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Available through my etsy shop. This is the first 2008 Halloween sculpture for this year! Title "Don't let the bedbugs bite" as skelly wears his jammies :)
Have a safe New Years!!!!!!!!!

SWEENEY TODD~ If your a Burton fan and love Johnny Depp this is a must! Just got back from seeing this movie and I loved it! It took me about 20 minutes to get used to sitting through a "musical" (not my thing) but once I "got it" I really enjoyed it. VERY much! I recommend this flick to all (unless you cant stand the sight of blood...).

My daughter and I decided to make home made marshmallows.
I will tell you that these little morals are insanely delicious!
It wasn't hard to do at all. Just a bit messy at the end.
Fabulous to eat and even more pretty to look at.
We are now having a cup of hot coco with lumps of yumminess floating on top.
I am crawling out of my skin with hyerness!!!!
Happy Holidays~ xoxox

Merry Christmas

Roxy says Merry Christmas ~ woof woof

My Etsy shop was again updated and you can find this cute folk art painting!

storm arriving...

We lost Stumpy today. She passed away in the middle of the night. She was a sweet very old goat that we took in about a year and a half ago. We will miss her greatly. xoxoxo

If interested in any of these check out my etsy shop!

www.pumpkinseedsfolkart.etsy.com

Roxy

Hope this isn't getting too sickening with all the baby pictures. Just had to share one more before the end of this month. :)

Like originals?

Check my website and click on the news link. I am offering two Santa's. Photo's will follow.

