OOPS!

Sheesh!
I forgot to post the pictures yesterday! I am trying to figure out how to reconfigure my blog a little and got distracted! Too many things to think about not enough hands! Any way here they are! I really appreciate you taking the time to stop today!
If you have the time please visit our other blog
www. americanholidayartists.com ~Blessings to you and yours! Susan~

New Santa Gourds

I thought I would give you a sneak peek at a few of my finished Santa's . All were created from gourds, ranging from small 16" tall to a huge 28" around. The Santa smoking a pipe was a bit of a challenge for me because I knew I wanted to create a large hood without using tons of clay. I found this stuff that reminds me of the old plaster cast material with plaster already infused in . All you have to do is wet it and form into desired shape. It worked really well, still need to work out the bugs but I can see this being a plus for some things I have coming up!
The Gold Santa is a little different too, I used German blown glass eyes, and micro beads for the holly on his clothes. I really love his face, so much character !
The smoking Santa has a real corn cob pipe that I covered in clay then painted. Would you look at that nose! He has a BOB HOPE nose! The little is a sweet little Santa dressed in red and black with handpainted details.
There is still time to leave a comment for a chance to win a copy of the Victorian Santa just leave a comment with your email address! that's it ! Off to work ~Susan

Victorian Ornament Update !

Ship date for the ARTISTRY OF POLAND ORNAMENT is September 15th, I have decided to extent the contest for another week giving you all a chance earn another entry for this drawing.
1 entry for leaving a comment
2 entries for mentioning this contest on your blog [ please let me know if you have done this so I can verify this]
3 entries if you would like to become a follower of my blog!

Please scroll down to original Giveaway posting to leave your comments,

Be sure to leave your email address so I can contact you should you win! ~Susan~

Bloggy Fun!! giveaway!

Bloggy Fun

Flora of Boneheadstudios.blogspot.com is having a giveaway of sorts, Which I was lucky enough to get in on. This idea was started with Marie Patterson of "Marie Patterson Studio"


NOW FOR THE RULES... please read carefully as this does get passed on :
Now YOU can receive a treat from ME!
All you have to do is leave a comment on this post, and I will draw 2 names and send you a surprise!( You see this is where my fingers got in the way of my brain because I didn't read on, you should though....:)leave an email address so I can contact you !

However, you must know that it will then be YOUR TURN to do the same.
Re-post this on your blog with a link back to MY blog and send your treat to 2 people.

Your prizes may be ANYTHING that you wish to give and can be very simple.
Marie said that the whole premise was a simple gift for 2 people, with an emphasis on simple !
I will change the rules just a wee bit, in that I will collect the names of whoever wants to do this and draw 2 names from them, if there are only 2 then that's good too, but then they have to do the same in turn.
I decided that this idea could be a simple gift, a small tag-like ornie. They will be done in a few days then I will post pictures for whoever is interested in joining this kinda giveaway.

However, you must know that it will then be YOUR TURN to do the same. Re-post this on your blog with a link back to MY blog and send your treat to 2 people. Your prizes may be ANYTHING that you wish to give and can be very simple.

PS!!! Flora still might have a couple of tags left. so visit her blog at boneheadstudios.blogspot.com
and leave a comment for her as well!

New Items on Ebay

I wanted to give you a sneak peek at my upcoming EBay listings. First is The Felonious Frosty. This guy makes me smile! We lived in Woodland Park Colo, when our kids were growing up. Now if you are not familiar with this beautiful place , it is 8500 ft approximately above sea level Pikes Peak was the view from our front window.
To say we had snow would be a understatement! We usually got dumped on! My kids used to have to wear snow suits over their Halloween costumes. My daughters birthday is Oct 16Th and every year it would snow about 3 ft. on or about her birthday, which was a mixed blessing for her , no school, but no party either cause no one was going anywhere!
Anyway I remembered we always had snowmen in the yard for Halloween and it got me thinking about what would happen if Frosty would have gotten a bewitched villains hat instead of a silk top hat? Enter Felonious! The treat stealing Frosty running down the road grabbing treat bags from unsuspecting trick or treaters! I think there might be a children's book in there some where!
Anyhoo, Felonious is caught in the act of stealing a trick or trick container of goodies and away he runs. Notice the maniacal look in his eyes! I get that look sometimes around chocolate!
Even the pumpkin and candy corns are scared look at the candy trying to escape! And he's even dropped some on the snow covered hill! that's just not right!!
The next piece is a gourd that has been sculpted to resemble a antique German piece that I couldn't begin to afford , so I recreated it with my unique twist. The gourd was hollowed out so that the battery operated candle lights his eyes and mouth. Both are now available on EBay use aha art ID seasonalwhimsies...
Susan

New Giveaway for one of you! CONTEST

Starting today you can enter to win one of the completed Artistry of Poland ornaments that I designed.
To enter please Pick one of the two versions shown you prefer left or right image, with your comment, and email address so I can notify you if you should win. Winner will be drawn from at random from slips of paper place in bowl. Only entries with email addresses will be entered in drawing.

Contest ends Sept 1 st . Winner will be drawn Sept 2nd. Tell your friend! Good Luck! ~Susan~

News from the Artistry Of Poland

Yea! the final piece has been created, the finishes have selected and now are in the process of being completed! In honor of this momentous occasion I have decided to share my success with one of you! I will giving away one of the final ornaments to one lucky winner! Here's what you need to do to enter:

I have posted several pictures of all the finishes I was given to choose from let's see what you all think!

First Pick which version you like best then leave a comment with your email address so I may contact you if you are the winner. The contest will start today and end September 1st!



Good luck! ~Susan~