You guys know a lot about me. Like, a crap load about me. Literally. Just read the poop blog I wrote last, and see. I tell you (and my Facebook readers especially) all about my weird thoughts and happenings, in sentences that ramble on and on like they were written by a psych ward inmate. Yet here I sit, totally free in the world. I don’t know how or why, but I sure am glad I slipped under the radar of the people who make those decisions. If there’s one thing I’ve learned from watching this season of American Horror Story, it’s that I couldn’t handle it in an asylum. At all. And ‘m pretty freakin’ sure that they don’t allow you to have sporks in there. And this girl has gots to have her sporks. I also learned while watching that show, that even when his arm gets ripped off by a scary-ass monster, Adam Levine is still sexy as heck. He’s so sexy that you don’t even notice that he’s screaming and waving a bloody stump around.
I get lots of email. They send me pictures, links, articles, kind words, they tell me their problems and want advice (Yikes!), and they ask me questions. One question that a few people have asked me, is, what would people be surprised to know about you? The answer to that is this: A helluvalot. So much so that I can’t write about it in a blog. I gotta save that stuff for my book.
But one thing that you might not know about me is that I am artsy. Artsy, as in, I used to paint anything I could get my hands on, and people actually paid me to do it. I did canvases, furniture, murals, etc… and I loved it. Then, since I am flighty and fidgety, I got bored. Then I started to write my blog. I guess creativity is creativity and it comes out in different ways at different times. I think I finally found my “thing” though. It’s much easier to sit at my desk and type a stupid story about how I am constipated, than it is to climb ladders and inhale fumes and paint a bunch of stuff on a wall for days and days until you feel like your body is 90-years-old and arthritic.
My mind is a jumble of odd pictures, songs, and stories, and it never really stops working. It’s like some strange, colorful, picture book in there that is almost impossible to keep up with. Some people call that creativity, and I am happy that such a kind word is used to describe it. I have a soft spot for other people who are “creative”, and I also get excited when I see someone come up with something that is so amazing that I hate myself for not thinking of it first. I am in awe of some peoples minds and ideas, and I like artists who make me smile and get a bit jealous of their skillz. Case in point: Sebastien Millon, who designed my new blog header. It’s like he draws what is going on in my head. His talent makes me giddy.
I recently came across another artist that made me mega happy. her name is Serene Bacigalupi. Her stuff is so creative, unique, and magical that I fell in love with it immediately. She takes vintage paintings and paints things on top of them. Here are a few of my favorites:
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| I would have done way more Bible reading if this had been in there. |
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| Dear Hollywood, this is better than 90% of your ideas. |
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| I mean, COME ON! It’s a monster sitting in a pond, having a refreshing beverage! |
After stalking all her stuff, I totally fan mailed her and basically told her that I was in mad mad love with her, and instead of calling the po po, she was kind enough to write back to me and I told her that I wanted to share her with you guys ASAP. Well, she liked that genius idea, and she wanted to give you a discount code for her Etsy store as well as 2 prints of some of her most popular pictures to one of you guys. Yay for nice people, right? Nice people give you free stuff. And who doesn’t like free stuff? An idiot, that’s who.
To enter to win the prints, leave a comment with your name and email address in it, and I will draw one of you randomly with the help of computery shit that my pathetic brain can’t even begin to understand. Also, please go like Serene’s FB page HERE and her Etsy store HERE. You can use the code MOMICORN to get 10% off anything in the store. FYI she has some Hall and Oates earrings that are pretty amazingly badass. Seriously. Bad. Ass.
Winner will be announced Monday, 12/10.
Good Luck!
And P.S. I moderate comments so it might not post right away. Be patient. It will. lease only enter once. xoxo
***Contest ended on 12/10/2012***
OH! This stuff is AMAZING!!!! ANNND I think your blog is kick-ass!
Kacey
kaceyscarpa@gmail.com
Julie
Julielynnlay @ gmail
Joe
Jkirizarry4@gmail.com
You inspire me!!
Fallenangel420@att.net
Love reading your rambles… Ramble away!!
- Kelly Young
bbg703@yahoo.com
I’m loving her work. It’s monster friendly for kids
I want something of hers for over my mantle so when ppl visit my home they’ll instantly hv a clue about the type of household they’re visiting. Niki @message_center@yahoo.com
Love it!
Carrie
carriep1234.cp@gmail.com
I love your blog. I get a kick out of the funny things you post.
Christina
christinaosborne2011@gmail.com
I LOVE her stuff!!! You find some of the coolest people!!!
Marybeth
m_eadie78@yahoo.com
Love it!
Kasmira
kazelliot@gmail.com
Love it madly. And your blog. As you know.
