Be Good Or Krampus Will Get You

 GRUB VON KRAMPUS!!

Happy Holidays from Krampus and St. Nick! 

Krampus is the dark counterpart of Saint Nicholas. St. Nicholas rewards good kids with gifts and treats; and never punishes naughty children, parceling out this task to a ghastly helper from below. Krampus, is unmistakably darker; he often appears as a traditional red devil with cloven hoof and goatish horns, although he can also be spotted as an old bearded wild-man or a huge hairy beast. He comes to punish the naughty children, and is often depicted carrying them in chains or in a basket to a fiery place below.

Santa's all well and good, but darker things lurk in the woods. Krampus brings switches and bad dreams to the misbehaving children, threatening more than just a lump of coal....

Although its distant pagan origins are mostly repressed, Christmas gift-giving and its folklore and customs still embody the pre-Christian European winter solstice tradition. In the dark recesses of our cultural consciousness, the link between the Goat-horned Devil and Saint Nick is clear. If we are naughty,the potent holiday devil archetype who rules over this age-old festival season will come
calling!

Upcycled Rice Bag

Made by me with an upcycled rice bag, tote and fabric 

Signed by me

Hand stitched!



New Art

New Tin Nichos or Mini Shrines

I hand painted these and added the embellishments. They are actual tin nichos from Mexico!

Scared Heart of Jesus

Complete with mini rosary and, scared heart milagro or charm, flowers and a Scared Heart prayer card.

Measures 3 1/2" x 7 1/2"

Virgin of Guadalupe

With fabric roses and a mini angel kneeling in front of the Virgins image. Measures 4" x 6"

 See how her eyes are reflected in the little mirror I placed inside

These are going up on my etsy site :)

The Truth Won't Save You Now

Oh, Mrs. O....

You really have a way with words...

The truth won't save you now

oh oh oh

The sky is falling down

oh oh oh

Watch the vultures count the hours

April trains May bring strange showers

Oh Mrs. O,

We all know

the world is really all in Love!

and Oh Mrs O

Will you leave us hanging now that we are grown up and old?

Will you kill me if I say "I told you so"

We All Know

There's No Winter and

No Santa Claus

And Yes Virginia

All because

The Truth Won't Save You Now

oh oh oh

The sky is falling down

oh oh oh

Everything they ever told us

Shakes our Faith and

Breaks their promise

But you can stop the truth from leaking

If you never stop believing......

My First Collaboration

Wendie and Jesse Collaboration

My Pal Jesse sent me this mask as a blank canvas and I have finally painted it. It still needs a little touching up but I wanted to share it with you all.

Painted on the mask is the Mexica symbol Olin or Movement. The two colors, one light one dark, are important as Olin combines the humanity of the Sun and the movement of the Earth.

The Friendship Baton

Friendship Baton from my pal Jesse

You can reach his blog here: http://theartofjesse.blogspot.com/

Here are some questions for you my dear blog followers, I thought it would be fun for us to answer them,  

Here are my answers

1 - Too small when you were asked, what you wanted to do when you were big; What did you reply?

    -There were only two things I ever wanted to be as a kid, Wonder Women or Ruler of my
      own Planet
2 - What were your favorite cartoons?
      -G.I. Joe and Transformers
3 - What were your favorite games?
      -Tag or Hide and Seek with my cousins, we always ended up in a dog pile tickling or
       pretending to beat each other up
4 - What year was your nicest birthday and why?
      -I was about 22 and my pal Andy gave me a card with lyrics saying: "One day when my life has
      passed me by, I'll sit around and wonder why you were always there for me. Some say better
     things will come my way, no matter what they try to say, You were always there for me." It let
     me know that he knew how much I care and how I would do anything for him.
5 - What were the things you absolutely wanted to do, and not yet done?
     -Visit Florance, Italy
6 - Which 'was your first love? sports? or what not?
     -My first love was swimming.....and chocolate
7 - Which was your first musical idol?
     - Led Zepplin (thanks to growing up hearing my father play it all the time)
8 - Which was the most' beautiful sought (and eventually received), Santa Claus, Jesus' Child, Saint Lucia, christmas gift?
    - I'm with Jesse on this, my first bike!
OK Followers, its your turn to answer and please help yourself to the Friendship Baton I'm passing to all of you!

Happy Day of the Dead

Feliz Dia De Los Muertos

Day of the Dead Art work by Me :)