Pose Doll Experiment: Polly

This is Polly. She is part of my new "Pose Doll Experiment" project. A real pose doll brought to "virtual" life. She is my first born... more to come.

Fall Wonders

I love change of season! Each one is inspiring and perfect for photo opportunities. So far my favorite Fall photo is today's Little Acorn shot. As I was taking this photo, the yellow jacket bee (seen below) was busy gathering pollen, moss or mud off the table. He was working so hard, he didn't even bother with me or Little Acorn. I think he's busy building a nest for cool Fall days.

Here are some more photos in the spirit of the season or Fall Wonders.

(The photo above is available in the Shop as an Mini Print/ACEO.)

Little(men) Art

I just had to share this very lovely little illustration in this fancy frame by my daughter, Samantha. She mailed it to me last week as a test package/order for her up-and-coming shop "little men". (I put it in this too fancy of a frame.) Soon I will announce her shop opening! (I'm very excited!!)

Lovely Scandinavian Design

I love vintage Scandinavian design! Here are a few of my treasures.

Ice Bears Plate (Norway)

Bird Dish (Sweden)

Wood Duck (Denmark)

Bowl with Mushrooms (Finland)

Owl (Sweden)

13 Things (On My Desk)

Nothing represents me more than the things on my desk. So here's a new type of list/tagging game like the ones you see on flickr, myspace and facebook: "13 Things (On My Desk)"

Out of the Archives

Found will cleaning out my storage closet: Doodles and illustrations by me, 1994 - 1999.

(Some super sweet and some c-r-a-z-y !)

Click here to see it close up.

My Favorite Cabinet (and it's contents)

Today I share with you my favorite antique cabinet (from Bali)! It's the cabinet I love so much but it's also filled with all sorts of treasures, collections, books and other things. Some day I hope to fill it all up with the rest of things it was intended for... all stored far away in Michigan. For now, enjoy peeking into my favorite cabinet as it is today.

Sneak Peek: Animal (Illustration) Stickers

(Though I'm a tad ill - if you didn't notice already on Twitter) I've been working on new edition of stickers. One set is images of my animal illustrations (above). They still need minor size, color and other adjustments but here's a sneak peek of my work in progress. Look for them to arrive by next week.

Book Cleanout!

I have too many vintage craft/art books!! I'm parting with many so watch for these books and others to arrive in Shop 66 all throughout the week. There's some goodies!

From Long Ago... Kitschy Fruits & Veggies

I've been super busy today so here's a little show and tell - kitschy fruits and veggies images for magnets I made for an art fair in 1995. Funny!

Making Faces

After tucking my ferrets in last night, I starting working on my dream project - my own personal wood/kokeshi dolls. Above are my first few practice faces - pen on cheap destash wood peg heads. Practice only -- the spacing and proportions are key to cute -- until I paint actual wood doll heads/bodies I've ordered. The first few will naturally be for myself and gifts. But if somehow they end up with exceptional cuteness, maybe I'll actually make a few for Shop 66. For now this is just fun!

Sneak Peek: Handcut Paper Doll Sets

Because I have lots of cute vintage paper dolls in my stationery collection, I've decided to share some of them in the following way: limited edition* handcut sets. This first edition is of an early 1950's "family" of paper dolls. Each family member with their wardrobe will be available for purchase. All handcut and ready for play. Look for the first few dolls to debut tonight (sister and little sister...then brother, mother and father will follow).

* Limited edition in quantity: 12 sets/packs only. This is due to the unknown status of the dolls origin, respect for the artist and for international copyright. Like my other reproduction items, they will not be available for wholesale either.

New Blog Banner!

Hope you like my new blog banner!! It's designed with images from another set of cute vintage play stamps from Japan!! Enjoy! :)

New Items coming...

Since last week was a quieter week for me, lots of new items will be added to the shop(s) all week. Tonight I'll upload new items to Shop 66 Jewelry and tomorrow I'll start adding things to Shop 66.

I'm sure you noticed all the Shop 66 packaged items lately and more will be coming. You see, in addition to my art background, I have 20 years of professional experience in presentations and marketing for the design services industry so it's always in me to "present" things in new and creative ways. In addition, I have a personal interest in packaging design. See all my recent Shop 66 stuff in the following flickr set: Art, Design and Packaging.

Shop 66 Rings

Here's some more coolness for the Shop! Cool and cheap little rings handmade by me (only $4.50 each). Look for them in the Shop soon. :)

Stamps and Tins

Look at these cool stamps I had made especially for my Shop from The Mayberry Sparrow! Excellent!! Super cool!! Thank you Corra!

And I just got finished uploading some cool new tins of miniatures. Here's photos of a few available. (I'll be uploading a few each day starting tonight!!)

I can also make up special order tins. Please contact me through my Shop if you are interested. :)