Electric lollipop

So I took some time to revamp my website finally and you can view and give me some feedback on it if you wish. electriclollipop.com It's the poor mans website that doesn't have a fancy shopping cart feature and all that jazz but it should do for now. I need to figure out how to connect my Paypal to it for easier shopping. Learning as I'm going. Most of my customers just buy through my etsy or contact me on facebook and ask for things there. Really want this site to pay for itself at some point.
Would love to hear your feedback though!
http://www.electriclollipop.com

Lollipop Shoppe's Rock and Roll Circus!

It's been 6 years doing it up in Dallas with guest dj's, fashion designers, artists, bands, photographers, dancers and a whole host of creatives who have passed through our doors. We'll be hosting our 6 Year Anniversary Party at the beautiful and historic Sons of Hermann Hall!
Join us upstairs for a Rock And Roll Circus~ come as you are or dressed as your favorite star! Prizes for best dressed rockstar/ circus character. Come dance among the stars and check out a hot set by musical guests "Black and Blue"-a Rolling Stones cover band sure to get you dancing. Guest DJ G will be on the decks to help get you in the mood and of course the Lolli Dollies go go troupe will show you how to shimmy!
Come see the Rock and Roll Circus Art Show featuring works by: Frank Campagna, Erik Schuessler, Richard Ross, Tempest Thompson, Sue Keomounghounh, Vanessa Neil, Jonathon Kimbrell, Carlos Canul, Edward Ruiz, Corbett Sparks, Tigerbee and Jim Thompson. Buy a piece and support local art and The Lollipop Shoppe.
Enjoy amazing feats by local performers! JEFF PLUNK, the one wheeled wizard, Logan the juggler will be on hand to wow and amaze! ALABAMA and her hot hula hoops! JET Spectacular Spinner of the Glowing Poi!
Makeup and Photography booth-come have your pics shot with real guitars rockstars, treats and freebies and more, be sure to get there early for one of the signature cd's from Captain Groovy!

***New Sponsors! AllGood Cafe in Deep Ellum, MAKE STUDIO and CLIFF NOTES both in beautiful OAK CLIFF, PARKER HAWN VINTAGE and GRATITUDE VINTAGE CLOTHING-thanks for your help, discounts and donations!

Parker Hawn Vintage is offering a $10 discount off any $20 or more purchase if you mention you're "going to the circus"! And Gratitude Vintage Clothing is offering a solid 10% off if you mention Lollipop Shoppe!

Parker Hawn Vintage
AllGood Cafe
Make Studio
Cliff Notes Prolonged Media
Sons Of Hermann Hall
Black and Blue band

Out of canvas, working on paper. Trying to work through the pain of a back injury and get my spirits back where they belong.
"Renovation"
acrylic/ink on paper w/ newsprint

BUZZ!

I have so much to update here but first things first....
A little promo for my friend Eddie Ruiz over at Avenue Arts Venue:



Coming soon....Chinese lantern Festival Pics, My Cats, Mad Hatters Tea Party and Chocolate Fest. Oh and theres an Opossum living under my house I found out! An Opossum! Creepy looking little thing too!

Snapshot: David Mausey

David Mausey Photography model Melissa Miaow (Lolli Dolly Go Go Dancer)

I am fortunate to be in a strange little vortex where creative and magical people always gravitate. I like to call that vortex "Lollipop Shoppe", since that is how I usually meet all the creative folk in my life...and most of my good friends for that matter. I am lucky enough to sometimes connect those people to other people to help them in their endeavors. The photographer David Mausey is one of the people I wanted to show off and connect you to.
I met David Mausey at one of our Spy Night parties, sneaking around shooting pics. We both laughed that every photo shot of me had me with eyes closed! D'oh! David is fun and easy to chat with and I like that in a photographer- he puts you at ease and so I was delighted when he volunteered to shoot my band The Shapes. We're planning on using some of his stuff for our album. He has a very sexy style that shines through in his pics of the ladies,here are a few of my favorites!






He also does some beautiful wedding portraiture alongside his edgy fashion stuff, check out both his sites and portfolios here:
http://www.mauseyfashion.com/
http://www.mauseyphoto.com
And keep your eye out for our debut album featuring some of his lovely work!

Art on View: Martin Campos

I took some art classes with this talented artist Martin Campos and am thrilled he is keeping it up in his spare time as we all strive to do. He will have a piece in this show and I can't wait to see it!
DeCorazon Gallery is located in the Bishop Arts District, so come have some drinks at a local eatery and then view some lovely art in my little neck of the woods. The topic of the show looks interesting to say the least!

She Wants To Find Frankenstein

My talented friend Lorene Herrera posted a blog of interest to me yesterday over on She Wants To Find Frankenstein and i want to help her out as best as I can. Turns out she was in a car accident and although she is ok needs some financial help, so please go take a peek at her ebay listings and buy some art or visit her etsy shop and buy something there. Thanks friends! ;-)
ebay listings:

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Mark Your Calendars

We're turning 5! This is going to be a really FUN event, I hope everyone can make it out to help us celebrate! There will be Tea and Such and lots of Nonsense and Dancing. Wear your maddest hat, dress like a Cheshire Cat or come as you are...or come quite bizarre! The weekend will be very fun with the Smoke doing their dance party on Friday and then our anniversary bash Saturday....your poor feet won't know what hit em!

