Pick up a Custom Tattooed Mermaid for a Good Cause

I've donated two of my custom mermaids to try and help benefit my darling nephew Presley's elementary school.

Check 'em out at biddingforgood, winning bidder picks the colors and details. Bidding starts at $20, and they make great gifts.

Do it for the children, oh won't someone please think of the children?!

Win A Pair of my Custom Seahorses from Cafe Handmade

I'm proud to be sponsoring this week's giveaway on Cafe Handmade. Win a custom made seahorse and bubble wall hanging set. Available in countless color combos, with pearl, gloss or matte finishes. Winner's choice!
Cafe Handmade is an awesome virtual craft show that features artists and crafty types and spotlights their goods and stories. They even have a social networking site where people livin' the handmade life can get together, check out each other's work, and share ideas.

Enter to win at http://cafehandmade.com/

More Rich, Satisfying Tobacco Flavor with Vaughn Monroe

Done and done. :) You can find him at http://www.tohellinahandbag.etsy.com/

Smoking Is Fun and Flavorful with Vaughn Monroe

I am deeply in love with vintage advertisements. I have stack after stack of old magazines that I thumb through whenever I have a spare moment and ooh and ahh at the way ads used to look, all the "new" products, inventions, and what's changed in the world since.

For example, a cigarette ad with 9 out of 10 doctors choosing to smoke Camels. It's just unbelievable today.

Flipping through a Coronet mini mag from February, 1953, I found another great Camel ad featuring Vaughn Monroe, popular band leader.

"I've given Camels the test of time", says Vaughn. "I've smoked Camels for years and they've never stopped giving me pleasure. They're mild and rich tasting-pack after pack!"

Ugh, the thought of smoking one cigarette makes me wanna wretch, let alone "PACK AFTER PACK".

Anyhoo, the colors, the old mic, the suit, hair and smile all drew me to this ad, and I started wondering, who is this Vaughn Monroe fellow, and did he eventually bite the big one from Lung Cancer?

Well, as much as I wanted the delicious, smooth, rich tasting irony, the answer is no -but- I guess we know why they gave him such creepy nicknames as "'ol leather tonsils", and "leather lungs".

That's it, I'm framing it.

More Fruit of my Frankenstein & Barbie Fixation

Newest sketch, soon to be painting...

Buy 2 Patterns, Get 1 Free!

Hiya all! Pick up any 2 patterns at my etsy shop, and grab a third for freesies. Just drop me a note with your third choice during checkout! http://www.tohellinahandbag.etsy.com/

Sweet Dreams Playset, #973

Ahhh, fresh new blog. Just finished a new painting! "Sweet Dreams" Playset, #973. Innocent brunette Barbie style fashion doll tattooed with all things girly. Tattoos include "Ken" on her neck, Elvis silhouette, cupcake, pink princess phone, candy, nail polish, lipstick, fountain soda, records, music notes, and stars. She's dolled up in a yellow chiffon nightie with pink bow straps and matching pink bow in her hair. Pink marabou slippers. Her playset also includes matching bloomers, alarm clock, and diary.

18" x 24" acrylic painting on stretched canvas.

Check out more details on etsy...

http://www.tohellinahandbag.etsy.com/

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