Corpse Bride - revisited

A fellow artist Theresa from Faerie Moon Creations wrote a blogpost earlier this week about her favorite December-Movies and I have a bunch like that too. One we both seem to like is "Corpse Bride" by Tim Burton, I so looooove this ! I once did a Burtonesque painting inspired by this movie

  

Oh and I also did a set of ATCs in a homage to Mr. B.

Now it just so happened to happen that last night while I was painting on a commission (yes, I am commissioned ! deadline is Xmas !) there was a re-run (they are very good with those here..) of the Corpse Bride on TV and I didn't mind this at all, they can screen this again and again and I still love it, so today when I was trying to be quiet a bit to get rid of my headache, I painted another bride and sewed her on a paper doily and sewed that on a sturdy painted cardboard, I love her ♥ I got to try out how my new Aquabrush works at the same time. She is 22x21 cm and the back is the lovely blue/green paper on the topmost pic. I will put her up for sale, just because I know there are so many Burton fans about and it is just in time for Christmas

I will send her with a bunch of extra's for the festive season ♥

US$30

Around the World on Santa's Sleigh

Shipping Included

...~:♪♫♪:~...

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010 !!!!

Prismacolor pencils

I have been spoiled by Santa,

so I must have been a good girl..... ~~:-)

I got the 132 pcs Prismacolor pencil set ! I am speechless !

Cookies and trees

I baked some cookies for friends and hung a little handmade tag on the bags.

then delivered all but one, when I realised I had made no photos yet !

So this is the last one before being gifted.

Corpse Bride - Tim Burton

Don't you just LOVE the Holiday-programmings on TV ?

I DO ! and late last night they screened

"Corpse Bride" by Tim Burton.

Ohhhhhhh I just LOVE those images !!!!

Here's the poster with a link to the official site....

and yes....I couldn't control my knucklebones and my coloured pencils....

so I am making something

Tim Burtonesque for myself at the moment, hehe.

I'll share with you all when it's done ;-)

by the way,

check out the latest trailer for his upcoming masterpiece..

Alice in Wonderland !!! ..(just click)

starring Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter,

Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Crispin Glover...

Street Art

I found this photo when rummaging through my older images....

my kids doing Christmas Street Art with chalk

on Christmas Day

(and yes, the sun shines here at Christmas) HoHoHO !

White Angel

All is white ♫

♫ All is bright

This Angel brings Light

♫♪♫

Christmas Houses

These are some fabric houses I made, the roofs come off

and they can be used as little containers for some Christmas trinkets; little gifts or cookies.

The small ones I made instead of Christmas cards two years ago,

the big ones I filled with home baked cookies as a present.

They give me that Christmas feeling

and

I want to make more of those now that I found the photos again.

Christmas Angel Sisters

'All I want for Christmas is Peace'

'Hark! the Herald Angels Sing'

Petit Angel - Imagine

Icicles ~ Christmas ornaments ~ Mail Art

Sinterklaas ~ St. Nicholas ~ A Dutch Tradition

So we "Dutchies" have an extra sort of Santa Claus that visits early in December.
He usually arrives somwehere in November from Spain on a big boat with his faithfull helpers.
This children's Feast has songs and goodies and yummie stuff and ....Oh, the memories !!
If you like to know more read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinterklaas
or this:
http://www.thehollandring.com/sinterklaas.shtml

Now, children of Dutch immigrants that live overseas enjoy the best of both worlds really.....they get the Sinterklaas tradition because their parents and grandparents try very hard to teach those kids about this wonderful Feast AND they get Santa with Christmas.
So yeah, my kids are amongst those lucky ones..... and my parents are sending the Sinterklaas treats to us every year faithfully and we LOVE them so !!!
(treats AND grandparents both, hehe)
To watch some videos of the 2009 arrival of Sinterklaas follow this link:
http://video.aol.co.uk/video-detail/intocht-sinterklaas-2009-in-schiedam-sinterklaas-en-hoofdpiet-op-de-pakjesboot-12/1299437011