Mmmm....CAKE!!

Hi everyone!

I have a brand new BEAUTIFUL original painting today - a new Rococo piece - FRAMED in a gorgeous ornate frame called "Princess with a Black Cat". It is gorgeous! And she's up in my eBay store now - In addition, I have prints available right away! Not only that, you can even choose your own custom framing & matting, or even BIG print sizes up to 70"x50" in size (BIG prints start at just $13.80). This is a GORGEOUS painting!

All right, the new original painting! A gothic beauty with big lovely eyes - painted in a Rococo portrait style - a princess with her beautiful black cat! I love cats, and I love painting cats, so this was a joy to do. The black cat is inspired by my own baby Azrael. This one is FRAMED in a gorgeous ornate open wood golden frame - fitting the Rococo style - and large - 22x25" framed - 12"x16" masonite panel-- and it's all READY TO HANG too, Matt has already put the hanger on the back of the frame. This ORIGINAL acrylic painting is up in my eBay store until purchaed, and you can see her below:



"Princess with a Black Cat" 22"x25" ORIGINAL PAINTING!

And as always, to see all of my other currently available original paintings, click below - I have some BEAUTIFUL originals up right now at great prices:

All Jasmine's Originals

Now, as I promised - trying something new - I'm making the "Princess with a Black Cat" prints available NOW. If the original isn't in your budget, grab one of these! These are BIG prints - starting at just $13.80 - and guess what? You can add on custom mats, frames, glass, etc. however you want it. And you can choose the paper type - glossy, matte, canvas, poster, whatever. Small sizes are available as well as HUGE sizes - up to 70"x50" size (that is taller than I am!) Just use the options in the upper right hand corner of this page to choose the size you'd like - leave it plain as a poster print or add framing options. No need to wait any more!!



PRINTS of "Princess with a Black Cat" - framed, posters, more!

Enjoy!

Until next time...
-Jasmine

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Hi everyone!

I have a big beautiful new original painting for you tonight - faeries at the beach! Starting at just ONE PENNY on eBay (and prints are up already too!)! In addition I have yet another BRAND NEW series of figurines up at the Hamilton Collection They are a whole series of Irish/Celtic themed faeries called my "Life Charms" collection (each one has a different "luck" theme with a removable charm or token). And guess what? If you order "Prosperity" (the first of the new Life Charms Irish Faeries at Hamilton) and select Express Shipping - Hamilton will GUARANTEE CHRISTMAS DELIVERY! Lol - so this would be a great last minute gift!

Okay! The new original paintings....to see ALL of my currently available original paintings, including the new ones click below:

All Jasmine's Original Paintings HERE!

Or directly - let me introduce "By the Seaside" Ready to hang - 2" deep cradled masonite it is is an ORIGINAL acrylic painting measuring 20"x16". I love this painting! One of my favourite things to do is to walk up and down the beach here in Florida and collect seashells. Some I take home and paint (hence this painting). Here I have a couple of my little faerie girls doing the same - of course the shells are a lot bigger for them to haul than they are for me! This painting is almost a still life, but in a beach setting - and with faeries (so in otherwords, not much of a still life at all, nevermind). And yes, to give everybody a chance, she is starting at just ONE PENNY! It's up for a 10-day auction ending the evening of Monday, December 28th at 4:37 PM Central Time, and you can see her here:



"By the Seaside" 20"x16" ORIGINAL PAINTING

Now, as I promised - trying something new - I'm making the "By the Seaside" prints available NOW. If the original isn't in your budget, grab one of these! These are BIG prints - starting at just $13.80 - and guess what? You can add on custom mats, frames, glass, etc. however you want it. And you can choose the paper type - glossy, matte, canvas, poster, whatever. Small sizes are available as well as HUGE sizes - up to 65"x52" size (that is as wide as I am tall!) Just use the options in the upper right hand corner of this page to choose the size you'd like - leave it plain as a poster print or add framing options. No need to wait any more!!

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Click HERE to see the "By the Seaside" Prints & Posters!

