tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32227748224081026232024-02-20T06:08:11.005-08:00The Mixie Pixie: Mixing It Upthe mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.comBlogger81125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-73072657843359497282021-02-22T09:53:00.000-08:002021-02-22T09:53:37.375-08:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9wpQaSUDWPyEyTCvlqctcVPN5czgOpvrmq-k5ErawCnYb0YsdAO0_-tZvCKb5Y7VEyeBruDFqO-5KGCzK8xhmKVoIMZuTS7yAswhVGFMFq95QVom017KHtyFl-53gxNdq_Bk-7AoYH-4/s2048/Hiring3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="776" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM9wpQaSUDWPyEyTCvlqctcVPN5czgOpvrmq-k5ErawCnYb0YsdAO0_-tZvCKb5Y7VEyeBruDFqO-5KGCzK8xhmKVoIMZuTS7yAswhVGFMFq95QVom017KHtyFl-53gxNdq_Bk-7AoYH-4/w599-h776/Hiring3.jpg" width="599" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-39081790537139520812020-08-07T07:26:00.003-07:002020-11-11T08:41:54.460-08:00Housekeeper Needed<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeviNofB1PgsKyqihgGIHRUlGzxvQSXeC-TpsA-Fc9Iv0lBeJGQRKGFGVjdcL9n_pKzKMrWmWWPeqtoQntg4Q1j8l9NRVJ9_Z3hUWqVULt_bzbboFlkE61dMLFwkJS1QLGsmVelm6oQWy/s2048/Hiring3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1583" height="764" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqeviNofB1PgsKyqihgGIHRUlGzxvQSXeC-TpsA-Fc9Iv0lBeJGQRKGFGVjdcL9n_pKzKMrWmWWPeqtoQntg4Q1j8l9NRVJ9_Z3hUWqVULt_bzbboFlkE61dMLFwkJS1QLGsmVelm6oQWy/w591-h764/Hiring3.jpg" width="591" /></a></div><br />the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-17859238240636417102017-01-14T04:49:00.002-08:002017-01-14T07:07:15.660-08:00Life Documented 2017 Group Challenge 1/14/2017Good morning Lovelies! I hope this post does not confuse anyone, because it is a slight departure from the previous 2 weeks, but I really believe it will make everything easier. Be aware that we have just set up a Blogger site dedicated for the Life Documented 2017 group as of yesterday, but I cannot access it to post our challenge yet, so I decided this is better that struggling with Facebook (dis)function for one more week!<br />
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<b><u>Challenge</u>: draw or paint a face </b></div>
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<b><u>Prompt</u>: "Only in darkness can you see the stars" - Martin Luther King, Jr</b></div>
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<b style="text-align: center;"><u>Challenge</u>: </b>For those who are now freaking out - "I can't draw a face!" - deep breath! I gotcha on this! First, you can draw emoji style "smiley" faces, if you want! I also have a link (further down) to a very easy method if you want to try to draw. And, as always, you creative person, it is okay to adapt the weekly challenges. You could grab a face from a newspsper (if you can find one anymore-lol) or magazine, or print from online. Draw or paint right on it!<br />
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<b style="text-align: center;"><u>Prompt</u>: </b><span style="text-align: center;">It is there for inspiration, to be interpreted artistically in any way you wish. You might use it entirely, or a word from it, or be inspired by it. And if none of that appeals to your muse this week, then ignore it! It is perfectly okay to do that!</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Here is my page, and a step by step visual of it with instructions in the caption: </span><br />
<span style="text-align: center;">fyi: I used dylusions paints, and I gesso prepped my page, in my Dylusions journal.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My challenge to myself has been to try to capture emotion better by working more losely, to be more gestural with my strokes</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1) pencil sketch a face 2) a dark purple color to make a paint sketch 3) dark blue wash added 4) yellow-orange added over face 5) white for highlights 6) turquoise added on face and background 7) white again this time in hair and highlights on face again 8) brown lowlights in background and detail in hair and face, some brown scribbled detail with a colored pencil 9) midnight blue around background. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">That's it! A pencil, a colored pencil, a few paint colors, and gesso.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As I promised, here is a link to a very detailed video by famous Mixed Media Art Journaler, Dina Wakley:</span><br />
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the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-66575730864045572182015-03-20T12:03:00.000-07:002015-03-20T12:03:05.165-07:00I finally did it!!! I posted my listing on Etsy the first in a<i> very</i> long time) for a mixed media paper pack of epic proportions! Check it out here: <u> https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheMixiePixie</u><br />
