I get lots of email. They send me pictures, links, articles, kind words, they tell me their problems and want advice (Yikes!), and they ask me questions. One question that a few people have asked me, is, what would people be surprised to know about you? The answer to that is this: A helluvalot. So much so that I can't write about it in a blog. I gotta save that stuff for my book.
But one thing that you might not know about me is that I am artsy. Artsy, as in, I used to paint anything I could get my hands on, and people actually paid me to do it. I did canvases, furniture, murals, etc... and I loved it. Then, since I am flighty and fidgety, I got bored. Then I started to write my blog. I guess creativity is creativity and it comes out in different ways at different times. I think I finally found my "thing" though. It's much easier to sit at my desk and type a stupid story about how I am constipated, than it is to climb ladders and inhale fumes and paint a bunch of stuff on a wall for days and days until you feel like your body is 90-years-old and arthritic.
My mind is a jumble of odd pictures, songs, and stories, and it never really stops working. It's like some strange, colorful, picture book in there that is almost impossible to keep up with. Some people call that creativity, and I am happy that such a kind word is used to describe it. I have a soft spot for other people who are "creative", and I also get excited when I see someone come up with something that is so amazing that I hate myself for not thinking of it first. I am in awe of some peoples minds and ideas, and I like artists who make me smile and get a bit jealous of their skillz. Case in point: Sebastien Millon, who designed my new blog header. It's like he draws what is going on in my head. His talent makes me giddy.
I recently came across another artist that made me mega happy. her name is Serene Bacigalupi. Her stuff is so creative, unique, and magical that I fell in love with it immediately. She takes vintage paintings and paints things on top of them. Here are a few of my favorites:
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| I would have done way more Bible reading if this had been in there. |
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| Dear Hollywood, this is better than 90% of your ideas. |
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| I mean, COME ON! It's a monster sitting in a pond, having a refreshing beverage! |
After stalking all her stuff, I totally fan mailed her and basically told her that I was in mad mad love with her, and instead of calling the po po, she was kind enough to write back to me and I told her that I wanted to share her with you guys ASAP. Well, she liked that genius idea, and she wanted to give you a discount code for her Etsy store as well as 2 prints of some of her most popular pictures to one of you guys. Yay for nice people, right? Nice people give you free stuff. And who doesn't like free stuff? An idiot, that's who.
To enter to win the prints, leave a comment with your name and email address in it, and I will draw one of you randomly with the help of computery shit that my pathetic brain can't even begin to understand. Also, please go like Serene's FB page HERE and her Etsy store HERE. You can use the code MOMICORN to get 10% off anything in the store. FYI she has some Hall and Oates earrings that are pretty amazingly badass. Seriously. Bad. Ass.
Winner will be announced Monday, 12/10.
Winner will be announced Monday, 12/10.
Good Luck!
And P.S. I moderate comments so it might not post right away. Be patient. It will. lease only enter once. xoxo
***Contest ended on 12/10/2012***
And P.S. I moderate comments so it might not post right away. Be patient. It will. lease only enter once. xoxo
***Contest ended on 12/10/2012***







OH! This stuff is AMAZING!!!! ANNND I think your blog is kick-ass!
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You inspire me!!
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Love reading your rambles... Ramble away!!
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I'm loving her work. It's monster friendly for kids :) I want something of hers for over my mantle so when ppl visit my home they'll instantly hv a clue about the type of household they're visiting. Niki @message_center@yahoo.com
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I love your blog. I get a kick out of the funny things you post.
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I LOVE her stuff!!! You find some of the coolest people!!!
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Love it!
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Love it madly. And your blog. As you know. :)
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Love her stuff and your blog
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Great lift to my day!
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I want nothing more than to use my discocunt. heheh. You make my day very very often.
ReplyDeleteSerene's stuff is brilliant! That second picture up there, Unicorn Country, that would be perfect on the wall above our couch! As would the church one on her Etsy page... Awesomesauce.
ReplyDeleteAlmost as awesome as this blog and your facebook page. Patti, you never fail to make me giggle-snort every single day, and for that I am grateful. Grateful for the giggles, but also for the fact that there is another artsy fartsy woman out there who yaps about random stuff... dry humping garden ornaments... poop... and unicorns. Shunnn the non-believers!!! :)
Laura-May Ward
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You always make me laugh...it's almost like our brains are connected. I really liked what you said about creativity. Such a nice word for the chaos ricocheting through my brain. I tend to share your blog with my Facebook friends, cause a lot of them have the same creativity issues. You are much appreciated for voicing what we dare not!
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Meg Davis
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I saw her booth at the Comic Con here in Dallas earlier this year and FREAKED THE SHIT OUT (wait, can I say that on here?). I bought an awesome print and then came home and stalked the crap out of her FB page and shared it all over mine and many times since then, too! I AM OBSESSED WITH HER AWESOME. I hope your computer do-hickey picks me because I NEED ANOTHER PRINT! Squeeeeeeeee!
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Love Serene's stuff and she's sweet to boot!
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Winner winner Chicken Dinner!