Julie
shitmykidsruined@gmail.com
Love her stuff and your blog
Robin Whitehouse rwhitehouse7@gmail.com
Great lift to my day!
Christyna
echardfamily81@gmail.com
I want nothing more than to use my discocunt. heheh. You make my day very very often.
Serene’s stuff is brilliant! That second picture up there, Unicorn Country, that would be perfect on the wall above our couch! As would the church one on her Etsy page… Awesomesauce.
Almost as awesome as this blog and your facebook page. Patti, you never fail to make me giggle-snort every single day, and for that I am grateful. Grateful for the giggles, but also for the fact that there is another artsy fartsy woman out there who yaps about random stuff… dry humping garden ornaments… poop… and unicorns. Shunnn the non-believers!!!
Laura-May Ward
lauraward50@gmail.com
You always make me laugh…it’s almost like our brains are connected. I really liked what you said about creativity. Such a nice word for the chaos ricocheting through my brain. I tend to share your blog with my Facebook friends, cause a lot of them have the same creativity issues. You are much appreciated for voicing what we dare not!
Oh, and Serene’s unicorn art…totally perfect!
Meg Davis
ama_la_notte@yahoo.com
I saw her booth at the Comic Con here in Dallas earlier this year and FREAKED THE SHIT OUT (wait, can I say that on here?). I bought an awesome print and then came home and stalked the crap out of her FB page and shared it all over mine and many times since then, too! I AM OBSESSED WITH HER AWESOME. I hope your computer do-hickey picks me because I NEED ANOTHER PRINT! Squeeeeeeeee!
Valerie
lookatvaleriejo@hotmail.com
Love Serene’s stuff and she’s sweet to boot!
Kristy
Hippiekristy@hotmail.com
Amazing!!
Erica Schatz
opinionerica@gmail.com
I ran into her in New Orleans and fell in love with her and her art! She even mailed me a sketch of seanicorns! michaelsalvatoresinatra@gmail.com
Awesome!!!
hiddobug@hotmail.com
Heather
Courtney
Pokeybeary61@gmail.com
She would fit in amazingly in my home. I have a great big empty space on my living room wall, just above the couch that has been waiting for “mr right” in print form. I HAVE FOUND HIM!
Casey
caltwies@gmail.com
Kirsten
Kanthony1004@gmail.com
I am going to need a sailboat painting with a beautiful sunset and a giant “chocolate pickle” floating like a buoy in the water.
ajmpeanut@yahoo.com
Zomg! Zomg! Awesome work!
My name is Robyn – and I’m a blogaholic
robyn_potticary@hotmail (dot) com
I don’t know it it already sent this… but here it goes :
ZOMG! ZOMG! Awesome art ! You always find th best things Patti
Hello , my name is Robyn – and I’m a blogaholic..
Please enter my name.
My email is : robyn_potticary@hotmail (dot) com
I love them!
Natalia
Nataliacaicedo2007@yahoo.com
Amazing! I LOVE her stuff too!
Felicity
zephyre.zombii.88@gmail.com
I waaaaaant. love love love
lcampb33@cogeco.ca
Gary
droppedinnyc@gmail.com
I. Love. You. Long. Time!!
sherismith2007@yahoo.com
Heather
crystlshipchic@yahoo.com
HILARIOUS!!
My sister Loves unicorns,and Jesus loves unicorns..I want this for her! lol!
Sandi
zippygirl5@roadrunner.com
Amazing!!!!!!
lara_voss24@yahoo.com
I love the monster sitting in a pond. So cute!
Adee Shekar
adeeshekar@gmail.com
Reba Wilkie
rebajeffries@yahoo.com
Have a Spork-tacular weekend, folks! ginar316@yahoo.com
Nathalie
nat@live.nl
Love how your mind works!
Julie Embring
Uliumpkin@Hotmail.com
Even unsporky Germans love this stuff!!!
Lisa – lmartens@outlook.com
What an awesome shop–she has YETIS!!!
tilleyjewels@gmail.com
I love these!!
Teresa Browning
tnmdrm_0618@yahoo.com
Wow, thanks for sharing her with us. Her stuff is like bettleguice…on weed;) Love it!!!
Christina Britt
brittchristina@rocketmail.com
Toni
Tkwasny24@sbcglobal.net
Love this stuff!!
Super cool!
April Gregory
lizbennett6@gmail.com
Stephanie
chickadee098@gmail.com
Ahh I’ve seen a couple that will be brilliant in our household, can’t wait for the hubby to see them up! Merry Christmas to us!! I love nice people.
