A couple of heads out of paper clay drying in front of the fan.  Nope,  I have no idea who they are.  I don’t seem to be able to do that.  I just follow… and they lead.  Whoever appears… I like.  It works that way for me with clay,  carving wood,  painting.   If I want them sweet,  they always look mean.   

The one on the left only has a half head.  Going to let it dry to a leather stage,  then add more paper clay.  I kept  moving the nose around accidentally.  Not a good idea.    I love to do these faces.  So fun to see who they are.  I like this size… seems easy to sculpt. 

Go shopping on my website.  It doesn’t hurt to look around…    Hope you’re having a really nice weekend…  I’m gonna take a nap… how about you?

PJ Hornberger Folk Art

She’s has lots of black glitter,  silver glitter,  and such nice hair….  She’ll be on  my website very soon… on the Halloween page.   Did I tell you I love Halloween? 

PJ Hornberger Folk Art

Did I mention I also love naps?  I think I feel one coming on….     PJ

Going to be in the studio today.  The first photo is something I’m working on.  I’m hoping to get more done on it today.  Got my fingers crossed,  anyway.   Second photo is just to show how really messy the work table can get.  I neeeeed to scrape paint off the table,  but so far it hasn’t happened.  Then the crow and skelly are a couple of friends that hang out,  and watch me work. Marie Jeff of Birmingham, AL did the crow.  Isn’t he fine?  She does fun folk art.  She use to do chickens out of gourds that were a scream.   

It’s cloudy and rainy here…. making me so sleepy.  Lately, everything makes me sleepy.   Got to quit that.   Ya’ll have a creative fun day!  Share a smile and encourage someone today.  PJ

 (mental picture: nice lookin’ chicken, great dress,  fur stole, lots of jewelry)

Jazell lives over on Lotus Street.  Gossip is that she’s had plastic surgery,  several times. Nobody knows for sure. But she never seems to age.  Even with all those late nights she keeps.  She does have a busy social life, and so many men friends. Jazell says she just loves them all,  church ladies say she’s a hussy. One thing everybody agrees on, she does have a good time.

Last summer she flew off to one of them places that’s got beaches and those palm trees. Can’t remember the name, but she’s been everywhere, and always with a different man.  She’s real popular.  Why, the mailman delivers at least a dozen letters and cards every day, (he’s one of her greatest admirers).

She usually gets flowers or candy at least once a day.  Before she goes out at night, (she goes out every night), you can  see her through her bedroom window sitting in the middle of her four poster canopy bed, readin’ all the love letters she got that day.

Did I tell you how she decorated her house?  You’re gonna love this. The bed is done in a deep red satin.  Jazell says it’s so inspirational.  When the whole town kept gossipin’ bout her, she redid the windows.  You guessed it!  She had large plate glass windows put in every room.  Now maybe they’ll get the facts straight.  She not only does her own decoratin’, she also designs her own clothes.  Needless to say, she’s a multi  talented girl.

She just couldn’t find clothes to do her justice, or show off her legs.  All the men tell her she has such wonderful legs,  which she does.  She’s not as bad as everybody says.  Jazell can’t help it if every man that lays eyes on her falls instantly in love.  She tries not to encourage them,  but she can’t help bein’ so gorgeous.  And besides, she’s just a naturally friendly person.

PJ Hornberger copyright 2010    

PJ Hornberger Folk Art

Yesterday,  while spending the day with a friend,  I was telling her about a few of the Good Folks of Rabbittrun, Texas.  She thought it’d be a good idea to put some on my blog.  So if you hate ‘em… let me know…. I’ll send you Patsy’s info and you can complain directly to her.  Second hand is just never as good as when you can speak directly to the person that had this idea…. big smile…. 

Yes, I did a book kinda thing.  Made it myself.  Published it myself.  That means I took it to quick copy,  brought all those pages home and built the darn thing.  And it’s copyrighted… so don’t be making your Christmas cards out of what I wrote.  Make up your own lies.  You can do it…

Imogene 

(get a mental image of a big ol’ giraffe with an ugly dress on)

You see that rather large woman goin’ in the 5 & dime?  No, the one with the large purse.  Yes, that’s the one.  Well,  that’s Imogene,  the town’s one and only shoplifter. Yes,  it is sad. It’s not that she takes that much, or anything worth much.  She just always takes a little somethin’ everywhere she stops. Why, she took the knob right off the Church’s front door.  Everybody was real upset over that one.  You ‘ll notice that her dress has real big pockets.

For awhile there, all the street signs were missin’. They made Imogene give them back.  Didn’t hurt her feelings, she’ll get them back. I know what you’re thinkin’.  Yes we tried to get her help. Even took her to one of those fancy doctors.  I think he was a physcitarist… anyway,  he charged way too much. You can always tell how fancy they are by how much they charge.  Why, the town had a bake sale, car wash, and just out and out begged for the money to pay him.  You should have seen that bill,  it went on forever.  Anyway, we got her there (and all paid up,  I might add.)  He hadn’t seen her three times before he refused to see her anymore.  She bout stole him blind.  Why, she even made off with the potted plant, and the pen set right off his desk.  She was goin’ for the desk  when he said he’d had enough.  Said it was the worst case he’d ever seen. He still doesn’t know she took the light switch, we didn’t have the heart to tell him. 

And Imogene kinda liked him.  That’s why she left him his shoes.  That’s always her favorite thing to take.  She likes to think of it as collectin’.  She does have a rather large collection of shoes… takes up one whole room.  She’s not selfish, though, she’ll let you borrow a pair, if you promise to bring them back….

PJ Hornberger did it….

PJ Hornberger Folk Art