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I ran into her in New Orleans and fell in love with her and her art! She even mailed me a sketch of seanicorns! michaelsalvatoresinatra@gmail.com
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She would fit in amazingly in my home. I have a great big empty space on my living room wall, just above the couch that has been waiting for "mr right" in print form. I HAVE FOUND HIM!
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I am going to need a sailboat painting with a beautiful sunset and a giant "chocolate pickle" floating like a buoy in the water.
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Zomg! Zomg! Awesome work!
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I don't know it it already sent this... but here it goes :
ReplyDeleteZOMG! ZOMG! Awesome art ! You always find th best things Patti :)
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Amazing! I LOVE her stuff too! :)
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HILARIOUS!!
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Sandi
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Amazing!!!!!!
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I love the monster sitting in a pond. So cute!
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Have a Spork-tacular weekend, folks! ginar316@yahoo.com
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Love how your mind works!
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Even unsporky Germans love this stuff!!!
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What an awesome shop--she has YETIS!!!
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I love these!!
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Wow, thanks for sharing her with us. Her stuff is like bettleguice...on weed;) Love it!!!
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Love this stuff!!
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Ahh I've seen a couple that will be brilliant in our household, can't wait for the hubby to see them up! Merry Christmas to us!! I love nice people.
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I know my e-mail address is a bit ridiculous, it's old & I don't remember the password for the new one I made :/ now the email address totally doesn't make sense because I have dark dark brown hair, looks black..I get weird looks on my hair every time I give my email address to someone,& I swear the weird looks aren't because I don't look like Barbie LMAO.
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You are amazing!!! Always make me laugh! Finally someone has the same sense of humor!!!
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You always have the funniest post and blogs and the most interesting things :) I love it!!
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Too funny.
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You are brilliant!
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I think it be awesome if she put a hippo in one of her paintings...cuz hippos are almost as cool as unicorns and sporks...
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Wow, just wow!
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Hi Patti.
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Anyways, me likey Serene's stuff.
Have a shiny, unicorny day,
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Oops..my email is.....Valia214@hotmail.com
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ReplyDeleteSuper awesome!!!
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THIS IS FABULOUS! Man, I can totally relate to pond monster. That one i would hang in my bathroom so could truly admire it while i "detox" from my 4 kids at the end of the day. I wonder how my hubby would feel about the western themed one? lol I DONT CARE! that one would go next to his John Wayne sketch in the "man cave". And for Jesus, well of course in the Family room...knowing that him and his flock of baby unicorns are constantly blessing me and my family! Love the creativity
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*squee* the cat ones! *pulling pigtails with vigor*
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Oh, I'm the one married to a Unicorn and the Jesus Unicorn would be my profile picture if I wasn't terrified that some nasty sporkable would steal it and make it their own! I'm heading to Etsy now!
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LOVE Leroy's place, thanks to you!! LOVE you even more!!
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I love this stuff!
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Oh please pick me I need some of this delight!
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You make me Smile lady...I love when I see your face on my homepage 'cause I know when I read on and sip my cup of Joe my day can only get more insane!!! Joann.roberts426@gmail.com
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ReplyDeleteof course i did it twice.... i do everything twice....
Deleteyou are awesome and i enjoy your posts SO MUCH!!!
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If I don't win I think I will have to buy some of her work.
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Totally love the concept of Serene's art. The pond monster is awesome - i am getting my gear off to jump in for a cool beverage or two. It is the unicorns that hit my happy bone. I am printing off *oops, coopyright?* the Jesus pic to frame for Tinfoil's stable. I mean some of those little girli-corns sre pretty cute right? Corn-porn *with a smidgen of religion*- who would have thought?
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Thank you for the opportunity to win Serene's work - she's awesome! You're awesome! So glad to have found you both! (:
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love this!
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fantasmic!!!
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Thelema is my name I'm a newlywed to wonderful man. We would love to have something gorgeous like that to put in our first home of the streets together are email is
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Unicorns!!!
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Hard to do... but you make me smile.
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I love your blog, I love your FB,I love unicorns,I love art,and I love free stuff :-)
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what a creative idea!
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Ooh lovely! Thanks Miss P! Unicorn on !
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I never win this shit, I don't even know why I try.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this MADNESS!!!
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I love this art, very clever.
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Love. Love. Love.
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Her stuff is awesome!!
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Have you seen the titanium sporks on thinkgeek.com?
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Wowza!
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Awesome!!!!!!!
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Love reading your posts everyday, it's one of the reasons I get on Facebook. :)
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In love with all of these pieces! Sweet baby jeebus...I want.
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I <3 these
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Freakin awesome!
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Totally tubular! Well if the lochness was floating in a tube, either way fantastic!
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Fingers n toes crossed, love ya Patti!!! :-D
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Long time reader first time commenter. Love you personality and love the art work!
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Those prints would be a great early Bday gift to myself...well, not really to myself since you would be the one sending them to me :-)
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Cool stuff!
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ERMAGERD!! UNICERNS!!
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Smashing art!!
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this is so cool dont normally do this but im gonna enter
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That art rocks. Totally stalking her fb page ASAP! :)
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Is that monster sipping some tequila? Whahaha!
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Thank you!!!
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