Hello Everyone,

          

           Here is my Valentine's Day Baker, Peaches.  As you can see, she believes in being close to barefoot as she bakes a variety of cupcakes for a variety of people.  Comfort is key in Peaches' kitchen.  

           I was actually in bed sick when I doodled this little lady, dreaming of being well enough to bake for someone special.  Unfortunately, I am not quite well enough to do that, so here's a drawing of what I will be doing! Hopefully as soon as this weekend!

     

      I hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day!  Valentine's Day has always been a fun day for me because it means red lipstick, love notes and candy!  Although no love notes were exchanged this year, it was full of red lipstick and candy apples on a stick!  Messy & delicious!

And now for a Poetic Moment with Buttercup:

Love is staying up too late, 

riding the laughter, 

listening to hearts as they open and dare to share another story or soulful stare. 

Love is freedom to be who you are in this moment.

It’s honesty.

Openness.

Truth.

It starts at home.  With yourself.  Being comfy in your skin.

Because this is step 1, self love.  And you must achieve this before you are able to let anyone else in.

So get out there and LOVE YOURSELF!  You are beautiful.  Keep going.  

And Happy Fluesday!  May I leave you with a song by DJ Flula.  <3 div="">

Much Love & Peace to You & Yours :)

Love,

          Buttercup :) xoxo

Ludwig Minkus Van Dente-Custom Doll

 Hello Everyone!!! :)

I hope you all had a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Super Happy New Year!  Things over here have been wonderfully exhausting.  Acting, song-writing, exclusively dating :D among other things have been keeping this Buttercup super busy!  Oh, and this horrible cold that is going around has kept me stuck at home since LAST YEAR!  Can you believe it?!  Well, seeing as 2013 is only 5 days old, I guess that's not too hard to believe.  Enough about me, check out this Custom Figurine I made for  one of my uniquely wonderful friends :)

I name this Paperclay Doll "Ludwig Minkus Van Dente".  Two new and exciting things about this guy are 1. He has HAIR you can touch and move!!! And 2. His arms move too!  Since I have created a custom doll for this same friend before, I wanted to be sure this year's model was an upgrade with more interactive features!

Materials Used include but are not limited to: glass eyes, wood, foam, toothpicks, flower tape, paper clay, wire, gesso, various paints, yarn, rope, varnish, paper box, paper clay, crystals, glitter, black elastic for the mask and all kinds of glue!  I used tacky glue, e6000 and quickHOLD glue.

Here's yet-to-be-painted-Ludwig Minkus Van Dente.  

The Final Look: Ludwig Minkus Van Dente on his glamourously, dark and sparkly road.

That's Ludwig Minkus Van Dente!  I hope you found a little inspiration and continue creating, finishing those projects and starting new and more challenging creations!

And since it is a New Year, I'll leave you with one of my favorite quotes this time of year~

Ludwig Minkus Van Dente with his arms up! :)

Warmest Wishes to you all!

Love,

Buttercup :) xoxoxo

Back At It with Tiddly Inks!!! :-D

Hi Folks!

     Long time, no blog!  I am happy to have found some time this evening to create a Winter Themed Card using Tiddly Inks NEW DIGI!  Isn't she adorable???  What's not to love about a precious little girl who is singing a beautiful Holiday song?  I know, I know.  Some of you may not be ready for the Holidays.  You might be more into Halloween, or perhaps, into not celebrating.  Well, tough. I LOVE CHRISTMAS and Halloween and ALL the Holidays even the ones I don't understand!  Yay Celebrating!!!

As for Materials:  Copic Sketch Markers, Black Ink Marker, Various Papers, Striped Ribbon, Fake Flower, Scrap Papers, Diamond Stickles & Glue.

If you have any questions feel free to email me or leave a comment!  Thanks!!!!!

I wish you a FABULOUS day full of at least one outburst of laughter, and one bite of tasty food.  Atleast.


Love,

Buttercup xoxo :)

Promotional Flyer For a Funny Guy

Hello Everyone!

I hope you are all enjoying your day today, and getting just the right amount of sunshine!!!

As for what I have been up to: Acting, Writing, Drawing and honestly, missing my handmade crafting!!! And the blogosphere!  I miss you guys :'(

Here in Phoenix, Arizona, there is this super FUN, super RAUNCHY 18 and over sketch comedy troupe called th[sic]sense sketch comedy troupe.  When I am available, I love to perform with them!  And when I am already booked elsewhere, I am thrilled to write for them!  We are talking 30 second to 7 minute little sketches which may or may not be filled with adult content but always full of love and laugh inducing material.  At least, that's the hope!

Our current show, which runs for one more weekend, is called th[sic]sense: No Class!  Aside from contributing 2 sketches, I also drew up this here FLYER!  Opening for us, we have been incredibly lucky to have Scott Gesser perform his original songs!  He is so clever and will make you laugh at things you swore you would never laugh at!  ONE DAY he will have a CD or you'll be able to download his hilarious music, but for now, trust.  Or, just come to his next show in AZ!

