A wonderful lunch of like minds...

Today I traveled to Asheville, N.C. to have lunch with two sweet ladies. 

I met with 

Connie Porcher, owner, and overseer of 

Celebrate 365: A Journal for the Ornament Enthusiast.

It was so much fun meeting Connie in person, she is such a sweetheart! 

I first met Connie online, when she included me in a Collector's Feature in her 

Halloween 2009 Issue. I told her then that I wanted to come back in 2010 as an artist. 

Luckily in 2010, I did. 

My artwork has appeared in seven of her wonderful publications, including two covers. 

She has been a great friend and supporter of my artistic endeavors, and it was so great to finally meet her in person. 

With Connie, was Elaine Roesle, another sweetheart, and amazing artist. I have a few of her 

snow children, and some of her beautiful flocked trees. It was a pleasure to meet her as well. 

We had a wonderful time discussing art, ornaments, and the Golden Glow Convention.

They are both visiting N.C. to attend the Golden Glow Convention. They will have a table there

selling beautiful ornaments and impressive Christmas art. If you are a member of 

Golden Glow, and in attendance, stop by and see these two wonderful ladies, grab an ornament, 

and tell them Robert sent ya! 

PATRIOTIC Collecting and Decorating...

A collection of patriotic ornaments from

Kristen Beason

Lance Perry

Wendy Lamount Smith

and

Jennifer Mc Glon

on a

Bethany Lowe feather tree.

An eagle from my 2011 Patriotic Collection.

His brother was seen in Celebrate 365: A Journal for the Ornament Enthusiast

Late Summer/ Fall 2011

A close up of some of the ornaments on the

Patriotic tree including my new guy from

Kristen Beason Designs

Beautiful Fourth of July original paintings 

by Danita Art

and 

Wumbwies from Flora Thompson

of 

Bone Head Studios.

A little closer picture of these three American Sweethearts! 

Spooky...Jingle...Guest...Yes!!!

Snowman and Santa are SOLD. Thank you. :)
Still two available, see below...

Guess who is
Spooky Time Jingles
Guest Artist this month???
Give up?
It's me!!
I am so excited to be
stopping by
STJ
for a visit this
Christmas!
Check out all the new works at
Spooky Time Jingles!
(Check out details on how to purchase the pieces above on
the guest artists page).
The angel above can be found on the pages of
FOLK Magazine, and Celebrate 365: A Journal for the Ornament Enthusiast
Winter 2011 edition!

WOWZERS TIMES TWO!

One of my new favorite characters
"Lance of Jack-O-Lantern Lane"
has made his way into,
not one,
but two publications this fall.
He is in double Summer/Fall Issue of
Celebrate 365: A Journal for the Ornament Enthusiast,
and
the premiere issue of
FOLK magazine!
Check him out here standing in front of
FOLK!!
Stay tuned to hear about the availability of this fun fellow!
Robert~Halloween Fanatic Originals

Celebrate Spring with me...

Spring is here and it is time to

CELEBRATE!!

I am celebrating the new season with some new

Halloween Fanatic Originals on EBAY and in PRINT!

I have a two new auctions on EBAY tonight,
one of which is on the cover of the Spring Issue
of Celebrate 365: A Journal for the Ornament Enthusiast.
I feel so honored to be able to be in another issue of this wonderful publication-
A BIG THANK YOU to Connie for including my piece and on the front cover at that!
To check out
"Oh What A Happy Day"
CLICK HERE!
( A signed copy of the issue is included for the winning bidder)
I also have a little fellow there as well...
the first of my new "Egglings" which will be making their appearance on
Ebay throughout the rest of April.
So if you get a chance to "HOP" on over to ebay and take a "PEEP,"
that would be wonderful.
Thanks so much!
Robert~Halloween Fanatic Originals

Celebrating 365 now on EBAY!

As many of you have seen in a previous post,
I was honored to be in the winter issue
of Celebrate 365: A Journal for the Ornament Enthusiast!
Now my snowman from Celebrate 365 has come to EBAY,
bringing along with it a signed copy of Celebrate 365!!
CLICK HERE
To check out my new artwork available for your bidding...
Happy New Year!
Robert~Halloween Fanatic

OOAK Published in Celebrate 365 piece now available on EBAY! SNOW much fun I can hardly stand it!

