Today is a very GOOD DAY!!!!

I soooo can not believe this. I was sitting here drinking my coffee and reading my email when one popped up from BHG. I figured it was one of those "Thank you for your participation in our latest photo contest...However, you were not selected as our winner this week". Not that this would bother me because I was so honored that two of my ooaks (one of a kind sculpts) photos were actually chosen TO participate in all of the 100's of photos that were submitted. Was I so wrong when I opened that email. Another one of my ooaks has been selected to participate in this week's "Thanksgiving Decorating Photo Contest".

Santa and the Mrs.

I designed this ooaks to show Santa in another Holiday setting. Yes, you guessed...Thanksgiving!!! No one makes better pumpkin pies than his Mrs. I had so much fun with this one.  I'm one of those that "Truly Believe" in Santa and love to show him in other settings. This one had some fun moments that I shared with you here as my muse sat whispering to me. Let me recap some of the process for those that are my "new friends and for those that might have missed or forgotten. Click on the title below each photo to go to the original post.

WIP photo of the beginning of Santa and the Mrs

Whispers of Santa's shoes

End of a good day

 

Ohhhh...Shut your eyes..hehe

The Mrs is complete

Santa is complete

Introducing Santa and the Mrs

Mrs. C cat's...Jingle

I hope you enjoyed the look back at how this ooaks came to be. I am so proud of this grouping. It has been to a Holiday exhibit last Christmas at the Harrison Brothers Musuem. It is in the Foley Trim-A-Tree Christmas event this year (and for sale by the way...so if coming through Foley, please stop by the Foley PAA Art gallery..so many wonderful artist..so many awesome gifts to be bought) Now, it's getting a chance for so many to them in the BHG photo contest this week. So, please go and vote. Vote each day until the 28th. Share with YOUR friends on Facebook. The more votes the better Santa's chances are of winning this week's contest. What would I win you ask? The winner of the weekly contest gets $100 and the chance to move to the Grand prize contest, which is $1000 and a chance for the photo to be published in an issue of the Better Homes and Gardens magazine. How AWESOME is that. Now, what are you waiting on...GO VOTE!

Vote here at BHG

 

 

Recap of some of my Ooaks Series....

Since I have been posting more than just my Ooaks series as of late, I thought I would do a few recaps  for those new visitors. Under each photo is the direct link to the individual post if you would like to go read more about them.  Let's start with "Alice in Wonderland"......

"Eat Me...Drink Me"

The White Rabbit

Mad Hatter

March Hare

Cheshire Cat

The Southern Ooaks Santa Series:

Santa and Mrs. C

Fall Santa

Leather and Fur

Santa & Chester

The remaining Santa photos are of my ooaks in this series that are now in Private collections.

Think this is enough for this post....I will post more recap's of some of the other series another day. Hope you enjoyed looking and this post has made you want to step into my whimsical world a bit farther and explore.

Until next time............Hugs,

Regi

Southern Ooaks Recap...the Santa Series

Ooaks going to the Musuem Gift Shop

We are all so excited about our new adventure. We = me, the Chazman and the ooaks. So many hours have been spent bringing these characters out into the world and they are finally going to be able to reach out in it.

Harrison Brothers in Huntsville, Alabama....HERE WE COME!!!!

Here are the ones that are making the first trip. If all goes well then more will be added all through out the year. Those will include some of my Animal Peps...like the Rabbits and the Bears. My faery series will make an appearance later on as well. I'm not going to tell right now about all of them....so if you are ever in the Huntsville, Alabama area go take a stroll down South Side Square and you will find us there. Ask for the Southern Ooaks collection.

Of course my weebies are coming along too. They even have a tree of their very own for them to hang around on while visiting there. Excitement...excitement so much excitement in the air. Please forgive if this is the last post for a week but we are going to be busy busy. Trips planned....holiday time being spent with family. I hope that you and yours have a very Happy Thanksgiving. For those of you in another country, I hope that your day is a special one as well.  As always, thank you for looking...remember to check back often and until time next....

Hugs,

Regi

Wiggling toes....

I sure wish those were my big ole feet...just sitting around....doing nothin but wiggling my toes, but it's not...LOL!!!  I have been busy, busy in my studio, getting a few more ooaks completed to take to the Harrison Hardware Musuem Gift Shop next week. The excitement I feel about this wonderful new adventure is well just plain old EXCITEMENT. I understand the expression "words just can't explain" because words just can't explain how excited I am. Did I tell you how EXCITED I am? 

I did take a break this morning to go with the Chazman to visit the jolly old man. Yes, Santa himself and Mrs. Claus. She completely caught Chaz off guard when we walked in the door and she immediately said "Hello Chaz, it's so good to see you".  He just smiled but when we were coming home, this child had a million questions. Thank you Mrs. Claus...I now have a means to keep this boy in line...LOL!!!!  It was a wonderful visit and one we look forward to it each year. Ms. Suzannah at Suzannah's Photography here in Tallassee invites Santa to come to her studio so the children can come and see him. Of course, you better make sure you have been nice and not naughty because Santa makes all the boys and girls take the "Naughty or Nice" test.  He puts Rudolph's nose on yours and if it lights up like Rudolph's then you have been a good boy or girl. Thank goodness Chaz's nose lit up bright...bright...bright. He is such a good boy and I'm so proud of him....all year round. Suzannah does so much for our community and I want to take this moment to say "Thank you". You are truly a blessing to our town.

I am presently working on one of my smaller Santa sculpts. This one will have his bag of toys thrown over his shoulder. I'm making a few of the Victorian toys for this piece. So with that being said...I need to get busy, busy again. Tomorrow I will post photos of all the ooaks I'm placing in the shop. I am just so excited..bet ya didn't know that!

Hugs,

Regi

Jingle Bells...Jingle Bells...

Jingle Bells...Jingle Bells...so great to be a cat.

To live up North with the Mrs. Claus and grow so big and fat.

To taste the pies and cookies too without her saying shoo.

What fun it is to be the cat that gets to be with Santa too.

This is Jingles....Mrs. Claus cat. I can tell by the way he is licking his paw that he actually got a taste of that scrumpous pie before Santa did. Well, a fingertip of cool whip. He loves purrrring around the parlor because he knows that's Santa's favorite spot.

How could she not let him get a taste here and there....just look at those BIG BLUE eyes.

I think Jingles filled that vacant spot quite nicely. He is one of my needle felted creatures. He has a wire armature to hold his shape. He was felted using wool fibers and has a felted overcoat of fine lambswool.
His eyes are baby blue glass beads that have been painted as well. This piece is finally complete. YEAH!!

Now to move on to my next ooaks....I think it's time for Santa to be checking those list. Soooo..ya better be good....HOHOHO!!!     

Hugs,
Regi