Madam Opal and Grandma witch

I am so thrilled to have Madam Opal home and she looks amazing!!! She is more then I envisioned and the artist that worked on her were so in tune with what Madam Opal was meant to be:) I am honoured to have had so many talented doll maker work on her and will treasure her for a life time! I will definitely participate in a project like this again!!

Working on these different dolls forced me to work out side of my comfort zone and I think I am a better artist because of this, for this I will always be grateful. What a wonderful experience this was !!

When Grandma Witch arrived at my door, I was so excited to open her!! For a few reasons, one, she was my last doll to work on and two, she is amazing!!! For a few days she sat and watched me, she didn't say much, just observed the madness at my house. She seemed to gravitate to the cats and they seemed be around her alot. I think she felt safe around them. More so then with me or my BIG dogs. She need some thing to tell her secrets to and it wasn't me:(

I picked up my clay a few days after she arrived and this cat seemed to birth itself!!! Grandma Witch was watching and seemed to smile, I knew this was what she needed:)

The moment I finished this kitty and placed it in her arms, she was complete. They are a perfect pair and I heard them whispering to each other for the next couple of days before I gently packed her up with all her belongings she collected along her journey and sent her back to Cindy, home at last with an interesting story to tell I am sure:)

What a wonderful doll she is, such a gentle soul and beautiful face!! I loved seeing her in person, as all the other amazing dolls and again, can not express my gratitude for being able to of worked with all these talented artist and will always hold fond memories of this experience:)

Until next time.......ta ta for now

(((((((((((((((HUGZ)))))))))))))

Jacqui

WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!!

So the DAG treasure hunt has come to an end:( It was so much fun meeting all the new people who have chosen to follow my humble blog and enter my give away for Matilda the Zombie bride! I wish I could give some thing to every one! I really appreciate every one who entered and thank you all very much:) I do hope you have made some new friends and discovered some amazing artists.

Now for the winner......I wrote out all your names and drew them from a hat with the help of my DH. Just so you know. And the winner of my little zombie bride is........MICHELLE from http://3rdeyemuse.blogspot.com/ Congrats to you Michelle, I do hope you love her:)

Can you please email me at odddollz@hotmail.com with your mailing address so I can ship her out to you:)

Now one more chance for all of you to win an amazing prize....the GRAND one!!

Big Ol Zombie Hugz

Jacqui

HURRY.....JUST 2 MORE DAYS!!!!

So the DAG treasure hunt is quicky comming to an end and if you have not entered yet, well.....you better hurry!!
all the artist participating in the DAG treasure hunt have made amazing dolls to give away and the grand prize is AWESOME!!! Donated by Marzel at http://theplayoflightandshadow.blogspot.com/

Here is a list of the particpating blog if you have not posted a coment in all yet. You MUSt become a follower of all the blogs, including DAG'S and post a comment to be eligable to win.

... ON Participating Blogs in order to find the contest post!
EACH BLOG WILL BE OFFERING THEIR OWN Handmade Art PRIZE!!
PARTICIPATING BLOGS*:
Caroline- http://carolinescrafts-carolinejones.blogspot.com/
Cody- http://codyland.blogspot.com/
Patee- http://odd-dolls.blogspot.com/
Patty- http://woopitydooart.blogspot.com/
Esther- http://vanessies.blogspot.com/
Wendy- http://www.wendysbrainchild.blogspot.com/
Michelle-http://thestudioatcrowhavenfarm.blogspot.com/
Darlene- http://thewhimsicalgoblin.blogspot.com/
Jacqui- http://odddollz.blogspot.com/
Margaret- http://creepyheads.blogspot.com/
Marie- http://theplayoflightandshadow.blogspot.com/

I'm Late for the treasure hunt!!

Sorry every one, I am late for the start of the treasure hunt:( Better late then never I guess!!
So this little cuties is what I am giving away for the Dark Artist Guild Treasure hunt. http://darkartistsguild.blogspot.com/2009/07/art-giveway-view-giveaways-here.htmlTo have a chance to win her the rules a as easy as pie.
1-Just leave a message on this post if you would like a chance to will "Matilda" and become a follower of my blog if you are not already. (thank you if you already are:) )
2- search out one of the DAG treasure hunt skulls on my blog ( I am using the pink one) then click on it and it will take you to DAG's blog, become a follower of it too:)
3- check out all the other amazing artists who are participating in the treasure hunt, follow their blogs and also if you enter ALL the free draws (and who wouldn't, there is some awesome dark art to be won) you will then become eligible to win the GRAND PRIZE!! donated by Marzel of http://theplayoflightandshadow.blogspot.com/ The Mad Hatter!!
There I hope I have all the important info about this wickedly cool treasure hunt!!

