smell my feet!...
Wow, the end of August and once again another season has zipped by. I recently posed the question to FaceBook friends: "Has time sped up or have we slowed down?" There was no definitive answer and so I'm still left wondering at the end of this summer about why time goes by so fast and why I'm even noticing! (yes. I'm getting older, we all are but I'm usually too brain fried to notice!) As Fall approaches, my childhood memories take me back to the sound of the school bell, colorful leaves that Dad raked and let us jump in, the cool wind tossing my hair, pumpkins sitting on doorsteps, costumes and candy, trick or treating and the smells of cider, and Autumn leaves burning with all the fun that led up to Halloween!
My family loves Halloween and Dad always had rubber masks around, which we couldn't resist putting on and scaring family members and shouting a loud Boo! to complete the heart attack. Anyone that happened to be in a room alone - was fair game! Peering in from an outside window to watch someone jump in terror was great fun, even if it was a sick sense of humor and we did get in trouble, we kept on doing it as though it was all new to us. Halloween costumes were hand-me-downs or slim pickins of a few plastic "fall faces" and matching, slip on holiday outfit that tied in the back and came from a local department store. There were alot of home made costumes too and whatever the dress-up, we were happy just to be going trick or treating for Halloween, with stories of who had the most candy, at school the next day.
Halloween memories still make me laugh and my sister and I still love coming up with new ideas. No more masks to scare anyone (online anyway - wink~) just fun ideas for your little monsters and you to enjoy as treats or just the start of making your own Fall memories. I'm hoping someone or more then someone, will actually find this blog this month, so I know I did something right and it will be just in time for trick or treat fun with bats, ghosts, goblins, monsters, mummys, pumpkins, spiders, witches and more!
Happy Halloween!
Once again I try to think of what to write about. Then it hits me - birthdays! The latest designs I worked on are everything to do with b-days (as I refer to them). Mine are not nearly as clever as Sandra Boyton's - "Hippo Birdie Two Ewe" but none-the-less I created the following.
There are generally five questions that can go along with birthday etiquette. We begin with a new baby - "Is it a boy?" or "Is it a girl?" Then progress to - "How old are you?" (this one works best with little kids - it gets into dangerous waters with women!) Eventually we wander into - "When is your birthday?" and finally the old "What's your sign?"
So I'm posting three images here to celebrate bdays. One for "Happy Birthday" or "Happy bee-day!" - and the other two are "It's a Boy!" and "It's a Girl!". The fourth and fifth images are spin offs and say "I'm a Boy" and "I'm a Girl" for babies who's parents get annoyed with admirers guessing the wrong gender.
Oh and by the way, I happen to be a "Leo" because my birthday is in August and I usually celebrate with my family, we sing "Happy Birthday" (not well!) eat cake and ice cream, open gifts and enjoy spending some time together laughing and handing over insulting age cards - and yup, today's my birthday and I can hear the Beatles singing to me! Life is good! and if today is your birthday - Happy Birthday to ya!
I guess getting to blog every day or week, isn't happening exactly. I have to admit I'd rather be drawing and I pretty much am - when I'm not filling orders, socializing on Facebook, tweeting on Twitter or spending time with family and doing dreaded, house cleaning, chores.
Although the title of this post sounds like it could be a rave review of a drag show, its' nothing quite so entertaining, just some of my thoughts and scribbles to tell you about. It doesn't feel like I have anything clever to express at this moment and "this moment" is about all I have to fit in a blog post, so I'm going for the quick post and leaving wit to the wind. I really do try to eat healthy, of course I rarely succeed. I do honestly love my veggies but not so much fruit. As a special message for kids and moms, I am instituting the "do as I say not as I (don't) do" rule of thumb. Check out some of our new designs, there are five designs i all and they are fabulously, "fresh & fruity and fun too! Who doesn't have a sweet peach in their brood?!
I have a bunch more designs I'm working on for Twins, Halloween and Dog lovers and more. Sort of all over the place I know but it's that artist thing, everyone discusses out loud that I can't quite control. So please stay with me, have a little patience and for goodness sake, if you actually found me and are reading this gibberish - write to me already! Oh and by the way, I was totally stoked (even though I don't live on the West coast) and so I have to tell ya - the "real" Nia Vardalos DM'd me on Twitter - ha! "Ha" like in can you believe it and I swear it's true! More another time...
