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I've been meaning to have that set up for a long time but it was just added to the list of things to do and set aside. I guess Saturdays are made for taking care of such things.

Now I actually have to clean *sigh*

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I can't resist a comic that stars a gingerbread boy and a skeletal girlfriend.

Gingerdead is an online comic posted weekly. It's also an interesting blog where readers are encouraged to respond in the comments area in haiku (I failed to do this when I posted there). Why? Well the comic itself is often written in haiku-style (5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables).

When you have a sister who wants to kill you (as GingerDead does), perhaps it's easier to take when the plotting is so lyrical.

Brandon Ragnar Johnson has worked in fashion, illustration, and cartooning. He's influenced by fine art (via his father) as well as modern design.

And he makes some wonderful retro-style images.

Here are three of my favourites from his Phantomime collection. This one (pictured right) is called Notte De Fantami.

I probably should mention that the collection gets a little saucy. It's tasteful and beautiful, and is more sexy and suggestive than revealing, but if you're not one who appreciates the whole pin-up girl genre, you may want to skip the collection altogether and just smile at the ones I have posted here.

Starting from left to right, the images posted below are called El Goblino and Spookini.

I've just posted a how-to for my sculpey pumpkins.

I focus on the sculpting rather than the painting. I hope you find it useful.

Gotta run!

It's Mother's Day, and I'm off to see my mummy this afternoon.

Yes, yes. This pun will be done to death in the next few hours. This is why I'm posting so early *wink*. Get in there while I still have a chance to make someone smile.

In honour of the holiday, I thought I would take a few minutes to gather some lovely female mummy pictures from across the Internet to create a little collage (posted below).

I'm not positive the one on the right is a female, but it does have that "Oh! I can't believe you surprised me!" Mother's day quality so I couldn't resist.

To all the mothers out there, have a lovely day.