Voila!

Finally a fresh egg from the quail!

Yippee-ki-yay!

sparkle and fade

No sparkle fades quicker than a Christmas tree after the holidays.

How can something be so dazzling with wonderment and glee one minute....the next become this dehydrated, shedding eyesore ?

Poor, poor thing gets such a bad wrap.

Tree, I did love you once, truly I did.

But please, pick up your fallen needles and shove yourself back out the door.

I guess I am feeling nostalgic for the days of sparkle (like last week).

So with my trusty glue and glitter I have taken some of my latest distressed, wood paintings and encrusted the edges with gold/silver glitter.

Now, I usually side-step the word "encrusted".

Makes me think of things caked with crust...ex: bottoms of shoes, corners of eyes and medical conditions no one should ever talk about.

In my book there are only 2 manners where you should use that term:

On Menus.....as in Chicken Encrusted with Pecans....whenever I see that on the menu it's a done deal.

or

For encrusting the edges of paintings with shiny things.

Shiny things, pretty, shiny things....that's the key word.

SO here's some examples to bring back some of thaty sparkle.

more little mouths to feed

They say a sucker is born every minute....and well, here I am!
All friends of ours had to say was "Would you..." and I said "Yes!"
So here I am with 5 Coturnix Quail.
They are cute you have to admit....no bigger than a sparrow...and that's full grown!
I am impatiently waiting to see if they grant me any speckled eggs.

A few years ago I was "lucky " enough to go into a Korean(? I think) grocery store in Harrisburg PA.
"Lucky" I throw quotations around....because if you've ever been in a market such as this you would remember the horrendous fish smell.
I am not a fish lover anyway....but cannot imagine anyone would find this rotten wharfy smell enjoyable.
I believe I may unofficially hold the Guiness Worlds Record for holding one's breath.
I would like to say I held it like for 45 minutes...but know that must be humanly impossible...

This reminds me of the time my family was driving through Maine(I believe) and we saw the Guinness World Record's largest pizza being made.
For all of you who may be salivating all over your keyboard....don't be impressed!
All they did was take regular sized pizzas...lay them in concentric circles on some tarp....to make a "seemingly" large pizza.
Can't remember if we ate any off said tarp .....but even as a kid I thought it seemed bogus.

However, back to the stinky grocery store....for a paltry fee I was able to grab a huge pack of fresh quail eggs.
Tiny little buggers...but I had the notion of blowing out the yolks and keeping the little egg shells for a nest I had found.
No small feat...but I did it! All 24 of them.

So, now it is befitting that I am now the caretaker of real live quails...
That answers the question as to which came first....the egg or the quail...
In this case I'd have to say the eggs.

when goats fly...SALE!

If you were wondering when I was having a Holiday Sale...well, wonder no more....

It's when goats sprout wings and fly!

So looks to me like it's time for a SALE!

So here's the deal:

DEC. 9th-13th, 2010

all paintings on my website http://jennferlanne.com/art_paintings.htm (up to 3 total)

are 30% off

YICKY DEE!

So shop early for the best selection!

Shipping charges apply

email me at JDLanne@aol.com for availibilty
and pricing

next stop...PAULA'S!

Coming up next :

"Heart of Winter" West

Artful creations presented in a fabulous setting for festive shopping

"The Paula Shop"

Friday, Dec. 3 3pm-7pm

Saturday, Dec 4, 11am-3pm

139 West 1st Street, Tustin, California

visit http://www.shoppaula.com/ for directions and info on our host's avante garde clothing and home offerings.

If you are looking for me , I will be the one hogging the nearest dressing room!

season for shimmer

'Tis the season for glitter, shimmer, glisten......or at least it is in the studio this week!

Nothing more primal and fun than glitter snow.....maybe it's the kindergarten comfort it provides ....Like jello, spam and kool-aid.

If so, count me in!

So here's a new images of my "glitter wares".

Now to explain to everyone why I have glitter on my face and in my hair.

RED

So every once in a while I like to test hubby's memory....or shall I say his attentiveness.

for instance:

Me: "Gee, without looking, what color are my eyes?"

Hubby: "Brown"

Me: "ehhhhh, wrong, hazel....always hazel"

Me:"What's my height ? ( I never ask for weight)

Hubby: "5' 4""

Me: "duh....off by 2 inches"

Hubby: "Well, I am accounting for you in with your average shoe height"

Me: "nice save"

Me: "What's my favorite color?

Hubby: "RED"

Me: ......speechless

Bingo he got one right......or maybe he's just a good guesser...really there was actually more than one right answer to that question............either way I am impressed.

And it got me gears in my head turning....I do really love RED.

So back to the studio with visions of red in my head.

Ripe, cheery reds,

tawdry, passionate reds,

rich , decadent reds,

40's glam reds

LOVE them all.....

Now if he would only remember my shoe size...gotta work on that.

Afterall, Christmas is rapidly approaching!