Poor Matilda was ready to wed

when she was bitten by an ugly un-dead.

She tried to bite her groom named Fred

and he retaliated with an ax to the head!!

This event runs from July 22 to Aug 7th which at that time I will do a random draw for the winner:)

Good Luck every one , have fun and don't forget......look for the pink DAG skull with a link to DAG's blog so you can enter ALL the others:)

Dark Artist Guild Treasure Hunt:)

Put on you eye patch, your peg leg, your hook hand and you pirate hat ......We are going on a treasure hunt!!!

Starting July 22 until Aug 7 The Dark Artist Guild will be hosting a treasure hunt:)

The rules are simple and the prizes are HUGE..

All you have to do is go to participating artist's blog,you can find them herehttp://darkartistsguild.blogspot.com/2009/07/welcome-to-dags-first-blog-treasure.html search out the hidden badge on each blog. It will be one of these .

post a comment on the blog entry become a follower of the blog (if you are not already) then become a follower of the DAG blog:)

This contest is open to anyone...... except participating blogs and current DAG Members.
TO PLAY:1) Be a follower on DAGs blog, 2) Become a Follower on Participating Blogs and 3) Leave a Comment in the Contest Posts! Isn't that Easy?
TREASURE HUNTERS are LOOKING FOR THESE ICONS:

... ON Participating Blogs in order to find the contest post!
EACH BLOG WILL BE OFFERING THEIR OWN Handmade Art PRIZE!!
PARTICIPATING BLOGS*:
Caroline- http://carolinescrafts-carolinejones.blogspot.com/
Cody- http://codyland.blogspot.com/
Patee- http://odd-dolls.blogspot.com/
Patty- http://woopitydooart.blogspot.com/
Esther- http://vanessies.blogspot.com/
Wendy- http://www.wendysbrainchild.blogspot.com/
Michelle-http://thestudioatcrowhavenfarm.blogspot.com/
Darlene- http://thewhimsicalgoblin.blogspot.com/
Jacqui- http://odddollz.blogspot.com/
Margaret- http://creepyheads.blogspot.com/
Marie- http://theplayoflightandshadow.blogspot.com/
* More blogs may enter!

SEE YOU ALL THERE:)

Ryver and Scampy

When little Ryver comes out to play

Scampy, her cat tries to run away

Poor little kitty, just wants a hug

and little Ryver always wants to tug!!

WIP Ryver

This is a little one I am doing for a commission piece. she will also have a cat. I hope to finish them tomorrow:) The on to the bathing beauty.

Back from the show:)

Well we are back from the show, Had a Great TIME!! We are all tired and back to work today but every one was busy, lots of tattoos to be done and we all got new tattoos too!! Jay and I got a small swallow on or HANDS!! yes on the hand. Jay got his on his right hand and I got mine on my left, when we hold hands now our swallows and kiss:) We also have these swallows that fly in our house all the time. If we leave our deck door open, they fly in, fly around our kitchen and living room and fly back out again!! I guess we have crossed over the line now, no turning back......we are now officially part of the tattoo world!! Sailor Jerry Swallow did our tattoos for us. He is an old school tattooer from the 50's and it was really cool to have a tattoo done by an old school boy. A part of our history:)

Jay tattoo machines were a BIG hit too!! I was sooooo happy for him:) People were looking for them that bought them last year and sending people to get them!! I guess we are going to have to start doing the convention circuit like the new age carnies:) LOL

Our skull we made did really well. it finished in the top 4 or 5 out of 40. If you would like to see all the finished skull you can check them out here. http://tattoos.com/nix/skulls/index.html

scroll down to see them.

Well back to my dolls, this was a fun weekend but really cut into my doll making so I am happy to be back on track.

I will have updates and WIP coming soon:)

Hope you all had a great weekend, I have some catching up to do so gotta go for now:)

HUGZ

JAcqui

Off to the show, a visit from my Bro and a beautiful award!!

So....I am off to the tattoo convention for the weekend and will probably not have a lot of time to stop by my favorite blogs and see how your week ends are going:( I will miss you guys for a few days) but hope the convention will be exciting and I will have allot to show and tell you all on Monday.

My brother, Perry, came home to visit, dog sit and attend the show for a day too!! He is also a tattoo fan and is looking forward to the show as well:) Having TWO pony sized dogs ( with one of them needing medication 2 times a day) it is very difficult to find care for them for us to be able to go away anywhere for more then a day. I am sooo happy Perry could fly in from Edmonton to take care of the beasts and visit for a week!!!

The first beast is Morpheus and the other is Sirius.

