Everytime I go to bed with my hair wet, not only do I wake up with a kookie crazy hair nest…But, I also wake up in a strange pickle. This morning I woke up in a full scale phase of mourning. I don't know why. All I know, is that at 3:45 a.m. I woke up, my hair still moist, and knew something was not right. I fell back asleep at 4:30a.m…Nightmares in tow…Fun Fun.
The truth is, I still don't know why my day got under my skin in the form of a 95 year old little Italian lady wearing a little black veil? Who by the way, had been in mourning for 65 years, over the loss of the love of her life. My brother calls me Sybil. Now I know why, as today, I was every part of Miss Dinsmoor…Chick-a-boom…Strange day, new personality…
The writer in me sat down to type. Cafe Americano's a plenty, all day…Still, the words had knots all around them. I have this same typewriter in red. I should have used it instead…
Covered in paint, as all my clothing seems to be, I typed and typed. But, it would not help shake my little black veil…Oh, little red elf shoes, take me away…
Then I gave up. The phone rang soo many times. All stressful real world calls. So, I decided, perhaps I should paint. Finish my "one day at the circus" painting to decompress…
And then, Knowme and I played dress up in the gallery…
As I let myself dream and soar in the gallery…I had sooo many thoughts…
Like, why in the world isn't all of this stuff in my Etsy shop???? And, what am I doing with myself? And, where is all my time going? And, do you feel like this too? Do you have strange peculiar days? Do you have any answers for me? <psychotic laughter>
So, I decided that within the next two days, I am going to work on getting a bunch of characters in my Etsy shop. After which the next goal will be to get a second batch of paintings in and some jewels…As, you girls seem to be die hard jewel fans. Yay!
Including:
My "Super Bake Girl"
A Cupcake Trick
Sweetcakes (Love the hand that feeds you)
The fool who let love
Tomato Tamato (deciding to call the whole thing off was easy, finding the appropriate way to do it was not. So, she thought of the perfect trick. One last offering.) And as the song goes, Tomato Tamato, Potato Patato, let's call the whole thing off…
Plus ceramics. A couple of which will be…
A Berry Good Bowl of edibles
Miss Mouserson, the wobbly little sip…
Plus, a few new illustrations. The larger pieces of artwork will not have prints made of them. I guess, I have a lot of work to do in the next few days. That should keep me out of trouble…
I have to say, I was surprised to find the "Thinking Blogger Award" attached to my name. Thank you Miss Gypsy Purple and Miss Giggles. You girls are wonderful. And, in following the lead on how this works, I get to nominate 5 blogs that make me think ( if you are named, the rules are, you must choose your own five, and insert logo, which I am being really bad at late this evening).
In no particular order:
Maryam of, My Marrakesh ~ Love everything about her, her stories that lead to real life adventure, her tales of long ago, along with textiles and fashion, even home decor. Oh and her photos!
Risa of Muerto de Risa, she is funny and real and sharing and oh, sooo giving. Risa is a magical little sprite, running around Ecuador doing really good things, and almost ready to return to the states.
Paris Parfait, smart and chic, kind and wonderful. You never know if you are going to get an amazing eyefull of treasures or the most intelligent update on world happenings, even a bit of history actually. I just adore her…
Sonya of KnitSonya, my goodness, this woman is precious. She is smart and witty and funny too. Sonya is full of life and a true dear heart.
And, Miss Small Fox in a big world, who has actually become alive to me. She is hilarious and a kindred spirit! And oh, so real and one of those people who you know would save you from a shark or a bad date. She would be the one who would call you, know you were on a date from hell, and turn up at the restaurant going "You have to get out of here, there has been this huge emergency, c'mon, let's go…" Saved by Sarah.
You must take a minute to go to Sarah's current blog post. She is soooo funny!!! We became real to eachother over the telephone waves yesterday. It was sooo funnnnnyyyy. And, it was brought to my attention, that well. I use a lot of exclamation points & seem to get really excited about things… And, I realize now ~ I sound like an over caffeinated smurf…And all I can say is, the jig is up. I do apply a very very expensive theatre make-up to my entire body every day to cover up my blue skin. I can not lie about this. I am a true "over caffeinated Smurf!!!!!!!!!"