Next up - my new Hamilton Collection series - "Life Charms" - an Irish / Celtic themed collection of good luck faeries. Each will come with her own removable charm for different luck (such as Inspiration, Luck, Prosperity, etc.). The firs in the collection is "Propserity" - she is GORGEOUS - 4.5" high with long dark hair, Celtic knotwork designs, and a golden shamrock coin (removable to put in your pocket for luck!) for Propserity. And guess what? If you order NOW and choose the Express Shipping option, Hamilton Collection will GUARANTEE DELIVERY BY CHRISTMAS. So if you need a last minute gift - this would be great to bring someone prosperity for the holiday season and the New Year! You can subscribe to the whole series (the "Collection" option - you get another one in the mail every month or so - how fun!) here on the website - or just purchase one individually :



Click HERE to see or order "Prosperity"

And to subscribe to the entire collection (starting with "Prosperity" and then a NEW one each month or so!), click below:

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Click HERE to order the entire "Life Charms" Irish/Celtic Fairy Collection!

Or just call 1-877-268-6638 and ask for Jasmine Becket-Griffith's "Life Charms" Prosperity Figurine! If you have questions, don't ask me, hehe - ask the folks there on the website or at the phone number. I just do the paintings, folks =) If you are a non-US customer and have questions about my Hamilton/Bradford collectibles, please visit:

Bradford Exchange International Ordering for Jasmine Stuff

Speaking of non-US Customers - the wonderful Tiffany at "The Realm" wants me to let you know that she will have TONS of my new figurines available to ship WORLD WIDE this week (even my newest ones, like the Red Hats!) - so be sure to stay tuned to The Realm here:

Live Outside the US? Buy your Hamilton/Bradford Jasmine Collectibles at The Realm, HERE

Enjoy!

Until next time...
-Jasmine


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I've been needing some new slippers (I live in them in the winter) and then these ones that I have been coveting went on a super sale for only the one day that I happen to be in town! Yay!


Brock bought a bag of different nuts and a nutcracker and Wes has been LOVING it. He loves seeing what all the different nuts look and taste like and he loves trying to crack them open on his own. He has perfected his own little method of just smacking the crap out of them with the nutcracker until they break open. Ha!

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Hi everyone!

Mostly Matt & I have been scrambling to get everybody's holiday orders out, and I've been finishing up commissioned paintings with Christmas deadlines, but I did find some time to paint some new Faces of Faery! In fact, I have TWO new original Faces of Faery paintings for you and both start at just ONE PENNY on eBay! And in other WONDERFUL news - I have a new fairy figurine (and collection) with the Hamilton Collection now available to order - a brand new one created in homage to the Red Hat Society (don't know what that is? More info below!).

Okay! The new original paintings....to see ALL of my currently available original paintings, including the new ones click below:

Jasmine's NEW ORIGINAL PAINTINGS are ALL HERE!

Or individually - here is "Faces of Faery 60" - the 60th in the series. Ready to hang - 2" deep cradled masonite as well - she (like ALL of my Faces of Faery) is 6"x6" an ORIGINAL acrylic painting. My Faces of Faery are all the same size & shape and look fantastic when displayed together with their sisters, if you are collector! A beautiful, but slightly grumpy looking fairy with moth wings! And yes, to give everybody a chance, she is starting at just ONE PENNY! She's up for a 7-day auction ending the afternoon/evening of Monday, December 21st at 5:26 PM Central Time, and you can see her here:



"Faces of Faery: 60" ORIGINAL PAINTING

And - same size & shape of course, 6x6, ready to hang original painting - Faces of Faery #61 - A gorgeous fairy creature with a romantic/rococo feel to her - silver hair and flowers - oh so lovely! Ready to hang! And yes, to give everybody a chance, she is also starting at just ONE PENNY! She's up for a 7-day auction ending the afternoon/evening of Monday, December 21st at 5:46 PM Central Time, and you can see her here:



"Faces of Faery: 61" ORIGINAL PAINTING

Next up - my latest series with the Hamilton Collection! She is absolutely divine - the first of my "Red Hat" faeries, inspired by the Red Hat Society. Here's a bit about the Red Hat Society first:

