Found it Yet?

Have you found the Holiday Magic yet? Better hurry. Thought I would add a little more stress to your day.

A Christmas Label for you

I re-arranged one of my past labels into a Christmas one. Aren't I just soooo special. 

Double Edged Sword

The holidays are rather the double edged sword. On one hand if we make the retailers happy and spend money we dont have, they are able to stay in buisness and that creates jobs for sales people who ring up our many purchases. I am all for someone being able to work and it breaks my heart to see so many people who want to work and are unable to find a job.
But for the most part it only creates jobs for store clerks since the majority of everything we buy comes from China. It creates very little in the way of jobs for our citizens who actually can make a product here in America. On the other hand, it creates great stress for people who are unemployed or underemployed and no longer have the means and funds to buy gifts for thier family members. This leads to guilt and all kinds of emotions of inadequacy that you would rather tuck under the rug. You can't put your feelings in a box, wrap it in some pretty paper, put a bow on it and stick it under the tree. Sometimes this inadequacy leads to violence which then leads to using the Christmas funds to bail your butt out of jail.
So why hasn't someone come up with a fun magical cheap non commercial way to celebrate the holidays? Have we all been brainwashed to the point we no longer have any ideas of our own? Or do we just go back to basics of sitting down and having a meal together. Playing cards or bringing out the dusty old board game. What about going through the photo albums or old VHS tapes and laughing at the way we used to look back in the days when we had a whole lot less stress.  

Others Wishful Thinking

At this point I suppose this is what most people are saying about me and my Holiday attitude. Can I just hybernate through this month? Is that allowed?

Christmas Tree Ornaments

I wonder if anyone hangs doll parts and bones as ornaments on thier Christmas tree branches? Bottles of graveyard dirt or mojo bags. Someone somewhere probably hangs skulls and crossbones I would imagine. I think it could put an end to your Christian friends from coming over to your house for the annual Christmas party. So it may not be something you want to do if you have your entire family over or the annual holiday event at your house.  How fun as your parting gift to hand them their gris gris bag. See what I mean? Absolutely no holiday spirit in me. But all this got me to thinking and here is my own version of a Poppet and bones Christmas Tree. Happy Freaken Holidays everyone!!!!

Grumpy me

I realize I should be doing holiday themed stuff but I was not blessed (or brainwashed) with the love of all the commercialism that surrounds this holiday. As a matter of fact I dispise it. It is all I can do to get through this entire month without hurling at all the crap thrown at me when I go to the store. When I have to, I put on fake Holiday smiles and try to "conjure" up a bit of holiday spirit. For example I did put up the red Xmas stocking on my office door that someone made for me. I complain every year but I do buy gifts and even muster  the energy of wrapping them up. And every year I try to come up with a better way to do the holiday rather than over spending on crap that no one needs. I really wish someone would come up with a fun pleasant way to spend December 25th happy, guilt free and with some money left in your bank account. Now that is a retailers nightmare.

Labels Part V

Shut Yo' Gob

Couldn't resist with the little Goblin creatures to use this saying. Don't you wish you could tell someone this who can never be quite for just one minute. Just a little peace and quite is all you ask for and they just ramble on about nothing.



Maybe just a little Eye of the Newt slipped in their coffee could get them to Shut their Gob. Of course first someone would have to tell what Eye of the Newt is.

Did you notice I used  the same frame as in Kupids Kisses?

Graveyard Dirt Labels

Work in Progress

Again some tweeking on these need to be done. A bit to plain for my taste. So after some tweeking the end result is below.

Well I like grungy edges. You will notice that on my pages and labels. I still might have to tweek the page but for now I am on to something else.

Change is Good

Sometimes you need to see something alone and without distraction to see what you could not see before. That can go for your thoughts and your work. I realized after posting I dont like the background. It fights with the label. I did not notice how badly it clashed when I was working on it. I guess you need to walk away, take a deep breath and look at it with new eyes. You just have to be willing to be open.

Wishes & Butterfly's

It is hard to just pick one idea. As you see I simply can't so I just do what I like. That is what is fun about digital art and doing something you enjoy. I have no one to answer to or explain why I did what I did. Sometimes when I put things together I have no idea what the end result will be. It is pretty much a big surprise at the end. You either like it or you don't and if you don't then maybe next time. No use getting hung up in the end result before you start. That is what kept me from starting in the first place. It took me two years to get up the nerve to start digitally scraping. What a waste of two years. All because I was afraid it was going to look horrible and that I would suck. So what if I do? So what if you do? Go for something you have fear of doing. Might surprise yourself.

Labels Part IV

Making labels is so much fun. I have more ideas than time to make them all.

Labels Part III

I will probably tweek on these a bit more. I think they need a grunge edging.

 

Too much fun with fonts again.

Labels Part II

 I know agian with the font decision. What can I say, I love lettering. I always have.

Fun with Labels Part I

These two labels are very similar but I can never seem to decide on which font I like better so I am always making two or three of something. I added a tail in the label below.

I really like the labels that some talented artists sell on Etsy so I decided to play around with making some of my own. I have not done anything digital in a few weeks since moving and I am so excited to get back into it again.

Sneak Peak

I have been playing around the past few days with apothocary label making. It has been so much fun. Tomorrow will be the beginning of goofing around making labels. For the time being here is a sneak peak.

 Couldn't help myself. This would be a fun label for a jar of malted milk balls. Just saying it might keep your kids from eating them all at least.