Bethany
Blondebarbie88@live.com
I know my e-mail address is a bit ridiculous, it’s old & I don’t remember the password for the new one I made :/ now the email address totally doesn’t make sense because I have dark dark brown hair, looks black..I get weird looks on my hair every time I give my email address to someone,& I swear the weird looks aren’t because I don’t look like Barbie LMAO.
Stephanie
chickadee098@gmail.com
Teresa Browning
tnmdrm_0618@yahoo.com
You are amazing!!! Always make me laugh! Finally someone has the same sense of humor!!!
Natasha
Nmiller0618@gmail.com
Oh my I love it! Lori Rush rushmama@hotmail.com
Jessica Hedges
jess_hedges@hotmail.com
You always have the funniest post and blogs and the most interesting things
I love it!!
Kathy Williams
grenfrog28@yahoo.com (and yes that is with 1 “e”)**smiles**
Too funny.
Amanda
gigm98@hotmail.com
You are brilliant!
Monica Wier
monicawier@msn.com
I think it be awesome if she put a hippo in one of her paintings…cuz hippos are almost as cool as unicorns and sporks…
Brandi
brnadijcarroll@gmail.com
Wow, just wow!
Camille
cambyrne@gmail.com
Lyndsey Stang
YesdnyL99@gmail.com
Hi Patti.
Sorry I spelt ur name wrong on ur fb page yesterday re: my bff Kira Yustak. Wtf was I thinking? Durr.
Anyways, me likey Serene’s stuff.
Have a shiny, unicorny day,
Shannon
Shannonhallock2010@gmail.com
Oops..my email is…..Valia214@hotmail.com
Lisa Lovelace
lovelace.lisa9@gmail.com
Love. Gotta have. Dee. aunt_bea_dee@hotmail.com
Super awesome!!!
Jill Salgado
jill.salgado@gmail.com
THIS IS FABULOUS! Man, I can totally relate to pond monster. That one i would hang in my bathroom so could truly admire it while i “detox” from my 4 kids at the end of the day. I wonder how my hubby would feel about the western themed one? lol I DONT CARE! that one would go next to his John Wayne sketch in the “man cave”. And for Jesus, well of course in the Family room…knowing that him and his flock of baby unicorns are constantly blessing me and my family! Love the creativity
Christie Ison
ison.christie@yahoo.com
*squee* the cat ones! *pulling pigtails with vigor*
Jennifer Schultze
jenn.breeze.schultze@gmail.com
Oh, I’m the one married to a Unicorn and the Jesus Unicorn would be my profile picture if I wasn’t terrified that some nasty sporkable would steal it and make it their own! I’m heading to Etsy now!
yo, I’m christa. Your spirit animal.
utaduta78@yahoo.com
danasinno@hotmail.com
Tori Wicke
tori@jans.com
LOVE Leroy’s place, thanks to you!! LOVE you even more!!
XOXOX
Kenecia
khood0003@email.vccs.edu
Jamie @ jamie.benge@yahoo.com
I love the monster chillin with his drink!
I love this stuff!
Kristy Kelly
kristy.lm.kelly@gmail.com
Oh please pick me I need some of this delight!
Misty
Missunny1114@yahoo.com
Martha Payne
welovejavy@sbcglobal.net
You make me Smile lady…I love when I see your face on my homepage ’cause I know when I read on and sip my cup of Joe my day can only get more insane!!! Joann.roberts426@gmail.com
You make me smile, I love when I see your face on my home page ’cause I know when I read on as I sip my cup of Joe my day can only get more insane. Did I just do this twice? Joann.Roberts426@gmail.com
you are awesome and i enjoy your posts SO MUCH!!!
e-mail katrinajames81@yahoo.com
If I don’t win I think I will have to buy some of her work.
Sasha
sa.buchanan@yahoo.co.uk
Amy Labrador . labrador_amy@yahoo.com
I could not live without your daily insights and the other creators that you turn us on to. Sporkitude forever!
green.charlene@gmail.com
I <3 weird shit!
Dawn
dl60429@hotmail.com
Totally love the concept of Serene’s art. The pond monster is awesome – i am getting my gear off to jump in for a cool beverage or two. It is the unicorns that hit my happy bone. I am printing off *oops, coopyright?* the Jesus pic to frame for Tinfoil’s stable. I mean some of those little girli-corns sre pretty cute right? Corn-porn *with a smidgen of religion*- who would have thought?
Leroy’s place rocks my sox.
Mandi Robinson
embenno@bigpond.com
Thank you for the opportunity to win Serene’s work – she’s awesome! You’re awesome! So glad to have found you both! (:
Heidi
heidifalk1@gmail.com
love this!
lynn
arttoons@gmail.com
fantasmic!!!
c-hill@comcast.net
of course i did it twice…. i do everything twice….
