Our newest Halloween Piece

Greetings to all my favorite Spooky friends.... hope your holiday season has been filled with delicious delights and spooky sensations. Ours has been quiet this year...I did little to no decoration this year (believe it or not) as we have the great joy of visiting friends over Halloween who have the most spectacular Halloween house display and over 500 kids...to our 4-5! Should be a blast......

We have been using the 'decoration' time to work on house projects that are long overdo to be finished... the weather here in Havasu is simply fantastic and as they say, gotta make hay while the sun shines ....

We have been working on a few commissions in-between lifting rocks and building wall frames...

and our last Halloween piece for EBAY this year ...

"Waldo's Very Happy Halloween"!!

The story of a young 'yard ogre' who loves Halloween and was supposed to go trick'o' treating with his Monster Kid Pals the previous year but the sniffles kept him home...but this year he is going by hook or by crook.... His plan...to sneak into line with a couple of Neighborhood children in hopes of 'blending in' ...with hand scribbled 'treet' written on his rumpled grocery bag and a scarf his mom made him wear....Waldo is as happy as a clam ...of course the little boy in front is not at all sure what to think...

Hope everyone has a great Halloween....

Hugs,

Jodi

Our Newest Mini...Halloween Grows Close!

Howdy Do Everyone.... Been a very hectic long Hot Summer (for many I hear) ...but lately I have been feeling very fall'ish!! We had a few degrees drop in our local weather and I jumped right on the Hay Wagon headed for a Fall Frenzie!!!

This is our latest Miniature (1:12th scale) Halloween Ghostie offering...

'The Lady in Blue Meets Jacob" (the poem kinda explains it all...)

We will list this one Sunday on EBAY...

Now onto our next Halloween Setting.... told you I was on a Halloween Frenzie High...

Hugs to All

Newest Mini and ...HEAT!

Howdy Hot Summer Do from the Creager Studios...where cooking an egg on the sidewalk is the favorite past-time of many!

Heck it is only 119 here today...almost a slight 'chill' in the air...YEAH RIGHT!! It has been hot and very humid this summer for us... and I have found that the hotter it gets and the longer it hangs on...the More 'Cranky' I get ...grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! Actually I feel rather like our Newest Miniature above...'Kreacher'!

For those that may not recognize this little fellow he is from the harry Potter Series of Books and Movies...the House Elf of the Sirus Black Family....

Ever nasty and expressing his feeling about Muggles and anyone not of the Black Family!

This little guy is in 1:12th scale and he stands just at (if not a tidbit under) 2 1/2 inches tall.

Richard made the backdrop which I adore ...he is at his best when he works on things like this...

Just wanted to share our newest...

Hope everyone is having a great summer ...here's hoping much cooler than us.

Time to start thinking of fall and Halloween... the night time spooky chill of a crisp Hallows eve always serves to cool the mind and spirit!

Hugs to All

Jodi

Our Latest Mini

OK...don't look at the date I was last here....lol! Hope everyone is having a wonderful summer...ours has been fun, hectic, slow, fast and full of surprises...oh, and hot...120 so far has been the high...with more on the way...UGH!

Anyway we have been busy with work and some of the work we have completed is our newest Miniature 1:12th scale Japanese 'White Heron Dancer' . Years ago we did a large scale male version of this one and since we started the minis I have wanted to create this one again...tiny...don't ask why...OK, I will tell you...I AM NUTS!!!

This was actually harder than the large one ...dozens of hand cut paper feathers strung together, paper mache 2 1/2 inch tale Heron Head, gold leaf hand painted pants and other mind exploding details that will be a long time to get over...LOL. In truth is was a true joy to create just very time consuming and great 'fretting' material!!! It is on our website in the 'Dolls Available' section if you want to see more pictures and read about her... ( http://www.creagers.com )

I think we are now hoping onto a 12 inch Forest witch who will be lots of fun.... stay tuned...

Hugs to All

Sharing the Old to create the New

Got up this morning thinking what new thing do I have to share on my blog...I am in-between dolls , no trips planned, the weather is average, no new recipe, ...so I started going through my boxes and baskets filled with old pictures, ideas, poems and stories and these 3 photos literally 'popped' out at me...(actually I picked up a stack of stuff and these 3 pictures fell out of the lot) so one who believes in signs..I saw this as one and scanned to share.

Now the explanations as to what these pics are... first off...they are VERY old dolls of ours from many many a moon ago....(YIKES... near 20 years ago)... I had almost forgotten about these characters ...and like an old friend it is always wonderful meeting up with them again....I figure anything that makes you smile and think fondly of old times is a very good thing...right!