Just added lots of fun holiday items to my etsy shop. If you have not yet been able to stop by here is the address for you: www.pumpkinseedsfolkart.etsy.com
Some of the pieces I want gone before the end of the year and a few have been discounted up to 50% off. Remember, these make great unique gifts that cant be found in your crowded department stores!
Happy holidays~
This Santa is now sold.

~~~~Happy Thanksgiving to all~~~~

Me and my shadow... Roxy is keeping me on my toes! You forget how much fun and work puppies are. She is giving me much more than I could ever give her. And yes, my cats are still queen of the house. xoxoxo

Since Roxy has such a fluffy coat it seems to attract all muddy mess from her outside walks. So she gets her bath daily. She has double in size in two weeks and put on 6 lbs! She can sit, shake, lay down and we are working on "stay". Smart as can be I tell you. As much time as she requires (where's my paint and sculpt time going????) she is worth every minute. Just look at those eyes : )

Today I had a special visitor. He came to me while peacefully having my noon lunch. Perhaps the guilt of eating his brothers and sisters... which ever way you look at it, he came to haunt me. Meet Potato chip man. Untouched. Uneaten. I think I will save him for awhile. Usually he shows up in my popcorn. Multiple times. Disguised. This could be why I dream weird. Oh well. He is a nice friend who gave me a quick laugh : )

Forget department stores- Try handmade items for this holiday season!

Pledge to buy HANDMADE this holiday season!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!

Meet Roxy! We just got Roxy today 10.27. She's a standard poodle. I will post more pictures in a few weeks because I know she will be growing so fast! Oh so cute!! xoxoxo

Virtual Pumpkin Carving Fun!

October morning

my sleeping Yoshi girl

Taking her routine afternoon nap. xoxoxo

Halloween crafts that we love!

This is a GREAT site for paper fun! Really nice craft projects for young and not so young at heart : )
http://ravensblight.com/papertoys.html

More Halloween fun on the net

HALLOWEEN FUN

Sunday on the river **Fall is here**

http://www.imaginepeace.com/

Happy Skelly Traveler

Just added this Halloween treat to ebay. I am really in the Halloween mood. More than normal. Something about the chill in the air and the fire in the wood stove. Ah : ) Watch for more Halloween goodies next week. Perhaps some ghoulish papier mache might come your way....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290168052024&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=019

major wow factor

http://paintalicious.org/2007/09/14/ron-mueck-hyper-realist-sculptor/

Bill is having a bad day...

Just added these to ebay. See pumpkinseedsoriginals auctions.

Best shadow puppet show I have ever seen

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/774922/great_shadow_puppetry/

One of the rescued goats we took in last year. Still working on trying to pet this old sweet girl but not with much luck. We took in two of these pygmy's and this one is shy and the other a bit less... Both so sweet and from what the vet says, old old old. Could explain why their little tongues hang out... no teeth! And I believe both have arthritis. They have a bit of a limp. All in all they made a great addition to our growing family : ) xoxoxo

Two aceo's listed on ebay Sept 5th

Here are two ACEO's that will be listed on Ebay on Sept 5th. One creepy and the other cute. Makes this the sweet and sour pair!

Fun Halloween links

Fun Halloween links to enjoy:

http://www.ghostresearch.org/ghostpics/
http://www.hersheys.com/trickortreats
http://www.fireworks.com/halloween/corn-maze.asp
http://www.halloweencollector.com/gallery/
http://www.oldtimecandy.com/

Ebay Pumpkinseeds new aceo auctions

290156318144
290156320076
290156321938

New ACEO's listed on ebay at 9:00 am August 31. Its now 12:09 and none are showing so if you would like to view these new auctions please cut and past the item numbers above.

Auctions finally posted at 3:15 pm on Augest 31.

ebay

Lots of folks still having major issues with ebay. Today, again, I list multiple auctions, all of them HAVING to be 10 days due to listing not showing up until up to 12 hours later than them actually being posted. I do not like having to spend the extra few cents in order to get more exposure after all, could this be why ebay is doing this? Get the extra .10 times 1 million? Or however many people list? Then there is rumor that if you use ebay's photo hosting you get immediate exposure... I found that to also be false. So now I read about a lawsuit between sellers and ebay. This is the second one I read. Who knows if its true, who knows if it will work. All I know is that sellers are paying for time they are not receiving. I find that unacceptable. Who buys 9 eggs? Who purchases a car with three wheels? Who WANTS only 9 eggs or a 3 wheel car? Not I.

Halloween 2007 release
This might be it for the season. I will be doing some business traveling in the months to follow but if time allows I will try and add more original art pieces to my site.
Above are three new pieces that look terrific grouped together. Nice ghoulish friends!

something really fun

http://www.nga.gov/kids/zone/zone.htm#dollhouse

gotta try the "flow" link. Cool!

Facts:

1. Do you know that Cannon Beach Oregon has "domesticated" wild bunnies hopping about town? Its true! I kick myself for not having a camera.
   
2. XM radio has commericials? Its a fact! So you when pay for special commercial free radio think twice. They get away with it because they dont call the commercials, commercials, they call them sponsors.
   

Meet Mr. Do

Meet Spanky Do. Just one of the few loved cats here at home. We found Spanky Do in a dry creek at our house 3 years ago. So glad we did for more reasons than the obvious. xoxoxo

mystery bug

This might be something people see all the time but we are clueless. Can anyone tell me what this is? Click on it and it will zoom in for a better picture.

Thanks to all who have written about the Cicada bug. I still have yet to find another but I can hear them loud and clear up in the tree's. I have been living in the Pacific Northwest all my life and this was my first sighting. Really cool bug and history... the buzzing they make might be an something you learn to love. So far its not happening... ; P

ebay auctions

Just added these items on ebay. Seller ID Pumpkinseedsoriginals

Graveyard Angels sold as well as the skull card but the asian girl aceo is available!

ebay indexing

Here is a helpful link I found while being terribly frustrated with ebay's "indexing". I do not understand why sellers are paying for 7 full days and receiving only 6. If this "indexing" is causing delays in publishing auctions, then ebay should credit the sellers the hours lost. Am I so off here? This is a bit like the post office and their raised fee's. Get less service for more money. I promise my next posting to be on a happier note...

http://www.ebaywiki.com/Articles/1000000000000048

Janell

June's memory quote:

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.

Nothing sweeter than a bunch of silly goats

Goats! Yes, I have goats. Two pygora's, two pygmy's and two fainting goats. Here are pics of all.

May 24th 2007

This is the last week for about a month you will be seeing any new art on my site. I tried real hard to add as much inventory as I could prior. Its that time of year when I prepare for my "other" art job. I did paint one Halloween painting today. Its a 6x6 gallery wrap style. Painting took me over 5 hours. Lets see, 5 hours into 40.00. Guess that's over minimum wage.... ha! Oh how that passions burns. If you folks get a chance do stop by ebay Pumpkinseedsoriginals and my site www.pumpkin-seeds.com to see the latest. Orders have been coming in more often now so folks are starting to get the Fall bug (I know, but this happens every year.) Hopefully, by the end of next month I will have a few new papier mache HALLOWEEN treats to share.

The circle of life

Stealing cat food one morsel at a time...

Spring has barely even started here in Oregon and my good old friend is back.
Poison oak.
And again, it has found me.

Kauai

Kauai was wonderful! Just had the best time ever. So lucky to have shared this with wonderful friends. My daughter and I enjoyed the beaches, the native Hawaiians, their culture and friendliness. Hopefully someday we will return.
One of the best adventures we experienced was a catamaran trip on the Na Pali Coast of Kauai. We sailed back inland with just the breeze and some wonderful music. Pictured above was a lucky shot of a pod of dolphins swimming next to the boat. Fantastic! Word of caution to anyone who heads out to sea... DO take your sea sick meds. I did. Some didn't. The ones who didn't spent the entire trip hanging their heads off the back end of the boat. Gross.

Pretty brown butterfly was nice enough to stay so I could snap some photo's of him. I tried to take a picture of this enormous bumble bee but he was much too busy tasting each and every flower in the garden bed. I believe this butterfly was sun bathing.

Tomorrow my daughter and myself are headed to Kauai. First vacation in over 14 years. I know, sad. But think of how grand this trip will be because of that. Hopefully I can post a few pictures of own trip when we get home.

Aloha

Here is my sweet Dora.
This is the only cat I have ever known that actually gives real hugs.
xoxoxo

Experimenting with color and texture
pink, orange, white and sky blue
Beautiful colors!

Funky Frog

My favorite funky garden frog. Hopefully before summer arrives I can get the new pond in and give this guy a better home. This could be the beginning of funky frogs adventures. hmmm

Spring picture

First day of really nice Spring weather. The weeping cherry tree I planted last year has its first blooms.