The Christmas Season is here!

Hi everyone! Well, tomorrow is December 1st and Christmas Day is less than a month away! This year has flown by! There are a couple of new pieces on the etsy store "shelf" and more to come soon......I am scrambling to get ready for the Georgetown Christmas Market this weekend. It looks like the weather will be cold and North Pole like but it will be so much fun and it is truly a magical, holiday experience. I hope you can make it up for one of the two weekends the market runs. However, for those of you who cannot, I plan to post pictures from the Market on my blog and will post the them the first part of next week.

Will talk again soon but remember to take the time to embrace this truly magical and festive time of the year!

Enchanted Blessings,
Amy

Thanksgiving Week Enchanted Delivery to Holly Berry House...

All new enchanted Christmas designs will be delivered this week to Holly Berry House on Wednesday, November 23rd.! I am so excited to be spending Thanksgiving with my folks and my sister in New Mexico ...it will be a time for sharing good company, good food and football! Hope you have an enchanted Thanksgiving with your loved ones and will write again soon as this weekend marks the official kick-off for the magical, holiday season!
Enchanted blessings,
Amy

New Elves Sitting on my Etsy Shop Shelf.....

Hope everyone had a wonderful, enchanted Halloween! Now it is November, only about a week away from Thanksgiving! Where did the autumn go?  There are some new enchantments in my etsy shop so check it out and I will be stocking my etsy "shelves" with more Christmas whimsies in the days to come!

Enchanted Blessings,
Amy

A reminder from Mother Nature......

Hello everybody! It has been awhile since I visited this enchanted blog but things are always crazy this time of year! Colorado was hit with a giant snowstorm last night and today....I have well over 12" at my house and countless broken tree limbs EVERYWHERE! True to the weather in Colorado, however, it will be back in the seventies by this weekend. I think of it as Mother Nature's way of reminding us of just who is in charge.....This is a picture of a special order I completed today and I shot the picture with my snowy yard in the background. The weather today put me in a Christmasy mood which was perfect for finishing this piece but I will gladly welcome back the magical autumn weather tomorrow as there is a lot of fall left......Hope you are enjoying a magical autumn!
Enchanted Blessings,
Amy

Trick or Treat!

Trick or Treat!

This Halloween piece was inspired by Halloween nights I remember as a child. The witch "Trixie" is taking her little brother and sister trick or treating and she has been telling them scary ghosts stories. You can see the wicked little smile she has on her face as she is fully aware that she is scaring the wits out of her younger siblings and loving every moment of it. The darkening neighborhhood streets on this blustery, Halloween night, has taken on a slightly sinister atmosphere and their puppy dog, "Bouncer" wishes he were back home snug and cozy in his doggie bed chewing on his new bone.......What was that moving in the shadows across the streets?........I have just added this piece to my etsy shop. I have another which will make its way to the Mollie McGees Fall Market next weekend. I hope some of you will come out to see me!

Have a wonderful autumn evening...tomorrow is supposed to be in the forties, cloudy and rainy..... perfect fall weather for halloween creating and a crock pot full of chili!

Autumn blessings!
Amy

A peek of what I love to collect.......

I thought I would share with you a little of what I love to collect.....I love pumpkin art...in all forms and this pottery is made by a very special and very gifted friend of mine, Chaucy Shader. Chaucy and I started our businesses at about the same time years ago. She has a huge following here in Colorado and sold out at the festival also. Luckily I grabbed my three new additions before the show started! Chaucy's pumpkin pottery is, in my opinion, unequaled, and in a class all its own...in fact, all of her work is.  Anyway, just wanted to share a peek of some of the art in my house....all one of a kind and all originals. If you want to see more of her magical pottery you can at http://www.chaucy.com/. I hope you are enjoying these beautiful autumn days and decorating for the season too!

Enchanted autumn blessings,
Amy

The Festival!

The Blacksmith Shop

The original Rock Ledge Ranch House

Some of the outdoor vendor tents

Enchanted Doodler booth almost finished at set-up Fri. Morning

My booth was located in this large "circus" tent

View from the front of my tent

Here are a few pictures I took at the festival...the outside pictures were shot a couple hours before the festival opened as I knew I would not be able to leave my booth later. I hope they give you an idea of how beautiful the setting is for this show. The Rock Ledge Ranch sits right in the "shadow" of the Garden of the Gods, so named because of the spectacular rock formations located in the region. The ranch is a living museum and there are draft horses, cows, sheep, chickens and peacocks living on site. There is a blacksmith shop and visitors can tour the beautiful, restored original ranch house. The money raised from the festival every year helps to fund the upkeep of the ranch......My booth appears a little "shaggedy" but keep in mind that we set up inside a giant tent in the middle of a horse pasture and there is no such thing as a level surface! The festival was a huge success, once again, this year and I sold out by noon on the first day! It is so awesome every year to see all my wonderful, loyal customers who come to see me and I appreciate each and every one of them!

Deck the Halls!

Although I am currently focused on all things Fall and Halloween, I am offering some Christmas/Holiday items at the upcoming Rock Ledge Folk Art Festival for those customers unable to make it to my Christmas shows. Here is a little peek of a snowman scene that will be offered at the show. I am planning to take lots of pictures at the festival to share with you here on my blog.

Work is fast and furious at the enchanted workbench and the work days get longer and longer the closer it gets to show time! But this is the best time of year in my opinion....I love autumn....I love the leaves, crisp apples, pumpkins, hot apple cider, the smell of wood smoke from my cookstove chimney....just everything! Be sure and take a moment to savor all things fall...it is just an enchanting time of the year!

