A Birthday Treat That Was Oh, So SWEET...The Purr-fect Pinata!

A big thanks to my sister, Shari for making an amazingly purr-fect pinata for my 29th (hehehe) birthday! Inspired by a photo of a pinata that from my birthday back in 1964
(cough, cough...really it couldn't have been that long)

she began to work her creative magic with paper mache' and made my day pretty magical as well when she sent me an email pic sharing the gift!  Needless to say I screamed with delight, clapped my hands and did the Happy Birthday dance...and that was just from seeing the photo.  hehehe!  I can hardly wait to get back home from my trip so that I can receive the treat filled pinata in person and than begin my birthday celebrating again! That is how it works, right?  

A PURR-FECTLY Sweet and Treat Filled Birthday Surprise

Thanks, Shari! I LOVE IT!

A Holly Day Stocking Stuffed With Goodies Galore! New Pop Art Mini

I had a little free time this morning and desperately needed to be Pop Art Minis creative so I opened my suitcase (been traveling since the 20th of Oct.) and pulled out my oil pastels to finish up a little holly day stocking stuffer fun...a sketch that I had started while waiting to board my plane from Hong Kong to Sri Lanka!  This little stocking is filled with a Panda that has a sweet tooth for candy canes and a few fun and silly snowman ornaments that will definitely be decking the halls this holiday season.  Oh, and we can't forget little Mistletoe Mouse as she peeks over top of the jolly red Holly Day stocking and Sweet Tweet Sally Sparrow with a carrying a sprig of holly day cheer!

The details . . .

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Have a Holly Jolly Weekend!

A Little Panda-Fun And A Whole Lot of Work Too...It's China Time!

I'm sitting at the airport waiting for my flight to board and actually was a little bored waiting so I thought I'd sketch a quick ACO inspired by where this little "work" adventure is about to take me . . .  CHINA!

Yep, it's that time again...off to work on the dolly's! Lots of fun projects in the works and it's gonna be a whirlwind trip with some new and exciting stops along the way!  Hopefully I'll be able to blog throughout the trip, although sometimes the connections don't always seem to want to cooperate! Crossing my fingers!

In the meantime here's the finished Pop Art Mini-Mini (hehehe)

"Pandaisy Doodle"

That's all for now . . .  until later! Have a Panda-riffic Day!

My Sis Made This... It's sure to be the "Hit of the Party!"

I know I've bragged on my sister, Shari before because she's always coming up with some of the most creative and fun ideas, but GEE-raffe I couldn't resist sharing another one of her awesome creations! 

It's an adorable hand made Giraffe Pinata that she created for a safari themed birthday party!

In her words here's how she did it...

"I used two balloons - one for the head and one for the body. After I covered the balloons with paper mache, I waited until they dried and then I connected them with a paper-towel roll. I poked four holes in the body and inserted shorter paper-towel rolls for the legs. I reinforced everything with more paper mache. After everything was dry I painted and stained it. It was the "hit" of the party... haha"

Clever, Creative, COOL! 

Oh, Shari, by the way I'm hoping for a really fun pinata for my birthday coming up soon...hint! hint! 

Happy Crafting! 

12 Months of Snap, Crackle, Poppin' Fun . . . Colorful Calendar Collage

A quick post to share a collage of the Snap, Crackle,  Pop Art Minis Calendar designs that will soon be featured on a new 2011 Calendar in the Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store.  I'm working on the cover art now and hope to have the calendar ready for sale soon!   The creative ideas, inspirations and awesome comments that many of you gave along the way made this project one of the most enjoyable that I have worked on! 

Thanks so much for your support!

Cheers to Lots More Years!

"Peek-A-BOO!" & "Gobble Gobble" Complete The Year!

IT'S DONE!

Hip Hip Hooray...all of the designs are complete for the 2011 Snap, Crackle, Pop Art Minis Calendar!  Celebrating the month of October with

"Peek-A-BOO!" 

A Halloween design featuring a bewitching mouse playing "Peek-a-Boo" over a jolly jack-o-lantern and both wearing the cutest witch hats!  A little mischief on Halloween night!

And last but not least the month of November with
"Gobble-Gobble"

featuring a teddy bear pilgrim and his "turkey" friend Fred!  That's it . . . I'll be uploading soon to the Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store and will keep you posted when the calendar is ready to roll out! 
Wonder what month will be your fave?

Septem-BEAR...Birds and Bees and Falling Leaves!

"Septem-BEAR" is complete and he's got some friends that joined him...two little bumbles and a cute Tweet! Tweet!  September a honey of a month..birds and bees and falling leaves! Almost done...October and November sketches complete just need to add the color and soon all the months will come together in the 2011 Snap, Crackle, Pop Art Mini Calendar!  Now on to October . . . my favorite month and the month I celebrate my b-day!  Wonder if that's why I love October so much or is it the colorful leaves, cool crisp air, trick or treats . . . so many wonderful reasons to love October! Ok...off to work!

The Details...

