It started when I spotted this sad little terrarium. It was dated and that little fawn up front has lost an ear. Well that would not stand it needed a new life. So I set to work. First I found some things to add. Then I made a little creature. Then I painted the little creature and made the little cowboys better. The creature became a sasquatch and the fellas became cowboy zombies. Nope I don't know why they are posing with that little art card I just like to think they were fist to cuffs with it. Meanwhile Sassy over there looks to be cutting a rug. Now it was time to add them to the scene. And to do a few little things in the terrarium like add blood. And now I have made it better. If you love this and want this fuckery for your own it will be up in my shop later today. Thanks for reading hope you got a laugh. Love Cappy
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This has been a busy week for me in my personal life as well as my creative one. We all know that in creative world if you want to make dough you have to show up everyday and create. That in no way stops you though from having high and low ebbs of desire to make things. Currently I cannot get my fucking nubby little hands on enough different projects at one time. Above I felted all that shit. I have more I just have not photographed yet. Painted to and not just in acrylic. Nope I did water colors, inks, illustrations. If I could get my hands on it I went to work. Then there were other important things to do. Oh yeah the sepia one is because I am working on a project with pets and photography. The rest are just my furry family being themselves. Made and sold this. Oh and then the weekend came. So I go to get my mail and I find a awesome box from a fellow artist friend. She sent me all the fabric bits in the world. I now have pages and pages more in my want to make book.
Spent the weekend making this. And now I am going to chill out and read. I am not sure if I am manic or just happy as hell. Love Cappy So in my little adventure into online selling I have met a lot of fun crazy people who involve me thankfully in said adventures. This time it was my first custom of the year and a crazy one. I was charged with making a Zombie Miss Piggy style mask. So this happened. First I made some dignified bases. Then I gave it a paint job and finished out the back and tried it on to make sure it fit for wearing. And then .... This was the finished work. I am so excited for my customer friend. Hoping this is a good indicator of the crazy year to come.
It has been a busy time. This time of year for crafters and art sellers is just a haze of batshit. Sometimes it is fun great customers who want something special made. Then sometimes it is an asshole who wants to pay three dollars and for you to do work that would require magical skills not yet even mastered by Dumbledore. Oh and can you upgrade them to free priority shipping. I am pretty lucky though as I make crazy shit people assume I am crazy and rightly so because I will just say no and laugh at that bullshit. Still some times when you are going over sold inventory and see genital manger, goatse wreath, penis ornaments, and butt plug paintings you start to question your sanity. I consider myself lucky though I may be busy but by god I have my share of fun doing it. Show me someone else so gets to create trash panda date dioramas. But I am going to continue along staying up all hours making batshittery for people to deck their halls with. This is my swap item for a crafting group I am in. So off I go to drink all the coffee and try to eek out another goatse wreath or two. Love Cappy So I want to start out by explaining the photo. This photo is for my idyllic. I love the thought of warm happy cozy moments and in that mindset is where I try to spend most of my time. Being a artist that is pretty doable. A wide swath of my art is trying to create that moment for others to enjoy.
If I could just live in that it would be great. However here is the thing. With the constant rash of mass shootings and terrorism on our own soil I need to do more than paint in my little world. I have prayed I do each time. Many of my friends don't but I do as a person who believes in a higher power. I pray for the victims, their families and friends. I pray for the people who live near by and are in fear, the children who see this constantly around them anymore. I pray for the people who did it to see how fucked up and horrible it is. I pray for their families and friends who wish they could of stopped it. I will never stop praying because whether it is just something I do for me or it has any effect it hurts no one. But folks there is a saying and if it has ever held true it holds true here. "God helps those that help themselves." I looked up this quote and it is attributed to many different people and places mostly ancient but it is unclear exactly where it came from. It is fine to pray , put a lecture on the subject on your Facebook wall but we need is to be more proactive and using I prayed as your service to help end this stuff is bullshit. Changing your avatar as your stand on social media is bullshit. Do something more. A friend pointed out this http://www.bradycampaign.org/ and I am going to support it. I am all for our right to own arms. There is no reason on earth is should not be better regulated you should have to do at least what you do to drive to own a firearm. So sorry this is more serious but I felt compelled to make a statement. Off I go to place my call. Thanks for reading, Love Cappy So I have started several blog post and even though I have shared it a couple of times I have had trouble doing this one. Problem being while I do edit what I share on here I try to keep my blog about what is important and what is currently going on. Well a about a month ago my dear sweet old senior rescue boy Peanut passed away. We had him just under two years but he was my constant sidekick and dear buddy. I did not feel like I could do a new post on here without acknowledging that. He will be missed for a very long time. Since his passing our other dog another senior rescue called Zelly the belly was very lonely and getting anxious so we adopted another shelter dog for her a little pocket beagle we call Jazz. She is definitely helping with the healing over here. Here they are sharing their new little blankets I made them. So I don't want to talk about this to much more but now you know. On to Halloween. I don't know about you guys but I am watching every creepy thing and keeping track of shadows and bumps in the night. Adding this ironically my crazy dog lady doll to the Etsy shop today.
