Scream Pumpkin from Prim Pumpkin

**NOTE The Screampunk Challenge pieces are now available at the EHAG EMPORIUM.

http://ehagemporium.blogspot.com/

**Polly Day Sprocket is NOW SOLD

Hi Friends,

As March  breezed into existence so did a new challenge.  A collective one this time, which is a rare and beautiful thing.  The creative challenge for March was a "Screampunk " styled piece and while I loved the idea, it was a step outside of my comfort zone.  But, isn't that what a challenge is? A thank you is in order to Joyce Stahl for the Steampunk inspiration.

I created an art doll for the challenge named Polly Day Sprocket.  Polly Day is an inventor.  She sifts through what is not wanted collecting pieces; who knows when that very piece will aid in her next invention.

A bit of a fashionista, Polly Day is never seen without her cap and goggles.  She never knows when she might have the need to weld something. 

I stitched Polly's top coat with visible top stitching to add a bit of Prim to this Pumpkin.  She employs the use of several re-purposed treasures as purposeful steampunk equipment.

Here you get a nice good look at the gear my husband found.  It looks wonderful as her base or perch. 

Polly Day is my 8th piece for the year, but my first piece for the Emporium.  I am spending much of my time focusing in on my art work for Ghoultide Gathering. 

She stands 12.5 inches tall on a metal gear base

Her pumpkin head is a light mellon color!

Her clothing is all hand stitched (you may see some stitches) which adds to the Prim Pumpkin nature of the piece.

She features handmade goggles**Thank you Joe!!!

Polly Day Sprocket will be available for sale on

 March 31st

at 9:00pm

My email will be listed on the EHAG Emporium page and you can just email me if you would like her!

A bit from the EHAG Emporium blog:

Every day is Halloween at the EHAG Emporium. And mark your calendars! Our next debut of Halloween-alia will be March 31st at 9PM EST. Original, one of a kind art from the Eclectic Halloween Artists Guild.

www.EhagEmporium.blogspot.com

Thank you for taking a look at Polly Day!

Big News!

Dear Friends,
 I have truly wonderful news to report.  As a doll artist I have a unique .... style. I combine "me" with Halloween, and when I do that I create Prim Pumpkins.  These feminine, vintage, beautys that have been graciously invited to play with the big kids at GHOULTIDE GATHRING.
Yes, I said it Ghoultide Gathering, the most wonderful show featuring Halloween offerings in the United Sates. Mark your calendars for October 5th and 6th. I am so honored to be part of an amazing group! As Joycee would say.... I curtsy to you..... <3
*hyperventilating still*
 Your,
 Jennie

A FOLK affair

This has been a little plan in my hat for a good while. It was hard to keep a secret, but the cat is outta the bag …. I have an ad for Prim Pumpkin. A bonafide, here I am world come and get it ad. Folk magazine is a visual wonder celebrating creativity, home, and the American story. I am proud to advertise my Pumpkins in this magazine!


This issue features the homestead of artist Jennifer Lanne, a pictorial view of San Francisco, and a look into the Old Charm B&B.

I have a trick or treat for you! The first person to leave a comment on my blog will receive a copy of FOLK all for themselves!

Being Whole as an Artist

I am bowled over by the simple mystification that I have found the thing to do in life that makes me so happy.  My dolls are an ever abundant source of comfort to me, they let me be a maker and they give me bliss.

*Bliss*

 It's the thing that we, as creative beings in this world, NEED. We do, we need it, it is vital to our happiness.  When we realize that the goal is to be WHOLE, and that we all have coves within us that we fill up with inspiration and bliss and then after the bliss has given us the gifts we need,... it falls  through us like sand or glitter :) ....  it's easier to claim the bliss we need. 

Keeping yourself full of bliss is not easy and you can look at it like this: You need to nurture your wellspring... the place of your many coves.... Filling yourself up with creative inspiration is not an option ... it is a need for survival.  Your bliss is important dear one and you are really the only one that nurture your soul.


