A LONG TIME AGO...

Just look at what I have!
An old painting I did wayyyyy back in 1972!
I did the painting when I was in Jr. High school. It was a portrait of my friend Winnie, who is still one of my closest, dearest friends.
She just moved, and while packing, came across this painting! I couldn't believe she saved it all these years! She asked If I wanted it, and of course I said yes. I'm going to hang it in my art room.
It's not a bad painting, if I do say so myself.
It was painted in Tempra paints! which as you may know, is not the easiest to work with.
Anyway, it was fun to see this old painting again.
Thank you Winnie, for saving it. And for 39 years of friendship! I love ya!

(Winnie Today)

(Winnie in 1972)

YAyyyyy it's officially Friday!... And the weekend is awaiting.

More art... yayyyyy..

Stay tuned.

TAAAH DAHHHHHH....

Yayyy!

I did it. A whole weekend of art. I stayed up all night, and did what I love.

My art room is trashed, but It's OK!

I made some new tiny heart collages, a Polymer Clay initial pin, a new Christmas Card ornament, and even have mini collage pin project almost done.

...all of which, can be seen and purchased at ETSY...

I shouldn't be up right now. It's 3:45 a.m.

Again, I got sleepy after dinner, and took a nap. My eyes snapped open at 2 a.m. and here I am.

This morning, I woke up at 10 a.m.... the time I'm supposed to be at work. I think my power must have gone out during the night, do to the high winds...but I suspect maybe... I just over slept!..

I got to work just before noon. Oh well. It was my first time coming in late.

At work, the volume of calls have not gone down yet. People are still trying to order last minute Christmas gifts, and are "shocked" that they might not get there orders in time for Christmas.

I spoke to the world's meanest woman, who snapped at me from the get go. She had been hung up on 2x.. (now I know why!)...and was making one final attempt to place her order. Everything she said, was done in a sarcastic tone, and no matter how nice I tried to be, she was still one nasty bitch!... THERE I said it!!... so.. Merry Christmas to you, ya mean, nasty thing! GRRRR!

OK... OK... fewwh.

So...

I am so not ready for Christmas. I haven't pulled out one decoration, and I'm seriously thinking about NOT putting up the tree this year.

I thought I would be moved out, and enjoying my first Christmas in a new apartment.

That didn't happen. Things are in boxes, pictures are off the walls, and there are no curtains!

not a very festive place right now.

I don't enjoy Christmas like I used to. I would go crazy decorating, putting up lights everywhere, and playing Christmas music all day long. I miss my children being little, and seeing their excitement.

If it weren't for the very annoying "HOLIDAY" Commercials, 24/7....I could easily forget Christmas was coming.

I want it to be February.. or March... with Spring just around the corner.

Instead.. we've got a long Winter ahead. And I'm not in the mood.

Hmmm.. OK.. I'll pick up the mood.

We dodged a supposedly "major" snow storm... and I'm happy about that. I'm not prepared for driving in that mess yet.

So... let me find something to say, that doesn't have a whining tone to it............................................................................................................thinking...

........ ummm...........ummmm............. Sorry... can't think of anything right now. It was just a crappy Monday, and I'm glad it's over!

... I am grateful for having a job... a roof over my head, my great kids, wonderful crazy family, and the best friends in the whole world.

God blesses me every minute of the day.

I need to get to bed.. and not oversleep!

have a great week.

GO GOOGLE YOURSELF!!!

Well....

It's 3:06 a.m. and I'm up!

I took a little nap earlier, and now I want to go into my art room, and make some new thing!

It's the first weekend in awhile, that I don't have to work either Saturday or Sunday. Or go to a wedding, or do anything else but A-R-T!!!!

I'm going to put the coffee on, and get a good jolt of Caffeine, as if the 2 cans of Pepsi weren't enough.

I decided to Google "ARTkissed" and see what came up.

I've done it before, but this time, I found some new things.

It's amazing, just posting a comment on a site, ties you in, and bam, there you are!

Google is one cool search engine.

I even did some searching on my site, to see how most people found it, and it was usually through Google. And through another artist, "Tracy Roos".. who has me listed as a favorite artist on her site.

Soooo... anyway I'm off! ART allllll night! A fresh cup of coffee, light some incense, put on some tunes.. and.. ahhh heaven.

Have a great weekend!

I'll post the new art later.

ARTIN'

I've actually done some art, and sold some too.
The heart, is a custom piece I just did, for an Etsy customer.
She had me make a "First Christmas" ornament. She just got married in July. I feel kinda special, thinking that maybe this ornament will be a treasured keepsake, that they'll look at every Christmas.

I just sold the "Snowman" greeting card/ornament, and two others, to a repeat customer. I love when they come back!

I give my kids an ornament every year. This year, I made them ones, using an old picture of MOI! when I was about 7 years old.
I remember taking that photo. Wearing that dress, and my mom telling me "don't get dirty" or something like that.
I love that photograph. There aren't very many pictures of me when I was little. I love that its at Christmas, and most of all, I love that you can see the painting in the back. It was done by my father.

Work was busier then I expected it to be. I guess everyone is scrabbling to get their orders in, and shipped out in time for Christmas. I think it will be very slow next week.

I'm excited that I don't have to work a weekend, till Dec 22nd!!!!! ahhhh. I have all these weekends to myself! I'm hoping to get more greeting card/ornaments made and listed on Etsy.

We've been lucky with the weather so far. We did have our first snow on Thanksgiving. Most of it came overnight, while Gloria and I were up alllllll night, working on an art project. It was good, because by the time she went home at 11:30 a.m Friday... the roads were dry. I helped clean off her car.. and I hate cleaning the cars! The ice.. the scraping..the snow blowing back in your face!!! GGGRRRRR.. & brrrrrrr.. !

LEFTOVERS...

.... art project almost done...

a gift for Gloria's Vegas friends....

Some images from my Thanksgiving.

It was nice!

Just Eddie, Jamie & best friend Gloria for Dinner. Allison had to work, and joined us later, with her boyfriend Andy.

We got to meet Ethan, my kids new nephew, his mom Stefanie and Kyle.

It was nice just to be with family and eat!

Much later, Gloria and I worked on an art project, to give as a gift for friends of hers.

We stayed up all night!! I didnt' get to bed untill after noon the next day!!

But it was so nice having 4 days off.

So now, it's Sunday evening, and MY time is ticking, before I have to go back THERE to work.

I'm expecting it to be really slow, and contiplating bringing some art projects to do at my desk.

Maybe I'll wait till Tuesday and see what happens.

Sooo

That's it for now!

I have leftovers!... mmmm and they're alll mine!

I think I love leftovers even more than the Thanksgiving dinner!