Milliandes Art Journal January 2011

She's doing it again this year! Get that Journal made, it starts tomorrow!

Happy Happy Holidays!

I'm in Colorado

My daughter drove 3 days with lots of breaks and overnight hotel stays. She got sick, one of the back tires blew, it rained and we hydroplaned like crazy, it snowed, but here we are in Colorado. I am staying temporarily with a friend until I figure out my next step. I hope you are all blessed, warm and loved. La

Life happens

AMOS TV: Falling Away - Elijah Bossenbroek

Soothing what ails ya!

Northern Lights - Relaxation & Meditation Video

Time to take a breather. Ommmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Love Song For A Vampire

If you had a choice between Gary Oldman with long black hair, a top hat and tinted specs or Keanu Reeves what would you do? Yeah me too, Scandalous behavior. Have a spooky weekend. Love La

The Outer Limits Intro

ok, ended up with a fit of the giggles on this one. Back then it did seem that guy had control of the tv set.

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride - Remains Of The Day

We all end up as remains of the day. Creepy but true. Just a few more weeks before the all you can eat candy fest begins. It's the most fattening time of the year.

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken Haunted Organ

Even with just the stills, this one had me cracking up! Ahh Don Knotts, no one could do scared quite like him.

Bewitched

I couldn't find the black and white intro to this. My faves were Endora and the lovably clutzy Aunt Clara.

People Are Strange

But nowadays they seem to revel in their strangeness rather than hide it. Viva La Strange! LOL!!!

The Addams family

Love it! Ahh, Lurch! Please practice your Lurch leer and growl then use it on the very next person who invades your personal space and please, please, post their reaction. Too Too fun!

The Munsters - Gotta love it!

Those were the good ole days of spooky television. One of my sisters was just reminding me how I used to go all out on Halloween to make sure everyone had a spooky good time. I miss those days a bit. Just a bit mind.

Dark Shadows and the latchkey kid

Yes! I was a latchkey kid and I used to rush home after school to get the wits scared out of me by Barnabas Collins and Angelique. My cousin who was in high school would often drop by to check on me and I would most likely be crouched in a corner somewhere absolutely terrified. My cousin would get so mad at me but those were real good times back then. hope you're having a happy haunting month!

It was meant to be!

I love all the references to old horror flicks. The monsters are hilarious! Love it!

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

Or it would be if I weren't sorting and packing, getting shots and microchips for the babies and generally preparing to go to parts unknown as of yet. luckily i can still shiver me timbers with scary youtube videos. Happy haunting!

Pavane/ so peaceful

Cirque du Soleil KA Love Dance so purty

Happy 75th birthday, Mom!

I hope where you are it's a beautiful day. Love and miss you very very much. see you soon.

A gift just for me

I decided today that since this is my birthmonth, I'm going to treat myself to a few online classes. I'm going to start Suzi Blu's Goddess and Poet class first. Then I'm going to take Myste's Art sentiments mini course. I will also be taking Norah's Faces course very soon. I promise to share my progress. I do have pics for you from past projects. I've been traveling and have pics of my sojourn to the Old south to spread my Mom's ashes. All of her children were there, I hope we made her proud. I also have to share with you the new addition to the family. Yes we will sit and we will talk. Be Blissed, I love you, La

Atc’s for the Darkside

Made some Atc’s for a yahoo group swap.  The themes were

Jack-o-lantern mushroom

Astrology: Capricorn, Virgo and Taurus

And I also made some Black Hellebore cards from a swap I missed out on while I was away.

Of course I also did some scribblings on the envelopes, cus I love mailart so.

I know the scans came out weird this time.  Think the top cover needs adjusting.  and the strange head shape keeps showing up in some of them because I’m covering the address labels. 

 

My daughter comes home next week for two weeks, Yes I am very happy about this.  Take care of yourselves, La

Changes

Hi all, I am back from the depths and I’m okay.  I hope you are well too.  I have been staying very, very busy to keep my mind from going to dark places I don’t care to go , but it is allllll  good.    Well, in true me fashion, just as things were looking up and beginning to go well my life is about to change. AGAIN! So Gypsy, So me.  I will be posting about all the changes and all the things happening as a result of the changes.  But hey that is my life and I am getting used to it I suppose. 

I think I mentioned that my eldest daughter is in Germany now.  She asked me to make her something to hang her earrings on and a jewelry box so here is what I sent. 

I also made this doll

 

this necklace

and these earrings

I have more to show you but I am totally tired today because I got up at the crack of dawn and did yard work, then I painted ( working on a special project), washed and set my hair, yada yada yada.  Be blissed.  Much love, La

This ain't goodbye

At 545 this morning, the center of my universe and the brightest star in my sky gently flickered and went out. I am adrift in a rudderless craft with no light to guide me. I think I'll hang here a while and reminisce about the days of hats, heels and bling. I love you Momma, this ain't goodbye.

My Mom is dying

I'm here at the nursing home in Illinois. This is crazy! I can't believe this is
Happening. We all knew this day was coming but now it's here and we're not ready. I'm blogging from my phone. I want to scream but what's the point? I can't do this! But I have to for my mom. I love her so and I don't want to let go.

january journal prompts from Milliande

I am working on mine slowly, you can play along too via youtube or on milliande.com. I think I mentioned before that I am using junk mail for my journal pages so that's why my pages look so weird and I do need to retake some of the pics but I like how it's going so far not all the pages are done but here is what I have so far. sleep well

New Moon Valentine Package!

