Archive for the ‘Miscellany’ Category

Everyone needs to boogie their butts on over to Chris’s blog for the contest. They have some awesome prizes, so far, to give away… all of which I want BTW!! So when you guys get over there to enter, make sure you put MY name, Kimily or Kimbooly, for the entries ::snickers::. To enter you must leave a comment to get one entry. You will receive addition entries by blogging about it on your blog and by Tweeting about it on Twitter. I’m sure if you were to erect a sign on your front lawn or put out a full sized highway bulletin board, they would count that as an additional entry as well.

Not familiar with the Davis’s? Oh you have been missing out!! They, Jeff and Chris Davis, are Professional Home Haunters that transform their house and yard into one massive Graveyard… also known as The Davis Graveyard.

I love Chris dearly, even though I have never met her, she is truly awesome’ness!! ..and no, this isn’t me trying to butter her up so I can win, I sinisterly mean it…erm, I mean sincerely. ::: evil giggles :::
I haven’t met or spoke to Jeff but from what I hear, he is awesome too.

Here is a picture of what they are offering for the contest.

Sorry for the severe lack of posting. I have family emergencies going on, my Dad to be specific.
My head just isn’t in the art or search for spookiness at the moment(s) but as soon as we get some better answers and I know where things stand, I’m sure my head will be back in it.

Prayers, well wishes, candle lighting, dancing under the moonlight… any and all things that would help him heal are muchly wanted and needed.

So Oprah is having a contest over on her OWN site, OWN stands for Oprah Winfrey Network, btw. What does this have to do with Spooky’ness you ask, well let me tell ya.
She is having this contest for people to try to get their own show, it’s called Your OWN Show. Get it? Yeah.. ok. The point…

There is this awesome man by the name of James W. Thompson Jr. that has entered this here contest and get this…

“The Haunt” takes viewers on a design journey exposing them to all aspects of theme park haunt development, construction and show/pre show production. Watch a select group of home haunt enthusiasts compete against each other, testing their creativity, their guts, and their ability to scare, even the toughest, out of their pants; battle for the title of Haunt Master.

Yup, you read that right! He is wanting to do a show about Haunts!! Haunts!!! Home haunters will be involved even. Now the catch… You must vote for him. The top 5 people will be finalists, but I’m sure they will do something for runners up. We have got to get this man up in the running people! He is out there speaking for all of us Haunters and Haunt lovers. Let the world know that we not only exist but we exist in LARGE numbers! We will be seen and we will be feared… ok, not really feared unless you want us to scare you.

So where to Vote already Kim… sorry, I’m a bit stoked over this.

You need to go to the below site and you need to not only vote but please watch the video and comment. The judging people are taking it all in, not just the vote counts. The comments will help the cause by letting people know we are out there and we want to be seen.

Here is the link: http://myown.oprah.com/audition/index.html?request=video_details&response_id=9284&promo_id=1

Now for your reading enjoyment… I went and did a little bit of research on the man behind the contest. He has info out there and has done some stuff.

He is on IMDb and this is his Mini bio:

Date of Birth

16 July 1963, Staten Island, New York, USA

Birth Name

James W. Thompson Jr.

Height

6′ 6″ (1.98 m)      <—— (Holy Crud!!)

Mini Biography

Through his work as a Production Designer/Art Director, James’s intention is to enthrall, inspire, and at times, to raise consciousness of those drawn to the art form. His journey began while attending the State University of New York (Oswego), where he explored his love for theatrical design. James majored in Theatrical Design, Art and Biology and graduated cum laude. He later expanded his passion for scenic design by shifting into the realm of film and television design. During that time James obtained a Masters of Fine Arts in Production Design from the American Film Institute Conservatory (AFI).

He also has a website: http://jwtproductions.com/old.index.html this is the old one but still functioning while he gets the new one going http://jwtproductions.com/

He is also on Facebook…but I will let you do your own search for him there. Not sure if he wants to be promoted there or not.

I don’t say this often… this man is easy on the eyes girls. He could scare me anytime!

Now go VOTE!!!!!

I’ve had a very relaxing yet productive weekend. Although the production part hasn’t seen anything finished, I still have gotten a really good start on things that have been tickling my brain.

We have had a weekend of 70+ degree weather, which for Alaska is 10+ degrees above normal for this time of year. I still watch the weather in Bend, Oregon and we have been warmer than them for over a month now. Crazyness!

So I’ve had this master plan of making art to sell. The plan, although going very slowly, is moving along. The plan has always been to have a separate blog to show the wares, the main reason is that not all the wares will be ‘spooky’ inspired so I wanted a less spooky blog theme for them. Plus, my mom may want to sell birdhouses and her more girly stuff so that was also a determining factor.
The plan is to have the blog to show off the wares and then sell through Etsy. Now I’m thinking to maybe sell through both. The idea of having a shopping cart on my website makes me cringe…only because I’m unfamiliar with how to go about doing it and the research involved in it. So I figured I could just show off the stuff on the blog and have users that are interested email me for payment through Paypal, which will be my only form of payment for now.

