First Christmas Piece Of The Season!

Sorry, it's been awhile! Hope everyone has been well and I can't wait to catch up with everyone! I have two new pieces available for tonight on ebay!
Next is an Art Deco inspired Peacock which I always love to do! I'm in love with the color of the jewels on this piece!
Thanks for taking the time to stop in! xo Michele

Wednesday's Art

Both available on ebay! xo Michele

French Bee, Rob Thomas & Thriller??

I have to start off by saying the I had the most fabulous time at the Rob Thomas concert at the Fox theater in St. Louis on Halloween!! The best. Most of you who follow the blog know my all time favorite band is Matchbox 20. I love Rob's voice and song writing! If you don't live in St. Louis and have never visited the Fox Theater it's one of the most beautiful theaters around. Built in 1929 it was reportedly the second largest theater in the United States.

The ornate interier is like nothing I have ever seen. After years of being closed the Fox theater was restored for 3 million dollars in 1982 it reopened as splendid as ever.

All of these photos curtosy of www.fabulousfox.com
You can find more photos under history at that link also!

Now on to the Rob Thomas concert! First I need to digress just a bit. To the girls that were on the mezzanine balcony that do not understand the meaning of rude...YES talking the whole time someone is playing music even if they are not the lead band is annoying. YES standing up in front of people that paid good money to sit is rude. YES texting through the whole concert is annoying and rude! YES running back and forth back and forth to the lobby during the show is RUDE! So the guy that yelled at you to sit down and you acted so shocked, believe it or not had a right to tell you to sit down! The world is not all about you princess. Okay...I feel so much better. They were not in front of us, actually next to us and it still surprises me how rude some people can be. Not caring for anyone but them selves...Okay really I'm letting it go lol. Rob Thomas opened his show in a Michael Jackson halloween costume singing thriller!!

Thank you to FairiesRreal91 for posting your video on you tube!

Yesterday I decided to watch "The Dutchess" a movie that for some reason I bought a while back and have never watched. I really enjoyed the movie and was reminded again how far us women have come. I really think she should have junk punched the husband like in What Happens in Vegas and said You KNOW why! LOL....okay getting off track again...so the movie inspired another Bee Paris Pendant...enjoy! Available on ebay tonight.

Hope everyone had a great weekend! xo Michele

Fortune Teller

I love love this fortune teller pendant! Must be the favorite one I've done so far! I've been seeing a lot of gypsy caravan type of stuff lately and this little lady has been in my head for some time. I think she came out perfect! I hand sculpted and painted the crystal ball base and her head wrap. The crystal ball is glass I fused with tiny silver stars in it. She's available on ebay tonight at 8 pm. xo Michele

Steampunk Time Travel Machine & Award!

Thank you Angie of ArtAngel for the award! I am honored!! Anyone who has not checked out her artwork needs to do so!! I'm still in love with the cupcakes for a post or more ago lol! Angie does wonderful mixed media artwork!

Here are the rules of the award:

1. Thank the person who gave this to you.

2. Copy the logo and place it in your blog.

3. Link the person who nominated you.

4. Name 7 things about yourself that no one would really know.

5. Nominate seven 'Kreativ Bloggers'

6. Post links to the seven blogs you nominate

7. Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know you nominated them

I'm sure you all are getting tired of the 7 things about me LOL! but here goes again:
1. Halloween is my favorite holiday (have I said that one yet??) and I haven't even decorated yet!! YIKES!!
2. I have tickets to see Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty on Halloween night!!
3. My favorite cake is still chocolate with chocolate icing! (I don't like wedding cake!)
4. I didn't think Twilight was well written (oh the horrors!!) and if Bella didn't whine what would she do??
5. I hate winter
6. I would love to learn digital art
7. I love power tools

Okay now for the Kreativ Bloggers:
1.Hot Tamale Art Studio
2.Val Zdero Art
3.PimpnPaint
4.DesignsbyGinnyBaker
5.GroovyGlass
6.BludawgDesigns
7.PinkFlamingo61

Okay now for the new work!