These were made before we had anything other than a 35mm and a 4x5 camera... ahhhh the wonderful wacky days of film photography... each shot nerve wracking until you had them developed...praying all along to the Film Gods for decent shots! (no photoshop either) lol...

So these were just a few examples of Richard's and my early polymer clay dolls.... as you can see, I was just learning but damn we had fun! Each stood approx. 12-13 inches tall then...and as with our work now...we made each and every thing that you see in the shots....

Bucket, rocks, leaves and icicles of 'Jack Frost' ...and the second one 'The Show must go on' is one of our favs of all times... Richard designed and built the stage, stools, all the accessories including the little Thermos and cup, the sandwich and even the bag of tiny pretzels and beer can. I painted the backdrop setting and made the puppets...we LOVED all of the details and kept adding and adding...had to finally stop...LOL!

Went to a great collector friend of ours.

The third was our beginning and first fascination with ventriloquists and their 'dummies' The Great Ventrillo and his Pal Barney'... ...The Great Ventrillo had a wicked sense of humor...he was reading to Barney ' Woodpeckers of North America' ...poor Barney is a tad nervous and does not appreciate the humor. Richard made all the accessories including the small oak chair and mic and bowler. Sold him at the Disneyworld Doll Show.

Those really were some fun dolls and each holds a great memory for us.

I always think it is fun to share past works and to never forget the starting places of careers...

I have always said, artists learn from each piece they create, growing and discovering new paths to walk down... and from past works to the work we all create now , if the journey has taught lessons and the creations have brought smiles... then you are a success in your chosen field..

Thanks for stopping by...

Hugs

Our Newest..warning .. may appear a little bland to many!

Happy Wednesday Everyone...thou I am writing this late in the day may already be Thursday in other places...in that case...happy Thursday!

We just finished out latest miniature doll for EBAY (listing today) 'Ikebana' ...I felt a very strong need to do a peaceful piece ...that feeling hits me once in a while ... ooooommmmmm!

She was very relaxing to create and satisfying for us both... the Japanese pieces usually are , just something about the color, and flow that makes one smile...

But as I stated in my title... warning!! may be a little too bland for many! LOL...By that I mean,

I have been looking all through Friends blog Pages today and yesterday...playing catch up to see what has been happening in bloglandia... and all I can say is ...MY GOODNESS! There are some exciting and extreme art pieces out there beyond my door... right to the edge art and a tad beyond in many cases...visually stimulating and mind boggling . I could not help but think..."WOW, the world of art (doll art in particular) as changed so so much since I started...and it's times like this when I see extreme art and art that tests the very fabrics of our souls that I can help but wonder ...are we to calm in our approach to doll art.?? Actually this is a funny statement for me and specially for those that know me well...I am anything but calm and laid back....as a matter of fact...the words 'Nuts' and 'Wacky' pop up often when I am being described to a group of people... but I guess when it comes to Art (dolls) I tend to be more grounded ...

This is neither good nor bad.... just who I am as an artist... or rather the direction I took as an artist...but as they say...inside every person there is another... dwelling, lurking and begging to get out.

I admire so the 'edge' people who hang it out there for all to see... creating from a mysterious place of uniqueness and individuality ...I have always adored art that just makes you exclaimed out loud..."Wow" !!

Oh to be 30 years younger and not so firmly entrenched in life's pathway...

But alas...I love what I do, it brings me joy , it keeps me focused and offers up a a righteous serving of soul ....

What makes Art such a splendid form of self expression is it's ability to be what each person/artist needs it to be .. total freedom.

Hugs

Happy Mothers Day to All the Moms

It is a glorious day here in Arizona...warmish winds and blue skies ... and the feeling in the air that there are many Happy Moms spread throughout the land.

I am having my Mother (picture above when she was approx. 20) who is now 88 over for a lovely breakfast of Eggs Benedict , fresh strawberries and pink grapefruit slice and Mimosas. ..this just happens to be her favorite..so I can feel her excitement as I ready myself to pick her up at 10:00am. Mom makes it clear to me all the time that she wants nothing and needs nothing...so it is hard to buy for this lady , fixing her a meal is a wonderful treat for her ...and it makes me so happy to do this.

But of course we did get her a plant , a bottle of her favorite wine, and I made her a card...

We will eat, chat, play a game or two of dominoes and reminisce ...then she will want to go home for a good nap... all in all a day well spent in comfort and love for us both...

I will then thank my lucky stars that I had he another year from last mothers day ...this is my Mothers Day Gift to 'Me'....

Hope everyone of you has a Glorious Day filled with good times and the creation of good memories for the days to come...

Hugs....