garden creature wallpocket alert!
recently seen in the area of pippingtooth studio.
these wee creatures are on the loose, completely harmless and really, really cute on a wall with flowers in them.
notice a trend….
it’s official…i’m hooked. on chartreuse. i can’t get enough of it. i think of chartreuse when i am by myself. i start painting one thing chartreuse and suddenly it’s days later and things are painted chartreuse and i don’t remember any of it. i try to curb my use of the color chartreuse and i can for awhile, but almost in spite of myself, i will wear or paint or buy something chartreuse. sometimes when i’m enjoying the color chartreuse, i will think about the next thing i would like to see in chartreuse. i can go without chartreuse for periods of time and convince myself that i am not powerless over chartreuse. but before i know it i’m wearing a chartreuse linen shirt or staring at granny smith apples in the grocery store. i need a chartreuse support group. i need to meet everyday to discuss ways to turn my life and my will over to a different color. but for now i’m hooked. it’s taken over my life. there i said it. it’s also taken over my front door. for all the world to see. i’m not trying to hide it anymore.
garden creaturrres stirring….
garden creatures are scurrying out of the kiln in time for christmas. along with new garden creaturrre wall pockets. the new green color is making me c.r.e.z.y. happy. if you want to be the first to see them, make sure you sign up to be on my mailing list. i send previews of new items there first.
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i hope these lil creaturres make you smile.
my desktop runneth over….
ever since i learned how to take pictures of any image on my computer screen, it’s been nonstop clicking.
my desktop is festooned with flocks of birds of all shapes and sizes. made of wood, ceramic, felt….you name it.
i’d really love to open an online shop featuring only birds and flowers. of all stripes, plummage & petal.
i can’t get enough of them. i know some people are tired of seeing them on every kind of product. but not me. i say let, the birds and petals fly. here are a couple pics that have been perched on my desktop for a while. (okay…i’m sorry…enough with the puns.)
hoot. hoot.
things are getting kinda spooky around here.
we’ve got cavemen planning their hunter-gathering on halloween night. (cavemen ferried about in a golf-cart due to dad’s bum knee…so make that progressive cavemen.)
we’ve got teenagers who are probably going to go out into the night sans costumes.
we’ve got candy squirreled away. enough candy to feed an air force base worth of kids. can’t help it…that’s how i grew up.
and we have 20 years worth of halloween decorations peering out from every corner of the house.
i love halloween.
cowboy name stampede….
whoa, nelly. y’all sent in some good names. here’s the list of the best and brightest.
Slow Draw Paw
Cowboy Murray Rose
Slow Draw McGraw
The Sundance Kid
Twiggy
Twiggs
Stephen F. Makerpeace
Long Tall Texan
Loyd Lamar
Leif Rockman
Forest Twigsaddle
Russell Evergreen
Southpaw Cedar Slim
Kiyipeeyi
And the winner is………..
Billy Bo Tanical
sent in by the funny and talented, Debra Temple! Congrats, Debra! You are the winner of 4 maker faire tix. you can pick them up at after today at:
happiness
garden, gift & home
440-8600
on south 1st. see address in post below!
yeeeeehaaawwwwwwwwwwwwww!
free maker faire tix, yeehaw!!
howdy.
i got no name. if you can think up a funny name for me, curlin will give you 4 free Maker Faire tickets…(2 adults, 1 student & 1 youth) for October 18 or 19th.
she’ll pick her fave next monday, oct 7th & post the whole list here for fun,
she’s hankerin’ to give ’em away. let your mind do some moseyin… drop her an email: curlin@curlinreedsullivan.com. put “name” in the subject line.
the winner can pick up the free tickets at:
Happiness Garden Gift & Home
2213-b south first street
440-8600
info@happinessaustin.com
(just behind amelia’s retro vogue and relics.)
4 free Maker Faire tix. git a move on…pony up a name!
this sweet little bear pin just makes me happy. i love his stance. the way he’s listing to stage left. the smiley look on his face. you might just see him as the inspiration for something on my site soon. dunno what. but he’s got my flibberti brain in a great big bear hug.
that sweet fellow you see playing his guitar at happiness is ryan.
a talented renaissance man. my dear friend elena’s sweetie. if you’ve hopped onto my site today to look at my new shadowboxes, you should know that ryan handmade them for me. 20 of them!! they are beautiful and crafted by his skilled hands and absolutely overflowing with his gentle wonderful spirit. he can make or fix just about anything. if you ever need to reach him about a project, you can drop him a line at info@happinessaustin.com.
and if you’ve never been to happiness, you absolutely have to go right this minute. it’s on south 1st street here in austin. a magical garden & gift shop tended by elena bailey and…you guessed it…ryan.
happiness garden & gift
2213-b south first street
austin, tx
(512) 440-8600
info@happinessaustin.com
tell them the pippingtooth flowergals sent you.
is there any wonder why i’m in love with henna? reed and lots of his friends are too now. henna makes me happy. the very talented, izzy lawlor, created this one for me.