A Special Treat For You! MC Yogi - Give Love

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE THIS!

MC Yogi - Give Love (Giving4Living Mix) from MC Yogi on Vimeo.

Enjoy!

And the winner is...

I just used Random Number Generator to choose a winner for the OWOH giveaway, and the winner of Alistair is...

Malisa from Moonlight Hollow!

Congrats Malisa, and thank you so much to all who entered!  I'll have a giveaway for my followers very soon.
(2/15/10) 

 

Beach Wedding Sock Monkey Cake Topper

I'm in love.  

I was asked to to a destination wedding beach theme sock monkey cake topper.

The wedding colors are aqua and lime green.

 I really don't want to send this one to the wedding couple, I want to keep it and look at it every day. It just makes me feel warm and happy inside.

I'll be making this a shop listing very soon.

OWOH Giveaway 2010 *Winner!

I just used Random Number Generator to choose a winner, and the winner of Alistair is...

Malisa from Moonlight Hollow!

Congrats Malisa, and thank you so much to all who entered!  I'll have a giveaway for my followers very soon.
(2/15/10)

OWOH is here, hurray! 

It's the beloved Lisa Swifka's 4th annual One World One Heart Giveaway,  

read all about it here.

The theme of this year's event is the "Magic Carpet Ride", and I feel like I've been on an out of control carpet lately!

 This year OWOH has landed on one of the busiest times of my life. I am planing for a move, prepping my house to be put on the market, furiously packing boxes, driving 1000 miles with my hubby to look at houses and then turning around and driving back two days later.  (I happen to be stuck 2 hours south of my destination due to a snowstorm as I'm writing this!)

My polymer clay sock monkey cake toppers have hit an all time high in sales, keeping me very busy in the studio...

    and the ADO (art dolls only) Team's 2010 Traveling Doll Project has just begun 

(pictured is "Sarah" speaking with some cake topper monkeys.  Sarah belongs to Colleen Downs of LoopyBoopy, and she was Colleen's 2009 traveling doll)

Whew, if that's not enough, I'm weaning my sweet little 15 month old Baby G, which is emotionally challenging for us both.  Fortunately he is a big lover of food,  I've never seen anyone his size eat more than he does!

I had such a wonderful time visiting blogs last year during OWOH, I think I visited 1000!

This year I hope to visit at least several hundred.  I'll visit yours if you visit mine, wink wink!

I am ready for some serious R & R.  I'm not sure when that will happen, but let's pretend...

Breathe in.....

Breathe out....

Breathe in...

Breathe out...

Ahhh, that's better.

And now for my giveaway!

This is Alistair Iriekins.  

He is plush, and upcycled from a box of fabric an trims that was given to me last year.

I made a challenge for myself to use only the materials in the box to create his body and hair.  I added a bit of wire to his feelers and some fiberfill to stuff him.

He is 16" tall seated (not including his legs) and he is for decorative purposes, not for children to play with.

Alistair is full of love, and ready to be someone's new pal! 

For your chance to win him, just leave me a comment on this blog post before midnight on Feb 14th, and I will choose a winner on February 15th!
(be sure to leave an email address or a way for me to find you if you are the winner)

If you choose to follow my blog, thank you!  I will be happy to follow your blog too.  I will also be having a blog giveaway later in February specifically for my followers.

Thank you Lisa for hosting this fabulous event!

Blessings,

Waxela (wa-shay-la)

aka SpiritMama
 

Check This Out!

I was featured on the ADO Traveling Doll Project blog today.  It is a lovely write up by Cindy Sowers, who is doing features on each of the traveling doll artists for 2010.

http://adotravelingdollproject.blogspot.com/2010/01/waxela-sananda.html

Stay tuned, the new TDP has just begun!

11 Little Doggies

I've been away from blogging for too long, but I'm back and I'll give you a peek at some custom dog sculpture ornaments I made during the Christmas rush.

Time to Relax (almost)!

It has been a CRAAAAZY month for me!

My daughter had an insane number of events to attend, including a piano recital, dance recital, orchestra concert, winter dance (I chaperoned...yikes!) and that is just the beginning.

I set up at several local art and craft shows, and sold online too. 

I also started a new little Etsy shop, which will remain a secret for now.  I opened it on Dec. 9, and had 27 sales in my first 8 days!  There will be more to come about that, it's a little...um...well... weird, but people seem to like it, and a big blog saw it and blogged about it after my second day online, and then another, and it's had a good start and kept me very busy!

I'm not sure if I'll blog again before Christmas, so happy holidays everyone!

Enjoy your family and down time, and think wonderful thoughts of prosperity for the new year.

Blessings,

Waxela (wa-shay-la)

Two Austin Shows This Weekend

I'm a busy Mama getting ready for two shows this weekend.

First, it's Etsy Austin's "Craft Riot"!

and in case one fancy flyer for Craft Riot is not enough, here is another:

Sounds great, doesn't it?  A little wine, some handmade gifts, photos with Santa, and me!

I also have some of my work at the

South Corridor Gallery @ First Presbyterian Church

8001 Mesa Drive, Austin, Texas  78731

 there will be a reception and market with the artists Sunday morning.

“COLOR OF THE HOLIDAYS”

A Multi-media exhibition By

 Multicultural Artists Partnership

Artists Reception and Gift Market:

Sunday, December 6, 9:45 to 11:30 am

 South Corridor Gallery @ First Presbyterian Church

8001 Mesa Drive, Austin, Texas  78731

Tel: 345-8866

Featuring art and handmade crafts for sale,

Created by the artists featured in this exhibit-

A great opportunity for Christmas shopping while supporting local artists.

Please come join us!

a Cowboy, a Fairy, and a Skeleton (with a pink bow)

I've been working on a fun project this week.  I got an order from a woman with three children.  Each Christmas she lets the children choose an ornament.  They can ask for any type of ornament they want. This is the order:

1 Cowboy,

1 Fairy,

1 Skeleton with a pink bow (hehe, love this!)

Here are the results:

 

 

Picnic in November

One of the best parts of living in Texas is that we have beautiful weather in November.  It was a perfect day for a picnic last Saturday, so we went to my mother-in-law's back yard and that's just what we did.

 

Baby G had fun frolicking in the grass...

and shaking branches on the bushes.

Sissy and Baby G smile for a snapshot.

 

Sissy made a leaf bouquet.

 

This angel statue was fun to play with...

 

until she fell over, uh-oh!

 

Time for a walk...what is Baby G looking at?

 

It's a beautiful butterfly, he doesn't miss a thing!