Did you ever wish you could go back in time? a day? a week? Year? Maybe 100 years? Well with this new steampunk time machine it's possible! Available on ebay tonight at 8 pm central time. Enjoy! xo Michele

New Work

Just wanted to drop in and say, I'm still alive ;o) had oral surgery on Friday, and lived to tell about it. Not fun. Not fun at all. The bummer part is evidentally my heart rate, while asleep was at 160. Yikes! So that of course means I get to visit yet another doctor. sigh. Passing 40 is hell. Anyway, I'm trying not to take the vicadin lol so that I could be coherent enough to list a few things and check in with you all! But if you don't hear from me for a couple of days, at least you know what's going on! I'll leave you all with the newest eye candy ;o) All is available and on ebay! xo Michele

Another Dragon and Angel!

Okay so since the other dragon sold within minutes of me putting her on ebay and the popularity of her, I made another one ;o) Love how this one came out too!! Hmmm...maybe I should just do a series of them! Here she is, same coloring as the other one but a different pose and different eye color ;o) Available on ebay tonight at 8 pm cental time:Then something a little different. Instead of my regular fused glass painted face, I used a vintage photograph under a clear domed cab, set in a silver tone bezzel. I have a large collection of vintage photographs so this gives me a chance to use them! Let me know what you all think about the 2 different styles and no worries I'm not stopping the painted ones ;o)
I'm off to cook dinner and then boy scouts is tonight. Oh and guess what...it's raining. I'm thinking I should finish the ark I started building in the spring. Have a great night everyone! xo Michele

Gypsy Charm Bracelet

Love how this gypsy charm bracelet turned out! I don't think the pictures do it justice!

Hopefully you can see that little crystal ball charm in the center!


Bracelet is 8" long with a lobster clasp. Available on ebay as of tonight also with a buy it now. A lot of them are snatched up with the buy it now options! Have a great night! xo Michele

New Dragon & Angel

Love love this new dragon (Luthien I thought of you when I made it. I've had Eragon sitting on my nightstand to read for a while now lol...I'm still chewing through vamp books though!) Anyway, she another one of those pieces I wish I could afford to keep! Available on ebay tonight at 8 pm central time. Or just take a peek at more pics of her!

Also new is this adorable angel. I've had these spoons sitting on my worktable for a while now and finally cut the handle and bent it to make a bail. Much easier than I though it would be! Love how sweet she came out too! Also available on ebay tonight.
Have a great night everyone! xo Michele

New Owl & Dragonfly Steampunk-ness

The weather here is sooooo gorgeous today I wish I could bottle it and save for one of those days in January or February when I have cabin fever! So I'm going to keep this short so I can go out and enjoy the rest of the beautiful sunshine! Both new pieces are available tonight on ebay at 8 pm central time. xo Michele

Steampunk Masquerade

What will you wear this year to the steampunk masquerade? Dressed in her machine finery is tonight's ebay auction!Have a great night everyone! xo Michele

Treasury & New Work!

Woo Hooo thank you WellSpringCreations for including me in your Etsy Treasury! What a wonderful Treasury it is too! Titled Halloween Treats! Love it!!

I have two more new pieces of artwork for you. Both available on ebay tonight at 8 pm central time. Both auctions. One is a new witchy poo. I love her freckled little face and the swarovski "stars"!
The next piece is another Day Of The Dead piece and it has a Bohemian feel to it I think


You can find them both here tonight. Hope everyone has a fabulous night! It's been raining here all day, yet again. I hope this is not going to be the trend for the winter or we will be in some serious trouble!! Get out the snow shoes!! xo Michele

No Longer MIA

Sorry I went MIA on everyone! I'll try not to do that again! 2 new pieces!!
Spider Queen
and then I finally got my Sugar Skull Day of the Dead piece done! Wooo Hooo! I made a locket ring so that you can put the picture of your loved one inside. My mom died when I was a teenager and I love the Day Of the Dead holiday, how wonderful to honor the spirits of the loved ones that have passed over. Here's some pictures of the ring:

Both are available on either etsy or ebay you're choice, same price just a different channel. First come first serve basis. The ring is listed at 39.00 and the pendants is listed at 45.00!! Doesn't get any better than this folks! xo Michele

Vogue Witch

All the other witches are always jealous of Esmerelda she is always in the latest fashion. This fall is no different Esmerelda is sporting the latest in witchy attire from her black steampunk hat with it's bling to her blood red jeweled bat collar. Esmerelda is the vogue witch!
Available on ebay!

