More Goblin Goodies

Howdy...just a few more items to add to the Goblin Desk... Richard made the ink well and believe it or not...a wonderful tiny tiny hummingbird feather was found this morning out by our pond (our feeder is just above the pond) ...we would like to think that the little hummingbird knew Richard was wracking his brain on what to do for the pen & Quill part of the set...and decided to leave him a sweet little feather... yeah yeah...that's or story and we are sticking to it!!! Seriously ...it was there. This the the first ledger along with the Receipt Holder....sitting on top of the yet to be finished off desk. Other shots are Richard making the little gallions (100 to be exact when he is finished) he punches these from polished brass , buffs the edges and will mark each.

I need to write an article for a magazine today and gather pictures so we are taking off a day from the doll...although I suspect Richard will find himself out in the shop working on something Goblin Related!!

Also I am 'Gathering Gathering' Goodies for the Giveaway Box... this is FUN!!

Hugs,

Jodi

Holy Mind Blow Batman!!!

Well I got up this morning poured myself a cup of Brazil's Finest turned on the computer...and of course went first to my Favorite Spot...'Bloglandia'... and there, before me...what did I see...the number 200!!!! Well slap me silly and call me a cab I can't believe my eyes...!!! Seems like yesterday there were 100...and believe me I was thrilled to death with that number. I want to Thank 'SNOWFERN' for making it officially 200!!!

I actually want to Thank each and everyone for becoming my friend and making this journey through Bloglandia one of the best journeys I could take. Just to know you all are out there popping in once in a while to read my silly jottings makes life incredibly fun and full....

OK...so now I want to do what I should have done ages ago and what I have been marveling at others for doing... I want to have a 'Give Away' ... I am going to put together a Box of all sorts of things from the Creager Studios...some New, Some Old, Art Work, Misc. Goodies...a little of this....and a lot of that! This will be fun and I guarantee some cool stuff!

I will have someone (maybe my Mom...she is into Blindfolds!!...LOL) choose a name from my followers list...I will do the all time favorite of printing all the names individual and tossing into a Hat.... now if a Rabbit is pulled first out of the hat...that goes in the box too!!!.

I will probably do this Saturday or Sunday.... Oh Boy, I am excited now...going to go 'a gathering' ...

Thank You all once again for joining my blog with your Friendship, Kindness, tolerance and sticktoitiveness .

Big Hugs To All!!!!!

Jodi

Goblin on the Move

Hey There...Happy Sunday All!! Another lovely day in the Mojave Desert! Just thought I'd post a couple update pictures on the little Gringotts Goblin... These pics are actually 2 days old and we have gone past this stage...but as I am always 'behind' in stuff ...this is the best I could do for now...more to come. This basically just shows the Goblin with a body and a few little pieces of clothing...MAN those suckers are hard to dress at that size!! Also shows his sculpted long shoes...no hands yet...working on those now...

The desk shot was one I took in Richard studio...I totally forgot to pop pictures of his designing stages...and let out a yelp, ran into his room and Yelled loudly..."STOP" don't go any further!!! I think I scared him a bit... so I snapped this early stage of the desk top... no stain or aging process yet ...nor hardware or top for that matter... but there is a band aide ...there was a small mishap with an exacto knife... getting better already.

Off to work more today..on a roll. Vest is on but jacket needs to be finished...

Hope everyone has a Great Sunday...

Hugs to All

Jodi...and the Band-aided one!

Gringott's Goblin Start

Morning... well this is the starting of our Gringott's Goblin and his desk setting....so much more to go of course but I thought I would try to show this one in steps too...now all I have to do is remember to stop and pop a pic!!....

He is 1:12th scale so he is extra teeny tiny as he is a Goblin! If standing would come to Harry's
mid upper arm (when Harry was lots younger) This little fellow will have spectacles perched on his nose and some sort of weird hair do....little knickers with a waist coat, vest, watch fob , colonial shoes with brass buckles . The desks shown in the movie where the Goblins sit to me hide to much of their little cute bodies...so Richard designed a desk to show him sitting at his stool yet big enough to hold all of his 'desk goodies' ...we figure he might be one of the Goblins working behind the scenes in the back office of Gringotts !!

The stool is unfinished as you can see...needs to be weathered and stained ...Richard made this from scratch, he shaped the legs from hardwood and well rounded the seat.

This is going to be a fun project... plus I have the Harry Potter Movies on alllll day long in my studio , which I love!!

Hugs to all

Jodi

Back from the Wilds of Prescott, AZ

And I don't mind telling you...I am none to happy to be back!! What a wonderful time we had visiting Prescott, AZ with our good friends Kate and Tony (Of Woodstock Party Fame) ...