I am not the smurf above though. I am a bit different. And, I borrowed the pic from homepages.stmartin.edu/ smurfette.gif
Vanessa, love your art – so whimsical and uplifting! And congrats on your Thinking Blogger award, which surprises me not in the least! Your creativity and actions are inspiring! And thank you for mine, as well as the delicious kudos! Merci bien, mon cher ami, le Smurf le bleu. What a nice way to start the day. xo
oh’ miss fanciful….wet hair is awful when u sleep with it…dampens ur dreams, washing a way those fanciful dreams….also can give u a nasty head cold. sometimes i will have a bath late…well, stay in the bath til’ im a prune…a very wrinkly little thing!…and too tired to dry my mop of hair-i fall asleep…disaster!!…i wake feeling strange, a little odd…a bit out of sorts!!
i know that feeling well my sweet x x x
your illustration explains the mood well.
how i l o v e super bake girl and a cup cake trick!!!!! my favourites…the beauty of them is worth billions!!!!! x x x
u are an extra special lady miss fanciful…
have u seen ‘my fair lady’??????
ur drawings remind me so much of that heavenly beautiful film x x x
x x x kazzy x x x
this was a wonderful post (as usual) I too wake up with the grieving widow in me sometimes, and on occasion a small girl, I believe her name is abigail, also wakes up in me….
strange.
I love all your work that is cake themed!!!!
love you beauty!
I’m sorry about your veiled day. I do understand. Even when I’m not in a good, consistent mood, I still have those days. A lot of times they are days of “what am I doing with my life.” I try to just stay in the moment and realize that I can’t always know the answer to that question.
Can’t wait to see the new things in your shop!
When I scroll thru my favorites Vanessa, my whole face bursts in a huge toothy grin as I see “A Fanciful Twist”! I love everything about you (except for that body makeup…)Anyway, YES those blue days have been grabbing me and choking up my special worldly plans. It really cramps my style too. I like the way you grabbed it by the tail and turned it into wonderful delicious stuff! Suenos bonitos para tu mi amiga especial!!!
Oh, it’s all so lovely! I am excited to see your shop update. Although, I am sorry about the veiled day for you…I actaully never know how I’m going to wake up in the morning…I’ve been scared and panicky as of late which sometimes morphs into sadness…but there’s a lot of funny and hope during the day. I told my mom last night, “I’m so tired of feeling sad…and angry” and she said something to the effect of, “well, if you’ve been repressing those for so long…it’s probably time” she’s right you know…feelings are better up and out!
hi vanessa! i apologize for your feeling of mourning as i think you may have been unknowingly channeling the my freak out that happened last night at around 1:30 am my time. i decided that the rug i made for my brother and his fiance as a wedding gift was terrible and awful and two lightly colored for two messy people with a dog and that i am a horrible sister for even thinking it was a good gift and now i will need to spend all of my time over the next month making a smaller but more appropriate for them rug.
of course, that’s not quite the same thing as a little old italian lady in black.
and thank you for mentioning me as a blog that makes you think! i am truly honored that you think all of thos nice things about me. and it brought a big big smile to my face!!! can you see it? it’s huge!!!
i already posted today but i will post 5 that make me think soon.
i can’t wait until i’m in the states and ca snatch up some of your pottery.
you really do have a magical gift of bringing happiness into the world. what a brilliant thing in these time of violence and fear!!! i’m still waiting for your comic. i can just imagine all of jordan’s female students going ga-ga for it.
have a great weekend my love…
ALL your work is scrumptious!!! LOVE every piece of it.
I have been disconnected from my happy virtual world for nearly 2 DAYS!! I believe I have a serious problem, as does my husband at this point…BUT I am happy to be back and reading and soaking in your lovely’s!!
xo
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Yes Miss Vanessa – I am glad that you too have reached the conclusion that these things need to be in your etsy shop!!! And did you decide that about your jewels too? and more ceramics?? I should think so too!!
Oh I am sorry to hear of your veiled day – but it is better out than in you know – the feelings are there – we give voice to them and then whooop we can move onto the next thing – (most of the time!) Congrats on you blogging award – well desrved of course!!! It is amazing how real to me the people in the blogging world have become – and thank you for introducing a couple more to my life!!! Okay my dear – I have to be off but you should know that I adore your visits to my virtual world as much as I love visiting yours!!!!
I’m so excited to see so many of your wonderful artwork going to the shop, I am particularly in love with ‘Super Bake Girl’ and ‘Tomato Tamato’. I also love the first drawing (girl with parasol). Congrats on being nominated for the ‘thinking blog award’ and so many lovely links to explore too. Hope you are okay, if you need to talk or waffle, I can listen anytime.
That happens to me all the time.. The creative division of Bitter Betty Industries is well staffed by in large.. However the commerce division is just a bunch of hopeless slackers!
When in serious doubt I simply leave the house. Infusion!
I don’t know what type of hair you have but imagine having naturally curly hair and going to bed with it wet, now THAT is a nightmare. I deal w/ that quite often.