I need some input from those of you that have done any of the above or have any brilliant ideas. I take criticism very well, so please tell me if I’m off my rocker. If you would rather email me feel free: boospooky (dot) com AT gmail (dot) com

So far I have:

- Purchased the Domain name for the blog – The Whimsy Attic
- Grabbed the Etsy account for The Whimsy Attic
- Grabbed the Twitter account for The Whimsy Attic
- Setup the Facebook Page – only grabbed the name for a Page associated with my own.
- Getting ready to build the actual website presense
- Paypal is setup for Business

Want to give a BIG Thank You to all of our military, both passed and living. You guys ROCK for what you do for us everyday or have done to serve our Country. Rock on and stay safe!!!

As for my three day weekend… I plan on getting creations started and may get a few things re-painted that I’ve been setting aside. Can’t tackle the big stuff due to my shoulder still causing me problems, so re-painting the barrister is out for this weekend…dang it!

Off to the Skullery with my bad self…

I have been neglectful of this here blog again. Sorry to everyone that may have or tries to follow along.

I have been trying to pull myself away from the TV and the computer to instead stuff my butt in the chair in the Skullery. That goes something like this… walk in, sit down, play with a few things, start painting on canvas, get idea and take it to the living room to work on it, realize what time it is and put it away to go to bed. Hope for weekend to come sooner so I can play more, weekend comes, yard needs to be tended to, laundry, dishes, do something with parents, weekend is gone. Go to work…

I have decided that having to work is just plain evil and getting in my way of fun/play time. Yes it pays the bills and feeds me and the dogs, but dangit ::: stomps foot :::

Back to reality… Since I have to work to get the money I need for daily life, I have since decided that instead I will just find me a man. One that either has money or has the ability to make it. Sounding a bit Gold Digger’ish, yes, but not intended to. This man must also adore me, run at my beckon call, buy me flowers for no reason; other than he adores me, adore my dogs and buy them toys; just because he adores them…and most importantly… he must love Halloween!! Not loving Halloween is a total deal breaker people. Him having the ability to build stuff; because he likes to and welding are a huge plus. There is one more thing… no kids. I do not and will never want children. Ahem… not to mention you must be single ::: rolls eyes ::: .

You can send any applications to boospooky.com@gmail.com. I will look them over and may or may not get back with you.

Now that that’s out of the way… and my pretend A.D.D is put away, I will get on topic. What was that again… Oh look shiney!! ::: rolls eyes :::

Have you ever typed out whatever popped in your head? It can be freaky and make you want stay away from Asylums, for fear they would find out. Yes I am rambling it seems but I’m going to make a point here…I think.
The point is, my head lately will not stop with ideas. Once I finished the Reapling, which gave me something to focus on, my head is running in circles, chasing its own tail, trying to figure out what is next.

• I want to paint a cabinet for my jewelry to go in the bathroom.
• I want to paint the barrister cabinet that I keep all of my curios in.
• I want to start making fridge magnets and little pins to sell.
• I have two canvas’s started that quickly halted once I got the backgrounds painted.
• I have 8 very large canvas I want to do something with but need to get the airbrush setup…still.
• I look outside and think I need to make spooky garden art.
• I have witches I want to make.
• What about Halloween props…!!

So as you can see… I have artist A.D.D. If you can picture the scene from Wizard of Oz where Dorothy is in her bedroom looking out the window watching the witch ride by on her bike and Toto, etc., that is about what it feels like. Then suddenly by brain will go… Oooohhhh shiney!! and off I go onto something else.

So the blog has suffered due to all of this head clutter. I would do spring cleaning but all these ideas actually keep me entertained, especially when sitting in the lobby of the doctors office. You just have to be careful when you giggle out loud, always keep a magazine in your hands just in case. :: wink ::

Today is Mothers Day. I would like to wish my Mama Fama a Happy every Day!! You may ask why I call her Mama Fama… and honestly I can’t remember where the nickname came from…?? Possibly by brother, since he tends to be the nickname maker in the family.

I’m not the sentimental type, never really have been, but I will take the time to dote on my family, even though it may be subtle at best.

So Fama… Here is to you Darling!!

Mom and I at 6 days old

Pure Imagination was written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley specifically for the 1971 Willy Wonka movie. Sadly it didn’t not appear in the 2005 Tim Burton version.