That's what my eldest daughter who turned 30 on the 14th of this month sent me for Valentine's day. it consisted of 2 dozen roses, Godiva chocolates, New Moon chocolates, a pre-order of the DVD and a poster of Edward and Jacob. I will of course be covering up the pic of lil' Jacob cus I am so TEAM EDWARD!! but I was so thrilled to get this lovely gift from my girl who is snowed in in Germany with very little email access. bummer but I love her and miss her. Here are pics, and Miles, sweet dreams

Happy Valentines day!!

Hope ur day is filled with love for yourself and those u love!! My oldest is 30 today!! I really miss her!! she sent me the "New Moon" valentines package. 2 dozen roses, a poster of Edward and Godiva chocolates!! Yes I am spoiled but I am happy, I hope ur happy too!!

Journal cover

As I said in a previous post I am following Milliandes 2010 art journal prompts, I am only on day 6 I believe but here is my 2 page spread which is day one. instead of pages it is the front and back cover of my journal. My journal this year will be made from all the junk mail I keep getting so I have plenty of raw material to work with. It has been fun when I have time to do it so anyway that's what these pics are and Gypsy, heart of my heart/bane of my existence. And some Billie Holiday cus that's the kind of mood I'm in. Goodnight ladies.

zines, fabric paper, love dolls and paint

I had to make more fabric paper for the love doll swap on mmartfriends yahoo group and I took a pic of the paint I used for the sweatshirt I was painting about 2 posts ago. Um also some cardboard papier mache hearts and bird heads I'm working on possibly for a swap I don't know. Oh and the zines that I promised to show you from the I heart zine swap. It is nearly 3, I think I have one more group of photos to share before I can finally go to bed. I love ya but I'm sleepy.

More busyness

Uh, these are the sweatshirt I was painting on and the panels for a few dark sweatshirts or that surprise I was talking about. I haven't decided.

2 A.M. again

What is it about me and 2 a.m.? Honestly there are other times to blog there Missy! Anywho, I have pics of my bloody valentine atc swap, a sweatshirt I was working on, the cover to my new journal I'm making out of junk mail well just the cover for now. I've been following Milliandes 2010 Art journal on youtube.com and I think I got as far as day 6 so far. but instead of a 2 page spread I just did the front and back cover of my journal constructed out of cardboard from a package i received in the mail and some sort of flyer. I have also been sewing and beading and oh brother this is going to end up being alot of pics isn't it. Okay sleep well, clearly I'm tired. enjoy.

fabulous PINK!

I could watch her do this all day!

Sharon, Wyanne and Zorana!

Can you tell I've been blog-hopping? One of the best parts of my week is when I can sit back and check out all the blogs of my fave artists. And I am so happy because Sharon Thomlinson of www.allnorahsart.blogspot.comhere is teaching a class in February! YAY!!! I'm so excited, I've always wanted her to teach one! Anywho, Wyanne at www.Wyanne.comhere is using a new technique using resin instead of wax and it's giving her paintings this hauntingly beautiful effect and of course she has videos! And finally Zorana of www.zoranaland.blogspot.comhere is now making videos also! OMG!! Is life good or what? love it, love it!!

I spent a great deal of today watching Louise L. Hays' "You can heal your life". At the end of the film there are these affirmations and I spent a great deal of time listening to them over and over while I worked. You see I felt connected to her because she started her life over at 60 and I am starting mine at 50. I really needed the encouragement today because for the past two days I have not been feeling well spiritually because someone I love and have always admired insists on seeing the glass not half empty but filthy and shattered into a million irreparable pieces. Not just his glass, everyones glass. And the other day when we were talking I was being upbeat and happy and he began to pull me down into his dark mood. It was then that I realized that he has been doing this for 50 years and I had been going along with it because I love him with my whole heart but I can't go there with him anymore. I am not going out like that so I told him I love him and I hung up the phone. But it was too late, a little of the darkness nested in my mind and I have been fighting it for two days. Today it broke off and fell away, Thank the Goddess cus I am trying to create here.

Anyway, this song has been humming along in my head today so here it is for you. Have a lovely weekend. Keep it light.

I'm Published!

In Apronology Magazine. YAY!!! Life is good right now, this is one of those things worth getting out of bed for. I have been very busy though and it looks like I will be doing a little something special in honor of this special occasion very very soon. We will see. I have a pic of all the zines I received in the I heart zines swap. I also have pics of fabric paper in progress and love dolls in progress and some paper mache around here somewhere. Okay well big hugs all around, I know you've been praying for me and sending me good vibes. I'm sending big hugs your way, can you feel them? love ya by the by, my apron is on page 10 *8D

last of the batch, finally

Amoeba and her sisters. This one cracks me up. Okay so right after I uploaded the last 5 atc's and only had this card left to post the computer shut down. AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!! Who am I Charlie Brown anyway? I'm going to bed now, have to get up in 3 hours to walk my dog. sweet dreams

yet even more atc's