A day in the life of Miz Carla

The Hallway gallery

I was thinking today that I really needed to paint the walls in the hallway. To gain inspiration for a color I rearranged all the artwork on the walls of my hallway gallery. I thought it would be fun to share some "before" pictures. I need a color that will make the artwork really pop--probably a brighter vanilla white, or maybe something dramatic like chocolate brown? hmmmm

This is what you see if you are walking from the den to my studio. Lots of friends art here (what isn't here is proudly displayed in the studio--I'll share pics when I get it cleaned up). I have art from Patricia Anders, Michael DeMeng, Francie Horton, Jeannine Peregrine, Celine Navarro, John Oldham, Marie Otero, Denise Lombardozzi...a quilted piece by KC Willis, and a lovely art doll made by my sweetheart buddy Miz Katie Kendrick. There is also a small ornate mirror hanging amongst the art as well as a really old black frame piece that I found at the junk store and fell in love with.

 

On the opposite side of that is where I hang the art I make. It lives here until I sell it or give it away. The doors you can barely see here are to my studio.

Hang a right and you are viewing my family pictures (have lots more photos that need to be framed and hung).

 

On the opposite side of the family pics you'll see the beginnings of my Blythe gallery. Thanks Marie, Jeannine and Barbara for sharing pics of your girls with me! I'm going to host a framed Blythe photo swap, so if that interests you stay tuned I'm going to be posting deets soon.

In closing I want to thank dear sweet Miz Deryn for the gorgeous rosary necklace she made for me. Here I am wearing it, please don't laugh at my shiny face or squint wrinkles (young readers... here's a public service announcement--STAY OUT OF THE SUN!)Deryn has better pics of the necklace posted on her blog, along with commentary on the items she used on it.

Well shoot I just noticed that I chopped off the danglie bits of this necklace...go see it at Deryn's blog.

Oh and we have a new member of the family (2 actually, but the second one is a caterpillar named Fido that Chloe brought home from school yesterday) meet Mike--a giant boxer mix.

I'd been noticing him walking around the neighborhood, poor baby. He's either lost or had been dumped off near our house. He seems to be happy here, and he's a sweet guy so we'll keep him (although the cats are NONE too pleased w/ this recent development). We named him Mike after the LSU mascot, Mike the tiger Our Mike has really wild tiger stripes in his fur... just like a real tiger.

The big goober is scared to death of the camera for some reason--so big daddy had to "help" him pose for me. Isn't he pretty?

and look at this little puppy...

Chloe had a puppy face painted on her at the school carnival last weekend.

and just so you don't think I never share pics of the little man...here is my handsome little "J" on his THIRD electric scooter. I swear we could have bought the boy a car for what we've spent on scooters! He's a good boy though and deserves it, helps around the house and gets good grades at school. I just hope this one lasts awhile.

I'll be busy the next couple of days putting things on ebay (zines, art books, rubberstamps etc.) in an attempt to clear out some space and raise enough money to buy this

That's all for now

oxxos

Miz C

Last night I took photos of my latest little creation. I haven't had *ANY* art time to speak of this week, and I'm getting pretty CRANKY!

If you need a little yellow prayer altar, it's for sale in my Etsy shop and has free shipping!

one more project off of my to-do list

The flowery wallpaper is finally off of boy son's walls. He is so happy--my little contemporary design guy. He chose a wonderful grey/green color for both the walls and the trim. I was hesitant to paint over the lovely vanilla colored trim, but I did it and it looks awesome--so very sophisticated, so very "J". Big daddy took down the gorgeous old vintage light fixture and installed a sleek silver and black ceiling fan w/ lights. We added silver touches here and there (dresser pulls, outlet covers etc.) After searching every store in town for the perfect comforter I finally found one at JC Penneys..it's called Geology and fits into the room perfectly.

You might notice some sparkles on the walls--that was intentional. J wanted the walls to look like granite, so we added a package of granite crystals to the paint. The shine is yummy, but subtle enough for a guy's room. I also got lucky in the rug department of Sears. I found 2 two toned runner rugs that are almost identical to the colors of the walls and trim ON CLEARANCE! Woo hoo! It's funny how this project came together so quickly...I'm sure it's due to his infinite patience when it came to getting rid of the girly look his room had.

I'm glad to be done w/ that room, now it's on to mine and the studio. I actually started cleaning the studio last night (stay tuned for some bargains on books and stuff) I cannot work in that mess--it's too crowded, there is just too much stuff!

