Candy Button Winner

The winner of the candy button challenge is

LORI

From Vintage Palette Art!

Congrats Lori - you will be receiving your Sweet B Candy Container shortly!

Thank you to EVERYONE who participated! Look for another opportunity to win in April!

As mentioned - We are skipping the COM for March and will be back in April with a new challenge.

- Sweet B

Royalty in the House!

Look at THIS Beauty!

I snagged this FIRST in series of Original Paper Doll by Christopher Klingler (CK). She is simply divine in person - the detailing is amazing, and the antiqued finish is perfection! - now to find the perfect frame...

To see more of Chris's work - click Here!

I won "Marie" on Ebay, after several days of "nail biting". I want to remind everyone that Ebay and Etsy are two of the best places to buy gifts and goodies right now. In this economy we should all try to support our artists, and when you buy from an artist on Ebay and Etsy most likely you are supporting a fellow American! - Really, there is no comparison between something that has been painstakingly hand-made and something that came from an assembly line in China.

Another piece of Royal News!

Dani from SpookyTime Jingles will be hosting a booth full of goodies at the National Halloween Convention! - To be Held in KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. This is a great opportunity for anyone who would like to see fabulous OOAK Halloween Folk Art in person! The booth will be PACKED with eerie eye candy from many of the SpookyTime Jingle Artists! If you can go - I recommend trying to get there on the first day of the convention!

Off with her HEAD!

I realize I have not announced the Candy of the Month, or last month's winner. I'm afraid that I have been swept up in "MARCH MADNESS" .... not the sporting kind mind you!

Getting ready for the Convention, finishing custom orders and life in general has consumed more of my time than expected! I still have a lot of unfinished business to take care of this month - so I will be announcing the winner of the Candy Button Contest tomorrow, but we will take a break from candy for March and Return in April with a "Dump your Easter Basket" candy contest! Truth be told, although we will be "taking a break from candy" - I have already sampled all of my Easter favorites AND cleaned out my secret candy stash (hidden in my studio)

- stress tends to do that you know!

- Sweet B

Gallery Hop Anyone?

The

Prim and Whimsy Girls

are hosting a Gallery Hop right now!

Click here to visit the galleries.

Head on over to the Prim and Whimsy Girl website to view some fantastic buys.

Give yourself time to shop - these ladies have filled their galleries with some primsical, whimsical goodies.

This is the first of many "hops" that will be hosted by Prim and Whimsy Girls.You can also find their work by using PWGL in your next Ebay search.

- Sweet B

Celebrate 365

Hey! Guess What!!

I just found out I that my work is being mentioned (twice) in the upcoming issue of

Celebrate 365!

Yippeee - Celebrate 365 is a great magazine for anyone interested in

Holidays and collectibles.

Be sure to check it out!

- Sweet B

What IS it about candy anyway!

Candy

We all have different things that inspire us creatively. For me, candy has always been an inspiration - the bright colors, fun shapes, amazing textures, and silly names... all this AND a sure fire sugar rush! - I mean, can you beat that?

As a child I dreamed of having a candy dress - pink bubble gum wrappers would make up the dress, with lollipop buttons and a crinoline of golden "Crunchie bar wrappers". A candy button belt (see previous posting) and licorice "trim" to finish (twisted to look like rick-rack).
Sound elaborate? Hey, I didn't even mention the cellophane "lace"..... Believe me, I spend a lot of my childhood designing that dress in my imagination.
Candy boxes and wrappers are inspiring too - have you ever really looked at the boxes stacked up in the drugstore candy aisle? - bubbly letters, rainbow writing and wonderful anthropomorphic candy "people" cavorting across glossy boxes ... feel inspired yet?

Candy is featured in some of my "sweetest" childhood memories: Finding half-melted chocolate eggs at Easter. Convincing my brother that if he buried his bag of gum-drops a gum-drop tree would grow (and then digging it up when he wasn't looking and eating the gum-drops - what a rotten sister I was). I can even remember the excitement I felt during my first visit to Baskin Robbins - watching as a big scoop of

bubble gum ice-cream was placed on top of my cone!
Candy is one of the main reasons I love Halloween so much! - can you name any other time of year when it is publicly acceptable to fill your shopping cart with candy? Or for kids to come home from trick-or-treating with PILLOW CASES full of chocolate coated sugar bliss???

Everyone has their "THING" - you know, the one thing that really gets you "fired up". For me it has always, without a doubt, been candy!

Amazingly I only have two cavities.
...just goes to show..
..you can have your candy and eat it too!

Eat your candy!

-Sweet B

Come and Play with Me!

Hey ! Put down the Wii and come and play with me instead!

Here are two more of my Tic-Tac-Toe games, this time with a Halloween Twist

(no batteries required)Both are currently listed on my

SpookyTime Jingle Page,

Along with these "Tweet" candy containers.

And this Precious Pair

- My Tribute to Edward Gorey

Stop by and take a lookie - make sure to leave time to visit all of the fabulous STJ artists - there are some wonderful pieces up for grabs over there!

-Sweet B

Spookytime Jingles and Spooky CK

It's a Day for Celebrations

Check out the latest from Spookytime Jingle Artists, Including a special "inspiration" update - see what inspires these wicked artists.....IF YOU DARE!

Friday the 13th also happens to be the birthday of the

AMAZING

Christopher Klingler

Many Happy Returns of the Day Chris!

Did you know it's ok to eat candy for breakfast on your BIRTHDAY!

-Sweet B