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It has taken way longer to complete this than I thought it would, so I am celebrating a victory over my disablity/medical situation with a trip to Caribou for a coffee treat! <br />
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the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-83170530312608143002014-05-31T12:18:00.000-07:002014-05-31T12:18:37.311-07:00New ATC's for trading...The theme is "Bird People" and I am sad to say I did not get them mailed in time for the swap event, but I hope they will find new homes in the general trading millieu. I am putting them on Flickr too. If you are interested just contact me here, or on Flickr (also as TheMixiePixie). I love trading, and have been out of it for a while. Returning to it feels a little like coming home.<br />
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<br />the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-70862851312423821972014-04-14T18:23:00.001-07:002014-04-14T18:23:21.593-07:00Check this out! (It is art stuff) and please give me your opinionTake a look at this post:<br />
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I thought it would be better than copying it and posting it on this blog. I'm trying to decide if I should separate out my <i>art</i> posts from other life stuff, or put it all in one place.<br />
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Thank you!the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-47746977559180778472013-10-23T16:23:00.003-07:002013-10-23T16:23:52.259-07:00Online Scam Warning - BEWARE! and take note, dear friends... I just had a very near miss getting scammed by this online web hosting site called "Hostia", "Freehostia", also known as "Liquidnet", "chocolate", "supernatural", and several others. It supposed to be free, <b><u><i> but</i></u></b> you have to pay for a domaine name ($10 per year - not too bad). Then they tell you they can protect you from identity theft, spam, etc. for another $10 (per year) which I paid, since I am new to this whole business ( I am trying to set up to conduct online art classes) and not too savvy, I admit. The first hint there was something wrong is that even though they are supposed to be in the web hosting business their website really <i>really</i> sucks! In fact, they have a so-called log-in area where you are supposed to put in your username and password. So that makes it look legit, right? But guess what. There is no way to generate a user-name or password! There is no "create account" option anywhere on the site! So I thought that would occur in the purchasing process, but n-o-o-o-o-o. So I look on my paypal receipt which gives the contact information and I called the "company" to ask how to get my username and password. It said to call their' pre-sales and customer support number noted below". The generic answering message thanks you for calling "web-hosting" sales and customer support (notice- no company name!) and got I a guy who was the absolute worst jerk annd biggest asshole I have ever had the misfortune to deal with by phone- ever, <i><u><b>ever</b></u><b>! </b></i> -- and by my age I have dealt with plenty. He refused to allow me to speak. I would barely say one syllable and he would talk over me. Then, yelling at me, he demanded repeatedly "Who is this? Who are you?" But as soon as I tried to answer he yelled over me again. I ended up in tears. It is so damn frustrating and shocking, trying to talk to someone who is demanding answers but won't let you speak! (In fact, it sounded to me like he had a middle eastern accent, and I have noticed that middle eastern men in customer service jobs tend to have a problem dealing with American women. I can only guess it's the "subservience thing".) Anyway, I tried yelling over him to stop yelling and let me answer; he yelled even louder; so I called him a vile name and I hung up. I called back, hoping to get someone else, and guess what - <b style="font-style: italic; text-decoration: underline;">same guy - 6 times in a row!</b> So I called Paypal. The people there were VERY helpful and supportive. Here's something new I learned too, which you should be aware of: Paypal protection only applies to shipped items, not to services. But I have been a longstanding customer with a pristine record, so they refunded the money to me anyway. I am sure the fact that I called within an hour of making the transaction helped, as well.<br />