Nothing on the art front to share just now, but hopefully after the studio clean-up I will.

xoxs

*C

A clean house + some art making

makes for a very HAPPY Miz C! This week was a crazy busy one, so getting the house in order and still having some time left for a little creating was a verra good thing! Here's what I made for artpARTy @ collagecats

I snapped this picture of cutie Miz Chloe the other day before she left for school.

She's growing up way too FAST!

I hope all of you are having a great weekend--we sure are. The weather has been perfect. I'm hoping to shoot a Blythe doll video tomorrow--the girls are dying to take out their convertible.

oxxos

Miz C

I actually made some things today

it's good to know I didn't completely forget *how to art*....

Here's one of the things I made.

after I finished it I was like "hmmmm what am I going to do w/ it?" Then I had an idea...

I'll use it as a little prayer altar. I wrote the name of friends who need my prayers on little tags and hung them from the nails on the top. Now I can remember who needs a little help from above ;)

The weather has been so crazy. Last week we were enjoying spring--my Camilia bushes and Azaleas are in full bloom (the yard even needs mowing) and today it's been cold and windy. I decided to use up the last of the firewood and build a fire for the kids to enjoy...and when I stepped outside to get the wood it was SLEETING! Maybe we'll get lucky and get a few snow flurries-the kids would love that.

I hope all of you have a great weekend.

I've been tagged

by the always fun and lovely Miz Marie

Here are the rules:
1. link to the person that tagged you - 2. post the rules on your blog - 3. share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself - 4. tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs - 5. let each person know they’ve been tagged by leaving a comment on their site.

1. If I followed my natural sleep pattern I would be up all night and asleep all day.

2. I don't like coffee. Never have-never will.

3. I prefer the company of positive people. Negative peeps drive me crazy!

4. I cannot go long without applying hand lotion and blistex.

5. I only have 70 something songs on my mp3 player. I'm too lazy to do that whole song search thing, the download thing and load onto the player thing.

6. When it comes to household chore stuff... I have one thing that I really hate to do and that's grocery shopping...the one thing I really don't mind doing is the laundry.

I tag these six lovelies... 1) Lorraine George 2) Belinda Schneider 3) Becky New

4) Miz Christine 5) Christy Grant and 6) Melanie (creating nunde)

No more cootie bugs!

I'm happy to say that for the first time in over a month the entire family is WELL!

After 3 doctor visits, 1 (3 day) hospital stay, multiple blood tests, a strep culture, swabs for both type a and b infulenza, 2 chest xrays, a sonogram, several filled RXs and countless runs for over the counter stuff we still don't know what it was that we were fighting--all we know is that it was one powerful super virus. JJ was the one who ended up in the hospital as he was the one tossing his cookies every hour on the hour--poor little guy. He is a tall skinny boy and this sickness took ten pounds off his already skinny body. Chloe lost almost ten pounds too.

I'm excited to get back to LIVING! I'm behind on so many things and haven't been able to keep up with my peeps. I hope you are all well and that things are going great for you. I'll look forward to getting caught up with you guys and getting back to my artsy stuff ;)

much love 2 all

Miz C

ugggg sick sick Naron peeps

Hey guys

I'm sorry for not checking in sooner. The phone has begun to ring with concerned calls (which makes me all warm and fuzzy knowing I'm missed). The kids and I are all down w/ the latest round of the flu--this one is a doozie!

Big Daddy is home taking care of us (my hero) so hopefully we'll be on the mend soon.

Miss you!!! Oh and before my nyquil infused brain forgets...sending big hugs and thank yous to my friends Maija, Karenann, Sparklie girl and Katie for the prezzies--and Carol M please don't think a thing about the you-know-what...it's no big deal.

sending love and cootie kisses

Last minute plea for help

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Oh dear

so much for my resolution to post on this thing everyday--sheesh, it's been nine days. I've been dealing with some stuff...Chloe had a tummy ache, sore throat and general ickiness last week, then she broke out in what I thought might be chickenpox (but thankfully wasn't) then Friday JJ started hurling and hasn't stopped since. There is nothing on earth worse than sick helpless kids (except maybe a sick helpless husband). Chloe went to school this morning, but there were tears and pleas to come and get her out early. I don't know what is going on there...I've talked to her teacher several times in the past week and nothing seems to be out of the ordinary--I think that long weekend last week just got miz thang into "hanging-out-at-home" mode. Say a little prayer for us please.

To perk things up a little I have a give-a-way for my Blythe lovin friends. I took some really cute pictures of my girls and have some extras that I would like to share. They are 4x6 and will look adorable framed.

Leave me a comment to enter--just a "hello" will do :D

I'll send out a few extra pics as surprises.

xoxs