Woof! Woof! Back To School Days - August Calendar Design

AUGUST . . . back to school and soon the end of the "dog days of summer" so this little guy will grace the month of AUGUST on the new 2011 Pop Art Minis Calendar...COMING SOON!  Only 3 more months to go! September, October, November and the 12 months will be complete! Back to the drawing board . . . Up Next September . . . what will it be? 

Details...

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Hip! Hip! Hooray...Celebrate In A Big Way!

Celebrating the Red, White and Blue with a new Pop Art Mini design for the month of JULY!  A little blond cutie shines in her Uncle Sam style top hat and red polka dot dress.  She holds on tightly to her teddy bear friend who sports his own patriotic paper hat complete with a waving flag both

ready to celebrate in a big way! 

Hip! Hip! Hooray joins the Pop Art Minis Calendar fun and will soon be available in my Zazzle Store.  Only 4 more months to go! Next Up: August...or maybe I'll skip ahead to October!

A few details ...

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Snap, Crackle, Pop . . . Work In Progress . . . Time Marches On!

Thought it might be fun to share the 7 months that are completed for the Pop Art Minis 2011 Calendar.  I pretty much have been going in order except for the one day that I had a brain freeze and it sent me sliding right into the month of December! Luckily I quickly recovered and got back on track when I finished up June last night! Hoping to get a chance to work on July today and than with a big push finish the up the last 4 months over the weekend! That's the plan anyway and you know what they say . . . "the best laid plans of mice and men often go astray"!  So here's a quick pic look at the

Pop Art Minis 2011  "Snap, Crackle Pop" Calendar!

January

February

March

April

May

June

December (WHAT...hehehe)

Coming Soon . . . July, August, September, October, November . . . Time Marches On!

Have any ideas for the remaining months?  Please share!

The calendar designs will be available in my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store upon completion!

Reaching For The Stars...Under the OWLsome JUNE Moon!

The June Moon is shining bright as Mr. Hoot Owl reminds us to Reach for the stars and it's oh, so cool to stay in school with the new Pop Art Minis Calendar design for the month of JUNE! Whoooo can blame him for wanting to share such an Owlsome and educated message...hehehe! 

7 months down and only 5 to go . . . next up JULY! I think there will definitely be some Red, White and Blue celebrating going on during that month! 

I'll be reaching for the stars to try and complete the last 5 designs by the end of the weekend!

In the meantime hope you'll check out the Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store and maybe even take advantage of the "Sweet" Sale going on now through Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010

Sweetest Day Sale - 10% off ALL ORDERS! Use Code: SWEETESTDEAL  

    Here's a few details of our fine feathered friend!

Hoot! Hoot! That's OWL for now Folks!

 

NEW! Happy Bear-Day To YOU! Celebrate With Cupcakes and Smiles!

I know we aren't all celebrating our birthdays right now. today, but I just couldn't resist creating a fun little "bear-day" Pop Art Mini that could join in the celebration no matter what day your big day is!

A little bit tattered from a few years that have gone by, but still smiling a big smile and with a twinkle in his/her eye (wink! wink!)  SO. . . LET THE CELEBRATION BEGIN!

Your "Bear-day" comes but once a year

So let's all give a great big cheer

Cupcakes, balloons and smiles too

Happy Birthday "bear-day" from me to YOU!

"Happy Bear-Day To You" is available in my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store!

Details! Details! Details! hehehe

(Celebrating this, my 200th post in The Hive! Hip! Hip! Hooray!)

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Santa's Lil' Holly-Day Helper . . . Ho! Ho! Ho! Here We Go!

I know I said up next in the Pop Art Minis Calendar design line up was June, but the left side of my brain decided that it was going to skip ahead to December! So instead of a June Moon I ended up creating "Santa's Lil' Holly-Day Helper".  Santa can always use an extra hand or wing during the holly-day season and his little penguin friend decided to hitch a ride on his shoulder as they prepare for the big day! 

Ho! Ho! Ho! Here We Go

The Holly-days are drawing near.

It won't be long before we're singing Christmas Songs

And the big day will be here!

So grab a candy cane and stroll down the holly lane

With Santa and his lil' Holly Day penguin helper

Teddy Bear Hugs . . . .Mother MAY I?

From a Holly Holiday Design to some Calendar fun with the month of May!  Introducing "Teddy Bear Hugs" With Mother's Day one of the biggest holidays that falls in the month of May and inspired by the idea of the "mama bear"... protective and always there it made perfect sense that it should be two bears! The little cub lovingly looking up at his Mama and  proudly shares a flower (created with the help of April showers)!  His little (rub-on) tattoo shows his love as well for MOM and the buzzing about are those fun little black and yellow insects letting us know that all will BEE alright in the month of MAY!  

The 2011 Pop Art Minis Calendar will be available in my Zazzle store upon completion of the designs for all months.  You can view January through April at the links below.  And now. . . on to JUNE!

January - Snow Pals

February - Purr-fect Sweethearts

March - Paddy's Little Clover Bear

April - Hippity Hop Raindrop

A few of the details . . .

Oh, May you take our breath away!

Happy Mother's Day, May Day. Memorial Day and Cinco de Mayo . . . I'm sure I missed something! :)