A Most Happy All Hallow's Eve to All

From the Battes, Chas and Buddy

It's Not Too Late

...to shop for new and wonderful Halloween items. I have added several new things to my ETSY shop since my last post. I hope everyone is really getting into the spirit like I am. I have a nieghbor who goes all out for decorations each year. When we see things going up on his house, the entire neighborhood starts getting into the spirit. He has been working for three days and has only just begun. Oh, and it is a two story Victorian that he is decorating. Every year it gets more elaborate and he never repeats the same design. I will keep everyone up to date.

And speaking of everyone...I have Old Timer's Disease and can't remember much of anything anymore. I totally forgot to mention how wonderful it was to meet some of my blog followers at Halloween and Vine. What a wonderful surprise to actually meet some of you in person. For an artist who works alone, it means a lot to interact with those people who appreciate what it is I do.

"It's alive. It's alive."

Of course, that quote is from Dr. Frankenstein as he sees the first movements in his monster. But today it applies to me. I have finally recuperated from the most incredible, fun, and fantastic show of Halloween art...Halloween and Vine. Every year the show just gets better. The organizers of the event are really great and everything just flows so smoothly. And they are so warm and friendly as well. And so are all of the artists. Even though we are sort of competing with each other, we are all still very friendly, because we all do such different work.

I have saved a few things to put up on ETSY so be sure and check out my store. These little girls are part of my new Day of the Dead figures. These two are small  at only 8.5" tall and not so expensive, but I also have some larger ones that are unfortunately a tiny bit more expensive.

It's HALLOWEEN TIME everyone. Trick or Treat.

Petaluma here I come...

Friday is the big day. Most everything is packed and ready for the drive to Petaluma on Friday to set up for the big show on Saturday:  Halloween and Vine. I am really getting excited. This show is so much fun to be a part of...all of the artists are very talented and just down right nice people. I can't wait to see what everyone brings. I understand that people are bringing new and different things this year. I am one of those. I am bringing smaller things and a collection of figures inspired by the Day of the Dead holiday in Mexico and the Southwest US.

This woeful lady is Laverne. She follows in the tradition of the ghosts of other years, except she is a bit smaller. I really hope that you can stop by the show on Saturday and see her in person, along with lots of other fun figures for Halloween.

Halloween

How about a little Devil's Food Cake to get us into the spirit of Halloween? I just looked at the calendar and it is only 20 days left for me to pack up and drive up to beautiful downtown Petaluma for the fabulous Halloween and Vine show. The show is on Sept. 25. Come one, come all. It really is a grand, fun time to be had by all.

And if this pun isn't bad enough, how about this little Bat Out of Hell? He is only 3.5" tall. Both of these guys will be at Halloween and Vine as well as lots of other fun stuff. I will give you a sneak preview of that soon. Trick or Treat.

PS In case anyone wants to know, I did manage to thaw out during the couple of weeks of wonderful, hot weather we had, but the fog came in again last night. I guess I should have paid attention to the fact that San Francisco was nicknamed Fog City. Oh, well.

Winter Wonderland

This is a photo of The Artist in Summer.
This is what we call the Mark Twain summer after his famous comment about San Francisco:  "The coldest winter I ever spent was one summer in San Francisco." This city is always cool in the summer with highs in the upper 60's and low 70's. But this year we are freezing. We have had continuous heavy fog and cold, damp wind for months now with temps only reaching the high 50's. So all of you who would like to avoid the heat where you are, come to San Francisco and join the ranks of the other tourists who are suffereing blue skin because they only brought shorts and T-shirts. After all, this is August.

Halloween and Vine is coming soon. Click on the link to the right for detailed information. I am very behind in a number of things, but especially photography.  So I hope to have photos of my new goodies soon.

Stay warm, everyone.

My Latest

This is the third in my new series of Day of the Dead figures. May I introduce you to Juanita. I really wish sequins would show up better in photos. All of those little black dots on her dress are sequins. I confess, I bought the sequin fabric. I did not put each sequin on one at a time, although I have been known to do that.

I am really getting caught up in these D.O.D. figures, so once again the How To with the ghost has been postponed. In addition to the ghost, I am working on another female D.O.D., plus another male D.O.D., another Hell on Wheels, a Bat Out of Hell, and who knows what else. So stay tuned for more goodies.