Summer of Distraction

 When you depend on your creativity to support and enhance your life, becoming distracted can lead to a major creative block. At least that has happened to me this summer. Many distractions have been enjoyable, such as time with my grandson, time with family members and friends, gazing at the night sky with a glass of chardonnay.....

Other distractions I let deeply affect me, I allowed them to live in my head for far too long. To put briefly, they were but bumps in my road, lessons learned and life goes on.

 

Maura is currently available in my Etsy Shop, other Bone Sisters will be listed soon.

  

Lucky Black Cat

Never too early for Halloween Shenanigans!!!

This handsome fellow is ready to come and help celebrate Halloween with you.

 

He is a sweet celebration mate and will always laugh at any and all Halloween jokes.

 

A wire armature was used so that his arms and legs and tail can be bent to many positions,

 and to assist in helping him to stand on his own.

I made his Trick or Treat bag from a small orange bag and decorated it with one of my Halloween artworks.  It has a wire handle and can be filled with your choice of sweets.

The crepe paper covered mast that he holds is also displaying another piece of my holiday artwork the scary cats inspired by vintage ones. The mast also aids in helping Lucky to stand on his own.

He is listed in my Etsy Store and here is the link:

 

www.etsy.com/listing/629701751/halloween-black-cat-handmade-collectible?ref=shop_home_active_1

It's been awhile.....

since my last posting here. 

The summer flew by and it was a busy one!

Lots of family time...

 

 

 

and jumping in muddy puddles!

 

 

 

Now that it's autumn and back to a regular schedule (of sorts, lol)

I am busy listing and creating and getting my show schedule firmed up.

 

The Bone Sisters are currently keeping me very occupied.

 

They adore posing for photos...

 

 

and traveling......

 

 

and a day out!

 

 

DiGilio Designs 

Enjoy your day!

 

My Lovely Week

I got to spend time with this little man, we had the best day!

Worked on an enlarged printable Christmas Belle.

Spent the night in a haunted mansion:

http://hauntedhistorytrail.com/places/burn-brae-mansion/

The spirits were quiet that night!

Drove the Hawks Nest, one of the most scenic drives in the country. This video isn't
working I'll try to figure out how to share, but trust me its a gorgeous drive!

Tried to update my selfie...sigh....time is marching on!!!

Finished it off with a healthy bowl for lunch today, it was yummy goodness:

Chopped avocado, romaine, red peppers, green olives, brown rice,

feta and sunflower seeds. Topped off with a drizzle of evoo and balsamic syrup.

Hope that your week was lovely too.

Bitsy Owls

I finished up this little guy on Friday, it was a special request to do a smaller owl.

He stands at 5 1/2" tall. 

 His buddy Blue.

On my sewing table.....

This has been such a long winter, but it has blessed me with plenty of time

to organize my office and do some deep cleaning.

Yesterday I spent some quality time at my sewing table.

It's not too early to start thinking Christmas!

Halloween, Autumn and New ETSY Listings

I love this time of year, the fun of Halloween and the

perfect autumn days. I even love November...once the 

leaves have all dropped the trees are bare, the beautiful lines

that the branches make against the sky never fail to fascinate me. 

But that will be another blog post :)

Today I have been busy photographing my owls to list on ETSY.

Good old Houndstooth has a new friend.

 

Another owl made from that vintage coat fabric.

 

This guy Ollie is all set for his Halloween Celebrating.

 

Along with his friend Olivia!

 

Their celebratory hats and pendants are removable

so that they can stay around for the rest of the year. 

 

 

 

Houndstooth the Owl

Finished....almost.

I tried to use almost every part of the old coat.

The buttons on the front and back.

The interfacing on the top of the wings and around the face. 

The satin lining under the wings.

Still a bit more tweaking to do but

I am excited for how he looks so far.

I thought that this old coat was a tweed, but a good friend reminded me that it is houndstooth.

So I am calling him:

Houndstooth the Owl

Country Living Fair is Next Week!!!!

As always it's down to the wire for me. I have been busy the past few months but the two weeks before this show I am in frantic mode.....

 

 The Bones Sisters are getting primped and

 ready to go!

I am having too much fun with these sweeties.

Busy Day in the Studio

 I spent the afternoon sewing the pieces together for this years batch of 'Bones Sisters'

There are two left over from last year which was the first year that I designed them. 

This year I will have a limited edition of 12.

 I want to have them ready for the Country Living Fair in Rhinebeck, NY in June.

New art is also being created so new prints and some other ideas that are in the works.

And this guy, my sweetie, Rocky is so tired from supervising lawn mowing by Lou

and sewing by Sue. He is having a little nap time....

Snow Day Here in the Northeast!

Last week all our snow from earlier in the season had pretty much all melted away,

but today is a different story....

My husband is running out of places to pile the snow....

 Even Rocky is upset with the amount of snow out there in the back yard.

The birds are not minding it too much as long as I keep the feeders filled. 

They do show up a lot on a snowy day.

I am inside working on a new doll to list on EBAY.

This one will have a linen dress and something to do with this pretty

pink polka dot fabric. Bunny ears will be in store for this one also.

Little Hannah, Queen of Hearts is listed here on EBAY:

ebay.com/itm/161216730873?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

(I hope this link works :)  )

Thank you for spending a few moments with me and have a nice day!

Halloween Jointed Art Dolls

 

This is Jackie o'Lantern of the o'Lantern family of Sleepy Hollow.

She has emerged from the family pumpkin patch for her favorite holiday.

 

She and her little bird friend are ready to come and trick or treat with you!

You can find them here:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/151130815633?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

 

 

 

Belinda Bones is also ready for All Hallows Eve....

 

She had her hair done for the occasion and has her Trick or Treat

bag all ready!

 

You can find her here:

 

http://www.ebay.com/itm/151131384891?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

 

I am getting ready for a new show this year at the

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery the Saturday before Halloween

October 26th.

 

http://www.sleepyhollowcemetery.org/

 

If you are in the area it promises to be a great Halloween show.