Okay, it's taken me a good solid week to recover from my Dad's visit.
The visit itself was actually quite nice. It was the week before that really
effed me up. My Dad was a first sergeant in the Air Force. One of his weekly
duties was to inspect the barracks for cleanliness. He pretty much white gloved
every one's room in search of an infraction. And usually found at least one.
Welcome to my world.
Imagine growing up in a household with a weekly inspection of sorts.
Inspections I usually always failed. Always.
Scratching Dog Stone Animal
Fast forward some 25 years later, and after seven years apart he decides to come
visit. He hasn't seen me or my family in seven years. We left Texas on bad terms,
and it wasn't until the death of my Mother almost two years ago, that we began
speaking again, and healing our fractured relationship. My Dad and I are
ridiculously alike. Hence the wedges we both drive...
So to say I gave my house a thorough cleaning would be overstating
an insurmountable task. But I did do a pretty good job of making everything
appear to be tidy and dusted. I have a shit ton of chotchkies and dust collecting
collectibles, and crap, so dusting in itself is quite a chore. Plus, we have
three dogs, and two long haired cats, who produce their own miniature
replicas out of shed hair every other day. Makes ya wanna come and visit my
hairy dust bowl of a curio shoppe doesn't it?
My Mom's wedding ring and everyday ring
Anyhoo, after a nice 4 day visit, good food, and an expected apology, I had to
take a few days off to rest my aching back, and start going through all
of the treasures my Dad brought me that belonged to my Mom. He was quite
generous with this delivery. I got all of her jewelry, her stone animal collection,
photo albums and scrapbooks that she made, a couple of pieces from her
Westmorland Nesting animals collection, and various other cherished items.
My Dad's stuffed animals from his childhood.
I think we're in a good place now. Finally.
Now I'm ready to get back into create mode and make some art!
I am a new fan of Oddball Art Stamps. I have a few of their images,
but haven't played with most of them yet. This little guy came with
a cool demon girl, but I wanted to use him all by himself for this ATC.
How cay-oot is he? Soooo cute! I have a thing for voodoo dolls.
Always have, just ask my husband...
"Can I have a lock of your hair?"
"What for?"
*snip!*
I popped this guy up on foam for dimension, after coloring him with Copics.
I used some Halloween paper scraps and skull glitter tape from
Recollections at Mike's. I found two punched hearts in black and
added Firefly Stickles to make them sparkle. Added the "love me"
from Smeared Ink's Love Li'l Grumpies rubber set,
and this ATC is fini.
I'd like to enter this ATC in the following challenges:
Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge - #149 Going Green
Wicked Wednesday ATC challenge - #149 Going Green
(I think this might qualify for both, depending on how ya look at it)
