Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Wolf Pack of One
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This is another stencil I made, I'm having so much fun with this
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Stephanie Stencilhands
I made this as part of my most recent art obsession stencils for t-shirts. I got a little ambitious on this project but in the end I think it turned out pretty good. Now I just need a good Chiropractor.
Friday, March 26, 2010
In Progress
This is just a fun little project I’m working on with Raven. We got a pre-cut piece of wood from lowes, Raven drew a cute little pic on it and I’m painting it. This is mostly just for fun and to see what we can come up with when we work together. Plus he loves to draw and I love to paint so it works out great.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Stephanieholley.com
I got my stephanieholley.com website back. It is just a site that I use to have that I tried to keep a little more professional than my blogspot blog. I just got it back so there isn't much on it yet.
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
You Light Up My Life
This is one of two lamps I bought back in December at a little Antique Shop in Beckley WV called Classy Clutter. I was pretty pleased with this find plus the guy working there accidentally quoted me a price that was half of what the lamps actually cost so I got a really great deal on them. I went with a black lamp shade with gold underneath, not sure at first if I would like black but as it turns out it is a perfect amount of light for cave dweller like myself.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Image Acquired
image via The Graphics FairyI have for so long now been plagued by various craft books full of DIY projects that rely heavily on the notion that the reader has access to interesting and royalty free images. I have often wondered where do they find such images for their projects, do they just have a huge collection of antique books and magazines? Of course there is the internet but you need to be very careful of copyright violation especially if you are making art projects that you intend to sell. Well browsing around on the internet today I came across The Graphics Fairy. This is a most excelent blog devoted to vintage images that are free to download and use for projects because they are public domain. Check out this frugal decorating idea using images from the Graphics Fairy.
Friday, March 19, 2010
If I Was a Rich Girl
The sleeping pod: on my list of outrageously expensive things I want to own
Monday, March 15, 2010
Natural Bridge
Natural Bridge, VA one of the seven wonders of the world but not nearly as wonderful as the glorious piece of roadside America that has been created around this rock bridge. Now I'm not trying to downplay the bridge it is impressive, it is way larger than pictures can convey not to mention there is actually a highway that runs over top of it. Personally I was always a little surprised that it was ranked up there with Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon but whatever. This is truly one of my favorite places I have been because of all the quirky additions that continue to grow every time I visit. First there is a fabulous gift shop that is full of every tacky made in china cliche you can imagine. Under the gift shop in the same buildin
g is a relativity small (space wise) toy museum but completely full with a very impressive collection of toys that represent just about every decade since the beginning of toys. Also on the grounds is a wax museum mostly full of historical figures and also a wax version of The Last Supper that has a prerecorded presentation that goes along with it. Then on up the hill a little from the parking lot is my personal favorite place Professor Cline's Haunted Monster Museum and Dark Maze not to be missed. This is a wonderland of some of the most awesome creation from the mind of Mark Cline who is the one responsible for really turning Natural Bridge into such a wonderfully bizzar attraction. The last time we went there with some friends were actually furtunate enough to meet Mr. Cline and he is every bit as fun and interesting as you would imagine him to be.
Another creation of his that is really something you must see is Foamhenge, this is a recreation of Stonehenge made out of huge pieces of Styrofoam.
And all of this before you even get to the Bridge. The Bridge is a bit more classy and features a recreation of an Indian Village and a light show they do at night based on the Creation. There is a trail about a 1/2 mile to a waterfall. It's pleasant and peaceful but I prefer the monster trail with giant ants and civil war solders fighting dinosaurs.
Foamhenge
Creepy dolls at the toy museum
The Gift Shop
g is a relativity small (space wise) toy museum but completely full with a very impressive collection of toys that represent just about every decade since the beginning of toys. Also on the grounds is a wax museum mostly full of historical figures and also a wax version of The Last Supper that has a prerecorded presentation that goes along with it. Then on up the hill a little from the parking lot is my personal favorite place Professor Cline's Haunted Monster Museum and Dark Maze not to be missed. This is a wonderland of some of the most awesome creation from the mind of Mark Cline who is the one responsible for really turning Natural Bridge into such a wonderfully bizzar attraction. The last time we went there with some friends were actually furtunate enough to meet Mr. Cline and he is every bit as fun and interesting as you would imagine him to be.Another creation of his that is really something you must see is Foamhenge, this is a recreation of Stonehenge made out of huge pieces of Styrofoam.
And all of this before you even get to the Bridge. The Bridge is a bit more classy and features a recreation of an Indian Village and a light show they do at night based on the Creation. There is a trail about a 1/2 mile to a waterfall. It's pleasant and peaceful but I prefer the monster trail with giant ants and civil war solders fighting dinosaurs.
Foamhenge
Creepy dolls at the toy museum
The Gift Shop
Demon Gate to Haunted Monster Museum
Giant mantis on trail
This is us with Mark Cline and his Daughter
The Haunted HouseTuesday, March 9, 2010
Buy Me
I just had a little button making party, something I haven't done in quite some time seeing as how I really don't have a good outlet for selling my buttons. But I really love making them so I thought I'd give Etsy a try. I have a few individuals but I just started putting them in sets. It is 20 cents a piece to post things on etsy which isn't bad except when you have tons of buttons you'd like to sell, it can add up. So I'm going to try selling them in sets of 6 for 5 bucks, and I'm not even charging shipping. Come on you just can't beat that deal. For those of you who don't know about the buttons, I make them out of recycled catalogs. These are one of a kind and not reproduced or copied. They are cut straight from catalogs and turned into buttons. So please buy them because they are adictive to make and then I'm just stuck with a bunch of buttons.Click Here to purchase the set above or to see what else I have for sale.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Baring it at the Opera House
When I was in college a required class for my degree was Life Drawing, yes the class where you draw naked people. We were able to get a nude model for exactly 2 days of class and that was it. We quite literally couldn't pay anyone to pose nude for our class so we spent the semester drawing random clothed students. Not exactly the life drawing experience you expect. If only we had the power of Spencer Tunick who once again has no trouble getting hundreds of volunteers to strip down in the name of art. This time the location is the Sydney Opera House. Tunick is an installation artist who has been documenting the nude figure in photographs and film since the early 90's and up until about 199
4 he was focusing on the nude figure on an individual bases. Then he made the switch to doing large groups of naked bodies in various places around the world. Some locations include Barcelona, Cleveland, Buffalo, Mexico city and The Great Wall of China.I love the look of the mass nudes they blend together and take on a different form. You aren't just looking at a bunch of naughty bits but small uniform shapes that come together, umm let's say merge together to reshape the landscape. I love the concept and look forward to seeing the next location that gets covered in nudity. Hey, that's an oxymoron.
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