Frog-new-year
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Hi all! What's new, what's up?? I'm so glad today is friday. I'm ready for a weekend. I'm going to paint and chill and chill and chill....

C's in arizona this week with J. They are dirt biking, street biking (they rode to California to see the ocean, how cool!) and whatnot. I can't wait to see him MoNday.

I think I'm going to see Memoirs of a Geisha tonight. I read the book, hopefully the movie will be good. It looks like there's a lot of eye candy visuals in it. de-Lovely.

Anyone want to do a swap with me?? I'll trade a painting for some other piece of art or craft. Let me know. I've been doing swaps through Purple, Pink and Orange, but I thought I'd see if anyone else out there reading my blog (ha!) wanted to swap.

I saw a friend from North Carolina last night. It was really cool catching up. Just remember, not everyone is as nice as it is outside. haha!

Alright peeps, have a great weekend!!

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

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Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Hope you all have very happy holiday season. :)

I've been a crazy person lately (as i'm sure lots of folks have been), so not much on the blogging front.

I'm looking forward to doing some baking and kickin' back with the family. **ahhhhhh***

Wednesday

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Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Well, finally my ski trip is here. :) I'm so stoked to hit the slopes...

I've got my friend J's snowboard bag and fancy schmancy goggles so I should be a rockstar on the runs. ha! riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

One of the swaps I participated in had several people who didn't send swaps out, but received one. The punks!! So I offered to do another one, despite not really having the time. I hope Y likes her package!

And double bonus, not only is this my Friday, but C and I are going swing dancing tonight. good times...

Hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Leapin' Frogs

Leapin' Frogs
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Well we got dumped on last night, 9-10 inches of snow where I live. Very cool. I do love the snow. :)

C bought some lotto tix for us last night. Hopefully we are the proud winners of 3.9 milllllion dollars. Well, a girl can dream... ha!

The work Christmas party is tomorrow night... My friends' Christmas party is Saturday. Should be quite the festive weekend! I'm going to try to put up my tree tonight. :)

Check out these greeting cards, they are so weird, I LOVE them!!

Quote for the day ~~There are no good girls gone wrong, just bad girls found out. -Mae West

ha!

What a nice horoscope!!

My Horoscope for today:

Libra
Balancing what you want and need with selfless good deeds is one of your specialties, and the good karma you've been cultivating is about to come back around in a very nice way. A long-distance connection or someone from your past might suddenly help something very sweet to land in your lap, or a person close to you may do you a big old favor completely out of the blue. Knowing you, you'll keep the excellent energy flowing.

Isn't that nice?? :) I'd like to think that I'm that lovely of a person.... ha!

It's snowing like CRAZY here. I hope I get to go home early!! SNOW DAY! I might have to dust off my sled for this weekend... A little snow practice before I head to the mountains next weekend for some SNOWBOARDING! Life is so good... :)

The Swap Present I got in the mail...

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I got my swap in the mail: A lovely scarf and pumpkin pouch and a purple flower pin. So lovely. Thank you B! I'm wearing the scarf today and loving it. :)

The concert last night was fabulous and I saw a bunch of people there I knew. Supersucker cancelled which is a bummer, cuz I've never seen them, but because they cancelled the show opened with Drakkasauna, a funny little two person band which was really good. So it worked out good... :) Met someone who also liked Flogging Molly and he told me to check out the Fast Food Junkies.

Here's a picture of the swap package I sent. Hope you got it and enjoyed it S!

Magpie Skinny Painting, Corduroy Roy the Owl, Snowman Stickers, a lavendar sachet and a teacup with candle.

And here is a picture of my coolio bedframe and night stand my Dad made me, that is sporting my lovely urban outfitter duvet cover (sans my very warm down comforter) and my lovely new green sheets.

Urban Chic bedframe. :)

I need to get busy hanging some art... I'm just still putting stuff away at this point. :) And I need to start my Christmas shopping and creating. Oye vey!

Happy Friday!

Thursday...

Red_Fancy
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

No swing dancing last night, my dance partner's been outta town this week. *sigh* But I got my rockabilly fix by listening to br549 last night and I'm going to see Reverend Horton Heat and Split Lip Rayfield tonight along with the Supersuckers. Wahoo!!!

I did a bunch of little paintings on Sunday while watching Nat'l Lampoon's Christmas Vacation with Little M. AFTER we went shopping. It was a good day all in all. Rounded out by some delicious Chinese food. umm....

I have to work this weekend... I'm really kinda dreading it. Ah well, that's life right??

I've listed one of my paintings on Etsy. Check it out, or buy it if you wanna.... ;)

No art today...

