What in the world is the meaning of such a title? Well, I'll tell ya. It means, "The Curious little girl, sells her curious little things." That would be me. Creating and selling curiosities, straight from my imagination onto paper, or into clay, or onto canvas…Anything I can get my little hands on that is…
What is the meaning of all of this you ask? I am trying to simply explain that I have had a huge shop update at A Fanciful Twist – the Etsy shop, & I am working on little tid-bits which will trickle in much this week.
The whole purpose of my blog was to share the love of art. Somewhere along the way, I forgot to share some of my creatures. The first 10 years of my life in the arts, I was creating large scale paintings and art installations for people (much more serious). As well a peddling my jewelry creations (still doing that). However, in the past 4 years, I have allowed myself to tap into the illustrations, drawing the images that have roamed around in my head for ever so long.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoy creating them. They are a bit strange, but really, aren't we all??
I am having so much fun with it. It makes me feel alive and free, to draw whatever I want, with no rhyme or reason. And these little drawings, when I look into their eyes, seem all to familiar. Like pointing at eachother, exclaiming, "I know you!" Anyhow, come over to the shop if you'd like to take a peek at them all. I am having such a hard time conveying how incredible the prints look. My goodness, I exclaimed when I saw one printed! It took 3 printers, hundreds in different papers, and so much time and aggravation to find a machine that would create such a lovely print. I am smitten.
I am also still painting. The serious stuff is lurking right now. Giving me a little break. I included some paintings and plates in the shop update too. Some of you delightful girls, found your little steals before my update announcement! Thank you, that was fun and inspiring, to say the least!!
Bowls and plates, and all sorts of little treasures…You'll find…
Miss Blue heart, Red-head (below), found a home already. She will be missed, but will be ever so happy in her new home, I can more than assure you of that! There are other little plates in the shop and more to be added as they come out of the kiln.
Miss Cirque du Cupcake, is in the shop…
And, so is "Super Bake Girl." Now remember, I invented her, so if you see her mass produced somewhere, well, actually, is there anything we can do really??? Probably not…
Those are just some bits and pieces of what went in the shop over the weekend. I will be adding regularly, and I will let you know when I make large updates.
Two more little characters which will be added tomorrow are…
Caracol con Flores (snail with flowers) &
Peacock Girl…
Most of my images will be going into greeting card packages as well. All to come. I would love to hear your ideas? Thoughts? On all this madness???
How was your weekend? What did you do???
I was trying to catch the Fairies, through the old window in the backyard.
Instead, I found a half massacred body of a lizard. I walked passed my chair, the one I swore to do something with 7 years ago, when I found it on the property, hidden. I just love the color…Can it be anything?
I also, did a lot of wondering…Specifically about how I became a country girl. I shocked the heck outta myself with that….But then I remembered… The tales live in quiet unusual places…And sometimes, I can hear them in the wind…Now, how ever would I hear them amongst the noise in a big city? Although, I think in the city, the tales seep out of dark warehouses, big abandoned buildings and underground….What do you think?
I was at a funeral this weekend. Funny, how everything feels surreal in life for a few days after a funeral…
I am off to work a bit, and maybe even wander….
(Next time, more lovely swap parcels that have trickled in. They are just wonderful!!)
I’m glad you’ve been creative and added so many goodies in the shop. How wonderful, the prints and gorgeous ceramics are calling out to me :)-like your new shop banner too! I heart Peacock Girl -it’s wonderful to be able to peek into the world of your imagination and dreams.
I love your idea of tales in the country vs the big city, I definitely believe that there are strangeness wherever you go, we can search deeper or choose to ignore (yes, there is strangeness in all of us).
All your work is beautiful 🙂 I love your characters, especially the snail.
So many things have my heart already it is unreal!!! I adore peacock girl and the drink me cup – and SO MANY of your wonderful delightful things! I hope your weekend was good! I am off to browse your shop……..again…..I keep having to return…over and over again…I do love it so.
xxx
your shop looks super fantastico!!!!
Love the melancholy print as well as strange piano!!!
you are lovely!!!
Hi Nessy Ness! How are you babe? Sorry i haven’t been around much. Trying to get a little life work balance after 5 long years. God you have been busy….man I have missed our little chats. I should be back online more often now. chat soon honey.
Michelle
Yay! I can’t wait for my little creation, I love all the wonders that flow from your hand!
I had a spectacular bike ride this weekend, read leisurely in the garden, edited photos of Mr R’s plane ride with our pilot friend that I will post soon, ate Tai food with my family to celebrate the neices bd, walked to a new gallery exhibit downtown for some much needed inspiration and began a new weekly series post that you must check out!!
xo
s
Off to take a look at your shop.
Love, love, love all your things – those Fungi Sisters, what a trio! Very exciting.
Ok I loooove the Peacock Girl, I just dig the colors so much. Oh and my weekend was pretty low-key and boring.
hi miss lovely! oh how i am missing you while in new york! things are just kind of crazy here so i haven’t had time to post but maybe later today???
big giant huge hugs!!!!!!!!