About the Red Hatters

So in honour of the fun-loving ladies I have a series of new fairy figurines all with bright red hats and lovely purple clothing & accessories! These are perfect for any Red Hatters you know! Don't worry, they're so cute they'd be great for anybody really - there's no 50+ age limit, hehehe. The first issue is called "It's Not The Age, It's The Attitude!" and she is already online at Hamilton (or can be ordered by phone). You can order her by herself, or subscribe to the whole collection (several more Red Hat faeries are in the works!). She's 4" tall, only $19.99 and is cast in resin, and is Limited Edition. To order her online - the individual figurine by herself is here:



Click HERE to see my little Red Hat Fairy or order her individually!

Or subscribe to the collection here (get a new one almost every month!):



or Click HERE for the whole collection!

Or just call them up on the phone, tollfree: 1-877-268-6638 and ask for Jasmine Becket-Griffith's new "Red Hat" fairy "It's Not The Age, It's The Attitude!"

And as I always mention, I don't work for Hamilton, they just make my stuff, hehe. If you have ANY questions about ordering, shipping, availability, release dates, anything like that - contact them through their website or at the phone number above (in other words, don't ask me - I don't have access to that info, I'm just a painter!).

Now - as I mentioned - I have made a special resource page with ALL the information I have regarding international ordering info for Hamilton/Bradford collectibles. This really is ALL the info I have. Please read it if you live outside the US and want to order from Hamilton/Bradford. It has all the info and links you should ever need! Any further questions you are left with will have to be directed to Hamilton/Bradford via the links on that page. Whew! To see the page about non-US orders for the Hamilton/Bradford collectibles, click below (and bookmark it for future reference). I've noticed Bradford UK & Australia are adding more of my stuff everyday!:

Ordering Jasmine's Bradford Collectibles outside the US

And along similar lines - I'd like to tell you about a wonderful website out of Canada called "The Realm" which is run by an even more wonderful lady named Tiffany. She actually IMPORTS the Bradford/Hamilton figurines and will ship them WORLDWIDE, even to countries that don't have Bradford websites. You will love this website if you live overseas and want my collectibles!

You can see what The Realm has of my Bradford/Hamilton collectibles currently here:

Order Internationally TODAY from The Realm!

Enjoy!

Until next time...
-Jasmine


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Today Wesley brought home directions for this snowman game from school and we played it together! You roll two dice and each number means a different thing you get to draw and whoever finishes the snowman first wins! I was the green marker and Wes was the red. Rolling a 12 means you have to swap pictures, which is why there is red and green on each one. It came down to us each needing one more thing (him a mouth and me a hat) and he won!

And now here's a Christmas Meme for you!!

10 Question Holiday Meme

When do you start decorating and putting up your tree?
Anytime after Thanksgiving. Usually the beginning of December, but we were a bit later than usual this year because of Wesley getting ill.

When do you take down your tree?
Whenever we are sick of all the decorations being in the way, lol. Sometime in January.

How soon do you start shopping?
I always want to start it extra early, but usually end up doing it in a rush the last couple of weeks before Christmas.

Favorite Christmas movie?
The Muppets Christmas Carol!
I also love the special The Year Without a Santa Claus. The Miser Brothers are the best!

Favorite Christmas song?
Carol of the Bells! And many others, but that one is just so gorgeous. Vocal version!

Eggnog or hot cider?
I love both!! Every year Brock makes his special homemade eggnog to drink while decorating the tree. It's one of my favorite parts of the holiday!

When do you open your gifts? Quickly or slowly?
Christmas morning. I always open mine so slowly. I like to drag out the anticipation, plus I can't for the life of me just tear apart the pretty paper. I have to open it very carefully where it's taped.

What do you usually do for Christmas dinner?
We are always at my mom's on Christmas Day and I think she usually makes a ham and some sides, but I'm sure I always just fill up on sweet breads and cookies because that's how I roll.

Any favorite traditions?
Decorating the tree and drinking eggnog! Driving around looking at lights, watching specials and movies every night, Christmas morning with Wesley..