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Sadly, I wasted my whole day looking into setting up an online classroom to teach art techniques. The only ones I am aware of use NING - and it functions so badly I have vowed I will never use it again (after the current class is done). PLEASE LEAVE ADVICE IN COMMENTS if you know of a good classroom platform that is free or cheap! I was thinking I would use Moodle, but you have to get it through a site that hosts it, and that's where my day went awry. Too bad I am on these meds. I seldom would say this (as my close friends and family will attest) but I could use a good stiff drink!the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-80197445727372539372013-07-30T06:06:00.001-07:002013-07-30T06:11:43.964-07:00Good News - 21 Secrets Christmas in July Sale!<img src="http://api.ning.com/files/0PvCCRfIyIw-9dhq2GgULH2r4MwnLnVwh4PuLScLRQscYT28arPrIkeRNjEZDuRdmsHCh3J8Dnd02C5pc75mXDvGZDgpxn-F/XmasInJulySale.jpg?width=300" /><br />
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<b>21 Secrets is an all year access art journalers workshop with 21 classes by well known teachers/journalers, and I <i>love</i> it! This is such a good deal, you've gotta check it out!!!</b><br />
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<b><br /></b>the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-27462734563059699152013-05-16T18:15:00.003-07:002013-05-16T18:15:54.917-07:00You Really Want to Know "21 Secrets"Hello, friends. I am finally back -- back from oblivion, in case you were wondering where I have been. Apparently the move I made last September was harder on me than I thought it would be. I have spent the winter mostly in bed recovering, but I am fortunate enough to have an adjustable bed, so much of that time was spent upright, at least. But I was in too much pain to be typing, or even thinking! -lol. The point is, I am back in action and getting a lot of art made. I haven't gotten the laundry done, but hey, art is a lot more fulfilling. <br />
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I have been enjoying the "21 Secrets Art Journaling Workshop". It is an <u>amazing</u> deal! It's for anyone interested in visual art of any kind, or journaling - you don't have to be an artist. There are 21 different classes many taught by well known artists.(I found it through Terri Kahr's blog thru Google connect - thanks Terri!) It is on sale for $59, which gives you access 24/7 to all 21 classes until January 1st, 2014. Even this "starving artist" could afford that! Here is the link if you care to check it out:<br />
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The first class I took was Terri's awesome "I Have A Secret", but with my inkjet printer on the fritz, and my new (used) laser printer waiting to be set up, I do not have a sample to show off. Next I did the fabulous Watercolor Playground class with Tammy Garcia of Yellow Daisy. It's a great class for the absolute beginner like me, and so much fun. I am addicted! The first 2 pics are from that class. The 2nd two are from Doodle Your Way by Cathy Bluteau. I love doing this, too. It's a mixture of collage and design work. The last pic is one I did on an envelope and sent to my Mom for Mother's day. I am also just beginning and online visual journaling class with Juliana Coles. The point of this class is not to make good art, but to use the process she teaches for personal growth/ internal excavation. I am VERY excited to be doing this class as I have had my eye on her classes for a long time, but money was always an issue. I really feel drawn to this, and I think my Higher Power knows I will uncover something important there. If you want to look into her classes look up Juliana Coles or "Me and Pete productions". </blockquote>
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<br />the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-72959463290007981392012-06-26T23:27:00.001-07:002012-06-26T23:27:21.357-07:00Cacthing Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Oh my friends, I was so sick for so long! And even though I am better, I still don't have my stamina back. But I confess I have another kind of sickness that I don't think can be cured. It's more of an addiction, really. I LOVE shabby-cottage-vintage-chic type stuff, especially dishes. I don't know why. I just find them so charming and nostalgic. So, although I had made the decision I must rehome much of my Shabby chic collection due to my impending move, and had even photographed it for listing, and packed up for shipping, I was helpless to resist this beautiful set I found at the local thrift store. Aren't they the most lovely things? I feel happy every time I look at them!<br />
