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!

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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"Think Pink For The Cure!" We Can Make A Difference!

Finding a cure to cancer is a priority on all of our lists and with this the start of October, a month that is dedicated to raising awareness of breast cancer,  I wanted to create a Pop Art Mini design that could be my little part in helping in this cause and as a contribution in the fight against not only breast cancer,

but all kinds of cancer!

Calling on inspiration from the color pink, the recognized, symbolic color in the fight against breast cancer and Halloween, the biggest celebrated holiday in October I introduce to you "Pink Halloween Wtich" A wickedly cute witch, not in traditional witch colors, but costumed in every shade of Pink holding a "Think Pink" wand and pink toned "jack-o-lantern".

My Mom lost her battle to renal cell cancer only a little over a year ago and I know how devastating the news of having cancer and the fight that she went through to survive was. Cancer is a terrible disease mentally, physically and financially! So, let's join together to continue to raise awareness and give what you can so that we can say that in our lifetime we helped in the fight against cancer and

contributing to finding a cure!

I believe...do you?

Unfortunately I cannot offer this image as originally drawn in my Zazzle store due to the fact that she carries a wand that says, "THINK PINK" so I will be altering the design in order to pass the copyright rules that have been established on Zazzle.  After I have revised the image I will be offering this new design in my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store, and for every sale of the NEW
"Pink -Halloween Witch" design on any product I offer in my Zazzle Store during the month of October I will donate 10% of the proceeds to the Susan G. Komen Organization.

I am hoping that auction of the original "Think Pink For The Cure" drawing will not be interupted for the same reason.  I was planning on posting this in my Ebay Store starting Sunday, Oct. 3, 2010 in a 7 day auction with 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the original going to American Cancer Research!

Please make sure to leave a comment and email address if you would like to be notified when the auction goes live!   I will also post when the sale is up and running so stay tuned!

Thanks so much and let's remember to

"Think Pink for the CURE!"

The Hive Is All A BUZZzzz . . . All Hail The Queen "B"

Introducing

"The Queen "B" of The Hive"

I've been buzzing around this place called The Hive for several weeks now and I must say the creative fun that goes on here is crazy cool!  I'm inspired every day by this group of amazing artists, not only by their talent, but by how supportive and positive they all are!  If you haven't already visited The Hive you should definitely check out.  It's one of the fastest growing social communities on the Internet . . .  a place where you can make creative connections between everyone in the arts, crafts and hobby industry.  

So this new Pop Art Minis is my shout out to The Hive and the Queen Bee herself, Melissa Marro

If you feel like buzzing by my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store you can find this new design available on t-shirts, tote bags, key chains and more! 

Panda Party Time - Cupcake Celebration!

Little Panda Party Time is ready to celebrate with you!

Dressed in a party hat . . . stars, stripes and polka dots too

A cupcake with sprinkles and a cherry on top

Make this smiling little Panda want to party non-stop!

Check out all of the fun products in the Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store featuring "Panda Party-time" Design and more! Lot's of Snap, Crackle and Popping magic!

Plus, you can find Pop Art Minis in these fun places too!

Facebook
The Hive
Ebay
Twitter

And check out our BUZZzzz Un-Bee-lieveable Creative Challenge #1
Come Vote by commenting on the entry that you love the most or enter your own design for a chance to win a great prize package!  Hurry entries end August 31, 2010

It's "Panda-Moonium" - Gotta Love A Full Moon...Awesome!

Tonight when I was driving home from work I glanced up to see the most amazing full moon.  When I first noticed it, it was still low in the sky and looked like it was hanging over the mountains...very cool.  I wish I could have gotten that shot, but it would have been a little hard to stop on the Freeway ramp when there were about 25 cars trailing behind me! LOL.  Anyway, when I finally got home the moon had made it's climb to a higher position in the sky, but it was still pretty darn AWESOME!

"Over the Moon" with inspiration  I "buzzed" into the house and upstairs to my drawing table and proceeded to work on what I ended up calling "Panda-Moonium"  Why the Panda?  We'll that's what stage of my creative moon I'm in right now so I thought it just made sense...and a little telling of my current state...hehehe!  I also created a photo progression of the process . . . sometimes fun to see the start, middle and finished design.  I hope you enjoy the end result as much as I enjoyed creating it! 

Watch for the design soon in my Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store!

Just in case the blogger video link doesn't work you can view the youtube version here!

And remember

Always Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star

W. Clemont Stone

How About A Little Alphabet Soup? Animal Characters From A-Z

Thought with fall approaching and the weather about to turn it would be fun to mix up a big bowl of Pop Art Minis' Alphabet Soup.  I'm sure alot of my Pop Art Minis friends from Facebook will recognize these Alphabet Animal characters as it took me...oh, several weeks to work through the process of creating this collection called "Alphabet Soup" and I received lots of amazing suggestions and inspiration from many of them as I worked through the process.  Plus, the designs have picked up steam (aaaahhhh...a steaming bowl of hot Alphabet Soup...sorry, couldn't resist!)  in my Zazzle Store and thought it would be fun to put together a little video of the collection for old times sake!  It's always nice to share the experience with new friends so I hope you don't mind (if you seen it all before) a look back at the Alphabet Soup Collection from A-Z!

Growing and Glowing With Halloween Fun!

The Pop Art Minis Halloween Collection of black cats, witches, jack-o-lanterns, and monsters continues to glow, oops, I mean grow! Halloween is my favorite season . . .  full of color, fun and bewitching creations and with inspiration from friends on Facebook and at The Hive it's easy to keep the Halloween spirit alive! All of the designs are available in the Pop Art Minis Zazzle Store on t-shirts, trick or treat bags, magnets, keychains, postage and more! Most you can even personalize with your own message.

Hope you'll stop by for a look and I promise . . .

NO Tricks - Only Treats! 

HOOT! HOOT! "Hear No Evil, See No Evil, HOOT No Evil" Inspired by OWLS!

Inspiration: HOOT, HOOT . . . OWLS! Introducing the newest addition to the Pop Art Mini Gallery, "Hear No Evil, See No Evil, HOOT No Evil".  Check out my Zazzle store for t-shirts, mousepads, keychains and more that feature the new design.  Also, available as a 12"x12" digital print in my Artfire Studio Gallery! 

Follow me on Twitter and Facebook!

"Lil Red" New to the Pop Art Mini Gallery

Excited to announce the arrival of my latest Pop Art Mini . . . "Lil Red". She's on the lookout for the Big Bad Wolf! Watch my Zazzle store for this new design available on t-shirts, keychains, magnets, aprons, bags and moe!

Pop Art Minis - Become a Fan!

Please join our Pop Art Mini Facebook Fan Page! Be the first to know about new designs, special offers in our Zazzle store, Contests, Promotions and MORE!

Fairy Fun - New "Pop Art Mini"

Everybody needs to have a little Fairy Fun! My latest addition to the "Pop Art Mini" collection. Don't forget to stop and smell the roses! ENJOY! LIFE! Have FUN....Fairy Fun!