Pfatt Marketplace May Offering

Hi Everyone!

Hope all is well and happy in your world.  Boy, last month was so incredibly busy for me that the month of May just took me by surprise.  I have been so busy designing new characters for Halloween and gearing up to have inventory, that I almost forgot about my deadline for new artwork on Pfatt Marketplace, May 10th.

Well, I didn't have time to sculpt something from paper clay, but I was able to make some of my favorite faerie paperweights.  These are so perfect for gift giving!  I just love them!  Each paperweight is approximately 3-1/4" wide by 1-3/4" tall.  They are nice and heavy too!  The beautiful, clear glass domes are so reflective in the sunlight.  Pictures never do them justice, but past customers love them when they see them in person and always come back for a few more.  I have priced them very affordable.

Each paperweight is rimmed with pretty glass beads, bubble beads, charms, polymer clay flowers and then highly glittered.  No need to worry about beads falling off.  The adhesive I use holds the beads to the glass in a rock hard finish.  In addition, the bottoms of each paperweight have been lined with cork padding so they will not scratch your tabletops.

These paperweights will be available for sale on Pfatt Marketplace on May 10th at 10am Pacific Time.
Go to www.pfattmarketplace.com and look for Charmed Confections.

The glass domes are so pretty.  They remind me of big drops of rain water.  

Later this week, I will be posting on my blog about new offerings for SpookyTime Jingles.  You won't want to miss it.  I have new Ghoulie-Cakes characters in the works!  I am really liking them so far.  

If you have some time, follow my boards on Pinterest!  I am always adding a sneak peek on new upcoming Halloween art there!  Click on the link on my blog sidebar to see my boards.

Have a wonderful week!!   Until next time ...

Oh Happy Day for Jody of Sweet Bear Creek Whims!!

Hi Everyone!

I am so excited to share some wonderful news about my dear, sweet friend, Jody Johnson of Sweet Bear Creek Whims.  She has been published in the May issue of Prims Magazine!!  Below is a picture of the issue she is in!! Run --- don't walk to get your copy!!  This issue will definitely be a KEEPER!!

Jody's art dolls are loved by so many people (including me).  Her work is just OUTSTANDING!!  It is about time she graces this magazine.  (I can say that on my blog.  Hee! Hee!)  Anyway, I am so incredibly, happy for her.  Couldn't of happened to a more deserving lady.  Her talent is endless!  This is her first time being published, but definitely not her last!  Way to go, my Little Star!!! 

Pop on over to her blog to see all her wonderful creations and to wish her well.  Here is the link!

http://sweetbearcreekwhims.blogspot.com/

YAY!! You're in there Jody!!!  Stop pinching yourself - it's REAL! 

XOXOXO

Custom Skelly Ornie & Dreams Do Come True!!

Hi out there in BlogLand!

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend.  Mine was really nice and quite productive.  Wanted to share my first Halloween Skelly Ornie of the year.  I had a customer that loved my "How Do You Boo" Skeleton Shelf Sitter, but didn't want a doll.  She wanted an ornament.  So, I set out making her one that was similar, but different, as I like to keep all my pieces somewhat original to the collector.  Her favorite colors are silver and purple.  This is what I came up with.  I do hope she likes it, as I am mailing him off tomorrow.  I think he will look wonderful on her Halloween Tree.  Just wanted to share a simple photo with you all.  I will be making more ornaments in the next few months if any one is interested.

As far as my good news .... in my last post, I mentioned that I was recently at Disneyland.  Well, when checking my emails at Disneyland sitting having lunch with my Husband in one of their fun restaurants,  I received an email from Art Doll Quarterly Magazine.  About a month ago, I sent them five pieces of my art in the hopes of being published.  Well, I am happy to say that when I opened the email from them, it said that they would be publishing all five of my pieces in their upcoming August issue!!  Of course, I teared right up at the table and I am sure the waiter thought my Husband and I must be fighting.  LOL!  They were tears of Joy!

I am sure a lot of you can relate that as a wife and mother or even husband and father, you tend to put your goals to the side for the sake of others.  It has been a long time for me to finally put my artistic goals in the forefront.  I am so thrilled and really just can't believe it.  Dreams really do come true at Disneyland!!!

I hope this year, you are doing what you love - and if not - what are you waiting for?  Be kind to yourself and reach for whatever dream you are dreaming.  In fact, DREAM BIG!  You have nothing to lose and you just might make them come true!

Have a terrific week everyone!

