sugar skulls

i'm so obsessed with sugar skulls.

i've been painting skulls, skull masks, cutouts, bottle, canvas, all of sugar skulls...

i want to make cookies to look like these (even tho i think this is fabric swatches):

how amazing! They are so beautiful!

I've been wanting to celebrate the Day of the Dead [Dia de los Muertos] for years, but i never ended up being able to. I'm going to celebrate this year, pay homage to the friends & family that i've lost in my life.

I'm working on my skulls for both Halloween & DotD.

I'm going to also work on some projects for my ETSY Shop!

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Has anyone ever celebrated? What did you do? Do you have sugar skulls or photos of any DotD art?
LEMME SEE!!!

Here's some more photos that i've found, drooled over, & been inspired by:

then, there's this unreal piece of gorgeousness, which i actually JUST saw, & looks a lot like a project i've been working on for a few days!

check *twitterpated pretty* in the next week to see updated items!

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are you out there?

[image from here]

is anyone still reading? is anyone still there?

hellloooooooooo?!?!

i'm going to make the rounds, i'm going to hope to find you all again!

[miss u.]

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challenge: help Spanky make some serious ca$h... [giveaway?]

hi!

i miss u... :o(

but, look! i'm alive & well! Here i am!!! [just took this pic! haha, don't mind our messy room!]

seriously folks... i'm sorry that i haven't updated in a while, but to be honest, i'm bug'n a lil bit... we're seriously scrapped for cash & i haven't been able to snag a jobbie yet.

What have i been doing with myself you ask?

well... i've been keeping busy making some luvly art.

I've been cranking out some wonderful [i mean... i think...] painted bottles.
i think that i can really make some money by selling them, along with my handmade dream catchers & my new luvlies, my paper lanterns.

So, i need to ask you all a HUGE... no, MASSSSSIVE favour...

i'm going to reopen my etsy shop,

*Twitterpated Pretty*

... would any of of you be willing to post a link on your blog OR buy a Spanky handmade luvly, or promotoe on your blog or anything of the like?
i'm reallly trying to make a go at being a paid artist, just for the time being.
I'd be MORE than happy to return the promo favour to anyone that has a shop & i'll also make a list of everyone who lets me know about the promotions that they've done, & be sure to return the wonderful favour with a goodie.

in fact, FUCK IT, let's make it a driving force... for the next month, i'll promise to do the very best i can to keep up with thr blog as well as all of ur bliggities & take a serious note of who are my loyal luvies. Everyone that promos me, please e-mail a link to

Spankyluvsit@gmail.com

so i can check it out, link it back & we can [fingers crossed] make a little web from all the attraction.
IF you promo or maybe the word is CONVINCE any one of your readers to buy something from my treasure trove, tell the buyer to add the message

"Spanky luvs [your blog name]" 

with a link to YOUR blog & i'll keep count.

the person who gets the most referrals by November 1st will get a package from me with a CUSTOM dreamcatcher, bottle & a lantern ON THE HOUSE.

yes, that's right people, we are taking "giveaway" to a while other, self promoting level.

hey, i'm not ashamed, i'm in SERIOUS need of the cash!!!

I REALLLLLY hope that you all are up for the challange.

i know i haven't been the best host lately... i feel awful about that...
seriously, i feel like i've been letting you all down for quite a while...

i miss you all so much....

i'm trying, so desperately, to get my shit together so i can be the *Spanky* you all know & luv.

help me with this & you will be rewarded.

comment on this post 1 time to be added to my "THANK YOU LIST", tweet about it [do people still tweet? or is twitter dying down?] for a check mark next to your name on my list, re-blog to get a star, link to www.etsy.com/twitterpatedpretty for an underline, get readers to "convo" me on etsy for a cute pink highlight on your name, etc., etc.,....

Seriously, if i can make some money off of selling my beauties, i would have NO problem devoting a few hours to make some thank you gifts for my luvlies.

i luv you all sooooo much, it's literally INSANE!

again, e-mail

Spankyluvsit@gmail.com

if you want a button for your blog, if you've added a link or a post, or if you can think of any other venues or ways that i should be promoting my "grand re-opening", OR if you'd like to work out a give-away on your blog with something from my shop [obvi we'll have to come up with how to do that in a way that i can make some dough, so i can buy some groceries...] PLEASE feel free.

make the subject line

"Twitterpated Pretty" 

so i know to look out for it.

hugs & kisses.

