Etsy and Buffy

 
Dear Oliver, thanks for helping me clean the office. Or better yet, why don't you just stay in the box for a while?

This season is so fabulous.
 

Well, I took a break from blogging for several days. I had a bad case of "if you don't have anything nice to say blog, don't say blog anything at all..." I'll catch up on things LJ a little later.

It's challenge time again at pcagoe, my online polymer clay guild. The theme this month was "personal hero," and so, duh, my entry just had to be Buffy-related, didn't it?

I give you The Slayer Necklace:



It has the words "into each generation" plus cross and stake. Vampires, beware!

I'd be pleased as punch if you'd visit our website, http://pcagoe.com, and vote for your favorite entry. There are prizes to be won :)

 

Penny, Lacey, Gretchen, Purple Rose and Rainbow

( willow )

( olivia )

Come here and play name that tune - all you do is guess the song, leave a comment and be entered to win this month's prize, which is a hand-stamped greeting card. You can leave a comment here or there.

 

Come play this week's etsy name that tune. This one is a favorite song of mine. The prize for this month will be a handmade anniversary card.

We seem to be watching a lot of movies lately. To be honest, I only half watch them, because I in no way have the patience to sit through a movie without doing anything. So I clay or stamp or do some other crafty thing and only watch about half. Here are my ratings for my recent half-watching of movies.

PS I Love You: 6
I'm not a huge fan of the chick flick. It ended, and I thought, but wait, nothing has happened yet...

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium: 7
The shop owner was a cross between Willy Wonka and the mad hatter. I loved the idea of the movie, but thought it was somewhat dull.

The Golden Compass: 8
This had the feel, much like the Harry Potter movies, of being a movie made from every 20th page of a book, like there was a whole bunch missing. Nonetheless, I really enjoyed it. I love Nicole Kidman and both of the children. I hope the sequel gets made, because I'm interested in the story. And I want to get the book.

Sweeney Todd: 9
It was gross, really gross, which of course is the fault of the story, not the movie. The costuming was wonderful. And the singing was brilliant. No big, brash, obnoxious, front, broadway voices. Good stuff. I loved the little kid. And this is the second movie in which I did not despise Johnny Depp, (The first was Chocolat.) Alan Rickman is beyond lovely. I may even watch this one again.

Did anyone else fall completely in love with every single character on Swingtown?  Or have I now outed myself as a crazy person? I heart the 70s. I just can't help it.

 
5 of swords, ace of staves, justice - all inverted

The Fool is mixed media tarot art. He (or is it she?) is made primarily of polymer clay, but also has wire limbs, a hand-sewn pouch of all his earthly belongings, and a jester's hat made of felt, stuffed with felt scraps and sewn with embroidery thread. The face is hand-sculpted and made metallic with embossing powder from the stamping supplies pile. The piece measures about 7 by 10 inches.

So, one down, 77 to go... 

( photo of finished project )

Name that tune #19 is here. It's an easy one this time. Come guess the song title and be entered in a drawing to win a pair of earrings from my etsy shop. This is the last one for May. You can also still guess songs 16 and 17 here.