COOOOKIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I LOVE THIS!!!!

So fun....SO HAPPY!!!! He was my childhood favorite on Sesame Street..I even had this record...

Go to this cool ETSY SHOP Apiecebydenise to see more!

Scribble, scribble

From the sketchbook...

Can you hear it?

Shhh...

Wait. there it is again....
It's the sound of something absolutely, delightfully exciting and new happening!

Aren't you dying to know what it IS??!
A new team is waiting in the wing - we should hear from ETSY any day now! In the meantime, come see what we're all about!

www.etsychildrensartstreetteam.blogspot.com

Finally Spring

It's been so totally warm here, and after a long cold winter, I am happily thawing out my blog, my shops, and my paints...

I have been doing lots of new stuff but my newest, happiest re-emerging star is my little banana slug. A lovely Etsy friend of mine brought him up and was seeking notecards, and I was inspired...

So thaw out everyone! Here comes Spring!

The Holidays are here!

I always say Halloween is my favorite, until Christmas arrives. Then I change my mind. Every year.

If you aren't in the mood already, here's some things to get you in the mood for winter (if you are in a colder part like we are) and the holidays, and if you create, to get you inspired if you make items for the holidays. It's my little list that helps me when I am making my greeting cards for the holidays:

Christmas cookies
Pretty lights
PRESENTS!
Buying other people presents!
Little surprises
Ornaments
Candy Canes
Cranberries!
PUMPKIN PIE PUMPKIN PIE PUMPKIN PIE
PRESENTS!
Santa Hats
Snow
Logs on the fire
Big Red Bows
Mistletoe
Scarves
Candles in the windows
Hot Chocolate
Reindeer
Bells
The smell of your neighbor's fireplace in the cold winter nighttime air!

Got any more?! I would love to hear it! I always need inspiration and love to hear what brings other people joy!

OMG. Christmas is coming...

I think i am finally getting the hang of the card timing thing now...last year I missed it completely. Totally wasn't ready for the holiday season with my stuff. I think my halfway-preparedness is only due to the craft show on Dec 5th...If nothing else, it's getting my bum in gear.

I have to admit though. I usually LOATHE the day after Halloween, when everyone loads out their Holiday wares. I think it's way too early, but here I am, and I guess now I understand all the retail haste. I actually had people asking last week about holiday card sets, (which totally thrills me btw!) and if I hadn't had those inquries, I KNOW I would be veggin' out with Stephen King's latest instead of posting my stuff on Etsy. Thanks to those people too for getting my bum in gear!

And yet again, I am VOWING to do regular blog posts. Let's see what really happens with that!

What I do when Jack is asleep...

Eat Cookies.

Watch TV that doesn't contain overly exaggerated vocal intonations and extravagant use of suspension of disbelief for the sake of making the show colorful and full of unicorns.

Play Bejeweled Blitz on Facebook.

Check and re-check my Etsy sites way too often.

Scour for artistic inspiration.

And occasionally, when I am not supertired and superbraindead...


I don't know if the stars were aligned the day I did this, but I was so overjoyed and having immense fun when I was doing it...

As it turns out, I kept going and did about four of these. Some of them are in the Bumblejack shop. Some, not yet. But what began as just a little flower drawing ended up as something entirely different, with much more meaning to me than just a really good doodle...

These flowers I have been doing started as flowers and finished as portraits. I ended up doing one of my family, one of my in-laws. One for my anniversary, which is today btw, one for my son.

I think I found another fun avenue to explore...

The Cafe

My Etsy friend Janet is living her dream of a brand-spankin' new cafe with cool sites, cool recipes and art for all to enjoy! So stop by, check it out, and spread the word that her place is a fun place to be....

I am going there now...come join me!

http://www.janetdavies.com/lilaccafe/

I want this...

My lovely Etsy friend kclarkphotography has some amazing stuff...if you don't believe me, visit her shop...

www.kclarkphotography.etsy.com

but in the meantime, let me tell you about my love for this particular piece.

It belongs in my house. On my wall going up the stairs actually. I have the place picked out. She doesn't know it yet, (well now she does!) but I have wanted this for some time. It will be mine. Yes. It will be mine.

I have a few more Etsy goals to meet before I can make the purchase.

When that happens, I will have my River Tay picture...Thanks for the beautiful photos Kim. You have brought the beauty of far away places to those of us that, for the time being, cannot go far away (maybe when Jack's older).

Anyway, here's the thing of beauty:

Sunday morning blueberry pancake addiction

Though it may appear as if I am struggling to beat out Martha Stewart for her position, we really only had these because we went blueberry picking a couple weeks ago, and the blueberries were about to turn...why is my text underlined??? I can't turn it off!

Anyway. here is the BEFORE pic:


Successful pancake creation, noted by the AFTER pic: (hooray for no underlining!)


And with this little breakfast event came the realization to the glaring truth surrounding pancakes and my addiction to them. If no one stops me, pancakes will happen.

I really wanted to delve into my discoveries this morning related to syrup. If you want me to elaborate, give a holler, otherwise, I am going to stop this nonsense and move on to more worldly topics, like all the cool esty stuff I found last night...more later, when the boy goes down for a nap...

The Party

The latest just posted on Etsy this past week!


I had just gone to a party where I got the feeling that I was on parade...eek. I am more of a fan of parties where the laughter is high and the pretention is low.

Lowwww.....

This little drawing made me feel better. It made me laugh. Laughing is good. Someone should have brought some of that to the party.

Go give it some love! -----> www.bumblejack.etsy.com

The Custom Wedding Invite Project of 2009

I took this on for a friend, fully confident that I could do a good job, but I really never thought I would be so happy with the finished product, and delight in the process so much!

It got me thinking..."hmm," said I to myself.

"Dare I consider the possibilities?"

I think it might be fun to make a line of invites, and work my way into custom invitations...

All things paper... i am feeling an obsession coming on...

here we go. again.

My mind is NOT linear. Things in my mind, like in my house, are in piles, thus making it REAAALLY hard to find ANYTHING!

Such was the case with my last blog. I couldn't find my password. I couldn't find my motivation. I couldn't find my goal!

So here we are. Brand-spankin' new blog. Brand-spankin' new face.

Why on EARTH am I here!?

I guess to spout off about my work and boast other people's here as well.

I had so many aspirations for the last blog but felt I didn't live up to my hopes, and so I sent it away. I needed some fresh energy for my fresher look on my work...

So go check it out.
www.bumblejack.etsy.com

Meanwhile, I will sit here and drum up more babble....and artwork..but probably mostly babble.
xoxo