long now. I dont think I have ever met such a wonderful spirit such as she. I have LOVED watching her grow both personally and artistically over the time we have known each other, and i LOVE to say that "yes, my ear gear collection is that of Miss Giovanna Coraggio" She is a young soul and an old soul all in one. </span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEbpSOk75Wrxvwft3iE8d3QUywVVuQGekamvau4h3r1SQ2acy30Jra2CXt76xQh53-_2KF2sqcPOTYcgjm9WKdZB5dpk-nnMGRWyG4LQkuBnzhj8-QZIIgVnSEu8ooiMKoznUXwreEl4/s1600-h/gio2.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMEbpSOk75Wrxvwft3iE8d3QUywVVuQGekamvau4h3r1SQ2acy30Jra2CXt76xQh53-_2KF2sqcPOTYcgjm9WKdZB5dpk-nnMGRWyG4LQkuBnzhj8-QZIIgVnSEu8ooiMKoznUXwreEl4/s320/gio2.bmp" vt="true" /></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gio was my very first friend on etsy, over a a year ago now! She pretty much went from start to finish with me while i strecthed my ear lobes! Like a gauging mamma. She is a caring, compassionate, hilarious, spit-fire, smart and talented lady with a true passion for her all of her art...and art of others. Having just moved from Arkansas to the bush in Alaska, who knows what this change of scenery will inspire within her!!! </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is definitley NOT limited to one type of art, and.....well, would you like to meet her? Here is a bit of Giovanna through my looking glass!!! GIOVANNA CORAGGIO, ladies and gents..........................................</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ooh, everything I do is a favorite while I’m doing it, you know? I absolutely love painting woman and skeletons, and my dogs, but If I had to pick, I think it really would be making art sculpture for people’s ears! It’s just so fun to think they are chillin’ in someone’s lobes while they walk around in places I may have been or may never be, in different countries. Dancing in awesome clubs I’ve never heard of…making out.. haha! All those special times, my art becomes a part of. I really enjoy that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nature, longing, hard knocks, dark fairy tales, deep and dark desires, innocence, belief in truth and music. Lyrics, literature, all of that good stuff. For my fashion, it's international street style, old school vintage, librarians, the 80's Molly Ringwald/Madonna style, earthy hippies and forest nymphs. Pretty much all of my work is inspired by women who are empowered by their own freedom and fight to stay outside the box, and who are extremely attached to the soil.</span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">And wow does it show!! The lines of her work, the beauty of the colours, the placemets of each detailed wire wrap, or twist of the beading...it's so beautfiul!!! Mary is so friendly too!! It's an all around TOTAL SCORE!! Go check this shop out, and get immeresed in it's beauty just like i did...I LOVE IT!!</span></div><br />
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Here is a little or A LOT something special from hobbydust...i fell in love with these as soon as saw them. No i am picturing them in my new house i hope we get!!! It is amazing what a little canvas, a little embroidery and little stitching can do! THESE ARE AMAZING! and the greatest part is...hobbydust does CUSTOMS to match what you want the canvas to say! To me, it is so comforting, relaxing, and ZEN. <br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><em>"Since founding GIGART in 1996, Gregg Gordon's artwork has been seen on TV, featured in magazines and newspaper publications, and utilized as an integral part of a number of national ad campaigns and concert merchandising efforts. Corporate clients repeatedly turn to GIGART for their poster, logo, album cover and package design needs."</em></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">I have previously seen Gregg Gordons work and DEF heard of him, but ot see the art available on etsy was like...HELLO!!! Anyhow,if you are into detailing, design, off the wall, creativity, music, and fun...check this shop OUT!!! and DIG DIG DIG it all the way!!!</span></div><div align="left" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">more cool not your average paper....</span></strong></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "courier new";">is ONE cool cat! Friendly FUN, you can't go wrong with the oozing creativity and love of this craft Lauren has in her heart....GREETING EARTHLINGS, right ON!