New Home

I've been absent from blogland for awhile during my move from Austin, TX to Okoboji, IA.

We are getting all settled in and we have a great home on the wetlands with lots of wildlife.

These Canada Geese are grazing right in my backyard.

Mama Goose built her nest right in front of my studio window.  

This is a view from our patio deck.  I can't wait to see the goslings!

Here are some newly hatched ducklings and a Canada Goose, another view from our patio deck.

I will share pictures of the wildlife in the wetlands often, and I've been inspired to do a series of wetland dolls.  I just completed my first one, but that's for another post.

My Deep Dark Little Secret...

I've been hiding something.... keeping something from all of you because it's weird.

Some of you will probably find it offensive.  

Some of you will say "She is much freakier than I guessed." 

And a select few will laugh out loud and say "That Rocks"!

Cheers to those of you in the 3rd category!

I have a shop on Etsy called "Feti".

It is full of little embryo ornaments made of polymer clay.

Some are in the likeness of rock stars (Adam Lambert),

others are political figures (Sarah Palin),

and some are characters from the Twilight series.

ONE is a pair of conjoined twins called "Tiny Twins", and they have made their way into

 the REGRETSY book

by April Winchell

coming out this month.

I feel very honored to be one of 50 artists who's work is shocking enough to be featured in this little book of horrors!  If you have not visited Regretsy, please do so asap, and go back often for your daily laughs, giggles, and guffaws.

Tree Goddess Tapestry Winner Announced

Today is the day I announce the winner of my Beaded tree Goddess Tapestry!

I used Random Number Generator to find a number between 1 and 172 (the number of followers of my blog).  The number it gave me was 53, and Paula Brinkman, of "Spirit Dolls By Paula" is my 53rd follower.

Congrats Paula!

Thank you to all of my blog followers.

I will do another giveaway this year, so keep visiting!

Goddess Tree Beaded Tapestry Giveaway!

I promised a giveaway to my followers, and this is it!

It is a beaded tapestry, which I made entirely from upcycled furniture sample pieces. The tapestry has a Nile Goddess in a tree, and depicts two of my favorite things...the Nile River Goddess and trees.  I used seed and bugle beads to enhance the goddess and leaves.

It has a sleeve at the back to run a small dowel through so it can hang on your wall.

This giveaway is open to all of my followers.  All you have to do is be a follower of my blog.  I will choose a winner randomly on March 18th.  You must become a follower by Wednesday, March 17th at 11:59pm to be included in the giveaway.  

Good Luck!

xxxooo

Waxela

Mod Monkey Party Cake Toppers

Wow, I haven't blogged in forever, but I am in the middle of a move, and my house is on the market so it has to be spotless, WHILE living in it with a TODDLER and a 12 year old.  My hubby cleans up after himself pretty well (as long as he closes lid, lol!)

I made some new monkeys yesterday.  They are "Mod Monkeys" in honor of all of the mod monkey party supplies out there.  I've been asked to do yellow and turquoise numerous times, and I just love these little birthday partiers!

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!