Me?! I make you think? Me and my poop diamonds?! I guess there is a first time for everything!
I would totally do all those things you said and more. I’ve always been the person to call if you need someone. If you needed me bad enough, I’d try to find a way to come.
I’m sorry you still feel bad today. Hopefully it will pass. I get like that all the time. Is it near you “time of the month?” That always does it for me!
vanessa, your paintings are so great! i love them. sorry about the mourning, our minds do that sometimes, but it is good that you wrote and created.
i just saw volver and thought of you {because of your comment}, what a great movie.
My horror is to wake up in the morning as me…not the 24 year old I like to chanel…oh!!! well, my life is perfect right now anyway, as I have a new name Amma (Icelandic for Grandmother) loooooove it.
Now about hair…no I won’t go there…just think curly bird’s nest ;>
Love your blog and it seems I am not alone…your energy and kindness comes jumping out at every post 🙂 Glad I found you. xox
Oh so excited about your shop update! I love everything, but especially the baker girl and all of the ceramics! And you are the very nicest smurf girl in disguise I have ever met!
I love seeing your work, I love owning your work! And thank you for honoring me with your choice. The feeling is oh-so-mutual. Your pages are a delight to read!
I love the Eat me, but why am I cracking myself up over it!! My distorted mind… it’s pathetic! How funny would bite me and lick me be too!! Hehehhe – I am warped. I’ve been away from blogging for far too long. *i must learn to contain myself once again*
So gurl, are you busying yourself with filling the Etsy back up!? I can’t wait to see whatcha got!
LuvyaMeanit!
Oh my, you are incredible. I love coming over here. Where do you take it all from?
Haha, go smurfette, go! I have to admit, your posts are always filled with an abundance of energy and enthusiasm – but it’s refreshing to see!
Oh, yes, I have days like that – quite often in fact. They are the kinda days where I wish I could just press rewind and start again – next time it happens though I’m just going to try and embrace the wierdness – go with the flow, you know?
Your artwork is great – yes, you must put it in an etsy store!
wonderful displays of art – ‘super bake girl’ is wonerful!
clever girl… cant wait to see what you put into your etsy shop next!!
I know now to never sleep with wet hair – ever…my hair is a crazy frizzy nest if I do and I always sleep on satin pillowcases with my hair in a loose low ponytail…not a sexy bedroom look for my man…oh well tough haha!
hope you’re over the mourning feeling although those 60 images of black funeral netted hats are ever so chic…OK Im just weird…hope the sun is shining in your face…
Oh my dear, how many times have i asked myself the very same questions…when i am i going to get my shop filled, where does the time go, why am i not doing this or that or the other thing??? I wish i could organize my time better and find a way to do all the stuff i’ve been dying to do for some time now…and i know the frustrations of it all! After taking care of the daily chores of life, the cleaning, errands, cooking and kazillion other duties i’m finding it a wee bit of a challenge getting my creative stuff done!
but I eagerly await the latest additions of all your fantabulous (my new fave made up word) and marvelous VV creations.
and keep playing dress up with Knowme…such fun!
Perhaps you could spruce that little Italian lady up with some of your jewels… you’d both be better off then! I can’t wait to see what you add to your Esty shop, and am glad that you’re giving us peeks into your jewelry stash.
Many congrats on your Thinking award, it is well deserved and many thanks for all the delightful links.Looking forward to seeing your updated Etsy shop.
Hello!
Oh if we could do a wet head photo swap, you could see the loveliness I awake with and have a wee giggle for sure.
Now I know what the problem is. It’s not me, it’s old, depressed ladies who creep in. . . whew is that a relief. I’ve had a few visitors in my day too.
Time for me to get the old gnome, hiding in the garage, out and dusted off. I didn’t know there was such fun to be had. I knew there was a purpose for him. hee hee
You’re such a delight.
Congratulations on the Thinking Award. Your words take us to fun, whimsical and giggly places we could not think of ourselves, so thank you, thank you.
I too wake up days bogged down by the bobwebs of dreams that just won’t leave, nor will they reveal themselves entirely. It’s awful isn’t it?
I just adore your Super Bake Girl. L.O.V.E. her.
Off to find your Etsy store…
I love Super Bake Girl! Soo fabulous and how you have her over the newspaper with the scalloped border! I think that is one of your best pieces that I have seen. Really Vannessa, it’s so great! Sorry about the nightmares, I hate that. They run in my family of nervous, OCD types. I like when my little nieces is talking about something she doesn’t like at all i.e. nightmares she says, “IIIIIIIIiiiiii Hhhhhhhhhhate!!!!”