Well that is all I got today but thanks for reading. Love Cappy So the other day I bought a lot of dolls. In the basket of dolls was a variety of handmade doll items and a few various small crafts. This was one of them. A pink and clear pony bead headdress. Nothing teaches understanding like pony bead depictions of items held to be of great importance to another group of people.
My first thought was to shred it because how someone did not realize it was obnoxious to make baffles me. But then I had another thought. Instead of tearing it up maybe make it less offensive. Now as there is no way to keep it a headdress and not have it be offensive I gave it a new life. That is when it became jazzed up crap. I removed the dangles and then I felted. I mean I felted the fuck out of it. Now we have a turkey a purple turkey with a wattle that looks a bit like a nut suck. Coincidence? I think not. So now I feel better. While I cannot fix what was wrong with making it I gave it a new hopefully offense in a new and fun way life. So this has been a busy week in crazy town. It looks like if all the stars align just right I will be getting a new stove. That would be really swell as the oven part is a some days I will work some days you can piss right off kind of stove. The top has one last living burner. Oh what a fancy bitch I will be cooking shit in more than one pan at a time. Don't worry if I get one I am sure I will write you all about how happy I am and put up a photo of it. Then I have had some gardening delights. My rose bushes I planted about a month or so ago have started to getting a few little roses. This is the first on the new rose bushes. Intending on spending the rest of the day hanging out with my old kitty and turning this shirt into a sweater for my dog for Fall. Yes I plan ahead so sue me.
So I have been on a very creative streak. Last week I saw this great post by another artist. http://almastoller.blogspot.com/2011/04/how-to-make-soap-box-canvas.html?m=1 While I did not have a soap box on the ready it inspired me to make you of the Cheez-its box. Ok so I ate the last few Cheez-its. Don't you judge me you bastards it was for art. Any how I did it a little different using fabric and this is how it went. First I sealed up the box and put on a couple of layers of gesso. Sadly I only got a photo after one coat because I am easily distracted. Then I added some fabric and mod podge to it. As you can see I needed another coat of gesso or a thicker fabric. Still this was for fun so I went with it. Now first thing is the top was kind of rough so I see why the paper works better. I added a little prism because why the hell not. Then I gave it a dog theme. I painted both sides and this is what I came up with. It was a fun project I will definitely be trying more versions of this.
Love Cappy Sue I have been busy this week. Dolls are coming a long and recently been on another kick of must try new things and finish up old ones. We have had some ups and some downs. First the ups.
Reindeer that is fucking right I said reindeer. The other day I bought a purse at the thrift. I found this bag folded up tucked inside of it. It is a old Montgomery ward bag. It had the cutest image of a reindeer on it. Being the holiday whore I am I wanted to turn it into a decoration of some kind. So I cut out the main image and modge podged that son of a bitch right onto a canvas. Then I painted it read around it. Added a black border and white polka dots. Then I glazed the whole thing because I don't want anything fucking up my deer. All in all I am pretty happy with it and it will go away till the holidays then come claim a position in my home decor. Next up was my wild crazy art doll. She will be in the shop this next day or two. I love how wild she looks. Her clothing is hand sewn by me and I am greatly enjoying her rats nest of hair. The downs well they involved felt. I love to felt but am still learning. It was meant to be a rainbow colored hot air balloon. Instead I made a rainbow garlic bulb. Now what the fuck do I do with that. Oh wait I have a giveaway coming up on my Facebook page I may know just the thing. I hope this has all given you a laugh. Love Cappy Sue |
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