There's No Business Like Snow business?
Unless you combine the snow business with Halloween...
then there is no business like this I know??
Meet Harvey the Halloween Snowman,
who is a bit mixed up, but doing the best he can!
He loves Halloween and he loves snow, so here is his dilemma,
which way should he go???
Why should he have to chose, both are so much fun...
so finally he decided to combine the two into one!
This sweet confused fellow can be seen
in the pages of Celebrate 365 magazine!
He is up for grabs on EBAY-HIP HIP HOORAY,
so head on over, do not delay,
for there is snow much fun to be had today!!!!!

An Auction like no other...

Tonight
8:00 PDT
An Auction like no other begins...
My
" Will You Share Your Treats?"
will be available for auction.
What makes this auction so special??
Well this piece was featured in the
September/October Issue of
Cloth Paper Scissors
and
The fall issue of
Celebrate 365:
A Journal for the Ornament Enthusiast
A first ever for me being double published with the same piece.
****Included for the winner of this auction, are signed copies of each issue!!****
Thank you so much for looking, watching, and bidding!
Best of Luck!

Getting ready to celebrate 365...

It won't be too much longer until envelopes start arriving in mailboxes, that contain the wonderful magazine/journal Celebrate 365: A Journal for the Ornament Enthusiast! My collections, art, and home were featured in the Halloween issue last fall, as the collectors feature, and my artwork will return again in this issue! I will have three rabbits hopping down the rabbit hole and off the pages of this great issue which will include art inspired by Alice in Wonderland!! Connie Porcher does a marvelous job putting together each issue. Also included inside will be a great feature from my friend Flora Thompson of Bone Head Studios! I cannot wait to get my copy, which hopefully will arrive while I am away on vacation or shortly after!
Check out CELEBRATE 365 and order your copy/subscription today!!

Happy Un-Birthday-Welcome MAD TEA PARTY Guests...

Please visit my wonderful friends who created these wonderful pieces for me.

Mad Hatter, Alice, and The Cheshire Cat Created by the Uber talented Elaine Thomas, of Alphabet Studio, and Artful Spirit. CLICK HERE TO VISIT HER BLOG.

The White Rabbit from the Creepy Cool Mealy Monsterland artist Nicole Dickerson Johnson
CLICK HERE FOR HER BLOG.

The Queen of Heart a wonderful Swap piece from the amazingly talented Sylvia Smiser of AnaBoo Creations CLICK HERE TO VISIT HER BLOG.

Welcome to my blog, I hope you enjoy the photos here for the MAD TEA PARTY! One of my twins wanted to be Alice for the Wonderland Tea Party photo shoot! She is very proud of her photos! A special THANK YOU to VanessaValencia at A Fanciful Twist for hosting such a FUN event! Please visit her blog to see the links for all the wonderful Mad Tea Parties happening today!


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For more Wonderland fun, stop back by on July 8th and 9th, I will have some of my original Alice in Wonderland inspired pieces up for grabs as Art Doll Only hosts the Art Doll Blog Challenge!

Please check out some Alice Inspired pieces that I have for SALE now in my ETSY Shop!

And last, but certainly not least check out this summer's Celebrate 365 magazine that will feature many wonderful artists Alice inspired Art including some of mine!

Happy Blog Jumping, and a very Happy Un-Birthday, to you, yes you...

NOW ON EBAY

CELEBRATE 365 AUCTION

HAPPY 300TH TWINKLE!! Enter for a Chance to Win...

Well today is the day that Twinkle, and Halloween Fanatic turn 300 in Blog Years!! Twinkle loves her blog birthdays, and loves to Celebrate in Style, you can see from her pictures above that she likes to get all fixed up for the party. From the first Twinkle made by Johanna Parker, to the latest Twinkle created by Lori Rudolph, she is wearing her party clothes and ready to have FUN! FUN! FUN!
Of course it would not be a birthday without presents, and Twinkle likes to give (and receive), presents, at this time we are talking about giving presents to our friends that come visit us...so here is the deal!!
Leave a comment here wishing Twinkle a Happy Birthday, and you are entered to WIN, next Friday Evening we will draw 20 names at random, to send gifts to...that is right I said 20!!!! Our BIGGEST Give-Away ever for our BIGGEST Birthday yet!! So sign up today to win a surprise prize from us! Thanks for celebrating 300 with us!!

Thanks to all of my artist friends that have made Twinkle come alive in various mediums:
Johanna Parker
Chris Klingler
Jorge De Rojas
David Everett
Tony Costanza
Kristen Beason
Lori Rudolph
Nicole D.
Melissa Harnett Ustik
And a Special Thanks to Connie Porcher, and David Everett for making Twinkle a hit in the Fall Issue of Celebrate 365!!