Enchanted Blessings,
Amy

More new on my etsy "shelf".....

A bicycling witch, a St. Lucia swedish queen of light angel, a Joy to the World caroling angel and a jingle bell ringing elf are the newest additions now sitting on my etsy "shelf". If you have a moment, pop into my shop and give them a peek.....

Enchanted blessings,
Amy

My camera is back!!!!

Story Time

I feel like I have my right hand back....and the new camera is even better than my original one! I've got some new pieces "on the shelf" in my etsy shop and I thought I would show you another piece that will be featured at the Rock Ledge Show next month. This is a really large piece....28"....and I really love how it came out. Witch Hettie May is reading a ghost story to her little friend Benjamin. Her eyes aren't what they used to be so she is wearing her reading glasses. Benjamin is not enjoying the story at all and Hettie does not seem to notice and just keeps reading on......

Enchanted blessings,
Amy

Holly Berry House Delivery...

Well, I had to do it again! I had to pretty much empty my etsy shop and make a run down today to Holly Berry House. Here are a couple of the pieces that are now at the store....I took these photos for the etsy shop before my camera died. This is the last delivery to the store until later in September.  Now I have to concentrate on building my inventory for the Rock Ledge show but I will post more about that later. It's hard to believe that Fall is almost here but you can now feel it in the air....there is a definite nip in the air in the early morning before the sun heats up the day. September 1st my harvest decorating is going up: all my fall garlands, wreaths and pumpkins!

Lastly, I received an email from the camera repair company in Illinois and they have told Kodak to replace my camera! So I should be receiving my new camera around the 1st of September....yipppeeee!

Have an enchanted evening...I'm off to watch some Denver Broncos football!
Amy

A little Christmas in August....

This little fairy is sledding in a demitasse cup...she has secreted out of the kitchen cupboard she lives in and is sledding up and down the hill outside the kitchen door! This was one of the last photos I took before my camera died...this piece has sold but am making more just like it so posted this photo back in my etsy as I will have more to sell. I really love how this piece came out...it has so much movement and it is just pure fun!
UPS delivered my camera to the repair company in Illnois yesterday so hoping that I will have it back by the end of August/beginning of September....I feel like my right hand is gone!

Have an enchanted day!
Amy

Sneak-a-Boo!

   Here is a little sneak peek.....I took a quick snapshot of some of the pieces that will be making their way to the Rock Ledge Ranch Folk Art Festival this coming September. They are just waiting to be tagged and boxed up. Well, it's back to my enchanted work table.

   Also, just wanted to thank all the wonderful people who have emailed me regarding my ADQ article. I have received so many nice compliments and truly appreciate each and every one of them!

Have an enchanted day!
Amy

P.S. I won't be posting any photos for a while....I just mailed off my camera to Kodak for repairs.....they assured me a 7-10 day turnaround so I am keeping my fingers crossed!
 

Halloween Fairy...Starlight Twinkles

Starlight Twinkles protects the pumpkin patch at night from marauding scarecrows and pumpkin tossing hobgoblins. With her bat-like wings, she fllits and flutters soundlessly over her pumpkins ever watchful......This one has been sold but there will be more Starlights in my etsy shop soon.......

Etsy shop is back in business....more to come soon

Mortimer the Mummy Frog

My Etsy shop is up and running again...I added 5 new pieces last night and there is more to come in the next couple of days. Have a wonderful Monday!

Etsy empty!

If you have noticed that my etsy shop has emptied overnight it is because Holly Berry House called yesterday and said they were out of all Enchanted Doodler Halloween! I finished off some pieces I had started and decided to also empty the etsy shop. It is a 2 1/2 hour roundtrip to the shop and I can easily restock my etsy from home! Look for new postings in my etsy soon.........have a wonderful weekend!

Soon to be on a newstand near you........

The amazing, awesome Autumn 2011 issue of Art Doll Quarterly will be on newstands Monday! You can for sure find it at Barnes and Noble and Michaels Arts and Crafts. Borders has always carried it also but with their stores closing I am not sure if you will still find them there or not. You can also click onto the ADQ mag. cover in the left margin and it will take you directly to the publisher's website to order online. It is so exciting and such an honor to be published in such a prestigious magazine and this issue is filled with some of  the best of the best when it comes to Halloween artists. The cover artist is Scott Rucus, (Scott Rucus Studios), and his work is beyond amazing! If you love everything Halloween you will love this issue of ADQ!

Boo!

Ghost of Uriah Snood

The ghost of Uriah Snood haunts an old estate located in the misty, spooky moors of England. I posted him in my Etsy shop last night and he has already sold but I plan to make more of these ghosts, (each a little different from the other, of course), and they will be haunting my shops and my shows this fall. Uriah has many brothers and sisters, cousins and friends that will be making their haunting debut!

Pumpkins and Ghosts......

Sebastian and crow friend, Poe



Ghost of Ichabod Crane

Just added some pumpkins and ghosts to my etsy shop. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow has always been one of my favorite Halloween stories. I love the Disney cartoon and I love the movie with Johnnie Depp playing the part of Ichabod Crane....he was a perfect Ichabod! I also think that the village of Sleepy Hollow was perfectly depicted in the movie....I mean wasn't it exactly how you pictured the scary little place!

New hauntings in my etsy shop...

Just added some new "haunts" to my etsy shop. Hecuba is a large 20" piece. She is mounted on a wonderful, distressed painted wooden pedestal with iron accents at the top. She is late for the All Hallows Eve Ball and she has her broom on overdrive!