Come with me
And you’ll be
In a world of
Pure imagination
Take a look
And you’ll see
Into your imagination

We’ll begin
With a spin
Traveling in
The world of my creation
What we’ll see
Will defy
Explanation

If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There’s nothing
To it

There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You’ll be free
If you truly wish to be

If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Wanta change the world?
There’s nothing
To it

There is no
Life I know
To compare with
Pure imagination
Living there
You’ll be free
If you truly
Wish to be

So I’m sitting here watching the television show House while I’m waiting for the Reapling to bake in the oven…funny thought is that it’s his own version of hell :::giggles:::.

Anyway, I’m half watching the show and the actress catches my eye finally, thought process goes something like ::: Oh, she looks familiar. Oh yeah, it’s whats her face from That 70′s Show :::, then I start paying attention to what she is saying. Her and her boyfriend are at the hospital, her being the patient, and they are discussing the fact that she has a Blog and blogs about everything…yada yada. One statement catches me, he says to her something about the internet has made people feel less alone and like they belong with others of like minds.

Now for the ‘bink’ moment… I was/am a late bloomer when it comes to creating art. I didn’t truly start my addiction until I was in my late 30′s. The thoughts on creating things and loving certain types of art were always in my mind but behind a very think fog of daily life, taboo’s and other life teachings/social acceptances. Yes, I took drawing, leather, pottery and other assorted crafty type classes in high school but it really ended there. I tried my hand at odd and end craft things, hook rugs, needlepoint (bleh to both) and other ‘kit’ style types of crafts that non-crafty’ness people tend to lean on. I hated them all and never completed any of them.

The internet happened… I didn’t get my first computer until I was 28′ish and the first several years were filled with chatting online and PC Games. I did searches here and there for whatever peaked my interest at the time but since I was married and in a horrible place emotionally my brain wasn’t… on, and neither were my emotions. I literally walked around just doing things in routine, never exploring.
So we jump forward several years to the divorce and awakening. Having been the one doing the divorcing it turned my confidence and emotions back on. My world literally opened up, having fought my first fight on my own and won, my brain did an amazing thing, it turned on my creativeness. It didn’t only turn it on, it friggin flooded me. I was utterly drowning with ideas and things I needed to make. But how? and not only how… once I do create, what do I do with the creepy spooky things I’m coming up with. Ok wait… I like creepy and spooky things, what are people going to think? Who’s going to enjoy this stuff besides me? People aren’t suppose to like creepy and spooky things, at least per society and comparatively to my family and friends…they don’t like creepy things.

The thought process went on…I settled on Halloween. Halloween is safe for people that like the spookiness in art right? So I will focus on that, we will keep it to Halloween. I went with that for a few years… I just love Halloween so much that I like it all year long, that is what I told people that would be closed minded to imagination and art and I still find myself settling for that explanation at times.

Now back to the statement originally made about the internet. I hit the internet like flies to a bug zapper. I found my family of creepy art loving friends!!! Woooo Hoooo… I’m not insane or alone anymore. ::: dances a jig ::: OH WAIT!! Not only is there like minds, there are How To’s and Tutorials!!! OMG! ::: brain explodes :::

The first couple of years I hit digital art and I hit it like a rabid dog. I showed myself that I could do it, created a few things and wasn’t satisfied. Yeah, I was proud of what I did and other people loved it, but I wasn’t really happy. My hands weren’t really happy. So discouragement set in again.

Couple of years go by…

Then one day I hear that voice in my head say: “Wait…creepy art = Halloween right?” Lets start there… I had made a couple of Halloween props in the past, simple things really, a cloths stuffed body with a store bought mask. That evolved into a duct tape body double and so on.

Finally one thing led to another and I was making actual paper mache props. Wow!!! I can do this and surprisingly it came naturally AND my hands were happy!

Now I’m going for smaller versions so I can ‘maybe’ make some extra money off of what I love. Learning all of the little techniques of Poly Clay, etc.

::: phew ::: Life story here… you still with me? I’m loosing momentum so the end is near…heh.

Besides the divorce making me find myself and showing me that I actually enjoy who I am and the things I’m interested in… The Internet Rules!!!!

So to all of you beginners out there… don’t fill overwhelmed and remember that even the professionals are constantly learning. Life sometimes happens.
If it isn’t fun and satisfying…don’t do it!! Find a different technique that is yours. Paper mache is NOT just for kids. PVC is NOT just for plumbers.

Play you silly adults, PLAY!!!

It’s Easter and a happy day to you all. No matter your Easter traditions, I wish you all a wondrous time with them. As for me? The fam is going to a buffet around 3pm and that will about cover it. I may do a little bit of artsy’ness later. I have a new idea swimming in my head and have set aside the last project I was working on. It wasn’t going the direction I originally intended so until it whispers to me what it really wants to be, I will let it rest.

Now to the Artist Spotlight. John Schwegel, per his Facebook page, says “I like to draw spooky cute freakies and beasties.” You can also find his blog here.

To keep in the Easter’ness theme…here is a couple of his works:

Oooooppsss… How did this one get in there :::giggles:::