UPDATE: See new photo above for a Sneak Peek at some of the goodies...

First peek inside my home for Halloween 2009...Look for more photos all week...

The first picture is what you see when you enter my home. "Twinkle" created by Jorge De Rojas (HO HO HALLOWEEN) stands along side, my copies of Celebrate 365, (Which I am in this year, as the collector's feature), between two Hallmark trees.

The second image are of my three little trick-or-treaters,sitting on our front porch, look for more photos of them Sunday all in the Halloween Finery!!

The third picture is of a Halloween tree that I purchased at Wal-Mart this year, I am going back for the bigger one, I have more ornaments than I have tree to display them on. There are ornaments Lori Rudolph (Retrorudolphs), Kristen Beason (Kristen Beason Designs), Patty Benedict (Woopitydooart),Marie Patterson (My Little World), and some on there that I have painted!

365 COMING TO A MAILBOX NEAR YOU, NEXT WEEK...

Celebrate 365 glides into mailboxes next week...and it a must have!!! Check out the cover here by Lori Rudolph, and see that name there...uh huh...that's me!!! Read about me and my collections in the issue!!! There is still time to subscribe and single copies will be available for purchase too. Check out Connie's website and make sure that you receive a copy of Celebrate 365 next week too!!!

HAPPY 200TH TWINKLE...

The many faces of Twinkle. Kristen Beason, as well as Lori Rudolph, have agreed to take on Twinkle in ornament form in the coming months, so look for that soon!

Here are the two prizes to be given away one week from today at 12:00 NOON!

Twinkle wants to THANK you all for stopping by!!Woof!! Woof!!


Welcome to my 200th blog post. It is hard to believe that on August 7, 2008 all of this began, wow what a great adventure… Who knew I would be joining such a fabulous world of fun and fancy free merriment! Over the past couple of weeks I have been revisiting old posts, comments, and friend’s blogs. I feel so grateful to be part of this artistic, creative, and crafty community. You all have welcomed me with open arms, for all of that I thank you.

There is also new business, many of you were surprised, as I was, when I recently opened an ETSY Shop, but at the same time so supportive of me in my new venture. Speaking of that many items have be drastically reduced in celebration of my 200th blog post, so stop by and grab one now, before they are all gone!!

Okay, now stepping back and reminiscing through old posts I have found that you love three things-peeking inside my home at Halloween, free stuff through blog give-aways (Can’t say I blame you), and Twinkle!!!

First let’s talk about FREE STUFF, well guess what there is more free stuff!!! I have created two illustrations for this post, based on my previous post, “What is your favorite villain??” Here is all you have to do all friends, followers, bloggers, face bookers, twitterers… just leave me a note on this post and I will enter your name in the drawing for the two works of art above. There is the witch from Snow White and Cruella, first pick gets first choice. The names will be pulled from the David Everett “Twinkle” candy container-learn more below.You can enter any time between now and next Friday at noon. At noon I will pull from the Twinkle candy container to see who wins!!

The second most popular post was when you all were given a chance to come inside my home for Halloween! Well guess what folks this year you can come inside my home, but in print----Say what?? Yes, my home, my collectibles, and myself will be up for grabs in this years Fall Celebrate 365. Contact Connie Porcher now to subscribe to her wonderful Journal for collecting for the year, or check back in the fall for single copies. Either way you get to see me!!!

Finally it is time to let the dog out…my pooch Twinkle keeps popping up everywhere and we all love her. She only became a part of our family a few months before I started this blog. She became famous or infamous very quickly. Johanna Parker created the first “Twinkle” on August 28th 2008. Since then Chris Klinger, David Everett, and Kristen Beason have taken a crack at my cutie. She has even shown up on my banner for ETSY, through my pen and she has always been my link for my blog http://twinklestricksandtreats.blogspot.com Now Kristen Beason and Lori Rudolph have agreed to take on the challenge of creating her in ornament form/ You will continue to see us in the days, weeks, months, and years to come.
I thank you as you celebrate our 200th blog post of Halloween Fanatic. Robert~Halloween Fanatic and Twinkle

Another little surprise my first EBAY piece is now posted please link on Edgar Allen Poe in the sidebar to go to my EBAY Auction!Make that two Pinwheel Peg is also on there-see right column to link and bid!