A Very Merry Magical Girl Gingerbread House

...and a Cthulhu Tree! 

 

My Hubby and I bought this pre-built ginger bread house a few months ago and I finally put it together last night. I'll admit that even as an artist that sugar and pastry arts are not my thing! I have no idea how my best friend of 20+ years, who is also music a teacher and lacks any real visual arts training outside of a few pastry clssses, rocks out at cake decorating. (Which reminds me I'll be tapping someone for a Birthday cake someone's 2nd birthday in Feb......)

Why Am I Not an Angry Pile of Goo is beyond Me...

If only the Doctor could save me... 

My week so far....

Get up and get the hubby ready for work with his lunch.

Try to fall back asleep for 30 minutes.

Get woken up by kid banging on her door for potty help

Make breakfast for kid and wait for sleep haze to fade

Run Errands between 10 and 3

Find time to eat and get the kid and nap

Make Dinner

Spend time with Hubby

Work on Items for shop and up coming shows

Rinse

Repeat

I also was sick as a dog Friday and worked at the Pop Up Saturday instead of Friday like usual because I didn't have childcare set up for the kiddo. I

So it Sunday... I'm exhausted and I have to work tonight for one of my usual places for their  Candle Light Service in the nursery. I need to clean and bake still but uuughh - so tired.

What... we've only got a few days left?

My last custom order of the season for a friend for one of her daugthers, a custom set of Derpy Hooves and Doctor Whooves Pins.

Downing water and Odwalla's C Monster while working on new horns arrangements while watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

More demon horns.

I can't believe its only a few more days until the big bad holiday! I just worked my last day at the Memshop Pop Up in Overton Square and Sunday is our last day and then its Christmas! I cannot believe how this month has flown by this and after this week I only have a few weeks until the next show! I am so tired but its not too overwhelming at this point but I wish my little assistant could do more then just destroy at times. 

Katie Wants - Han Solo Business Card Holder

Covet Covert. Covet. I so need this for when I galavant around in costume so I can hand out business cards in style like a boss. 

 My husband for my holiday, that I can lay under my Hanukkah Bush, present is making me my very own light saber so we can form our own jedi family eventually over the next few years.  I so need this business card holder for our costuming adventures. Last year the husband made his own lightsaber to accompany his costume I made him last year for our favorite local con last year.

The hubs in his costume last year with his costume I made him and the saber he made. 

The kiddo is getting her own saber next year, you know 3 years old is a mature age for a light saber, right?

Kid, Prep, Work, Holiday

another custom fuku! This time it is not a solid on solid color!
(happy dance inserted here)

Things have been really hectic around the Jones homestead in the last few weeks. My husband and I decided that the kiddo should be home more with me while I'll working from home but over the last few months there was drastic staff changes. The final straw came when they tried to pull strings and violate my parental rights by not allowing me to bring healthy alternative snacks and sides for my daughter to eat instead of the food they served at the daycare. I called the department of human services and my pediatrician to determine their legitimacy of the ban and all signs pointed to "BS" which were confirmed by DHS and the Doctor's Office.  I have no luck with daycare for my child, but luckily I will be in a wonderful part of town next semester which means I have access to some wonderful places for her to go to school to when I am there.

Other then the kiddo things, I am working hard prepping for the next show on Jan 19th, Anime Blues Con Winterfest Remix at the Memphis Botanical Gardens, (I got married there),  by making tons of fuku collars, earrings, unicorn horns (and I keep selling out of them at MempShop ;-;) , and other little tid bits...

   ...but you know I need to find time to do other things like apply to school districts, make baked goods, wrap gifts, go gift shopping, not any more crazy then I already am....

Anyways... I hope everyone is having a happy holiday.

More My Little Pony

From left to right: Rainbow Dash, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie

Left to Right: Twilight Sparkle, Flutter Shy, and Apple Jack

Grand Galloping Gala inspired earrings for each of the 6 ponies.

 I've been doing a lot of My Little Pony themed items lately because 2013 will be the year of MLP at the local conventions in Memphis and I have to prepare. There is even a hint of one of them using my items for some of their prizes which means I have my work cut out for me in the next few weeks but luckily I know what needs to be done.

Make sure if you are in Memphis to stop by the Indie Style Market to check out my table and everyone else's items during the month of December for the Holiday Pop-Up Shop!

My Little Pony madness...

Derpy Hooves - She's actually a commissioned piece in addition to a Doctor Whooves someone has requested from me.
(I adore the innocent look I gave her)

Rainbow Dash!

Fluttershy. I really adore make the wings for the pin version of these babies!

Rarity got some fabulous hair. 

Applejack and my only bobby pin pony so far! 

Princess Celestia and she is much bigger then the regular pin ponies by leaps and bounds. I have a special project I'm using her for in the near future. 

I plan on making a Princess Luna and Nightmare Moon next in the series of these massive versions .

It is no secret that around my house that we watch a lot of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic because it is the only shop my daughter will sit down and watch consistently. I'll also admit that I'm just as much in love with the show as she is and possibly more. I've taken an older idea of my unicorn pins and made my little pony pins and bobby pins. They took a bit of time to sculpt and I ended up hand painting a majority of the pieces to get the colors even more accurate then with the hand mixed clay I developed. I plan on making more of these once I get school wrapped up this week and all of the preps for the next show.