Feelin' Lucky...Ducky? Here's a Little Help Just 2 B Sure!

So what plans do you have for this year's St. Paddy's Day Celebration?  Are you a lucky ducky naturally or maybe you could use a little help.  If so here's a few fun finds from my recent Lucky Charm Google Search. 

A little crafty, a little fun, A little something for everyone! 

Lucky Charms Cupcakes

Let's Talk About Luck...Lucky Charms That Is!

Lucky in Love? How About A Pillow 2 Proove It!

You're in LUCK...here's a FREE Printable!

A Banner of Luck!

Lucky Green Corn...Popping With Color!

A Leprecharun Elf Hat...I really like that!

Wishing you lots of LUCK and lots of Cheer

As you celebrate one of the luckiest days of the year...St. Paddy's Day

A little early I know, but you can never have too much luck!

A Work In Progress . . . "Celebrate-Ain't Life Great"!

Sunday sunshine YAY! Lots to do today, but before I hit the road I wanted to get a pencil sketch started for a new Pop Art Mini!

"Celebrate-Ain't Life Great!" 

Inspired by a little celebration coming up soon! If you look close you might be able to tell what that celebration might be! hehehe! Seems that the cat in the hat has captured by heart for the moment! hehehe!

Hopefully I'll be able to get back to this later today, but in the meantime hope you enjoy this little sneak peek! Oh, and I'm going to try adding a few collage elements to this one...excited to see how that comes together.  Until later...

Get Ready Set...Go Dog Go!

A Stumble Upon . . . The Web Of Whimsy! Whimsical Wk #15

On this ☂rainy ☁, ☼ sunny ☼, ☂rainy☁ , ☼ sunny☼ ,☂ rainy-sunny ☼ Saturday I was pleased to stumble upon a blog called "Web of Whimsy" and a fun linky that's called Whimsical Week.  So what's the "dealio" with the
"linkio"?  It's a place to share your "whimsical" art that you created during the past week...it's put to a vote on Tally Tuesday...hehehe) to see who is bestowed the title of "Wizard of Whimsy" for each week of submissions.  I thought how absolutely, definitely, amazingly, perfectly whimsical and fun.  So I gathered all of my Pop Art Mini works from the past week and placed them here as my entry into this weeks...Whimsical Week #15...and am now crossing my fingers, toes and eyes to become a "Wizard of Whimsy". 

"A Pirate's Life For Me" by Joni Nickrent copyright 2011

Vintage Cat In the Hat by Joni Nickrent copyright 2011

Hat's Off by Joni Nickrent copyright 2011

hmmm....looking back it seems I had a thing for hats!

Layers of stacked hats, The Cat in the Hat and a Pirate Hat...now how do you like that!

Oh, and there's one more thing I have to do to be able to enter...answer this question

Would I rather be a slide or a swing!

My answer...

"A SWING"

Back and forth flying high into the sky

That is definitely my reason why

Although a slide is very nice too

I can't stand still...that just won't do!

I do believe I've been inspired for a next Pop Art Mini...hehehe

Thanks Web of Whimsy!

Voting starts in 2 days...check back for the Tally Tuesday Link!

Pop Art Minis...Original Illustrations

A Seuss Birthday Celebration...Sure To Be Fun By All Indication!

It's almost time for a Celebration of Seuss-tacular proportions.  March 2 is the good Dr's birthday and here's some fun ideas to celebrate in Seuss Style...silly for sure...for which there's no cure!

Kick off with the invitations...send them out across the nations!
Personalized just 2...just 4 U!

Priyasdesigns

A great party hat . . . it's a cookie at that!

For the Love of Sugar!

Or one for your head . . . it relieves all dread!

Craft Felt

Bunting to hang...can you talk with a "twang"?

Blue Moon Studios

Cupcakes . . . Thing 1 and Thing 2 . . . yummy, it's true!

Kitchen Dough-Dough

More treats . . .  of course you can eat!

Annie's Eats

Green "deviled" Eggs and Ham . . . for sure, Sam I Am!

Peter & Madeline Blogspot

Oil Cloth Chalk Mats...oh, how cool! And a DIY tutorial you don't even have to go to school!

Little Pumpkin Grace

Decorations for the room...zoom, zoom, zoom zoom!

Dr. Seuss Birthday Party

Pull it all together for Seuss Birthday Fun!
A Party, A Celebration It's Only Just Begun!

Doodle 4 Google...oodles of fun!

I love Google Doodles...I've blogged about them and have even created my own Pop Art Minis version...

So when I saw the "Doodle 4 Google" opportunity that is available to K-12 children throughout the U.S.A,  I thought how cool and the Art Teacher in me thought this was a perfect share!  So here's a few of the details...

"An open invitiation to students in grades K-12 students to use their artistic talents to think big and redesign Google’s homepage logo for millions to see. At Google, we believe that dreaming about future possibilities leads to tomorrow’s leaders and inventors, so this year we're inviting U.S. kids to exercise their creative imaginations around the theme, "What I’d like to do someday…"

Registration closes at 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Time (PT) on March 2, 2011, and entries must be postmarked by March 16, 2011 11:59:59 p.m. Pacific Time (PT). The winning doodle will be featured on our Google.com homepage on May 20, 2011

Check out all of the details HERE!