The down side of enjoying ones self and relaxing to the point of being classified as a 'Wet Noodle' is that more pictures were not taken of the whole adventure!! I LOVE to take Pics ...but... I found myself being very selfish with my time and emotions... and wanting to just 'commit' the whole experience to memory rather than to print....but a few were popped and that is good (although as always a rather crappy one of me...it must be known here and now...I photograph TERRIBLE)!!! Anyway...a glorious time was had by all...we checked out many of the local activities and the wonderful Music Nightlife ....listed to jazz in a small bar in the Hassayampa Inn ( which by the way is known to be Haunted...so of course I went looking) ...unfortunately felt nothing...drat!!! We looked in Galleries, ate local fare and traveled around to various lakes to get a feel for taking our Kayaks up next time....thumbs up to that idea...we can hardly wait!

OK...I must be honest here...there was talk all weekend long of a possible pending move to this area somewhere down the road......and all agreed, even Richard who is a man who likes to stay put when he settles in!! I on the other hand have way too much Gypsy in me to settle down for any great length of time. So there is a possibility that in 1-2 years we might be moving up to this region of AZ. Our main reason for a move would be purely to feed our artistic souls....that area is just ripe with culture, local events, Art, Music , artistic projects to get involved with , shopping, beauty, and 'cooler' weather. I am afraid that where we live now is a vast wasteland of anything resembling culture and art... mainly this is a playground for the 3 'B's as I like to call it.... Boats, Babes, and Beer!!!! It is terrific for the locals interested in that and the So. Californians with partying kinda attitudes (not all Californians...just the rowdy ones) ... and I am afraid that Art has finally taken a permanent backseat to all things gas powered, loud and half naked and drunk.... Sad to say about my town...I mean, the long time locals here are wonderful and the area itself is great...but I am frankly tired of Monster Boat Extravaganzas on our main street as opposed t Art and Craft Fairs.... UGH!!

Sorry to get so locally political here in this lovely Vacation Moment...but the one thing this vaca did for me was 'open my eyes' and make me realize that I do deserve more. So with that said...we wait for the market to bounce up a bit....sell the house...and move to Prescott... not sure how long it will take...bottom line , there is a plan in place and a goal...to things I adore and that go a long way to keeping me sane and moving forward....

Even Richard seems into the idea....WHEW!!!!

So that's where I have been the last few days.... NIRVANA! Recharged, Rejuvenated, Raring to Go!!

Started working our our next commission.... Gringott's Goblin sitting at his tall desk...with tons of little goodies from ledgers to pen and quill, gallions to scale..... fun fun fun!!!

Good to be back...

now click those heals and repeat after me three times.... "It's Almost Halloween...It's Almost Halloween...It's Almost Halloween!!!!

Hugs to All

Jodi

Happy Birthday Woodstock...

In-Between all the hassles of life that have been hurdled in my direction lately...we did take time out on Saturday Evening for a small gathering to celebrate the 40th Birthday of Woodstock!! and what a fun time we had...Good Food, Good Wine, Good Talk ...and even a Cake!! Our good friends Kate and Tony joined us...it was all rather impromptu , just the way I like gatherings to be. Kate and Tony are from New York (living in Havasu for many years now) and Kate...bless her heart...was in the middle of the Whole Woodstock Nation...enjoying the 3 day festivities...and boy, what tales she can tell. I never went to Woodstock...wanted to very badly and came close...but the ride I had back there 'canceled' out (and YES...it was a Volkswagen Van)!!...so I instead headed to Southern , California (much closer) for my summer of Love as they called it...lol!

A&E has been running a wonderful 2 hour tribute to Woodstock ..and the new movies comes out next weekend...can't wait!!

About as close as I got that summer was to see the New York Broadway traveling Show of 'Hair' at the Aquarius Theater in LA... it was FANTASTIC!!!!

Yes...we did wear flowers in our hair... wore love beads (Kate is wearing her original ones from Woodstock in the picture) Bell Bottoms, gave the peace symbol every 10 minutes, smelled like Patchouli and did other fun type things of that period....it was innocent and we all seemed to be happy back then... a very creative time for many artists....

Happy Birthday Woodstock ...and "PEACE"...

Hugs Jodi

Been out of the 'Blog Loop' toooooo long!!!

AT LAST!!!! We finally got our auctions listed on EBAY Witch Hat

and our above doll "Batilda Batwise and her Emporium of Magical
Delights"

WHEW!!!! We have been through hell the past several days with a series of Misfortunate Events ...including Digital Camera going Belly Up , Car Issues, House Issues, and a whole slew of personal Private Stuff ... that it was starting to look like purposeful Roadblocks were being tossed in our way left and right... But Alas ... perseverance won out with a 'Where there's a will...there's a way' Attitude ... and we got it all handled...again I stress heavily a Great Big WHEW!!!!

So this is why I have been absent from my Blog...and boy did I ever miss it and all of you...

Now I must go and start reading to see what I have missed in Bloglandia....

Hugs to All...

Jodi