This day is flying, I've been so busy... I just wanted to type in a bit of something on my blog. :)

I was mentioned on Jorge's blog Oop. He's in Madrid Spain, I'm immensely flattered. He said my animals are weird. I love it! haha!

The Aftermath...

Super Bunny & Super Frog
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving and ate like pigs. :) I know I had a lovely Turkey day... This painting now lives with my friend MD.

Now I'm ready to get in the Christmas spirit... :) Put up the tree and all that jazz. And the lights... looooove the Christmas lights.

I had a dream last night that I was hanging out with my friend R. He's been gone for 4 years now, I can't believe it. I miss you R, you were a wonderful, sweet guy with a great laugh.

Now I think I'll tell you about the Christmas movies I'm going to watch to get in the holiday spirit:

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Home for the Holidays -- about a woman's dysfunctional family
Christmas Story -- a kid wants a Red Ryder bb gun for x-mas, old school, but hilarious... a lot of great moments. :)
Donovan's Reef -- This is an old John Wayne movie set in Hawaii

That's all that come to mind... Any suggestions??

Tiny Dancers

Tiny Dancers
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

This is a painting that I made and it lives with my friend TH now. Frogs are funny. :)

Went to coffee with a sweet friend of mine yesterday and then had dinner with another good friend. Good day all around.

I'm really excited for Thanksgiving. It's partly seeing everyone, family and friends, but it's also the food. I love turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole, stuffing and pumpkin pie. Sometimes I feel like I could live on it, probably not really, but every now and then it sounds like a little slice of heaven...

Check this out:

Orriettacat did some cute renderings of Hansel and Gretel-- Guess Gretel is peeved. heh heh... :)

Anne Julie at Deviant Art makes sweet stuff...

And I love this painting and this painting by Krecha at Deviant Art... Especially the bird one... I'm all into birds lately.

And this one and this one from Sanja at Deviant Art. Apparently I'm into bats lately as well...

Scrub the deck you scalliwag! Arghhh--hoot!

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Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had great weekends, I know I did. Too short as usual, but oh well...

Can you believe that Thanksgiving is this week?? Unbelievable how time flies. Yeesh.

Can you also believe that I have moved 19 times in the past 10 years?? 15 new places (as some of the moves were back home--like in college and etc.) wow.

That brings total moves to a whopping 25. In 3 different states and 7 different towns so some of the moves were in the same town at least.

I went to Conneticut with a friend several years ago and we met a boat maker who'd never been out of sight of land on a boat. And he'd never been further west (driving or otherwise--not talking boats any more) than like Detroit or something wild like that. I can't even imagine. Different strokes for different folks eh?

Rabbit and Frog Strike Again

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Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Here's a painting I did for an Art Festival. I sold it to some lady who thought it was hilarious and made a similar one for my friend Mo. :)

Went swing dancing last night, it was a lot of fun... I gotta say I was reluctant to go for whatever reason, but had a great time as usual. The Rumble Jetts were playin' up a storm and our instructor Ben was a dancin' fool. There were a lot of new people there for the class. Too fun! :)

Tonight I have a busy evening of crafting ahead of me. I signed up to do a craft swap through pinkpurpleandorange.com and I have to send it out very soon. I had every intention of not procrastinating, but the move threw me off. ;) That's my story and I'm Stickin' to it!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Points of View

Points of View
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

I love this painting... I couldn't really tell you why... Maybe it's the bat? Maybe it's the bird lookin' down at the bat. "Ummm hello, this is a birds only meeting." It really escapes me, I just love it. :)

The unpacking continues, although I have made some decent progress. My sis-in-law brought me a bunch of plants last night to watch for her while she and my bro and my fat little nephew Buzz are away. It's nice to have so much greenery.

No fish casualties so far, although one of the Von Rio Tetras is swimming at a 45 degree angle. Maybe he just needed a new perspective on life.

Cisilia the elephant

Cisilia
Originally uploaded by three green apples.

I think Three Green Apples elephants are too cute. :) You can buy their cuteness here!

Bowie Art Unleashed

Bowie Art Unleashed
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

This is a painting that a friend of mine, Melissa, did. Check out her other work!

I went swing dancing last night, good times! The Rumble Jetts played and Little Rachel sang some tunes with them. She's a little woman with a real big voice.

C gave me the book Found for my coffee table (i don't have one yet,but when i do this'll be perfect!). There are some pretty funny things in it!

I could reeeeally use a nap. This whole work bidness is messin' things up!

Just how cute is this???

Originally uploaded by Marcos Fontes.

I am loving this picture, what a cutie pie!!

Well, tonight I'm going swing dancing, unpacking be darned. :) I'm getting closer to having a homey little place and I'm lovin' it. I have a big box of stuff for the salvation army which is a lovely, liberating feeling... WHEW!!!