What’s one thing you’d like this Christmas?
The Beatles Rock Band! Unrealistically, a new lens for my camera.

I tag everyone! Ha!

Well, I haven't heard back about sharing the commission yet, and I haven't quite finished the Priestess card! I don't have any completed projects to show, but instead of ignoring Tarot Tuesday completely, I'll share a work in progress of The Priestess! As you can see, she's still rough, but I think she's getting there!

WIP -- The Priestess



I'm hoping to finish her up later this evening, but I have some family stuff to do tonight, so it would have been too late to really post the completed piece. If I do finish this piece, I'll just onto her for next week's reveal. I need to complete my last commission of the year (just an 8x10), and start work on the next card. So I may need to hoard the Priestess in case I can't get next week's work done on time. I like putting deadlines on myself so I stick to somewhat of a schedule, but I also want to make sure that I am happy with every little inch of the cards. I think my next card is looking like the Ace of Cups! I know it seems kind of random to go from the Major Arcana over to one of the minors, but the Ace is already tugging on my sleeve. Ace up my sleeve! Ha ha!

Well, I'd better get back to painting before I get pulled away for a few hours! Happy Tarot Tuesday!

XOXO!!

I know, crazy, right?

This is my Christmas piece for my cards this year. I had a heck of a time getting the dress to look the right shade of red on my compy...this is about as close as it's going to get.



9x12 watercolor with ink, white gouache, metallic gold gouache and iridescent medium on 140# hotpress.

Reference photo used is THIS by magicstock!!

( detail shots behind the cut )

I hope you like her. She took me forever to paint!! o.O It's nice to be painting again. ^^

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DOOOONE!!! With one commission at least! Almost finished with the Priestess card! If my client okays my showing the commission, and I pull of the Priestess by tomorrow, I'll have an art post for Tarot Tuesday! XOXO!!

We finally got to decorate yesterday!


Wesley did most of the tree himself. :)

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Hi everyone!

First - new ACEO cards! Then second - they've done it again! The big news today - I just heard about it a few minutes ago, and wish I'd had the head's up to tell you, again! But Zazzle is running a 60% OFF sale on ALL of my prints & posters! This means you can get a BIG 17x11 sized print for only $5.52. Yes, $5.52. The sale SALE STARTS NOW and ends tonight. AND all sorts of other sales are running - lots of buy-one-get-one free sales, $5 off shirts, $9 off my calendar. One day only!. Do your holiday shopping NOW, this is the best sale I've ever seen them run! BIG PRINTS from $5.52! It is a Zazzle sale, so it only applies to orders that are sold through Zazzle (does not apply to strangeling.com or eBay prints). All you need to do is enter the code: 12DEALZAZZLE when checking out your order.

Just CLICK HERE go to my Zazzle store and start shopping! =)

First (before you get all excited about the SALE, hehe - I have new ACEO cards! Each are hand embellished by me in acrylic paints, are trading card ACEO size, and only ONE is ever made for each painting! To see ALL the ACEO cards, click below - they start at just ONE PENNY each and are up for seven day auctions ending the evening of Sunday, December 20th at 6:00PM - 6:12 PM Central time:



Jasmine's ACEO Cards are HERE

"Befriending at Alligator" ACEO

"Faces of Faery #56" ACEO

"Faces of Faery #57" ACEO

"Faces of Faery #58" ACEO

"Faces of Faery #59" ACEO

Now the sale! There are 12 Zazzle sales right now, for the 12 days of Christmas =) This is the best sale of the year!best The best one is of course, 60% OFF on my prints & posters. That's even BETTER than buying one getting one free! Prices start at just $5.52 for BIG prints! Can you believe that? You can add on custom mats, frames, glass, etc. however you want it. And you can choose the paper type - glossy, matte, canvas, poster, whatever. Small sizes are available as well as HUGE sizes - up to 78" in size (that is SIX AND A HALF FEET TALL) Just use the options in the upper right hand corner of this page to choose the size you'd like - leave it plain as a poster print or add framing options.