</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=42384836" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="aliens" border="0" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p98/bluecrab77/il_430xN126587442.jpg" style="height: 204px; width: 273px;" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;">Below is <span style="font-family: "courier new";">a most dear person in my life, total per chance, who knew? well...here you GO - Miss Leah herself, the famed, the snazzy, the sweetest gal around!</span> <span style="font-family: "courier new";">Leah as a HUGE passion for her art and her craft...and a HUGE heart to match. Her shops (YES!TWO SHOPS!) are an all around TOTAL SCORE...and i realllllllly suggest you check it out for yourself!!! This is my mind frame...THhe Mad Alchemist is about to quote herself...ready??? "I always say, the most important thing you can put in a package to a customer BESIDES the item they ordered, is a hand made hand written Thank You note"....and BELOW is one of the BEST and most inviting places to get them!</span> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=42365008" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="panda" border="0" src="http://i126.photobucket.com/albums/p98/bluecrab77/il_430xN129051997.jpg" style="height: 223px; width: 276px;" /></a><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=42002913" style="clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447206987006226834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHdxKu-lXfnbC4wwgzxvLPElj4nuuB2YDVZrskmekY5oFbl0Ypmh8xSTkRYbWg_V8ygIe8bdEoKwBvfWVxomSXVWRp1jR_B_nW4-J2YQTYgWAFM_2UzqGJRxSK0reZa6MH28fw3MASnuQ/s320/pinkscards.jpg" style="float: right; height: 160px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 203px;" /></a><a href="http://www.littlepinkkangaroo.etsy.com/"></a> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "courier new";">WOW. yup. i know, right?!?!? TOTALLY! Leah has the COOLEST and most FUN designs. I think while staying true to herself, she creates with other people in mind...her art is that art that is straight from the heart.</span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Leah is truly a one of a kind lady.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">what CAN i SAY about zomb?!?!? cutting edge,hip,rad, pretty badass all around!! A totally unique shop, i am convinced zomb taunts me with three t-shirts, two of which i own...just to keep me coming back. seriously, i have a problem. check this out...and check THIS out...a ZOMBIE DEFENSE LEAGUE...you KNOW IT!! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">It's THAT good, baby...THAT GOOD. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.zeropumpkin.etsy.com/">http://www.zeropumpkin.etsy.com/</a></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNXlVhmap9daiKmHM_wC-xv3Hes8pe6C7dikxAungXxh7HQI3JW38F5AfPxl-ZYwAxqpuz-Bxv6QmGSTV_YViIkKmht2jvX_l8sjHAZwAFamPPrxafci3lOsSyQHUHQmBbLbFXGfFw-G0/s1600-h/zeropumpkin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNXlVhmap9daiKmHM_wC-xv3Hes8pe6C7dikxAungXxh7HQI3JW38F5AfPxl-ZYwAxqpuz-Bxv6QmGSTV_YViIkKmht2jvX_l8sjHAZwAFamPPrxafci3lOsSyQHUHQmBbLbFXGfFw-G0/s320/zeropumpkin.jpg" vt="true" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">So I found this artist in a chat room, I was automaticallt intrgued by their avatar...a yellow FuNkY pumpkin. Let me say that the shop blew my away! You can't help bu SMILE when you are in this shop and looking at all the RAD and unique art. Dolls, Stickers, Paintings, COLOUR, wierd illusion, asain culture and cats! how about THAT for variety!?! Deriving inpiration from Tim Burton, Billy Corgan, and what must be all things super and unusual...shake it all up, hang out with Gino the cat...and POW! you have zeropumpkin! I deeply appreciate this art and I deeply appreciate this artist. If you are into the flip side of fabulous freaky fun</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: red; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.zeropumpkin.etsy.com/">http://www.zeropumpkin.etsy.com/</a></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: x-large;">is where it's AT</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"></span><a