Doodle Bags 2012

Here's the newest batch of Doodle Bags for 2012 (and a couple from the end on 2011.) Now that I'm engaged I've been working really hard to save up for the wedding this year. I've noticed that these Doodle Bag things tend to sell faster when there's a lot of them for sale so I've been blasting through the blank purses in my craft closet. Even a low-budget B-movie wedding like the one I'm hoping to have is still pretty expensive so hopefully these will help me out. I've listed them from oldest to most recent below. I'm going to keep updating this post as I make more. If you're interesting in purchasing one of these and wanna check if it's still available, check out my Etsy shop.

"Wieners"

"Mad Monster Party"

"Werewolf Woodcuts"

"An American Werewolf In London" (first bag I made for myself!)

"An American Werewolf In London Side 2"

"Custom Buffy/Dr. Who"

"Jack The Ripper"

"Serial Killers"

"Elvira Mistress Of The Dark"


"The Dark Crystal"


"Pressed Fairies"


"The Princess Bride"


"Monster Beach Party"


"Goosebumps"


"Extraterrestrials"


"Sabrina The Teenage Witch"


"Doug"


"The Last Unicorn"


"Custom Villians Bag"

Doodle Bags

I've made a butt ton of purses lately. Here they are in chronological order so far (most recent is directly below this paragraphh.) Some of them have sold already at The Junkman's Daughter or through my Etsy, but I still have a couple left and could probably make something custom if anyone was interested.

"80's Werewolves"

"Glam Rock"

"Sideshow Freaks"

"Grimm's Fairy Tales"

"Cryptozoology II"

"80's Fantasy"

"Phobias"

"Fetishes"

"Sea Monsters"

"Witches Familiars"

"Scenester Hairdos"

"Cryptozoology"

Famous Balloon Thief Shirt

I made this tonight.


It's for sale in my Etsy shop.

Tattoos

So much has happened since I last posted that I don't really know where to begin. In the months following my last entry I lost my paternal Grandmother to a stroke, my maternal Grandfather to Alzheimer's disease, and my Dad to cancer. My Mom also had a ruptured blood vessel in her brain (similar to an aneurysm with about a 50/50 survival rate) but she pulled through with no lasting damage. Oh and ALSO there were two of the largest ice storms in Atlanta's history while this was going down so I was trapped in the hotel where were staying and the hospital for about a week. So yeah, a whole lotta shit that I don't even want to get into right now. I have managed to make some artwork since then but I'll probably be posting most of it at a later time. Right now, since it is the most relevant to today, my lastest and second tattoo, an image I adapted from the Japanese poster for my favorite movie since childhood, An American Werewolf in London. The poster:


The image I adjusted:
My tattoo, done by Dirk Hays at East Atlanta tattoo:

"A naked American man stole my balloons."

Actually with the way life has been for me lately I feel exactly like that poor little boy that gets his balloons stolen. At least the image makes me happy. I mean, how could you not look at that ridiculous poster and be happy, or at least laugh? David Kessler gets a majorly rough deal in that movie and still manages to have a sense of humor about it. I think that sometimes, that is really all we can do.

Oh, and while I am on the subject of making shit times not so bad, I might as well mention my first tattoo, which was done as a cover up for one of my appendix scars. I say one of my scars because I had two after the operation in 2006, one little one where the camera went in and one giant one down the middle where the had to cut me from the navel down. Apparently the thing had already exploded a while ago and I managed not to notice, so my insides were kind of in pieces by the time I got to the E.R. Funny thing was, it didn't hurt.

The "before" photo:


And after, with my tattoo by Phil Colvin at Memorial Tattoo:



The scar had a puckered texture that always reminded me of sort of a half kiss print, so I just had to finish it off. It's nice to look at something that used to remind me of laparoscopic surgery and now reminds me of glam rock. Oh, and in case you were wondering, the lips are my boyfriend's. I have small lips which make for a lame print so I had to use his, which are quite nice. Also I kinda like that I have a dude's lips for a tattoo. It's much more fitting in my case.

It's the Hour of the Wolf and I Don't Wanna Die!

Hello. So Paige just posted a bunch of photos on Facebook of our Halloween costumes this past weekend. Since all of them were frickin brilliant, here is all of them in the order they were posted.


I wanted her to take these pictures for Martin Millar, author of the book I am reading, Curse of the Wolf Girl (the sequel to Lonely Wolf Girl.) His books feature punk rock werewolves with colorful hair and were also the inspiration for this costume.








Hutch as Bob Dylan.

Here's a disturbing crossover fanfic slash couple for you--David Kessler the American Werewolf and Scott Howard the Teen Wolf.


Haha, Teen Wolf drinks PBR.


What a hipster.


Me looking quite mannish and retarded.


Stiles the Wolf Buddy.


He matches the decor.


DAVID!


Look at these fucking werewolf hipsters.



Another crossover story: the lycanthrope that attacked David and Jack on the moors was in fact Teen Wolf!

The cool kids.

The butt.


Hey kids, don't do drugs!

"Sean, I think there are some hooligans in the park again."

What a couple of jackasses.


80's werewolf movie smackdown DERP!


So vicious!


Precious kitty!