You calling me fat?
trippamorgan@aol.com
Thelema is my name I’m a newlywed to wonderful man. We would love to have something gorgeous like that to put in our first home of the streets together are email is
smithfamilycreations@ymail.com
Unicorns!!!
Amanda
mana_lerie(at)msn(dot)com
Hard to do… but you make me smile.
Joshw497@gmail.com
I love your blog, I love your FB,I love unicorns,I love art,and I love free stuff
Nikki
Malbozjiaswifey@ymail.com
what a creative idea!
Lexi
lexivengoechea@verizon.net
Becky Pies
calsrepair@tnics.com
Ooh lovely! Thanks Miss P! Unicorn on !
Mallory Wyatt;
cm_wyatt@hotmail.com
Nobody you know
Tummyhorse90@gmail.com
I never win this shit, I don’t even know why I try.
LOVE LOVE LOVE this MADNESS!!!
Kristi
klbattes09@yahoo.com
MELISSA Payne Johnson
Mapcollector@gmail.com
I love this art, very clever.
call4042771122@gmail.com
Love. Love. Love.
Sarah Boyce
sarah_boyce@ymail.com
(yes it is Y and not G)
love it. susan silver — mojoridin2003@yahoo.com. thank you.
GimmeSomeProzac@msn.com
(yes, that’s my real email address)
=)
kellymcfarland78@gmail.com
So much awesome!!!
sr-rose@att.net
Love it!!!
kristinhudson07@yahoo.com
Her stuff is awesome!!
Niki
my3girls1976@yahoo.com
Have you seen the titanium sporks on thinkgeek.com?
Kelly
kelstimac@gmail.com
Omg this is awesomeness.
Lauren
LLSmith13@gmail.com
Have you seen the titanium sporks on thinkgeek.com?
Kelly
kelstimac@gmail.com
Omg this is awesomeness.
Lauren
LLSmith13@gmail.com
Wowza!
Monica
L.monicabrock@gmail.com
Awesome!!!!!!!
Jen Lewis
Jlewis2214@gmail.com
<3 Michelle Gabriel
Thegabriel6@yahoo.com
Becky
robinsb@live.com
Shannon! sfeatheringill@gmail.com
Emily
Emilywilliams337@gmail.com
Amber Kittle
Lokijamesmommy@gmail.com
Love reading your posts everyday, it’s one of the reasons I get on Facebook.
Emily
Emilywilliams337@gmail.com
In love with all of these pieces! Sweet baby jeebus…I want.
Amanda Grablin
amandagrablin@yahoo.com
I <3 these
Amanda
felynzyne@gmail.com
Freakin awesome!
Cayla
caylahamm@yahoo.com
Totally tubular! Well if the lochness was floating in a tube, either way fantastic!
Carrie Coburn
carrie.coburn@gmail.com
mainestar80@yahoo.com
Lauren
Name: Crystal Neiley
Email: crystaldawn115@gmail.com
Fingers n toes crossed, love ya Patti!!!
Charity
charity.thegreat@yahoo.com
Long time reader first time commenter. Love you personality and love the art work!
Becky
eyeluvmikyds@yahoo.com
Those prints would be a great early Bday gift to myself…well, not really to myself since you would be the one sending them to me
From one December baby to another!
Heather
hunkahunkabg@hotmail.com
OMG!!! Love anything with a Unicorn….I still have some of my Unicorn collection from my childhood
denisealong@hotmail.com
Awesome. Andrea Clark
Asweetness40@gmail.com
ChelseA chelsea_leigh18@yahoo.com
Amanda
aclark0911.ac@gmail.com
Cool stuff!
Darla Morgan
dardee68@gmail.com
ERMAGERD!! UNICERNS!!
awesome!
LoVE iT!
Smashing art!!
Julie
perryme2000@yahoo.com
So clever. The world needs more of both of you! Lterbo@yahoo.com
Superfantastic #1 Sexy Besty Blog!
Katy Brown
crazydoglady72@yahoo.com
This makes me heart happy! L~
lm.powers@yahoo.com
this is so cool dont normally do this but im gonna enter
Rachael Johnson
rachaeljohnson69@gmail.com
Lauren
mamaolive1027@yahoo.com
That art rocks. Totally stalking her fb page ASAP!
Heather Giuliano
heather.giuliano@rocketmail.com
Emma
emma10678@gmail.com
Is that monster sipping some tequila? Whahaha!
Annalies
a.moris@varendonck.nl
Blah, i forgot,
dianajames85@hotmail.com
Kendal
kendalgreer25@gmail.com
Thank you!!!
I NEED the jugband print! frayedknot79@yahoo.com
love love love
Stacey
bntyhuntress@gmail.com
Winner winner Chicken Dinner!
Congrats!!!!!