href="http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=11313293"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5447151295061482146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyfdNPvqmhQKL8gqmYch2XwSKYI1jrHRr66OMj17bn9MG3tBoVkFACaz0MVGbDJrCTxTfWug9YkoucNS0QnfjTDidGI6qeeK-OQ32wBwqoLZqJInCOCScp3u3sO-odrr-Adr3KgzGvis/s320/swallows.jpg" style="float: right; height: 177px; margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; width: 257px;" /></a><span style="font-family: "courier new";">NOW....it's time for a little WONDERLAND...a little curiosity topped off with a ton of CLASS...and fancy stuff. Stumbled across this per chance in a chat room, and i am SO JAZZED i found this gem of a shop!!! Swallows are good luck, and these are FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING...i think the good luck part is totally VALID! ha! These are SO PRETTY - took my breath away... <br />
Swooping Swallow Earrings.... <br />
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DIVINE DIVINE DIVINE!!!!!!! </span><a href="http://www.lookingglassjewels.etsy.com/"><span style="font-family: "courier new"; font-size: 130%;"><b>http://www.lookingglassjewels.etsy.com/</b></span></a><span style="font-family: "courier new";"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> </span></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "courier new";">we NEVER know what is THROUGH Looking Glass.....i think that is the BEST part! </span><br />
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<span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.beadree.etsy.com/"><b>www.BeadRee.etsy.com</b></a></span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0qQstwyN4lwC_w6y_Mj4GyCqFiTiiAxFtYDXvOl7e45cg_WZsonamLm4-q3xOwyQLfT1-f5ca6XFQr2JgTbXQKcjwOuRYVCtcERbt-pXosYG38D9i2R4Vwfz4RzBZO9PES0wy4wL4MM/s1600-h/BeadRee1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ0qQstwyN4lwC_w6y_Mj4GyCqFiTiiAxFtYDXvOl7e45cg_WZsonamLm4-q3xOwyQLfT1-f5ca6XFQr2JgTbXQKcjwOuRYVCtcERbt-pXosYG38D9i2R4Vwfz4RzBZO9PES0wy4wL4MM/s200/BeadRee1.jpg" vt="true" width="200" /></a></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: large;"></span> <span style="font-family: "Courier New";">I love stumbling in chat rooms and randomnly finding a slice of heaven on earth. Especially when it's a FANICFUL find!! When i talk about BeadRee's etsy shop, i dont say i am browsing in the shop, i say i am DANICNG in the shop, like swirling and swooshing into this beautiful wonderland, full of old sweet history, enticing words, magic colours, and delicate balance. as i say - TOTAL SCORE. If you want to FEEL good, take a DANCE thru it! </span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">I love what is written on the front page of her shop...the words, her mission, you can tell she is in love with her craft...what a VISION she has from start to finish...if there REALLY is a finish...who knows where or whom it will passed along to...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><b>"It may be a rich color, an unusual shape or a symbolic gemstone. Something about the bead calls me, and the designs begins. When I Work, I think about a celebration necklace for a daughter, a milestone bracelet for a sister or a pair of earrings for a frien's birthday. I imagie each unique and wonderful person who will wear the finished jewlery." - BeadRee</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">"i just cant get enough"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: large;">I FELL IN LOVE with a king, a spade, AND a joker!! the ace cooked me breakfast and i ended up HERE!</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><strong>CHECK THIS OUT,mmmmmkay???</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.blueberryshoes.etsy.com/"><strong>www.blueberryshoes.etsy.com</strong></a></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1coGv-XjXjzyqpV4phtXfPN8cM-XI8ugT7YEWOJMNTaILC09tR3tSk2UELh9zsFbkh3trrm9NwT09l1C9jnOJPXzOMd_cROdL8rIDwr2lkSt4JOJSQo-SYhVRfp-7a42djuG4McFz8c/s1600-h/cardneckalce.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1coGv-XjXjzyqpV4phtXfPN8cM-XI8ugT7YEWOJMNTaILC09tR3tSk2UELh9zsFbkh3trrm9NwT09l1C9jnOJPXzOMd_cROdL8rIDwr2lkSt4JOJSQo-SYhVRfp-7a42djuG4McFz8c/s200/cardneckalce.jpg" vt="true" width="200" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">BOLD, soft, RAGGED, refined, CRAZY, calm. </span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;"><strong>Meet the Shop, Meet The Artist!