The Moving Saga Nears the End

Well, I'm done MOVING my stuff, now I just need to unpack it all and buy a couch.... :)

I'm digging my new place. It's cute and warm (unlike my last apartment. I froze last winter and spent any time at home wearing many layers, scarves and gloves-- my roommate was always makin' fun of me. *hmph*)

I moved the fish tank over last night. I hope that I won't have any casualties due to the move...


Deer Maggie by The Black Apple
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

I found this lovely painting on Etsy Beta by The Black Apple. I like her style... Check it out!

More moving??

Well, it's Monday again folks. :) I'm nearly done moving, still have to get the fish tank. Then all I have to do is unpack. UGH! I'm planning on donating a bunch o' stuff to the Salvation Army, cuz I don't need all that STUFF!


THE RING
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Now about this ring... I don't know why, but I think it's just lovely. I know, it's REALLY gaudy and quite spendy ($2,800) and I wouldn't wear it because it would probably get caught on stuff... but I do love it... *sigh*

Went to C's bonfire Sat. night and had loads of fun. D had a telescope and we saw Mars, Saturn, O'Brien nebula, Andromeda Galaxy and the Chicken Leg constellation (unless that was a joke, but it did look like a chicken leg. :) Hats off to the bucket!

TGIF! :)

Lamb_popsicles_by_plushrooms
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

So today I thought I'd put Margot's Plushrooms as my image. I like her stuffed animals and her art, it makes me chuckle. :)

I am still moving.... *sigh* Can't wait to settle into the new crib!
I'm going to a bonfire tomorrow night, yay! I love bein' outdoors. Have I mentioned that I really dig mountain biking? Not so you'd notice, cuz I haven't been in ages, but what a fun sport. I gotta get on that. I even bought some fleece lined bike pants. I'm all set! Bike geek, computer geek, book worm. wow, i'm cool.. ha!

Wednesday

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Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

There'll be no swing dancing for me this evening... Gotta continue with the move. Blech! :)

This is a painting I did not too long ago... I realized I hadn't posted any of my art in a little while and it seemed like it was time.

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Tuesday's Tantalizing Temptations

dibujin5 by Monica Calvo
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Happy day after Halloween all! :)

Today's picture is a illustration done by Monica Calvo of Eendar. She does these cool little clay animals too.

I started moving into a new apartment last night... It's weird to be moving to a new place, but I am going to enjoy the extra space for crafting! Moving really is a pain and I've moved way too many times in the past few years... *sigH* :) Ah well, it'll be over soon...

[goooooooooood mood! i'm listening to BR549]

Happy Halloooooween!

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Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Hope you have a spooktacular one. Bwa hahahaha!

I went to the roller derby Saturday. What a hoot! It was Heaven vs. Hell. Heaven's team was decked out in white and gold and Hell's team was all vamped up in black and red... :) It was pretty entertaining. They really do knock each other down, throwing elbows, etc.

Then yesterday I went to see my sister in law and my adorable chubby nephew, who is 4 mo. now I believe. We took him to the park, he likes to sit on your lap and swing. The whole time we were out walkin' he was really quiet just looking around and taking it all in. He's a sweetie.

*sigH*

Watched Grey's Anatomy last night... I figured Derek would stay with his wife or something. It'd take away from the drama for them to get together...

[mood: ppppfffffbbttt...]

tgif, tGif.... *big sigh*

Corpse Bride
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

I saw Corpse Bride last night... I'm just a movie fiend this week.. I really liked it. At one point all the corpses grossed me out (got to be too much??), but it was really visually interesting and sweet.

This weekend I want to watch some more dark movies (For me that would be Lemony Snicketts and Hocus Pocus). Not exactly dark in some people's minds. :) I'm frickin' Mary Poppins or something. Ha!

I think I shall share some link love...

Online Stores that get me in trouble:

Etsy Beta where I bought a pretty scarf from QueenThings

Plain Mabel

AND...

Hop Skip Jump she sews the cutest things, including these adorable monkeys. :)

VonVon's Life she sews cute little dogs and injured cats... so sad and sweet.

[Mood: Chillllllllllllllllll... I just finished a pain in the can project!!!]

Thursday Thursday...

Wallace and Gromit
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Well, Halloween is almost here and I saw Wallace and Gromit, Curse of the WereRabbit last night. I thought it was too cute and funny.

They had a movie short before it with the penguins from Madagascar, which was too cute. The penguins were cursing, but saying stuff like, "Hoover Dam!" "Shitake Mushrooms!". Ha! Love it!