I need to catch up on my blogging, but I think a little every day is best, so t.t.f.n!the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-13759610933396811262012-03-20T16:17:00.000-07:002012-04-17T16:43:43.381-07:00Been sick, but getting better.<span id="role_document" style="color: #073763; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>I had made a New Year's resolution to ramp up my healthcare efforts to take better care of me. So I made a ton of doctor appts, and then proceeded to get very sick (respiratory, sinus, ears, throat, etc). Only now - 9 weeks later - do I feel close to "normal" - my normal sick/painful state. I am DETERMINED to get better!!!! I will be seen at Mayo as soon as I call them back to set the appt. That's for the undiagnosed mytery disease which has my SED rate (inflammation in the blood) "crazy high", to quote my doctor. We rechecked it thinking it went down, and instead it had gone up.( I've already checked out negative for arthritis.) Also, I am awaiting biopsy results on the mole taken from my foot (5 stitches!). That appt for is tomorrow. If it is positive for melanoma it may explain why I have been so sick, and we'll need to see if it has metastasized. I am not concerned about that. I'll deal with it if necessary. What's the worst that can happen? I die, go to heaven, no more pain! Actually, the worst would be going thru all these appts and tests and not finding out what's wrong! I have an Orthotics appt to make inserts to correct my "pronation" which will hopefully resolve lots of foot and low back pain. My hand pain is gawd-aweful so the neck/back dr. wants me to schedule another "nerve conduction study" because it may be resulting from my neck injuries. I had this done twice before - one on each arm/hand when my carpal tunnels were done. It's like Nazi torture, where they shoot electrical pain impulses through your nerves and measure how long it takes to run from one end to the other. I never drink, but I just might have to get drunk to face THAT again!!!! </b></span><br />
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It is full of symbolic imagery, inspiring quotes, and whimsey. It would be perfect for an office or child's room, or even a family room, and can be arranged in different configurations. It sat partially done for a long time. I felt it needed something more, but I felt stymied. Does that ever happen to you? Then I got these spinner hands for card-making and inspiration hit me. Soon I was adding all kinds of metal embellishments. You can find the spinner on the largest (main) piece, on the compass image. Sometimes that's how I would like to travel. Spin the hands and then set off in that direction! I am pleased with how it worked out. 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</tbody></table>This is my entry to the current "any stamps" challenge on the Stampotique blog, which is to use newspaper or old book pages in a stamped design. See all the entries here: <a href="http://stampotiquedesignerschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/sdc28-newsprintold-book-pages.html">http://stampotiquedesignerschallenge.blogspot.com/2011/04/sdc28-newsprintold-book-pages.html</a> <br />
I just<em> love </em>their stamps, and hope I win the gift certificate, so I can buy some. Then I will be able to enter their "Stampotique stamps only" contests as well. Living on a (tiny) fixed income does not allow for many "nonessentials". This birthday card is made from one of my all time favorite Stampin' Up sets called "Penguin Paradise". I want to do more stamping in my art journals, and I am a follower of The Katherine Wheel blog, where she does a lot of that. In fact, that's how I became aware of Stampotique. I bet you'd find her journal work as inspiring as I do.the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-61588811118264275072011-04-05T18:41:00.000-07:002011-04-05T18:41:11.040-07:00MAGIC JACK - DON'T DO IT!!!Okay, I just wasted 45 minutes on "live chat" regarding an account I cancelled a year ago!!!! I used the device less than 48 hours! It sucked BIG TIME" So I cancelled my account, but they failed to tell me that you have to do a separate cancellation of the auto-renew feature. Wouldn't you expect that when you cancel an account all activity related to it would cease? Or if not, they would tell you? But no-o-o-o-o not scammers like this company. They just keep charging you, maybe hoping you won't notice, so that they keep getting money for absolutley NOTHING! But then, if you <em>do</em> happen to catch it, they will give you the stonewalling, runaround kind of crap we have all, sadly, come to expect from "customer service". I just kept "hanging up" and trying back 'til I found someone who could understand English and make sense. That took <em><strong>4 tries!!!