12 Days of Christmas - Red Marionette Style

I finished the Red Marionette 12 Days of Christmas Ornament listing!
It can be found HERE
Ill give you the first 6 days and you can visit the listing to see the other six! This was a great time writing all of this up and I hope you enjoy!


On the 1st Day of Christmas, My true Love gave to me; A Partridge in a pear tree. Sherman the Sheep is loving the idea of giving people trees to plant. How eco-friendly and forward thinking. He is a bit confused as to why the bird is included in the gift. Was it a special deal like at Home Depot where you buy a broom and get the dust pan for free?

On the 2nd Day of Christmas, My true Love gave to me; 2 Turtle doves. Lily the Bear was highly alarmed that there was a Christmas carol with genetic splicing involved. I assured her there is a bird called the turtle dove. And no, it doesn't have a shell.

On the 3rd day of Christmas My true love gave to me; 3 French hens. Beth the Bunny has lived on a farm with Hens before. She assures me the French hens sound much sexier than the regular hens. After all, French is the language of love.

On the 4th Day of Christmas, My true Love gave to me; 4 Calling birds. Garth the Raccoon is astonished that four, count them FOUR, birds get a cell phone for Christmas when I wont even give him phone privileges after 9pm.

On the 5th Day of Christmas, My true Love gave to me; 5 Golden Rings. Harold the Hedgehog thinks if you are gonna give someone five gold rings it would be cheaper to buy them brass knuckles. Uhm. Annnnd No more gangster movies for him.

On the 6th Day of Christmas, My true Love gave to me; 6 Geese a laying. Randolph the Reindeer jumped in to the song at this time and decided to inject his opinion of how the lazy fowl weren't a good gift. He explains "A new Xbox game is a good gift. Or Candy. Or a Pony, even. But who wants Geese?"

Miscellany on Friday

Happy Friday Everyone!

Ive been working my tail off with orders and trying to stock up for the Holiday season!
We have a rather chilly and overcast day today which really puts me in the mood for fall and holiday goodies!

I had a fun idea the other night about making an ornament set for the 12 days of Christmas. Using Red Marionette characters. So no swans or lords or maids, but still incorporate the story. Here are a couple of examples:

On the 2nd Day of Christmas, My true love gave to me; 2 turtle doves. Fortinbras the Owl was highly alarmed that there was a Christmas carol with genetic splicing involved. I assured him there is a bird called the turtle dove. And no, it doesn't have a shell.

On the 7th day of Christmas, My true love gave to me; 7 swans a swimming. Ned the Moose informed me that swans really are vicious and if you see seven of them swimming at you to run away. Far far away. They bite.

On the 10th day of Christmas, My true love gave to me; 10 Lords a Leaping. Eugene the Panda confided in me he thinks its really the Chippendale's that are the 10 Lords a Leaping. And why would Santa want 10 half naked men in bow ties leaping around?

So that is the idea, anyway. Still trying to figure out how I want to do an ornament set of 12. :)

Another Update about Loki: We are still struggling to regulate his meds with how he feels. He had another round of blood work yesterday to determine if there were any problems hidden by the thyroid issue. We heard back this afternoon there are no renal issues or other underlying problems. Whew!

On Another note:
Red Marionette was selected to be included in the Kansas Creative Quarterly! How cool! http://thekscreative.org/made-in-ks/art-home-decor/

We hope you all will have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!

September Already?!?

I blinked and August disappeared. Seriously.
I have so many things to do for the Holiday season on my list that I feel like I am drowning already!
Its been such a thrill being able to work from home with Red Marionette, and it is a very good sign I am still struggling to keep up! :)
I have put myself on "overtime" starting last Monday and I have done a serious amount of work this last week. I prepped 10 wreaths and the culmination was today. I did a marathon wreath factory today. Assembling. Hot glue fumes. Glitter. Wire snips. Pom Poms.

A couple of the wreaths were made to order, but the rest will be introduced in to the shop next week.

I have two more to finish up, but I had to do those separately as they were not ready for assembly today.

You can see a funky new wreath I made today which is the Hot pink and Black Penguin wreath! I am so excited for that one! I like making the gaudy (glittery, bright and big is my definition for gaudy, so not negative at all!), unusual and unexpected.
You can also see my Hallows Eve wreath on the side there. So excited!
I have already started working on bunches of tree skirts, and ornaments but I have a lot of stockings and garland and other things to work on as well! Look for tons of new things coming in the next couple of months! Ill keep updating the blog as often as I can. Happy September everyone!