Halloween Queen

To some she is a witch, to others an angel but to all The Halloween Queen. She wears a crown with a jack o lantern center, swarvoski crystals on either side. Here dress is a shimmering black lace made from the finest black widow spider in all the land. When the Halloween Queen arrives the Hallow's Eve ball has officially started!
Available tonight on ebay at 8 pm central time :o) There is also a buy it now option on her for us impatient peeps ;o) More pictures too!! She's one of those that is so much more fabulous in person! xo Michele

I'm not sure what happened to Monday. I think it skipped me.Or I guess it could have been the post its. Either way, I never saw it.

I did however manage to get a few things done! I've been very productive here in my little dungeon..er...studio. I managed to get a new steampunk scarecrow done which you can wear as a pin or a necklace! Love her! She will be on ebay tonight And then I finally got a few fused glass pendants done! I listed both on ebay already today, with a buy it now feature. Actually even the scarecrow has a buy it now feature. As a buyer I always look for that. It's not because I don't want to duke it out with another ebayer and possibly get a great deal. It's because, I'm impatient. Pure and simple. Why wait a week when I can get it today? I mean when they come out with the transporter that hooks to your computer so that as soon as I buy something on ebay ZAP it transports into my house, I will be a happy camper. Just don't buy anything really really big


Okay I think I got off topic a bit here...so the fused glass pendants...

Candy corn moon. I love the artglass that I fused into the pendant as the moon. Looks like candy corn to me! I also added a few swarovski crystals for the twinkling stars :o)
Then this little soulful looking gypsy, her crystal ball is dichroic glass that has tiny silver stars in it...hard to see from this picture I think. Glass is the hardest thing to photograph!

I also have a Halloween queeny witch, but a girl can't show it all at once! I'll post her tomorrow. Have a great night everyone! xo Michele

Another Treasury!

Wooo Hooo! I received an email from Readesign of etsy that she had included my little french steampunk bee in her treasury! I couldn't for the life of me remember how I did that smaller screen shot before! THis is all I could manange tonight (remember the headless chicken gig?)Here's the link if anyone has a chance to check out all the BEE-u-tiful steampunk bees that were included! Yeah yeah I am feeling corny actually LOL!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list_west.php?room_id=69544
Hope everyone is having a fan-tab-u-lous weekend! xo Michele

Eco-Inspiration Ave Challenge

The wonderful group I belong to Inspiration Ave has a weekly challenge, based on a word or theme from one of our creative members. Each week has been something fun and challenging. I've been slacking (head hangs in shame). I really wasn't sure what the rules were, and this is what I've looked like lately. A chicken running around without it's head!
Anyway this week I decided to man-up or woman-up as the case may be and try to get it together! So the word for this week is Eco from our lovely Luthien.

When I think of the word eco I think of reuse or recycle. Since with my steampunk jewelry I always try to recyle or reuse things I thought my artwork fits right in :o) Here's a new witch that I'm listing on ebay tonight. She has both recyled vintage and new parts.

Take the time to take a peek at what all the other artists think the word eco means to them. The challenge is open to all artists with a blog, you do not have to belong to our group to join in the fun! The deadline is Sunday at 5 pm Est. Here is the link again to our blog Inspiration Avenue. xo Michele

Aviator

Aviator is available on ebay tonight at 8pm central time! Sorry I can't stay and chat, have to let little man use the computer for his homework! xo Michel e

Steampunk Spider Princess

Spider Princess will be available on ebay tonight. Don'tcha just love her little skull crown?? lol! Don't worry to be ruler of the land of spiders she doesn't have to grow up and marry a spiderman...LOL sorry couldn't resist! She can rule the whole spider kingdom by herself and with 4 of her legs tied behind her back ;o) Although she wouldn't mind that Johnny Depp spider moving into her web! Have a great night everyone! xo Michele