</strong></em> One guy was walking me through the cancellation process, which I did, and then when he saw I had finished it he got all sarcastic on me, asking when I was going to tell him I was done doing it, or was I hoping to surprise him? WHAT!!!!! I told him he's a jerk, and wanted to speak to a supervisor. He said he is the supervisor. So I tried again. I saw warnings all over the internet about this company, and deeply regret I didn't listen. Please learn from my mistake, and save yourself the insanity.the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-80788752730099429742011-03-11T10:56:00.000-08:002011-03-11T10:56:39.610-08:00Upheavalous...<div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">That's a new word I made up yesterday to describe the kind of day I had! I don't know what image I will come up with to represent that on my art journaling calendar, which I am doing for the Art Calendar 2011 challenge on Flickr. Some very talented artists are doing it, and I admire their entries. I aspire to make pages I like as much as I do theirs.</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;">So, "unpheavalous": it makes me think of my daughter and miss her. She and I used to make up words and mentally put them in <em><u>Our Family Dictionary of Made-up Words</u></em>, which existed in our minds<em>. </em>She has a gift for language and enjoys word play, as do I, and so did my parents, especially my father. So does my youngest son. My daughter just seems to "go there" more than he does. I remember dinners with my younger 2 - laughing 'til we had tears, and were trying not to spit out our food. One would play off something another had said, and it would grow from there. What fun! - And talent! I wish my daughter would agree to publish her poetry. It's not just a proud mom who thinks she is gifted. Her high school English teacher wrote on her poetry project "This is the best poetry I have ever seen written by a student - or maybe ever". <em><u>Ever</u>???!!!</em> -<strong><em>WOW!</em></strong> This is a person who has studied Shakespear, and all "the greats", saying that! <em>I </em>cannot she is one of the greats because I would not know. But it seems she has great potential. We have encouraged her to enter it in poetry contests and magazines, but she just feels too vulnerable and exposed by having it put "out there". I am honored that she even let me see it. Anyway, I wish I had actually kept a list of our words, because my memory has not held on to them. I hope hers has. I hope we will discuss it some day, and I will then add this one to our family dictionary. As for the kind of day it was, life presented some challenges to deal with, and I feel good about how I met them. Some days are just like that, and I no longer get bent out of shape about it as I did when I was younger, thanks to my Higher Power.</div>the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-45124114231660606452011-03-10T14:06:00.001-08:002011-03-10T14:06:06.767-08:00Crowabout challenge week 114 submission<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44480125@N05/5515406461/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5298/5515406461_f1b3760f2d.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44480125@N05/5515406461/">week 114 submission</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/44480125@N05/">themixiepixie</a>.</span></div><p>Thanks so much to Nancy Beaumiller: "Crowabout", for all the weekly fun of this collage playgroup on flickr. I have enjoyed participating for over a year, but never blogged it before. I wonder why? Anyway, now that I discovered the "blog it" action on Flickr I decided, why not?</p>the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-48044514981744977672011-03-03T16:24:00.001-08:002011-03-03T16:27:19.448-08:00You can't have her - she's mine!<div style="padding: 3px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44480125@N05/5495216393/" title="photo sharing"><img alt="" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5259/5495216393_fcf8b66e64.jpg" style="border: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44480125@N05/5495216393/">Birthday bunny</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/44480125@N05/">themixiepixie</a>.</span><br />