</strong></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New", Courier, monospace;">Hollie has dreamed of selling her fashion since she started dressing here Barbies! Man,Barbie is such an inspiration for us all....eh? Ok, back to Hollie because she is the one who generates this madly beautiful art! When Hollie is not creating she enjoys artisan cooking, thrifting and finding new (and old) music for inspiration. She loves to read, have "coffee-talk" with friends and going to cute little boutiques. Se is also a big fan of camping, hiking, and other outdoor naturey things. Go Hollie Go!</span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New";"><a href="http://www.bluecerryshoes.com/">http://www.bluecerryshoes.com/</a> is one of them. the colours, the magic, the moment, the all...</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New";">my words REALLY cannot do this shop and this seller any justice. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowvjTZhndwxWdQO11wpDYSc1XKDV8gNmkwVRYZzGsM8D9Mup9zDE-o5lNUjX9MmRnu4f-3HGc0QbB5DiWiL7CACv0u23Dj9-8jYHuv7kyJBU580KAX0uCjtuOndbMko_V4PMWLWmDF-Y/s1600-h/il_430xN_130983350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhowvjTZhndwxWdQO11wpDYSc1XKDV8gNmkwVRYZzGsM8D9Mup9zDE-o5lNUjX9MmRnu4f-3HGc0QbB5DiWiL7CACv0u23Dj9-8jYHuv7kyJBU580KAX0uCjtuOndbMko_V4PMWLWmDF-Y/s320/il_430xN_130983350.jpg" vt="true" /></a></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;">Ok...so i happened to pop in a chat room while this AMAZING shop was up for grabs...i thought to myself "NO i DID NOT just see the most STUNNING Clutch EVER?!?!" but alas, i did, and so i ended up in Missy's shop, loving her goodies!!! This clutch is SO detailed and chic, i couldnt think of a better thng to DO (besides BUY the thing) than to blog about it. Missy is a total sweetheart...she is so enthusiastic, and just by talking with her you can tell she has a huge love of people, community, VINTAGE and love of her craft. OH! and the coolest thing is, she donates 5% of the profits she makes from purchases to the Salvation Army...you go Colorado Missy!!! THAT is kind and what a great organization. Lastly, I had to sneak this picture in too...i think it my favorite little piece of heaven from Missy's store...</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia;">So i was doing my normal stumbling around etsy, and was SO overjoyed to trip over THIS beauty of a art shop. Kathleen runs this show, and she is a runner - deriving her ideas and inspirations during her daily runs...makes me think i should start this whole running thing - if i could come home from a a jog and create THESE amazaing pieces, consdier me booked in the next local marathon! HELLO! I am truly touched in my heart by Kathleens ART!!! So yummy i wanna eat it. Or just have it everywhere around me. I think I could just faint...take a look for yourelf, be prepared for a RIDICULOUS amount of AWESOMENESS!!! i know i say it ALOT...BUT....WOW.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Courier New";">I am ALWAYS fascinated with jingles and jangles, charms and spells, noises and textures that transport me to other lands, other worlds, be it a pirate at sea, a traveling gypsy, or a fairy flying and flitting in fields of poppy flowers. This shop and this artist happen to allow of of thees thoughts and feelings flow into my soul and feel free and wild.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: purple; font-family: "Courier New";">When i saw TheDamnNation's artwork, I knew it would be wrong of me to deny other people of the chance to feel this same way and see some beautiful, one of a kind musings. ENJOY!!!!</span></b></div></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Ok SO i was browsing polymer clay sites. Usually I browse them to find my ear gear dealer, but then is saw this shop show up the results...HELLO??!? Amazing. I had to look 5,000 times to make sure what i was LOOKING at WAS Polymer, that is was actually clay. It looked to me like some other material, and then when it finally sunk in that this was the real deal, i contacted Miss Purva herself, the artist behind the...art! She is a total doll, talented, addicted to all things cute, fun, easy to to talk to, and SO friendly. She has been working with Polymer Clay for a little over a year, and by all means has TOTALLY broke boundaries and excelled at it. Purva, WOW, you have definitely found your calling. Although she is SO talented, i am sure she has MANY callings. There are lots of other art pieces that are not Polymer in her shop....BUT WOW. So what you are looking at is indeed Clay and Clay embellishment. And it is indeed AMAZING. OH, and HAPPY ONE YEAR ETSY-VERSARY Purva!!! I LOVE THIS!!!YOU GO GIRL!