A Christmas Label for you

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

The Hold They Have

Her name is Christmas Cheer. What is she saying you ask? Oh that is an easy one. "Buy my products, spend spend spend!!"

(The hold retailers have on us this month.)

Card from The Bohemian Gothic Tarot. Perfect aren't they?

My Christmas Wish for You

May you have the strength to get through the Holidays.

And the Temperment not to...

Kill someone in the process

And a bit of money left when it is all said and done.

(These cards are from The Bohemian Gothic Tarot.)

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.  

What to Serve for your Holiday Meal

Do you have those certain family members that only come over once a year at Holiday time just to make your life a living hell for the day? Have you ever fantasized about putting them in that boiling pot on your stove?

 Hey wait a minute- that could be me in that pot!!!!!!! Hmmm if I taste like chicken I wonder, do I taste more like the white meat or dark meat? Duh I would be that dried up over cooked no flavor piece of white meat. Did I really need to ask?

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.

Paulina Tarot

Sharing a few of Paulina's first deck. I think what I notice most is the backgrounds on these cards are a bit more detailed. Some may like that and some may find it more distracting. I really like both decks for different reasons. 

Joie de Vivre Tarot Deck-Swords

A few more of Paula Cassidy's new deck. Go over to Amazon and check out the reviews. And if you like this deck check out her first deck as well. You will like it too if you like this one.

Labels Part V

Joie de Vivre Tarot Deck-Coins

Sharing a few of the Joie coin cards. I know why I love these cards. I love pastels. Reason why? I love Spring and Easter so much. It is the colors!! Which I am sure cracks you up since I design such dark cards most of the time. Maybe like the coin, there is two sides to everyone. The dark and the light. I like designing dark cards but I don't live that way. Maybe the same way comedians love playing dark roles. Interesting.