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to the person

catalogs... like meow.

i've developed an obsession with catalogs...

in the last few days, i've subscribed to probably 50+ catalogs...

i think it's because i desperately want mail... & because i'm too poor to buy magazines...

i've found myself requesting catalogs from the staple Vickie's [victoriasecret.com] to Wine Country Gift Baskets [winecountrygiftbaskets.com].
(When the wine one came, Bazinga said "wine gifts? seriously?" then we sat looking at it for a good 15 mins, hahahha)

i obviously don't have money to actually BUY much of anything from these catalogs, but it's fun to browse.

I think that one of my favs has always been Uncommon Goods [uncommongoods.com].

Do you know of any super awesome catalogs that i should subscribe too? Comment me & lemme know!!!

If i find any really great ones, i'll post about it.

ps: yes, i realize how lame my life has become...

the only other news that i have to update you all with is that my tan has greatly improved, i have gotten a library card, & i've read three more books. haha, oh, & i have cable!
i've also been cooking (i made BOMB chicken noodle aka Chickey Noodey soup & managed to pull together a whole meal last night while cooking brownies! ... here i come "Housewife of the Year"... arent' you supposed to have a rock on your finger before you can be called a housewife? hmm....).

i'lll be sure to update the books i've read shortly.

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my naked fridge.

thank god we MOVED!

I am finally starting to feel at home in this new state now that we are moved into our NEW APARTMENT!!!

i'm so in luv with our new place & i can't wait to decorate it, make it our own, take a million photos & show all of you!

BUT, i need your help!

We have an embarassingly naked fridge that desperately needs some magnets.

i've asked a few friends to send me magnets from where they are (so far, i'm expecting one from London & one from Texas - so random!), but we need more!

If any of you would be willing to send me a super awesome magnet from where you are, i'd be SOO stoked to put it up on my fridge & of COURSE take a photo & post it!

If you're willing to do so, e-mail me at Spankylusit@gmail.com with the subject "naked fridge" & i'll give you my mailing address!

Thank you!!!

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the "plastic bag" feeling.

sometimes i feel like a broken soul...
like, my heart has holes in it, & with a passing movement of something beautiful, the hole is filled, just for a fleeting second, & when that happens, the blood in my veins is velvet.
its an instant. i'm in over my head before i have a chance to stop myself. i'll quake, i'll sob, goose-bumps, tears.
I can't explain it. it could be anything. Its happened all my life. Its happened at museums, during movies, sometimes i'm lucky enough to be alone, sometimes i'm surrounded by people.

i can't always pin point its meaning until it's over, & sometimes not even then.

was it sorrow? love? pain? utter joy?

it just happened to me. I was just sitting, alone in my room, eating guacamole & watching that new ABC Family show, HUGE. [the show is about a Fat camp, starring Nikki Blonsky from Hairspray & David Hasslehoff's daughter, Hayley]
The premise of the episode was Talent Night at the camp. Ian, friend to tough chick Will(imina), played by Blonsky, had found her journal, not knowing it was hers & was extremely inspired by a poem he read inside. He wrote this song, using bits of the poem.

this might sound silly, but it was so beautiful, i kinda lost my shit. All of a sudden, i'm sitting here, guac tortilla in hand, ear budz in my ears, tears streaming down my face.

the lyrics are:

"Why does time move forward and never end? Why cant I somehow become a child again? I'd it right this time, I'd it right this time, I'd it right, this time. Ooh,. Ooh Snow would fall upwards dead leaves would turn green, I'd be a version of myself i've never seen. I'd it right this time, I'd it right this time, I'd it right this time. Ooh, Ooh The snow falls down and dead leaves break apart. Yeah, things fall down and people break your heart, And people break your heart. Time moves forward so does this song, Which i can barely write. So I'll write it wrong,. I'll write it wrong this time, Cause wrong is right this time. Lets do it right this time"

when this rush of my soul feeling full & tickled by the beauty or sadness or spiritual awakening, what-have-you, when this happens, i can't help but think of the plastic bag in American Beauty. 

"sometimes there's so much beauty, in the world, i feel like i can't take it. my heart, is just going to, cave in."

i feel exposed.

i just thought i'd share that moment with you all.

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dear santa: Cuffz by Linz

please?

i'd die. i've wanted one of these bags for sooooo long. please, please please can i have one? i don't even need a crazy-nutso-ridiculous one, just a basic black will be fine!!!

The brand, Cuffz by Linz are going on sale soon [no exact date known] on SeenOn.com.

Join SeenOn.com now to ask your fashion questions, get mad discounts on designer duds & [the koolest part, i think] read the SeenOn.com blog which allows you to SHOP by SHOW!

i found this site while looking for info on one of K. Cavallari's tops & foudn the whole luvly site.

[f.book fan Seen On, tweet follow Seen On.]

 

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