I love the way you think! It makes me happy to know that I am not the only one. I think your chair is Beautiful the way it is!
Your shop update looks great and yay to you for all of the creating you’ve been doing! I love your snail girl and peacock girl – I can’t wait ’til they end up in your shop!!
Oh my dear… I just adore all of the WONDERFUL things you have added to your already delightful store! I have put hearts on several things. However, I think I might just have to have the Peacock Girl print as peacocks are my FAVORITE! I will be VERY eager to see it in your store tomorrow. Tomorrow is a very exciting day on Etsy as another friend of mine is having the grand opening of her store there. She makes the most beautiful prayer flags. But, I will be gone away tomorrow and will miss it all… I will be gone to the Hob Lob! Hooray! Hooray! But, I still can’t tell you what I’m going to the Hob Lob for… It is a mystery of the most secret kind. Tee hee. Hope you have a wonderful and delightful day!
Big hugs to you,
Karen Beth …xoxoxo… 🙂
oh’ miss fanciful…your art gets more fabulous with every sweet, magical entry… the ‘snail with flowers’ how wonderfully beautiful…all your art is stunningly fabulous, fantastic- amazingly unique!
i love it!!!! love it!!!! and loving it more!! if i had the millions to buy your works of art i would!!!! the magical happiness that your art holds within it is just stunning!!!!!!!!!+ the peacock girl- i have to say is the stuff of fairytales…
you’re soooo tallented!
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Hey Vanessa La Cola Curiosa~Okay so I’m walking all over downtown Clarksville swinging my camera and thinking “if I was fanciful, I’d take pics of all this and blog it” So I took pics and stopped in at Kinko’s for something else… and poked my Visa in the computadora there…checked my email…Vanessa says “I can’t wait to hear about your hunt” So yeah, thats what you are going to hear about tomorrow…I gots lots of pictures…
And you gots lots of artsy goods for sale! I hope you get rich enough to go to Rock City with me :)Kandeedo can come too if she can quit studying for awhile…bring your new bike and that thing in the closet. It’ll be fun!
So whimsical!
So FUN!
The most wonderful thing about a memorial service for me ,besides celebrating a loved one,is the introspective glow and interesting perspective it gifts you with. Such a sense of wonder about this thing called life.
Okay,Peacock Girl is rockin’ my world so hard!!!!
The owl and the snail girl are my favs. Such lovely things to see, on this, a sick day. I feel like utter poo, but you have managed to fill my heart with a bit of delight!
I love all the wonderful, whimsical pieces!I especially love Super Bake Girl! Yay! ~A 🙂
Your store rocks, darling girl! As do you!! 😀
Love the creatures, love to see your shop updated with such a fun variety, and love the idea of notecards. Love all around – that’s what you’ve brought me today!
Oh, i adore SuperBakeGirl so much!! and Peacock Girl too(colors are beautiful and striking)! It’s all wonderful really!
That last photo is very magical…what else, yes…love the drink me mug and berry good bowl, the face plates are fun too! Such unbridled creativity!!
I feel the same way about funerals too!
Have fun working and wandering Miss V!
Oh! I adore the Alice ‘drink me’ cup and the berry bowl. Loving Miss Elegant Peacock and her snaily sister. Cerise is fabulous as is Super Bake Girl.
I have the little ‘Eat sweets’ silhouette on my fridge and I love it. I’d also like to report that I stopped sneezing (finally) Thanks for visiting me!
PLEASE send some of that creative power my way! What incredibly awesome art! I love it all! THe Fungi sisters are so bizarre! What an imagination! LOVE it!
Your little shop is like falling through the rabbit hole into Wonder Land. 🙂
Some day, I’m gonna be rich and I am going to buy all of your art…it’s a good dream anyway…
oh sob, I am sure I am too late for everything.:-(
Naughty typepad wouldn’t let me sign in earlier…I wanted to say how lovely everything looks!
Oh, there is so much creativity happening here! Your prints look fantastic – I especially love the peacock girl. Your imagination must be a fun and luscious place to visit.
wonderful beautiful art! I am in absolute love with peacock girl! You are such a marvel, Lady Vanessa 🙂
oh wonderful new goodies!!! love Peacock girl…how clever!
off to have a look!
I hope my parcel gets to you soon!
I can not believe how prolific you are. Do you finish 10 things Every Day? i am so slow and with a show coming up I am a bit nervous!
Send me some of your obvious energy and know I am in awe.
( The” love is real ” critter is my fave.Is that this post or the one before. seriously. I simply can’t keep up.
I accidently became a country girl, and felt misplaced for a while until I came to love it. Now,the city is building around us and I miss the solitude.
I packed my Trader Joe’s bag full of goodies for my vacation this week, and kept in the back seat for easy nibbling access. Thanks again!
(love the peacock girl-she’s my favorite of all the cuties you showed)
Your art is wonderful – did you show Maryam that Peacock Girl? As for the chair, a carpenter can add the missing parts, a little paint and voila – the chair will look as you imagined it might! xo
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Lovely work. Is the work at IMG3950 for sale? Please contact me with details. Thank you.