Do it. it's important. you are important. your art is depending on you. 

xxoo
Jennie

The gift of anticipation....PFATT Ornament Swap 2011

I love swaps and the like! This Christmas the ladies of PFATT planned an ornament swap.  I created 4 ornaments and sent them on their merry way to our swap queen Sylvia!   After she collected all of the ornaments she parcelled them out and shipped them off with a wave of her magic wand.... Or at least I hope there was a wand involved!!!

When I received my package, I carefully removed each one and admired it so!  Each ornament received a special spot on my Waterford tree!

The very first ornament was from Deborah Adams of Possible Impossibilities Studio.

It's the sweetest snowman with a red hat atop his head and the entire ornament is dusted with glitter dust. 

The next ornament was from Rebecca Miller Campbell~of Miller Campbell Designs.

A happy dapper teddy bear, entirely hand painted, poked his little head out of the packaging!

And then I picked up a little gift bag, looked in and with a wide smile I pulled out a gingerbread lady that stole my heart.  She was created by Rose Gilpin of Rosebaby's.

The last ornament was sheer opal essence! A tinsel fairy from Jo Ellen Dismukes of Lacey Jane Primitives.  She is absolutely wonderful!

This was so much fun and it really took me back to the days when I waited with such anticipation to see what special things I was to unwrap.  Things that were handpicked just for me!

Thank you graciously to all of my PFATT friends, not only for the ornaments, but for the constant friendship all the year though. ****

xxoo

Granny Pumpkin and her magic brooms

Circles are an innate part of our history.  We circle to share together and to let our stories flow from one to the next... and by sharing we see with our eyes what has lived in our hearts all this time.  We all do the wash, cook the meals, nurture the babies, doctor our loved ones, and we all carry a bag of things that we no longer need... things that are like sticky mud holding us back... holding us down.

When we circle, we reaffirm for each other that we are not alone... we are magical and special.... each of us holding the ability within ourselves to leave the bag of  self doubt, worthiness issues, old wounds that no longer define us, what others think of us, and a list longer that we will all admit..... just leave it in the middle of the circle... in the fire and as it burns it's gone.....Circles are a cathartic means of filling our vessels with a knowing........

While I was working on Granny Pumpkin the images spun of an enchantress of the brooms. Iconic imagery shows brooms flying about wistfully with pointy hat guidance, but what you don't see is the care and keeping of a besom or broomstick.  I crafted each broom for this piece and my sweetness made blown glass potion bottles for each broom. I conjured an image of Granny, a wise soul, instructing each broom on it's magical purpose.... in a circle of sorts.

Click here to see Granny's auction on ebay......

Thank you for visiting today!

Muriel Bennette

Please meet Muriel Bennette..
Muriel believes that the art work of a spider is magical. She presents a bit of spider web under a hand blown glass cloche bell jar. One of her favorite things is to listen to the stories of the wise old spiders. As they impart their stories, they spin webs with bits of love and whispers of mystery and tales of Halloweens gone by.
Bell jars are a beautiful way to display that of great decadence…. Sometime sweets or a wonderful flower will sit beneath the bell jar but Muriel wanted to show the decadent web from one of nature’s most wonderful artists.
I created Muriel Bennette with a soft palette…..a recipe of vintage white, soft lavender and old lace. Muriel is hand sculpted, without the use of molds. Because of this each one of my Prim Pumpkins are uniquely full of expression. Muriel is a warm buttery French Vanilla colored pumpkin; I like to do things a bit different around here!
She has a wise old look, due to the wise spidery company she keeps. Her head scarf is hand-dyed latte colored lace, fastened with a tiny gold button, from Paris, under her chin. Her hat is an adornment made with vintage trimmings and featuring a wax flower.
Her bodice is hand stitched and in her arms she holds the handmade cloche bell jar.
Under the jar rests the vintage netting, resembling a spiders web. Her skirt is truly a beautiful piece of vintage fabric. It’s the most beautiful color of lavender with a slight sheer to it. On the left side of her skirt I stitched on a piece of vintage netting with tiny black chenille puffs to give the illusion of a spider’s web. Under her dress I gave her a pair of blue/purple pantaloons. She stands on a wooden base painted vanilla. Muriel stands 19 inches tall.
What if Spiders spin hopes and dreams and the twinkles of the stars?...

Click here to see her auction