New Newz

Wow...missed this! It's been awhile since I last posted, but, although I still have bouts of sadness, life has gone on. To catch up, thought I'd share the latest things sold and what I'm currently working on that you can look forward to seeing soon.

♥ Sold my most favorite painted stone ... "Little Zeb" the zebra. The customer was totally pleased with him so he was adopted in March and will now bring smiles to another home. Some of these stone creatures seem like pets to me and are hard to let go of. In this economy all sales are welcome, but I'll still miss him.

I have a whole house full of originals that I'd be happy to see go. Last week a friend commented that I had too many things in my apartment that now looks like a custom boutique. It would be great if I could fill an actual shop as opposed to a living space! This ... my dream for the future.

♥ Sold a dozen cute, candy bracelets for a girly b-day party. I'm adding some super tasting fruity-cuties to my Visualicious shop so will have pics of those up in a few days.

♥ Got the go ahead on the color and image style for a children's book I'm illustrating.

I'll share more of these with you when I get the finals scanned.

♥ Received a commission to do another huge Marilyn Monroe painting for the same customer I painted her for last June. (See June 2008 blogspot) He's gotten so many wonderful comments on her in his Atlanta home, he wanted another to grace his local home.

♥ And finally, I'm attending night classes to become a licensed nail specialist. I'll be done the first of June. Can't wait to show off some 3-D & painted nail art. Will certainly add pics as I go along.

That's it for now. Enough on this plate... don't ya think?

A Month of Losses

Seems like I totally missed the month of February. It was filled with deeply painful losses. I'm still in the numb feeling fog of it all, anticipating an eruption of emotion sooner or later.

My mother, artist, author, and artistic mentor, passed away on Feb 7th. She was full of knowledge, my lifelong creative inspiration and teacher. We buried her in a family plot next to my youngest brother on Feb 13th. My last completed project with her was editing and doing the cover art for her book... "I Made God Laugh!" by Nan Hough, published in 2007.

As a result, my middle brother and now only living family member had five gran mal seizures, gashed his head open, had stitches, and spent seven days in the hospital where they kept him heavily sedated for three. He suffered temporary memory loss and had to relive our family deaths over again.

My ex-husband and father of my adult children, passed away on Feb 23rd. His funeral was on the 28th which my 24 year old daughter managed to attend in a wheelchair after having emergency surgery from a ruptured ectopic pregnancy on the 27th.

I lost my mother, ex-husband, and a grandchild. My brother's seizures were the most horrifying experiences of my life. Needless to say, February was not an inspired month ... I created nothing except an obituary and a picture board that held many memories.
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"I Made God Laugh!" by Nan Hough is available at: iUniverse.com, Barnes & Noble.com, Books-a-Million.com, Amazon.com, and Borders.com. Book retails for $31.95 + shipping.

New Whimsy Houses

Long time no see! I have been so busy filling orders and making new things I've hardly had time to post. This is a good thing! Wanted to update by sharing my newest editions to the Whimsy House series. They measure a tiny 2 .5" x 2 .5" Take a look at the listings in my WonderWorks Shop to get all the 3-D views.
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A customer collector who ordered the Classic Gingerbread House,
and the Halloween House recently wrote:
"Hi Angee, I got them a few days ago, and I must say that when I took them out, I literally gasped. They are so amazing!..."
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As each piece in the series gets added, I just love the whole collection together. I want to keep them all and never sell them! :o}


Click on the titles of the new Whimsy Houses to take you to their pages. Then, please let me know what you think!

The Winter Ice-Dragon Castle
January 2009 release...A cold winter castle with ice-dragon,
lockness monster, tiny ducks, and glassy moat with draw bridge.

The Sweetheart Gingerbread Hotel
Released for the love month February 2009 this tiny little
hotel makes you want to shrink and spend the weekend there!

The Whimsy Love Sweet Shop
Another February release celebrating how sweet love can be.
Lacey, frilly and filled with sweet things, it's the perfect collector
gift for any sweetheart.

The Shroom Garden Whimsy Hut
Release for March 2009... A fantasy gathering of creatures and
mushroom dwellings that one might find deep in the woods.

ENJOY!

Happy New Year

Here's wishing everyone a most prosperous New Year! I'm back from my visit home and brought with me wonderful memories of time shared with my family this past Christmas. For the first time since they have all become adults I got to spend time with my kids, their partners, and all my grandchildren. It was a very blessed holiday.

Featured!

OOps...Forgot to let you all know that I've been featured in a lovely article on the Etsy (MIDS) Miniatures In Dollhouse Scale Team's blog. Go now and have a look-see! http://teammids.blogspot.com CHEERS! WOOHOO!

Merry Christmas!

May my little painted angels watch over you in this sacred season. Here's wishing all of my readers a very Merry Christmas and a most prosperous New Year! Today I'm leaving for home. (FL panhandle area) All of my kids and grands will be together for Christmas and I think you can't get a better gift than that. Am hoping to get a grand group picture of us all as this will be a rare occasion. These days everyone has been all over the country from California to Nebraska to Florida. Everyone is going to be home at the same time. I can't wait! I need to spend some time with each one, stock up on hugs and kisses, and good grief I need to bite some babies!!!

Have a great holiday everyone. I will most likely not be posting again until I return after the first of the year. Big hugs, kisses and smiles across the miles to all.

Contest Win! WooHoo!

Back in November, Etsy was one of the sponsors of a Halloween contest offered at Instructables.com. I entered. WooHoo! I was a third place winner with my Haunted Whimsy House listed in my WonderWorks shop.

Well, it was such a deal that I actually forgot I had entered. }smile{ So, when the announcement email came I thought I had received spam on Etsy which is rare and uncommon unless it's by new members that don't know the rules.

Okay, here's the question of the century. Why does Etsy offer contests for members to enter and then drop the ball and not make any site announcements when the contests end and have member winners? I could surely use the exposure as I'm sure many other members could as well.

Anyway, at least I did win an Instructables t-shirt, patch and stickers. And, my tiny haunted house is featured way down the list on their site. Yeeha! I think my grandboys will get a hoot out of the little robot stuff.

I Love Collections

ADDITIONS TO THE COPPER COLLECTION
Find these new beauties at AngeeArt.

Mini News

NEW COLLECTION OF MINIATURE PULL TOYS
Perfect little additions to any dollhouse Christmas tree scene. Buy the toys and ornaments at WonderWorks.

Pumpkin Mouse Whimsy House

Announcing "Pumpkin Mouse Whimsy House" the latest addition to my "Whimsy Gingerbread House Series." As promised here's the first listing with my new camera. Although it's almost a little late, (actually it's great for any miniature collector's season) I'm thrilled that I can finally photograph and list it for sale.

There are currently four houses in the series that have been released so far. Click to see them all.
Halloween Gingerbread Whimsy House
Haunted Gingerbread Whimsy House
Tiny Classic Gingerbread House
Pumpkin Mouse Whimsy House

Coming Soon...remaining 2008 editions:
Blessed Bounty Whimsy House, Sugar Sweet Whimsy House, Miracle Manger Christmas House, and then the Ice Castle Whimsy House.