steampunk Soul Mounted Head Franki and Clean Studio!

Meet Franki, yes she knows she's a girl, but Franki is better than Francesca which is her birth name. Franki hates to be called Francesca, or at least she used to. Before she was dead. Now the poor dear hangs in the hall of the Soul Sucker along side Amanda.

Franki is on a 5 x 7 wooden plaque. She is hand sculpted out of paper clay over an armature and yes she is very secure on the plaque ;o) She is available in my Etsy shop tonight.

So today was a better day for me :o) I got in the studio early and started to clean, big fluffy white puffs of snow started falling outside. I'm not a great photographer but I hope you can see them:
Remember the worktable mess I posted a few days ago? The whole room was a mess, not just this little space on the table. It was overwhelming it was such a mess:
TADA!!!
The thing that took me the longest was you couldn't see the depth of little tiny watch pieces, chains, gizzmos etc that were on the work space and I had to organize and sort through all of that stuff. But it was worth it!! I now have more than 2 inches of space to work and look at all that room for my Diet Coke lol. I cleaned the whole studio! I won't bore you with all the pics but I wanted to show you proof lol, look even the shelves are clean!!!
Dawn, if you are reading this, I'm waiting to see pics of your clean studio LOL!!By the time I finished everything up it was snowing like a blizzard! Those big fluffy puffs of snow were now coming down hard and fast!
We didn't get any accumulation to speak of but it sure was pretty coming down! So now I sit in my clean studio and don't want to mess it up lol. Wonder how long it will stay this way?? 1 week? 2 weeks? I give it a month LOL. Have a good weekend everyone! Catch you on the flip side! xo Michele

Steampunk Soul Mounted Head Amanada & Hell

Yesterday I promised you more about the mounted heads, meet Amanda. Poor Amanda died in battle against the Soul Sucker and his army and the Soul Sucker drug her body back to the castle and mounted her head! It now hangs in the front hall of the Castle of Corporation as a warning to all.

Amanda's wooden plaque is 4 x 4". Her right eye is a vintage watch piece and of course she's sculpted over an armature and hand painted. She's available in my Etsy shop :o)

Okay so now let me tell you about the day I have had...it all started out with Flickr, I wanted to finally put some things in my flickr account and put one of those nifty little bages on my blog. After about an hour of searching for how to make the damn badge, Ginny was kind enough to help a sister out and sent me a link. Wooo Hooo! So I generate it, and go to add it to blogger...here's where more trouble starts. I add it to the generate html little area, and for some reason it puts 3 of them on my blog...okay so I check them yup same thing so I delete the other 2 only in this process I now delete the background html code!!! You know that OH S&*t! moment???and of course there is no undo button. So...I went back to the background place (notice the button in the top left hand corner of my blog if you are looking for some cool free backgrounds) and I picked another background, well now blogger no longer has the 3 column minima or if they do I can't find the damn thing! I have links that have disappeared, things are rearranged, the colors of the text are strange colors....well you get the idea, at this point I'm in html blogger code hell.

So instead of cleaning up the mess I showed you yesterday, or working on the other mounted head Steampunk Soul I worked on getting my blog back together...What do you guys think? You like the new look? I wasn't sure at first. My oldest, Brandon, said he thought it looked better. Any thoughts? And let me just say that when I finally finished with this and went to use my drill it was not working...I think I should just go get a glass of wine and say fugetabout it! See how much happier I look?? Hope the rest of you are having a fantabulous night! I'm off to drink that wine and eat pizza! xo

The Dam Has Busted

It is so great to be free to art again, I can't even tell you all how wonderful it feels. A whole year imprisoned by the soul suckers! I've been art-ing like a mad woman, all that creativity that built up has burst free! All of these pendants are available on ebay, and many more. Remember the story I started a while back about the soul suckers? I've been working on those characters and they will make their debut soon...

Mixed Media French Dragonfly

Lots going on with this one! She has a vintage watch face between two metal shapes, her rhinestone dragonfly body, a vintage typewriter key, a few clock gears, a jeweled crown, vintage rosary beads, new chain, vintage chain and a string of beads. I put her on ebay last night. Thinking of reopening the etsy shop also, there just never seem to be enough hours in the day! Hope everyone is having a good week! xo

Angel Mixed Media Necklace

I'm really enjoying making the whole necklace instead of just the pendant. You're right Luthien some of them just don't feel whole without the necklace part. Thanks to everyone who dropped back in! and for all of your comments on the other necklace! Made me feel loved :o) This one is made up of different vintage chains and an old watch band :o) I put her on ebay tonight, there's more pictures there if you want a better look. More to come but that's it for tonight I'm pooped and off to work I go once more in the morning. xo Michele

White Bee

A project I'm working on. Thought you all might like to see a peek ;o)

Vegas

What happens in Vegas..... Stays in Vegas! She didn't start out that way, but halfway though I though this little dragonfly looks like a Vegas dancer ;o) She has a vintage belt buckle for a base, a pocket watch face, her vintage dragonfly body, and her headpiece is a vintage buckle. She looks like she's just about to break out into the can-can! xo Michele

New artwork!

