Come to Elora!

 

And see our graveyard!  Tim "aged" a whole pile of skulls and let us use them, they look awesome!  This is my favorite, the roots growing in the eye sockets are inspired!! 

Go to http://www.monstermonth.ca for all the details!  We'd love to see you this weekend!

Please help end animal testing!

Please consider signing the petition at:  https://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=104&ea.campaign.id=16812&ea.tracking.id=emailmasthead&forwarded=true in support of the European Union ban on selling animal-tested cosmetics! 

Hallowe'en time = treat time!

I feel a little badly that this year's Online Hallowe'en Artists' Studio Trick or Treat has no "extras" so I thought to post a few recipes here.  It is working well for the tour:  our trick or treaters are finding the art they want without getting overwhelmed.

I have not yet tried these but plan to!  I love the broccoli stem on the cheese pumpkin and the frosting on the kitty cake (no the cake itself).  Thinking of maybe adding black beans to the dip for an extra "ick" factor!

Please click on the pictures for bigger images!

October air

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls. -- George Carlin

 

V-A-C-A-T-I-O-N in Hallowe'en time!

 

I took two vacation days this week and guess how I spent Vacation Day #1? Setting up the cemetery in Elora for Scare Fair! Yes, I'm fully aware that this is not what most people do with their vacations but it was the perfect Autumn day, the colors are glorious and Mom and I got a lot of work done in 6 1/2 hours! Plus we had Willow along so we didn't have to watch the clock. Plus it was far, far away from the computer!!!
  It's certainly not finished but we got the path and 23 graves mapped out and set up some stones and the area is cleaned up and ready for the extra goodies still to come.  Vacation Day #2 will be spent... decorating tombstones!  I love it!

Look at those trees in the last sunlight of the day and all the Zoo critters in waiting!  It's going to fun, hope you can join us Oct. 19-21 for the Scare Fair! 

Culture Days sneak peak!

Took these shots after setting up for Culture Days (this weekend) at Factory 163!   Here I am posing with our corpse bride who "hands out" pamphlets to our Hallowe'en Studio Tour!

Here's our informative and fun bat display!

And here's my table!  The 8 pieces are displayed like art and look amazing!  And look at the warehouse, what an incredible space, with Desmond Healey stage sets placed around as backdrops!  Wow!

And my new love!  Across from us is a fellow who makes harps... what a beautiful instrument...  I was encouraged to pluck a few strings and the sound and vibration are incredible.  It's easy to think of this creation as a living thing.

My online tour, 4th time around!

This is what my world revolves around right now:  the spreadsheet for the Online Hallowe'en Artists' Studio Trick or Treat that I host.  The artists have sent in their photos and descriptions and I'm busily putting their "studio" pages together, keeping track of who sent what on my trusty (yes) hand-written sheet.  (I've smudged out the names so those artists who are LATE won't be overly embarrassed.)

  The art is AWESOME!!!  The artists are all so sweet, and creative and happy about the tour, but it is a ton of work and I'm creaking under the pressure a bit...  Organizing, finding and getting artists to join, advertising, and now putting the pages together... it's a constant, ongoing affair and August and September are complete write-offs.  This is the fourth year and I've decided that next year I will take a break.  I had so many plans for my own entrees for the tour and didn't find the time (make the time?) to get any of them finished, which is woefully sad since I knew I would be needing them since November 1st, 2011.  The witch shoe on wheels being pulled by demons, the mini skull magnets, the assortment of bat-head brooches... all still just dream-stuff.  Ah well...   

So 2013 will be mine to catch up with MY art, and rejuvenate for a glorious 2014 tour revival!