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">and i bid you goodnite, goodnite, goodnite....</div>BanjoBaySoapshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12427025399536095330noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1018836731340072417.post-25409909381866088042010-03-08T19:44:00.001-05:002010-03-16T20:26:05.302-04:00Banjo Bay Soaps<script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.etsy.com/etsy_mini.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>new EtsyNameSpace.Mini(6761898, 'shop','gallery',3,2).renderIframe();</script><br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: 180%; font-weight: bold;">About Me, my Musings, and the meaning of my SOAPS for YOU!!! </span><br />
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HELLO WORLD!</div><div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">If you don't know by now...</div>i am a <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">SOAPTRESS</span>!<br />
or, as many tend to call myself - The Mad Alchemist. I'm cool with that. It's pretty true anyhow.<br />
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you can also find my other musings on<span style="font-size: 130%;">:</span><a href="http://www.artfire.com/users/BanjoBaySoaps"><span style="font-size: large;">http://www.artfire.com/users/BanjoBaySoaps</span></a> where i am getting ready to put up my paintings, texture collages, origami mobiles, sketches and MORE! what a crazy beautiful mess THIS site will be! </div><br />
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<div>I do want all my blogger friends, customers, and anyone who reads this to know that each of my bars are made with COMPLETE love and devotion, all my soul is mixed right along with EACH bars ingredients. They all have a STORY, a flow, and a meaning...sometimes people just have fun reading the paragraphs underneath the bars so much they forget it is "just soap" and a temporarily transported to an imaginary land, a different place in time, a dreamy state. And that is exactly my intentions...for you to not just think of my art as a"plain ol' bar of soap" but more of a living extension of something bigger and brighter all mixed up in the SPIRIT of soap and suds...the spirit of YUMMY, the spirit of EXPRESSION and the beating PULSE of Creativity. I want you to feel special. And if I can do that, I am constantly one step closer to my goal :)</div><br />
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<div>My bars are healthy, chemical-free, eco-friendly, 85% CERTIFIED Organic, and weigh on average between 5 to 6 oz. They are pretty big bars for your buck!!! That is REALLY important to me too. It's not always an easy road, but the good ones never are. I feel eventually, in my soul and in my bones, that a fair price for an excellent GOOD FOR YOU bar of soap is the way to go. My Essential Oils and Extracts are the BEST on the market (i think...right?!) and they serve far more purposes than to just make you smell good! They penetrate the pores and are BENEFICIAL to your overall health and happiness. When you SUDS UP with Banjo Bay...be confident that you are using a bar that started as simply oils and water...and in four weeks became a sustainable, happy slice of heaven.<br />
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i have a lot of upcoming give-a-ways, the first being<br />
"April Asassins"- you be the winner you get the BIG GUNS! POW POW BANG BABY!<br />
and LOTS of other FUN FUNKY FABULOUS CRAZY UNHEARD OF things going in THIS Mad Alchemist's MIND!!!!!!!!!<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://giovannacoraggio.blogspot.com/">http://giovannacoraggio.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">visit my friend and fellow artist Giovanna at Planet Art to see an interview with yours truly...(me) and her KILLER work with Polymer!!! TEAM BAD and RAD in full effect!</span><br />
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