Ready or not! Here it Comes!!!

And, ya know, I might actually BE ready this year.

I mean, look at me getting an early start!

These girls are in my shop now.
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Sorry, original is sold already.
I did add some cute cards, note cards, and post cards to my Zazzle shop, though.
Fa la-la!

If - Racing

Best Hugger
Originally uploaded by dudadaze3.

After racing into her arms, he gave her the best hug ever!

We have a winner

I went to www.random.org  entered minimum 1 and maximum 46.

And the winner was #22.
Vesna KJ!
She was unable to get her comment to post and I entered it for her.
So while it might look like I won, it wasn't me at all.
Please email mw,  Vesna KJ, or send me a facebook message with your mailing address.
Thanks everyone for entering!

Our Grand Day OUt and a Give-away

 There's a new painting in my etsy shop.
She is the companion to the girls shown below.

I think that I will also be offering them as a 3 print set in the near future.

Heck, while we're at it, why not let's have a give-away of said print set.

Just leave a comment on this post sometime between now and, let's say Monday afternoon.

How about 4:00 pm ET to be exact.

Then I'll randomly draw a winner.

C'mon it will be fun!

Good luck and

have a happy, happy weekend!

Best mail day ever!

Not only did I get the lot of vintage cabinet cards that I won on ebay yesterday, but my oh-so-generous cousin also sent me a whole bunch too.

I was overwhelmed with history!

I got right to work "making merry" with this one.

It's not perfect by any means.  The candy cane could probably use some touching up and the nose looks like it missed its mark a bit.

But overall I'm happy with it.

Although I still do have some guilt over altering the original.

Maybe this is something I can get past.  Maybe not.

Stay tuned.

Josh is home with swimmers ear of all things. In October.

He has swimming in school and has sat out the last 2 days so I thought I'd better keep him home and get him in to see the Dr.  Who, of course, is on vacation. :(

It's going to be another busy weekend. Eli's first game in the newly rebuilt Ice Garden is tonight.

They won their away game on Monday, so they are off to a good start.

Flyght is playing at The Bar tomorrow night and since we've missed the last two shows I think we'll have to head down.  Luckily it's just at the bottom of the hill so I think we'll manage.

Then Saturday night we are off to see Joe Grushecky.

It's been quite a while and I'm really looking forward to it.

Okay, I better get busy.  Bye, Bye. :)

Trying out a new gadget

'Red and Cream Dream' by DUDADAZE

just cause it's pretty.

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Set of 2 vintage fe... VeroVintage $	Drawstring Bag, Sim... misseskwittys $22.00	give...16/100...an ... corid $20.00
1908 Antique Childr... OldPaperAndPag... $12.50	Vintage Marquee Let... VintageEmbelli... $15.00	Miss Crissy Forsyth... vermontharvest $7.00
Vintage Pink and Re... dreamingofvint... $8.00	Vintage Bowling Pin abingtonplace $18.00	old binoculars PARI... sweetcottagedr... $39.00
vintage extra large... experimentalvi... $	Vintage Halloween G... anythinggoeshe... $	Darling Tiny Tots i... NauvooQuiltCo $3.95

Generated using Treasury HTML code generator by Whale Shark Websites.

There. NOw it fits.
I love making an Etsy treasury every now and again, but didn't know how to share them here.
Now I do. :)

Wishing I Could Follow

Turns out I did finish her up and she's over in my shop.

Maybe now I'll be able to get this song out of my head!

"Wishing I Could Follow"

Oh and I also reduced the price on all of my ATC/aceo prints.

Need to make some room in my "studio". ;)

Just playin' around

I've just been messing around with some copies of old cabinet cards.

These folks are relatives of my gram's second husband, so I won't use the originals. 

However I just won a 19 piece lot of them on ebay and can't wait to see what I can do to them.

As for these two, I think they may end up on my Christmas tree.

I'm about half way through a new painting. Hope to finish it up tonight while we watch the Redskins.

Penguins have finally got a few wins under their belts so that makes me smile.

Eli's got his first ice game tomorrow. Senior year!

GO RAMS!

It'll be a busy few months around here.

But, as they say, Time flies when you're watchin' hockey.

They say that, right?

IF - Transportation

"Midnight Ride"

for the Illustration Friday prompt: Transportation.

Random faves 10/9/10

random faves 10/9/10
Originally uploaded by dudadaze3.

I should be cleaning up the kitchen mess from last night.
I made this instead.

Side by Side

After yesterday's long-winded post, I'll keep it simple today.
I painted this.

You can find it here.

GO PENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Too Soon?

2011 Duda Daze Calendar by DudaDaze

I don't think so. I'm talking about my 2011 Calendar.
I always have big plans for creating original artwork specifically for a calendar each year.
But it ain't happened yet, so I just went ahead and matched up some of my favorite 2010 paintings with some inspiring quotes that I found online. That's the part that took so long...trying to find the best quote to fit each image. But I finally settled on some good ones, I think.
Hope you like it. :)
Plus, when 2011 is all said and done, you can cut it up and use it for parts. :)

Lots and little going on around here as usual.
Mike is still busy with all of the duties associated with being the President of Eli's hockey team. At least the big golf-outing fundraiser is over and he can stop worrying about that. Now it's time to worry about whether The Ice Garden will be ready for our home opener.
Eli is getting to paint the center ice logo for his senior project. It's The Mon Valley Thunder logo (not the Rams), but still. He may get to paint the Rams one also if time permits.
And speaking of hockey, first Pens game tomorrow night! Home-opener at the new Consol Energy Center!
Yesterday they unveiled the The Mario Mosaic.
This picture of Eli and all of the Halinka girls is in there somewhere. How cool is that?

You can actually do a name search to find your photo within the mosaic.
Why on earth did we not submit a Duda photo? Talk about your missed opportunities!

Let's see...what else?
Aaron's been busy with band stuff and with the classes he's taking at CCAC. He's also looking for a new job...but not very hard. :)
Josh is adjusting well to high school I think. Better in some subjects than others.
His art teacher even commented that he thinks Josh is better than he (himself) is.
Josh was pleased to hear this and I think Eli was even proud of his little brother (although he'd never say so.) :)
Eli has been busy with art-related projects, as well. In addition to the center ice logo he has been working (during and after school) on his school mural. Art IV students get a section of the wall in the high school each year to paint on. I've never seen him so excited about a school project before. :)
His is a painting of him stepping onto the ice in his Ram uniform, of course.
I'll share pictures when it's complete.


Had a bit of a scare last night after my nephew fell out of his tree stand while bow hunting.
We were all sitting around at my mom's after dinner and he came in barely able to tell us what happened.
He was down over the hill on the farm. It was raining which must have made for a slippery stand. He slipped off and fell, probably 10 - 12 feet my dad says. He was alone and had to walk all the way up to the house in big pain.
My dad took him to the hospital. They think he fractured his wrist, but his pelvic bone seems to be in tact even though that is where most of his pain is. Waiting to hear the official word on his wrist this morning.

In fact I'm going to go call my sister right now.
This was getting too long anyway. :)

Dolls

No time for a real post. We have all kinds of stuff to catch up on around the house.
Just wanted to let you know that the painting is done and it's over in my shop.
Have a great weekend, all!

IF - Beneath

"Under a Houndstooth Moon"
This one is from last year, but I thought it was perfect for the theme and for the first day of October.

Here's a sneak peek of what I'm working on today.
Check back later to see the finished product.