Check out Kung Fu Cowgirl's stuff. She makes some adorable/funky/weird purses and whatnot. ;)

[Mood: Peevish--Work Schmerk]

Little Brown Owl

Little Brown Owl
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Tuesday Tuesday... Well, this week is moving right along. I went out with some girls from work last night.

Then I went home and watched Grey's Anatomy, which I LOVE! While attempting to sew a little green frog...

My post today is a little owl I made. I made another for my Halloween swap person. I hope she got it yesterday. :)

I'm bored... So I thought I'd add a link to some cuteness:

Molly Chicken --she makes adorable wallets and softies and draws the sweetest doodles, etc.

Autumn for Rabbit and the Frog

Autumn for Rabbit and the Frog
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Brrrr!! It's chilly here today. :) I was ready for it to be cooler, but not ready for COLD.

I went to see Serenity last night, pretty violent, but all in all I liked it. I like to see girls kickin' booty!!

I sure could have used another weekend day. I was awoken in the middle of the night to scrabbling in the wall behind my head. I live in a garden level apartment and that wall faces dirt or whatever is behind our apartment. I think there is a squirrel in the wall of the apartment. I heard it finally get up to something and then run east and it chattered a bit. ugh. I like squirrels, but not living in my walls!

Halloween Swap

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Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

I received my package for the Halloween Swap, thank you Holly! :) Some sweets, cute halloweeny cupcake papers and an adorable black cat bucket, with lid.

I got it Friday, but was out with friends, ate at my favorite Chinese restaurant and then I went on the Pub Crawl for Cancer yesterday, whew! I'm chillin' like a villian today. :)

I went to breakfast this morning with my good friend Big Larr. I gave him a gummy nose that was in my halloween package and told him he should stick it to his head at work, which led to him telling me a story about his 14 year old self taking one of those little basketball goals with suction cups and sticking the suction cup to his head. Apparently his forehead has a bit of an inset, a divet if you will and the suction cup grabbed on quite nicely. :) Leaving Big Larr with a suction cup hickey on his forehead. hee hee. :)

Birds Birds Birds by Krecha

BIRDS BIRDS BIRDS by krecha
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

I didn't feel like posting any of my art today... so here's a lovely drawing by Krecha at Deviant Art. Happy Friday all! Enjoy!

Hoot the Owl

Hoot the Owl
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Here's some art for today... An owl painting I did. Quite a few people have said he looks like the Tootsie pop owl. : ) You can buy prints of Hoot here. There are of course other artists here who's prints you could buy, but hellooooooo.... ha!

Rockabilly

I went to see the Rumble Jetts at a bar last night, they are a fun band. :) I did some East Coast swing dancing, although I'm not all that good, I had a lot of fun. And if you can't be the best dancers, you can be the ones having a bunch of fun, right??

There was a guy there doing crazy things with his legs and he'd go down on one knee and the girl would be spinning past. That's a terrible description but it was pretty swanky.

And this is a great band to check out Split Lip Rayfield. They're a lot of fun.

Beautiful

Beautiful
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Mr. T went to Utah not too long ago, isn't it lovely?? I think I'd rather be in this scene right now... ahh....

Close Encounters

I watched Close Encounters of the Third Kind last night with Mr. T. I was expecting to be scared, but other than being a bit creepy it wasn't bad. Decent old school flick. Man, was Richard Dreyfuss' family in the movie obnoxious. WHEW!

This is a great old movie I just thought of: Flight of the Navigator. I watched that movie as a kidlet. :)

And in the spirit of sharing my likes, this is a book I love and it'd be a great read for the Halloween season, Witch by Barbara Michaels.

I want to see the new Wallace and Grommit movie, Curse of the WereRabbit. :) I love the previews for it. ha!

Fall Friends

Fall Friends
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Here's a autumny painting I did... I'm excited for fall, but sad that the days are getting shorter. But snowboard season is on the way, hooray!!

Halloween Swap

Halloween Swap
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

This is for a halloween swap. :) I sewed a wee owl and made Frankenstein out of fimo clay.

Halloween Swap -- Frankenstein

Halloween Swap -- Frankenstein
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Here's a close up of Frankenstein. :)

Rabbit and the frog

Rabbit_frog
Originally uploaded by MagpieSkinny.

Here's my first image posting... This is a painting I did recently for an Art Festival. i'm figuring this blog out. :) it's only a matter of time!!

I LOVE CANDY CORNS!!!

i don't know what it is, but i just love them. i need the sugar like i need a pet ostrich, but um um good... ;)

i don't know how to make my blog look like anything yet... i'll have to dedicate some time to it, sometime...

First post...

HMmm.... this is my first blog posting... i don't really know what to say. Happy blogging everyone!