Rig A. Mortis Mummy Available on SpookyTime Jingles

Hi out there, my Friends!

Hope this posting finds you all well and happy.  The weather has finally changed for the better out here in California and it is sooo nice!  We are having absolutely beautiful days ... mild and sunny.  The sun feels soo nice and the air is clean.  (I better enjoy it while I can, because when summer comes, I will be one hot mama ... and not in a good way either.)

My family just returned from a trip to Disneyland.  We had such a fantastic time.  We went because my daughter was competing in a high school band competition held at the park.  She plays the saxaphone (and is really good too).  My girl even had a solo that made me tear up a bit.  Anyway, lots of high schools were competing and I am happy to say that the jazz band my daughter is in, came in 2nd place!! Way to go, Valerie!  My husband and I are so proud.

Disneyland, on the other hand, was so incredibly crowded with high school kids from all over.  We made the most of it though - laughing in a long line for the rides ... and the walking ... I seriously can't keep up with these younger kids anymore.  The walking about did me in.  I brought 4 different pairs of shoes (because I didn't know which ones would be more comfortable).  I used them all.  By the first day, I had a blister on each pinky, baby toe.  By the end of the trip, my toes looked like little mummies, each one wrapped in band-aids.  My husband was making jokes like ... this little piggy went to the hospital and this little piggy got squished.  HA! HA!  Very funny!  My feet are currently recovering.

Getting back to my art ... I wanted to mention that Rig A. Mortis Mummy is now available on SpookyTime Jingles.  Pictures of him are below.  Here is his link if you might be interested.  He is such a sweet piece for Halloween.  I am growing rather fond of him.  :)

http://spookytimejingles.com/userpages.php?usersearch=charmedconfections

SOLD - Thank you, Tina!!

I will be working on more creations tomorrow.  Finishing up a custom skellie ornament and then sculpting - my favorite thing to do.

Here's to a productive week.  I wish you all well!  XOXO

New Offering for Pfatt Marketplace - Tomorrow, April 10th!

Hi Friends out there in Bloglandia!

NOTE:  If you are looking for my free tutorial on miniature polymer clay candy, it is in the next post below this one!!

I wanted to blog a little today to post pictures of my newest piece that will be available exclusively on Pfatt Marketplace tomorrow.  Last month, I got an email asking me to be the Artist of the Month for Pfatt.  What is that?  Well if you go to www.pfattmarketplace.com tomorrow, (the site posts new items on the 10th of each month), they have a main page listed there at the top of the artist's list.  Each month a new artist is picked to post his/her profile on the main page and tell us about how they got starting in their craft.  Well, this month, it's my turn.  It is such an honor to be picked among all the talent on the site .... and a little scary too!  But, tomorrow my main page will go up and you can read all about me.  LOL!  I hope it sounds ok.

As well as writing up a main page article on yourself, you have to make an exclusive piece of art for that month.  Now, anyone that knows me, knows I would make Halloween all year long.  It's April -- who is going to want a Halloween piece?  So I though hard about something I have always wanted to try to make; something that I could possibly incorporate into Halloween when it rolls around.  I thought of wings!  So, I have created my first angel - ever!  She sits in a wooden box and the letters
L-O-V-E are represented on each side of the box.    Below are a few pictures of her.

"LOVE ANGEL"

What I am most proud about are the wings.  They are sculpted out of paper clay, over an inner armature- one feather at a time.  Very time consuming, but so worth the look!

The angel's body is also embossed with swirls and hearts.

The wings are sculpted on both sides!  So pretty all the way around!

Her arms and hands are sculpted separately and added after the embossing was completed on her body.

 Love Angel's hands are over her heart in a gesture of love.

This is a picture of the tops of her wings.  They have been lightly glittered, 

which is hard to see in the photo, but beautiful in person.
I wanted them to have an ethereal look. 

 Regardless if you can see the glitter, the detail is stunning.
I am very pleased with the outcome.

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Creating these wings was such an artistic challenge for me and I have learned so many do's and don't along the way.  I can't wait to incorporate these types of wings into my Halloween art.  Stay tuned for winged skeletons, gargoyles, cemetery angels and vampire bats!  That is when the fun will begin!  

Please check out my listing on Pfatt Marketplace tomorrow (April 10th) at 10am Pacific time.  Go to www.pfattmarketplace.com and look up Charmed Confections.  Click on the link below to take you to the site.

http://www.pfattmarketplace.com/charmedconfections.html

Be well my friends and have a wonderful day!