Then the wonderful and beautiful (inside and out) Michelle from Crow Haven Farm. http://thestudioatcrowhavenfarm.blogspot.com/ Please visit her if you haven't yet. she ROCKS and you will surely love her as much as I do:) She is probably one of the most amazingly giving, honest and beautiful people that I have had the honour to call my FRIEND:) She has encouraged me and supported me in both my art and my being and I really do love her:) AND I can't wait to hug her too:)

This award was developed by Tessa in honor of Dr Maithri Goonetilleke's birthday. Tessa was inspired by the way Dr Goonetileke reaches out to others and, with his humanity as her guide, she created this award "to acknowledge the depth and breadth of the warm open-heartedness from bloggers all over the world who reach out and touch their readers with their words."Tessa goes on to quote Dr Goonetilleke: "It has been my experience that whenever one human being reaches out to another in compassion, a bridge is built. A bridge which leads out of despair, into the light of hope and the possibility that tomorrow will hold a few less tears than yesterday." (copied from Michelle's blog which was copied from Zan's blog http://wildatheartart.blogspot.com/ ) and yes, Zan is drop dead gorgeous!! and talented and giving and fun and funny and and and........well she is special:)

The rules here are to pass this amazing award are simple. Just pass it on to 3 (that is the hardest part of it, that you can only choose 3) who will pass it to 3 people then they will pass it to 3 people until ALL of blogland has it:)

So here goes..........

To my friend Kamila....http://woodedwoods.blogspot.com/AMAZINGLY creative and and wonderful and crazy imagination. She has taught me to let my hands make what my mind sees, she has also been there for me when ever I have problems or questions about doll making, opened a world of magic to me and is just plain fun and inspiring to be around. She is my clay play partner and I hope to be part of her life FOREVER!! OMG....if you have not seen her work you life is not complete!! Feast your eyes!!

Then to the ever so talented and always inspiring Colleen over at Loopy Boopy Art http://loopyboopy.blogspot.com/ Loopy makes the most darling and unmistakably loopy dolls!! Some day I WILL own one!! I must!! she is so....well so.. to be looked up to:) I admire her work and her happy-go-lucky way:) and of coarse her dollies:)

Then last on my ever so hard to choose list is the Master of the Dark Adorable Dollies.....the ever so unique and special, the one and the only......GAIL LACKY:) http://gaillackey.blogspot.com/ I am sure she has no idea the impact she has had on me in both my doll making carere and in my life. that dolls are little beings with souls and that to be humble is one of the most appealing and beautiful qualities one can possess. She to me is the best roll model I could even dream to become 1/2 of what she is. I know that is kinda mushy but she really really is a beautiful soul and has had an incredible impact on me:) Besides......she make the cutest dolls EVER!!!

Please enjoy your awards ladies and display them with pride know they were given to you with love:)

HUGZ

Jacqui

skull, Nanami and shameless self promotion

For those of you who have been wanting to know, we finished the skull entry for the exhibit and silent auction at the tattoo convention in Toronto this comming week end. It ended up bing a colaberation of the entire shop. Mostly being done by Al Hartshorn and myself but every one added their two cents to it too. I think it turned out, well.......interesting!! LOL

I will let you know how he does in the auction:)

I sure learned alot from this project!! It is a life size skull and we used bike sprockets, watch and clock parts, springs, hoses, air dry clay, polymer clay, spray foam insulation, wood, screws, hot glue,wire , poly wrap stuff, spray paint, and an airbrush.....hmmmm, wonder if I forgot anything?? LOL

How is that for mixed media??

The amazing Zan over at http://wildatheartart.blogspot.com/ is hosting an under the sea swap. There are soooo many wonderful artist participating in the even I am really happy to be a part of it:) Luck me, my swap partner is Sheri from http://ostrichgirl5.blogspot.com/ I just love love love her work and am soooo excited to see mine finished and get her into my grubby little paws!!

This is what I made for her.

My Name is Nanami

Which means Seven Seas.

My Father he is and octopus

My Mother is Japanese.

one more thing I just wanted to add....it is shameless self promotion but hey.....I am jsut trying like all of us to get out there!!

Over on our DAG (The Dark Artist Guild) blog Marzel was kind enough to interview me:) If you are interested in reading it and seeing some of my dolls you can visit http://darkartistsguild.blogspot.com/2009/06/dag-artist-interview-jacqui-of-odd.html

After you read mine and you are still hungrey for inspiration please read the other interview of my ever so talented team mates!! Get ready to feast your eyes on some incredibly awesome and dark art!!

Thanks to all of you who read through is whole post, it was a big one for me:)

Hope you enjoyed it!

HUGZ to ll my blogland friend, I can't imagin my life now with out you all in it:)