aLLiEd ArTs HoLiDAy FeStiVaL

Allied Arts Holiday Festival opens this Friday!!! It is the 30th year for this event with over 100 different artists. The festival is being held in a new fabulous location this year, with great lighting and LOTS of parking. 3548 Meridian St - next to the Country Feed Store, The new location in the Squalicum Corporate Park in the old Cascade Furniture building, known to some as the old Michael's building. The location is just south of Bellis Fair Mall on Meridian across from the Bellingham Golf and Country Club.

The festival will be open weekly, Wednesday through Sunday, 10am to 6pm.

I have a double booth again this year with lots of new strange and wonderful stuff. Mummified junk birds, Light bulb ornaments, Art dolls and more Art dolls, Pottery hangings, New jewelry, and so much more. Shop early for best selection of original pieces and check back often I have lots of work still in progress and will be bringing in new work throughout the month.

Save the date for Friday, Dec 4 - 6:00-9:00 for the Meet the Artists - Gala!!!

Stop by and say hello and ask me questions about this crazy art I make...

aLL dOlleD Up TrEaSurY

Its just a few days past Halloween, but any time of the year you have to appreciate a good collection of creepy dolls! And this Etsy Treasury includes one of my favorite dolls this year..

http://www.etsy.com/treasury_list.php?room_id=91999

Treasuries are not up for very long so go check it out..

ArT dOll QuARteRly ARTICLE!!!!

So a precious package arrived in my mailbox last week, all carefully sealed in plastic was the fruit of alot of labor. My first instructional article published in the winter issue of Art Doll Quarterly! "Don't Box Me In" by Clarissa Callesen. I am very pleased with how it turned out, the layout and the photography are impecable. It is still strange to see my words in print and I definately still struggle with the concept of me as a writer, but over all I am pleased. Thank you so much Jana Holstein and all the other staff at Stampington and Co, and special thanks to my personal editor Layla.

It should be on the shelves at Stampadoodle here in town or at your local Barnes and Nobles as of Nov 1, or order directly from Stampington and Co.

BlAck HoLE oF PRe ChRiSTmAs

I have been sucked into the black hole of pre-Xmas production.... Sorry to have not updated in so long. Transitioning to the shorter days and darker stormy weather always prove challenging for me in the realm of socializing and communicating. I just want to stay home, watch movies, and eat pumpkin pie. But alas, life must go on and there are hundreds of Christmas ornaments to be made, new art dolls to be finished, and other strange and wonderful things to be constructed.. So hello again and I welcome myself back from the black hole...