Hi Bloggers! I swear I'm going to update that pic of me someday! I actually have short blonde hair at this moment lol! Sorry I haven't been as good at keeping up with this blog since I went back to work full time. I'm trying to change that! Here are my favorite two new pieces that are listed on ebay! Hope you all have had a creative week! xo Michele

A Flower and a Swan...

Hope everyone has had a great week! It's been a little crazy around here, the last thing to go was the water heater this morning! Sheesh! I've created 2 more whimsical steampunk characters that will be available on ebay tonight. The first is a Swan Queen, one of those that looks much better in person! Then the flower pin/pendant, I made myself one similar and love her! I wear her to work on the lapel of my jackets almost everyday. She goes with everything and since she can be worn as a pendant or a pin she's even more versitile! Enjoy!

Awesome Mosaic From Stephanie Murphy

I wanted to share with you all a gorgeous mosaic that Stephanie Murphy made using one of my steampunk birds. Amazing work!! I can't stop looking at it! You can find more of this talented artist's work at Stephanie Murphy and you got it, she does take commissions! Although I hear there's a waiting list! Check out more of her work if you get a chance! Have a great night everyone! xo Michele

I'm Back!!

I'm sorry I have been gone for so long! I had surgery, then took a full time job managing a furniture store because they came to me and made me an offer that was hard to refuse! But I have missed my artwork tremendously and so I've decided to add pieces to ebay here and there and maybe a few galleries. The above piece is titled Butterfly Fairy and she's available on ebay now. If you get a chance take a peek at her! Here are the other two that I listed!
I have missed you all in blogger land so much!! xo Michele

Wednesday's Art

Both available on ebay! xo Michele

Queen Of Hearts & JOL Cat

If you read this blog you know I adore (okay maybe there is a stronger word there like LUST) Johnny Depp and am a huge Tim Burton fan, so I'm counting down the days Burton's version of Alice in Wonderland! In the meantime here is my version of a steampunk Queen of Hearts:

She goes on ebay Thursday night with a buy it now option. She's another one that I don't want to let go, but, sigh, I must.

I also made a new Halloween piece that is a little kitty cat dressed up in her Jack O Lantern trick or treat costume, all ready for trick or treating!Isn't she too cute? I put a little black rhinestone for her nose lol. She's available on ebay tonight at 8 pm central time and again with a buy it now. The skelly girl sold last night quickly with the buy it now, so I'm guessing everyone likes the buy it nows on there ;o)

Have a great night everyone! xo Michele

New Work

Now that summer is coming to a close, I'm trying to get back into the groove. I know the busy season is coming and I should be preparing for it! But isn't it just so much nicer to sit on the deck, enjoying the setting sun, feeling the evenings starting to cool, sipping a glass of wine...the party will be over in a month when I'm crazy because I was slacking off right now LOL! Oh well. I work well under pressure!! Here are some new things I listed on ebay A bracelet and 3 rings!


Hope everyone is having a fabulous week!! xo Michele

Bracelet & Earrings

I've wanted to do the steampunk diva bracelet for a while now, the problem always seemed to be that I never had enough faces made up in advance! But I finally go it done and I love how it came out! My little glass faces mixed in with vintage rhinestone earrings, buttons, glass buttons and typewriter keys! I'm hoping to get some more made soon :o)

I also am putting up some Marie Antoinette inspired earrings.

Both pieces will be available on ebay tonight at 8 pm central time! Hope everyone has a great weekend! We have another birthday party to go to, Wineries if the weather holds out on sunday, and Monday another concert--this time it's Def Leopard, Cheap Trick and Poison! Wooo Hoooo! Total 80's!! LOL! I have the camera battery all charged ;o) Now I'm off to the pool! xo Michele

Premio Meme Award!

Thank you so much Suzi from Art With A touch of Whimsy who gave my blog the Premio Meme Award

I am honored! I'm suppose to share 7 facts about myself and then pass on the award to 7 others.
7 Facts about myself:
1. I love going to see local bands with my husband on Saturday nights
2. I would love to move to Florida, I hate the cold winters here
3. I'm addicted to Reeses Pieces since I quit smoking
4. I'm attracted to all the vintage sparkling things
5. My favorite childhood story is Alice in Wonderland and I'm so psyched about the Tim Burton version coming out!! But Of course Johnny Depp as the mad hatter doesn't hurt anything right??
6. I love books
7. I spend every Friday morning with my two sons at Ihop (when school is in, I only get to take the 21 year old).

The 7 that I would like to pass this award on to are:
1.Pimp & Paint
2.Hot Tamale Art Studio
3.Haute Whimsy
4.The Holiday Queen
5.Whimsical World Of Fairies
6.The Art Hermit
7.Frums Glass Menagerie

Oh and yes I did list a few more items on ebay last night.

Fairytales...

Once upon a time there was a beautiful froggit princess:

and she lived by her beautiful pond

and waited for a boy who looked like Johnny Depp

But cooked and cleaned like Martha Stewart

OH WAIT! That's my dream!!! LOL! Well the froggit princess waits patiently for her prince so they can live happily ever after! (available on ebay tonight)
I also made a pegasus that I think turned out pretty special
Also available on ebay tonight! Have a great night everyone!! xo Michele