I Just Want To Be With You

I am working on the followup painting to the one pictured above and I must say...I can't stop thinking about it. I longingly gaze at it as I throw my scarf on before I zip out the door to work. I promise to spend time with it "the very next day" I say, before going to sleep. I stare at it. I scheme. And this weekend I will finally have time to spend painting. I can't wait. A little obsessed? Perhaps. Every time I finish a painting I get a little goosebumpy just thinking that I'm that much closer to my very own show. Someday...but for now I'm having so much fun creating them.

Snapshot: Dylan Hollingsworth

Some things are easy to write about and some things aren't....such as beautiful photographs that already speak so many words that your own language fails you. I first encountered local photographer Dylan Hollingsworth at one of my own parties. He was shooting all the guests and at the time I had no idea what the pictures were going to look like but the cat had style and a certain way about him. I think it was the way he flamenco danced while shooting, leaping up and clicking his heels and darting around while the subjects eyes lit up with glee. That is when I knew I had better see how his photos came out. I was amazed at the angles, the colors, the imagination and most of all the very personal way his photos spoke to me. Like I said, some things just can't be given justice through the art of words. Some things just must be taken in with the eyes and the viewers own thoughts. And so I leave you with some select photos I love, so super real as to be unreal and so full of life you're bound to be sucked into this wonderful artists vivid world....


a portrait of the artist Dylan Hollingsworth






for more captivating photos please visit Dylan Hollingsworth's website

Art is Happening: Kettle Art

Kettle Art is on the ball! Heres the info on their next exhibition:

On Saturday, January 24, 2009 Kettle Art proudly presents 'Empire of Belief' a one person show by Judith Lea Perkins. Judith was one of the original founders of Kettle Art way back in the Fall of 2005 and has consistently participated with the gallery since. She traveled to NYC with us in June of 2007, shown with us in Miami in December of 2007, and was one of three featured artists in the March 2007, Skulls Babes and Spakley Guns, along with Marie Sena and Cathey Miller.

Judith's works are all hand carved blocks that result in one of a kind print ensemble pieces. No two are anything like the other and all are nothing short of incredible. This show runs through Saturday, February 14.
for more info visit: Kettle Art on myspace

Attended: "Stand By Your Man" A Tribute to Bonnie and Clyde

Notorious outlaws, art and beautiful hats inspired by Depression era America...of course I was in attendance. I was also excited this art/fashion show was a mere few blocks from my house in Oak Cliff. "Tara to the T Studios" shopfront gallery was well attended with the guests milling from viewing the art of Joey Seeman to trying on Tara Tonini's smashing new line of chapeaus, that's fancy French talk for "hats". Both artists, a notorious couple themselves, were there to answer questions and generally be charming.
Joey Seemans art consisted of some large and small acrylic paintings of everyone's favorite outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde. The couple was depicted with ghastly blue skin, rendered in the muralist fashion of the WPA with a touch of tattoo artistry creeping in. Some paintings were done on shot up car doors, a grim reminder of the infamous demise of the gun toting bank robbers.
Tara Tonini's feathered and bejeweled felt hats were elegantly displayed in vintage luggage and antiquated shelving, beckoning viewers to try them on. She had an array of hats for men and women as well as hair accessories- all hearkening back to the era when things were much simpler and somehow more glamorous. When I asked for pricing on her unique one of a kind line I was amazed at how affordable everything was. Tara told me "I want my friends to be able to afford these". At that price I walked out of there with a hunter green beauty with coral jewel work and my pocketbook intact. In these times of economic hardship that's something to tip your hat to!
Did you miss the closing reception for this show? Visit these sites to view, purchase and get more information :
Stand By Your Man on Myspace and
taratothet.com

Around Town

I'm part of this group called Etsy Dallas and it looks like they're about to revamp the whole shebang and allow new members in. Be sure to check their blog and apply if you're interested, hit the link-
Etsy Dallas Blog.
Also in the world of craft- my darling friend Tara of Tara to the T is having a closing reception on her Bonnie and Clyde show. The details are on the flyer

looks to be a cool event. Outlaws+ cool hats+art= I'm there!
In not so wonderful news or even local...actor Patrick McGoohan (The Prisoner)finally escaped and is no longer with us. Thanks for some great shows Number Six!

Sneezy Hive!

Maybe it's Hurricane Ike stirring up the winds and whatnot, but I've got the sneezes. I've been a recent sufferer of the ol' allergies, never really got too bad until I hit my twenties. Then like clockwork they flare up- just as every season changes it seems. I've been doing the local honey route and just this weekend bought some from The Honeybee Guild here in Texas. It is sweet and mellow and fresh and I got it at Farmers Market from the Pollards who maintain healthy beehives in North Texas. A noble task in light of the colony collapses we've been hearing about.
If you'd like more info about the Honeybee Guild here is their site texas honeybee guild and here is a very informative blog about them: a case of hives
The idea behind eating your local honey is to introduce all the local pollen to your system safely so that your body stops falsely reacting to it like it's a foreign enemy (hence the sneezing). And if you stop by Farmers Market look for the guy in the bee suit with the display of bees...he'll give you the buzz on bees and honey, honey!

Free Love Fridays- Ozone Alert Day!

This update comes to us via Eddie Ruiz who owns Avenue Arts Venue...

"If you've ever been to deep ellum or expo park you've seen ozone's murals.

don't miss your chance to check out his new paintings and collect his new toy at avenue arts venue saturday sept.13th.
reception 6pm-11pm
Free!"

Did you hear that? He said FREE and he said toys, it's like everything a kid wants to hear in one sentence. Too bad those toys aren't free! HAH HAH! Insert Nelson laugh here.
Avenue Arts Venue is located in lovely Exposition Park, across from the State Fair of Tex-ass!