Can't wait to see all of the entries and who the lucky winner's will be that get a feature Doodle on the Google.com homepage!

Have you ever doodled a Google logo?  What would your doodle look like?

2 Bee Or Not 2 Bee...Sharing Some Buzz in The Hive!

The Queen Bee, Melissa over at this awesome and creative place called The Hive put a call out for us to share our bee creations or our favorite buzz finds!   I've always loved the bold black and gold of the bee and since becoming a member of The Hive I've created several Pop Art Minis with a buzz...the "bee stuff"...and this was the perfect time to share in one bee-utiful post! So without further ado...here's my Pop Art Minis "bee stuff"!

Most designs available in my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store!

Thanks for buzzzing by!



☺SMILE ♪ ♫ SING ☼ SHINE!

Here's a fun find to give your facebook, twitter, blog or any status  a ☆ing role with a touch of  "symbolism".  A special place...with a simple copy and paste... you can turn silly frowns upside down  ت ヅ ツ ッ シ Ü ϡ ﭢ and a whole lot more!

 Wheather ☼ ☀  ☁ ☂ ☃ you feel like  ♪ ♫ ♬ singing a ♔ ♕ ♚ ♛ royal song... or taking on a ★ ☆ ✮ ✯starring role.

Everything your little  ❤ ❥ ❦ ❧ ♡ desires or you may need to  ☑ ✓ ✔ √ off your list!

This is the place to go!

Facebook Symbols

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Flip out here!

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☮Out

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☺SMILE  ♪ ♫ SING ☼ SHINE!

Yo!Ho!Ho! A Pirate's Life For Me...A Picture, A Poem & A Pop Art Mini

I do alot of traveling for my job and I do enjoy an adventure! I think that's why when I came across a picture (above) of my Great-Niece, Londyn (who is an absolute doll) it immediately caught my "eye-matey" and suddenly became the inspiration for a Pop Art Mini

"A Pirate's Life For Me" by Joni Nickrent  copyright 2011

Which in turn sparked a Poem!

I wanna be a pirate and fly from sea to sea

Flying, traveling, discovering, oh that's the life for me

A swashbuckling, silly pirate with a great looking hat

A scarf, vest and patch, yes I'd really like that

Now I wouldn't be a bad guy, no that just wouldn't do

But I’ll bring back lots of treasures just to share with you

A pirate with a big heart one that's filled with gold

Sharing, caring…awesome treasures that just can’t be sold

I'll travel with my camera and cell phone by my side (hehehe)

And laugh, sing and dance the kind of fun you just can’t hide

So come along and join me as I fly from sea to sea

Yes, a silly traveling pirate, oh that’s the life for me!

Beginning to end and the adventure along the way...

Yo!Ho!Ho! A Pirate's Life For Me...fun and fancy free!

My Flea Market Treasure...A Vintage Cat In The Hat...And I Really ♥ That!

Vintage Cat In the Hat by Joni Nickrent copyright 2011

A Pop Art Mini inspired by my Cat In The Hat Treasure!

I hadn't been to the Long Beach Flea Market in quite a few weeks, but today I decided was the day that I would go (along with my Daughter, Emily) and I just knew that there was a treasure or two with my name on it! And guess what? I was right! Yep, not 15 minutes after we arrived I found one timely treasure (that I'll share in another post because I have an awesomely fun project planned for it) and in the last aisle we found treasure #2 . . . a 1960's Vintage plush Cat in the Hat character!

WOW! My eyes took a double take as I walked quickly over to the prize...lifted it gently from it's current place of honor and began the inspection.  Yes, he was far from perfect, but that just made him even more endearing to me...a patch on his face that had been lovingly stitched...a replaced stripe on his signature hat,

but with original tag still intact this Cat In The Hat was definitely all that! 

After a brief negotiation on the price and with the stipulation that I could have him for my offer if I agreed to give him a good home.

I enthusiastically answered...yes, yes, I can do that...why, I just love the Cat in the Hat. I do, I do...it's really true and the guy in the booth said then take him home with you!

And as I walked away, Cat in the Hat in hand...I thought to myself, I'm the luckiest treasure hunter in the land!

Layers of Hats...How Silly is That? Illustration Friday - Layer!

Hat's Off by Joni Nickrent copyright 2011

How silly is that
To layer all those hats

Silly is the right word...of course it's just absurd!

Hats on such a tiny head

Purple, yellow and even red

That's just silly I say...yes, silly in every way!

You'd think it'd cause a stir

A Bowler, a top hat, one with fur

It really is quite silly...really, yes, really!

But if you are like me

That's the stuff you like to see

Silly, Really Silly...layers of hats from plain to frilly!

Now grab a hat or two

Layer hats is what we do

Cause being silly can be fun...not just for me, but for everyone!

Now there's quite a few layers in this stack of hats!

The layers of hats growing one by one!

It can be quite fun when you see how it's done.

Look who's at the bottom of the layers of stacked hats!

Layers of Hats...the tip-top of the stack!

A little video fun...watch the many "layers" of Hats from start to finish!

Todays Pop Art Mini was brought to you with inspiration from Illustration Friday word of the week.

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