Jasmine's Posters, Prints & Framed Art

I've added all of my latest paintings up there too - BIG prints of "Alice in a Da Vinci Portrait," "A Gathering of Faeries," "Befriending an Alligator," "Madonna and Child at Night," "Dinosaur Friends I," and many other favourites, new and old classics. Another wonderful thing about my Zazzle prints are that you can get full-sized and oversized prints of many of my more unusuallly sized paintings - long skinny ones like "Kali" or "Hyakki Yako" or "Rapunzel in Rococo," etc. - Zazzle is great at really big or custom sized prints I simply can't make myself here at home. Here is that link again for the prints:

Zazzle Prints all 60% OFF!

Now, there are other wonderful Zazzle sales too! For ALL of these, just enter: 12DEALZAZZLE as the coupon code when checking out to get the discounts. You can get ALL the discounts on one order, too!!

50% off all CARDS if you buy 10 or more!

I think that also means... 50% off all POSTCARDS if you buy 10 or more!

Buy one mug/coffee cup - get one FREE

$5 OFF T-SHIRTS! I have added lots of new shirts!

30% off all totebags, bags / purses

$9 OFF my 2010 Calendar!

BUY ONE GET ONE FREE BINDERS! These binders are awesome!

And $11 OFF Skateboards! Just added several new skateboards

There are even more sales with the 12DEALZAZZLE code today too - too many to list here! So just go to Zazzle's 12 Days of Christmas SALE here:

List of all the SALE discounts you get with 12DEALZAZZLE here

Have fun shopping!!

Remember - sale ends TONIGHT at midnight, Pacific Time. I'm sorry I didn't give much notice on this - I just found out this morning myself! Be sure to enter 12DEALZAZZLE as the coupon code when you are checking out, that is when the discount is applied.

And To see my currently available ORIGINAL paintings, just visit my Original Paintings section of my store here:

Jasmine's Original Paintings

And to see all the other cool stuff on Zazzle, click HERE

Enjoy! Be on the lookout for new original paintings soon, too!

Until next time...

-Jasmine


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A very small kid from the neighborhood offered to shovel the snow from my driveway for .50 cents. I said YES! I gave him $1 of course:) He even had a shorty snow shovel to fit his size! Sooooooo cute!

All I have to say is I cannot think of anything to say. I guess I'll get to work! XOXO!!

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I love the Michelin Man "Saddest Road" commercial! I think I just stared in shock the first time I saw it on TV because it is NOT your typical TV commercial, but it's sooooooo my kind of storyline! I'm glad someone can save the squashed animals!!!

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XOXO!!

Wesley drew this picture of Perry the Platypus from the show Phineas and Ferb.

Wesley has been pretending to be Perry a lot lately and even tries to talk like him.
Which if you have ever seen Phineas and Ferb and heard Perry talk, this is hysterical.

I made a really stupid mistake. See, I have a Bucky, which you can put in the microwave to heat up and keep you warm. And Wesley is ALWAYS stealing it. Which doesn't work for me because I am ALWAYS cold and need it! So I remembered when I went to this local spa last year, seeing that the same company sold monster shaped ones. For some reason I didn't buy one for Wesley (probably because we were watching our money) so this year I thought it would be the perfect gift! Only when I went there to get one I learned they didn't have any and weren't planning on ordering more. So I went online and found them on the website, on sale at that, and ordered this greenish guy. I was really excited, thinking I found the perfect gift for Wes.

Well, it just arrived and as I was reading the tag I noticed the words "DO NOT MICROWAVE" on it. I went to look at the website and sure enough, it's just meant to be a little pillow. UGH. I was reading more about it and it says not to microwave because "the cover has metal zippers which can cause fire when microwaved." Only the one we just received has no metal zipper anywhere, it's just an overlapping flap. So. I was wondering if I could just cut open the inner liner and replace the filling (buckwheat hulls) with something else that could be microwaved to hold heat. What do you guys think? Is that a good/safe idea? And does anyone know where I could get buckwheat seeds (which is what is inside my bucky)?