Tuesday, November 27, 2007

LINK O' THE WEEK

The best gifts you could possibly give are handmade, right? And, if you don't have the time to DIY this year...then buy handmade from your favorite Girlie Show art-istas.

Commit to BUY HANDMADE at least for the holidays this year! Make a pledge...and go shop 'til you drop...links to all our artists are in the right column or check out some of the girls on our MySpace page too. So start early and BUY HANDMADE!!!!

I Took The Handmade Pledge! BuyHandmade.org

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Dreamers Art Show



There will be a holiday show at Dreamer Concepts in Norman, Friday, November 30th from 6-10pm, the night of the Norman Downtown Artwalk, as well as Saturday, December 1 from noon to 5pm. Dreamer Concepts Studio and Foundation is celebrating it's first birthday. Visit them at 324 East Main Street. Some awesome artists, including a few the past and current Girlie Show artists, are to be featured with lots of fabulous work to buy for yourself or holiday gifts. Go show your support to our peeps in Norman!

Make This ! How To...



HOW TO FIX SHATTERED EYESHADOW!!!!

Well, we figure this is a much needed tutorial for all you girlie girls out there. Cause heaven knows I have a jillion eyeshadows that have been trashed because this happens. It's just too much of a mess...but such a shame to loose such fabulous makeup!

Here's the how from EnKore Makeup showing us how to re-compress the eyeshadow back into place for use again. Reposting from Craft:...thanks for the info!

Wednesday, November 14, 2007

CHECK HER OUT!

We all get curious and even a little “Gladys Kravitz” at times (nosey, nosey, nosey), right? And, there's nothing wrong with that! Well, we pried a bit to find out the who, why and what about our Girlie Artists, asking a few personal questions about themselves and their craft so we could share it with the rest of you. Get to know our fabulous females on an ongoing basis. At least one of these talented ladies will be featured in a new interview profile section on our blog every month. Who are these chicks? Let’s find out…...

INTRODUCING
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LIZ PAGE & TAMARA JONES of DOLLED UP DOLLS
LOCATION: OKLAHOMA CITY



(L )Tamara Jones & (R) Liz Page

GS: What do you create?
L&T: We take dolls and recycle them into new fresh dolls like zombies and tattooed girls.

GS: What projects are you working on right now?
L&T: Getting ready for a booth at the Rink Gallery.

GS: Where/How/Why did this all begin?
Liz: It all began in July of 2007. I was trying to figure out what to get Tamara for her birthday. Since vintage Barbies are expensive, I made my own. It was so awesome, we both started making them together.

GS: As an artist this year, what about The Girlie Show rocked your world?
L&T: Everything! It was such an awesome experience, the other girlies and the people that came to the show!

The Girlietini: friend or foe?
L&T: Friend!

What are you totally obsessed with these days?
Tamara: perfecting the dolled-up process!


"Zombie Girl"

Tell us something completely random and quite possibly useless.

Tamara: has size 11 feet


What’s on your iPod/music player right now?

Tamara: Bright Eyes/Oh Johnny Girls/EHPB


If you were a shoe, what shoe would you be?

Tamara: stiletto- tall, sharp, and mean

What do you secretly wish you could do/be?

Tamara: be a housewife and play the drums

Do you have any collections?

Tamara: vintage Barbies and birds
Liz: robots and Wizard of Oz

To check out more about Liz and Tamara and their Dolled Up Dolls, go to:

www.dolledupdolls.com or www.myspace.com/dolledupdolls

"Carpenter Girl"

Monday, November 5, 2007

Make This!



This is an awesome little recycle project. A Little Hut gives us instructions on how to construct this recycled magazine bowl. Don't just toss your old fashion magazines, use them for home decor. Patricia Zapata, of A Little Hut, is a graphic designer and great paper artist.