Now, back to crafts!

Materials Used for this Promotional Flyer:

Pink Paper
"Bricked" stamp by Tim Holtz
Black Ink Copic Pens for the drawing of Scott Gesser
Copic Markers
Pinks, Browns, Reds, Yellows stamp inks for distressing
Fine White Paint Marker for highlights
Fine Red Paint Marker for details
www.dafont.com for various FREE FONTS available for download
scissors and glue!
And always, a willingness to be imperfect (the drawing has 6 fingers! oops!)


Questions? Comments?  Please connect.

THANK YOU for stopping by!  MUAH! XOXOX

Love,

Buttercup

Celia Shemade Mermaid.

Yo soy la sirena...

I'm working on a monologue in spanish about a Siren...about the sensitive side of a siren (By working I mean, performing eventually). Yes, I'm still deeply intrigued by mermaids, mythical creatures and beautiful, misunderstood women. Hee hee.

During rehearsal for Shakespeare's play, Much Ado About Nothing, I doodle! And this little mermaid woman is the result of one of those doodles. She's not perfect. But she is...in some way.

As for what else is new: I yielded for a dove, was called "Frisky" and "Fair", learned to dance a little with a baby genius...was hypothetically asked out on a dinner date...and have some theater job prospects on the horizon. So...all is well enoughishnotreally... ;)

Still don't have any tattoos or piercings.

I hope you enjoy this little Mermaid Gal. What to call her...Celia after mi tia Celia? Si. Bueno. :)

Black ink Pen and Copic Markers. Ghetto cheap paper. That is all.

Love,

Buttercup :) xo

Calliope Drawing

Hi There, World. How do you do?

I must say, I've missed you. I've been cooped up at home, reading this book , In the Company of the Courtesan by Sarah Dunant, collaborating with th [sic] sense sketch comedy troupe's writing team, in rehearsals with the comedy troupe, filling out dates and times on my calendar obligations for the next few months (acting/artwise) and really...just truly grateful to have a little time this evening to finish up this drawing I did. The subject is my interpretation of Calliope. This is a project in collaboration with Theater In My Basement (timb). The founder and creator of Theater in My Basement, Mr. Christopher Danowski asks all participants of "9 Muses" to create work based on different "muses". This month is Calliope, next month is another one which you'll see in a future post of mine ;)

Here she is, the muse of epic poetry herself...

Artists all around the world have created performance art, visual art and stage performances centered around this particular muse. I'll share the link here once I have it so you may see for yourself.

This Greek Mythological Lady may look a little modern to you. With her Starbucksesque drinks, keyboard, bandaids and big hair. But have no fear, she's still a girl who wrestles with words. Paper notebooks or metal and plastic ones...she still pens her heart out...

Thoughts are powerful.

Hmmm...one of the questions posed to us this month was to define the word "epic" or to use it to fuel our work. I admit, I refrained from doing so. That word, that word "epic" over inundates my peers vernacular to such a degree, just the thought of it makes my mind's eye roll. Imagine that. ;)

Especially with the change of the year. By the way, Happy New Year!!! But everyone saying, "This is epic!" "My soup today was epic!" "This year is going to be epic!" "Your face is epic!" "My hair stylist is epic!" "Tonight's going to be epic!"-I am not saying it's NOT going to be epic. I'm just saying, I am over that word. I don't trust people who say it. I want to know WHAT makes the pizza epic. Why? How? If you can answer that, I'll try it. The pizza.

Much Love to you all! I appreciate your time, smile and good energy :)

Love,

Buttercup xoxo

Step Away From the Doll!

Hello Everyone!

Long time no blog! I hope this finds you comfy and cozy, enjoying 2011 as it is coming to a close!

This piece I am sharing with you today is a commissioned work meant to represent a specific person who shall remain nameless.

I am kind of in love with him. The doll. Not the person. Although, he is a lovely person...we just are not each other's types ;) ;)

Anyway, back to the subject of this doll: As for what he is made of, he has wire innards, along with floral tape, paper clay everything else, some wood in there too, acrylic paints, pieces of foam, satin and matte varnish, black sparkles for the pants...a little box, and that's about it. Oh, and tons and tons of love <3

Not including his box, he measures just under 5.5" in height! He's a tiny fella with tons of sass!

Why this was an exciting job for me: GLASS EYES! This is my first time working with glass eyes. Usually I just paint them on, but working with more realistic eyeballs is super fun. It ups both the creepy and cute factor at the same time. And I am a total fan of each! These are brown flat back oval glass eyes size 6mm (which were the smallest ones I could find in my neighborhood. Online, you can find even smaller ones!)

Please email me and ask me anything at buttercupblogs at gmail dot com.

Thank You! And Have a Great rest of the year!!!

Love,

Buttercup :) XOXO