Gratitude Series~ Dwight Grissom
posted 2010-07-30
This post is part of an ongoing gratitude seriescelebrating people who've given me a huge creative boost.Today, and everyday I am grateful for Dwight Grissom.I've not blogged much about my husband Dwight.He's a quiet man; a beautiful soul with a brilliant wit, and he prefers to stay in the background.I warned him that that he would be the focus of today's gratitude series post. I told him it was...   Read more >>

Taking It On The Chin
posted 2010-07-10
A couple of months ago, I was closing the door to my little store room when I heard a crash.I immediately reopened the door and discovered that a decorative easel had fallen over and impaled one of my sock monkey paintings.Impaled!The poor little guy took it right on the chin.I was really sad, and also mad at myself for not placing the easel in a more stable position.It couldn't have happened to...   Read more >>

Cyber Law For Everyday Folks
posted 2010-07-01
If you are Blogger, pod caster or create original content on social networking sites, a must read is Joy Butler?s The Cyber Citizen?s Guide Through The Legal Jungle: Internet Law For Your Professional Online Presence. I?d previously read Butler?s The Permission Seeker's Guide Through the Legal Jungle, and still use it as a reference. So when Butler sent me a review copy of her latest book, I ...   Read more >>

Work in Progress: The Land Escapes
posted 2010-06-29
After months of working on miniature landscapes, I'm back to painting big. Really big.This canvas is taller than me (72"x48" ) and when it's on the easel, I can't reach the top without a step-stool.Here's the reference photo. It's a scene from my sister-in-law's, (Bonny) driveway in the Santa Rosa Valley:I was happy with the composition of the photoso I sketched it pretty true to life.Today I ...   Read more >>

Sock Monkey's in the Wild...Again!
posted 2010-07-28
Monkey Made of Sockies, my wonderful golf club headcover made by Daphne's Headcovers been traveling the world! Right now he is on the way to St. Andrews in Scotland with Jett Johnson.(Show here in the sock monkey room before the trip.)One more, this time with me!He's on his way now to Manilla with Larry Barr. Larry says he hope to take MMOS to the Palace. Sharlene Van Rooy sent me pics from ...   Read more >>

Monkeeeeey Media
posted 2010-07-24
Yesterday started like any other day. Well... maybe not like any other day. Usually I do my prep work the day before so that I can paint first thing in the morning. But I didn't prepare my canvas for painting, and I didn't feel like working on any that were in progress so I decided to start something new.Something....sock monkey.So I gathered all of the monkeys together to see who would inspire ...   Read more >>

Hacker's Paradise-Great Review
posted 2010-06-10
Whoooohoooo! The Hacker's Paradise just gave Monkey Made of Sockies a fantastic review!Click here to read it:http://thehackersparadise.com/home/?p=9280Thanks so much to the Hacker's Paradise team and Daphne's Headcovers!:O)Shannon...   Read more >>

Sock Monkeys in the Wild at Blak Sage Gallery
posted 2010-06-09
In 1947, Johnny's Bar and our tiny town of Hollister, CA was invaded by bikers. This incident was the inspiration for the the film The Wild Ones, Starring Marlon Brando and Lee Marvin. (For more information on the film and the actual incident, click here.)In December of 2010, the Blak Sage Gallery, right down the street from Johnny's, will be invaded by sock monkeys! For the first time ever, all ...   Read more >>