I bought myself a birthday present online, and I can hardly wait to get it! If you look at the blogs I follow you see one for Sandi Mastroni, and if you hop on over there you will see a bunch of adorable art dolls, including this one, which I bought from her ETSY shop. I have been admiring her work for the longest time -- so original, talented, and adorable! Living on disability, I can seldom manage any discretionary purchases, and am very picky about every cent not spent on absolute necessities. That is how special I think her artwork is. If you want one of her dolls you have to act fast because they fly out of her shop almost as soon as they arrive. But you can't have this one! I "dibbs-ed" it before she even got it into her shop because I saw it on her blog. I am glad I check my blogs-I-follow list every day for new posts or I might have missed out on this one, too! I actually got first pick of the litter, and it was so-o-o-o hard to chose! Aren't they all the adorablest things ever?!<span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"> </span></div>the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-30129560279031279292011-02-27T15:11:00.001-08:002011-02-27T15:11:49.360-08:00feb 2011<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44480125@N05/5483216049/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5012/5483216049_3d1f482431.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44480125@N05/5483216049/">feb 2011</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/44480125@N05/">themixiepixie</a>.</span></div><p>This is my February 2011 Art Calendar Challenge entry for Feb. I was a late-comer so I do not have one for Jan. I am not sure I want to use the same method for March. It's not harmonious enough for my satisfaction. Or, I may do the same method, but all in black and white, like the journal I did for a while in black and white, as suggested by Teesha Moore. Off to start on it now...</p>the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-54504786353052006582011-02-25T16:53:00.000-08:002011-02-26T22:51:55.045-08:00When the Universe Smiles on You...Recently I was very sick and even made a trip to the e.r. The day before I went and found out I have "asthmatic bronchitis" I dragged myself out of bed, wishing ever-so-much that I had a manservant to bring me coffee, and poured my own cup, added my lactose free whole milk (in place of cream) and the carton felt like it weighed 5 lbs. I was feeling very sorry for myself, and picked up my spoon to stir it... and cracked up! I just stood there shaking my head, laughing, because look at what I saw:<br />
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Honestly! I did not do this!!! I took it as a sign that even tho I was feeling lousy, and life did not endow me with wealth enough for a morning coffee servant, the Universe still loves me anyway!the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-79921257913020247222011-02-22T21:49:00.000-08:002011-02-23T19:46:14.321-08:00Guardian of Bygones<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>In some recent blog hopping I came across the Blog "Collage Obsession". Obviously, my kind of place, right! They have a weekly collage challenge, and this is my first time participating. ( -if I figure out the linking process correctly!) I was very inspired by the spooky house image, and I worry if my ideas are original enough. But that's what we do, us artists, isn't it -- we muster up the courage to "put it out there" and find out if we're "any good"? At least I enjoyed the process. That counts for a lot, I think.the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222774822408102623.post-2394072633059703132011-02-20T22:02:00.001-08:002011-02-20T22:02:54.606-08:00On hold ATC:Its S-o-o-o-o Me<div style="text-align: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44480125@N05/5464227316/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5219/5464227316_0ebb24d088.jpg" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" alt="" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/44480125@N05/5464227316/">On hold ATC:Its S-o-o-o-o Me</a>, originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/44480125@N05/">themixiepixie</a>.</span></div><p>I am so happy that I just joined this group on Flickr: Monthly Themed ATC Swap, where every moNth a list of participants is generated, we make an ATC (Artist Trading Card) with the theme, and then mail it to the person below our own name. This month's theme is : "It's s-o-o-o-o Me". I have been s-o-o-o sick! But I did manage to get my ATC done in time, and in fact, I made 2! I realized that right now in my life, the thing that is most typical of me is to appreciate and spoil my furry companion, Rizzo. It is so like me to see him as a little boy and give him ice cream Yes, I even let him eat off my spoon. I know: "Eeeeeew!" (You may have seen me talk about him before, in older posts. ) First, I couldn't decide which vintage outfit to "dress" him in. (I colored them, and added the tennis shoes to the one.) Then I couldn't decide which background to use. So I made both, I will let my swap partner choose, then I will make the other available for trade. What fun!</p>the mixie pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05442268578121995388noreply@blogger.com1