WIP Jingles and Spooks

As Christmas approaches and I finish up the Christmas pieces, I find I am feeling a new freedom to create the little skelly, spooks and pumpkin boys that are near and dear to my heart. After all, Halloween is only a little over 10 months away. I show three of the little "spooks" in progress below. I created an over sized top hat for one armless skelly (arms are still to come today), a pointed hat skelly and a little pumpkin head boy that is also in need of arms. I have some ideas on making them crossover pieces with Valentine's Day and Easter coming up so we will see what happens. Hmmmmm.....

Lots of heads and bodies in rough clay are sitting on a rack to dry just enough to toughen up the outside so that I can put details on them in the next day or two, or three, next week, two weeks...you get the idea.

I hope everyone is feeling the joy of the season as Christmas day approaches. I'm feeling very little stress this year for some reason and this week the creative juices are flowing. I just decided if a glass gets left in the sink or my "Christmas" cards don't get out until January, I'm not going to beat myself up over it. For anyone that has known me for years this just isn't normal for me, but I made a conscious decision to enjoy myself through the holidays and giving myself permission to follow through with it has been a great gift.

Here is wishing all of you the permission to sit and have a cup of cocoa (or my new favorite David Rio, Flamingo Vanilla Chai) and just breath in the wonder of the season.

Happy creating all!!
Laurie