Big Monster Book

I finally made a leather bound Monster Book of  Mother Ghoul’s Curses and Rhymes.
After all of my worry about making it, it turned out to be the printing that was the problem.  The binding went smoothly, except for one hole I drilled.  It went a little crooked.  But since it is covered up by material [...]

Sondi’s Shop of Horrors

Sondi’s Shop of Horrors is now open! 
More Monster? You bet!
Stop in and see if you can catch Pegasus, a gryphon or a flying dragon. 
http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6673482
I think I have finally finished designing my store front.  The grand opening begins today.
Hope to see you soon.
I dare you.
Sondi

Psycho Monsters

Up until now I have gladly faced the monsters that have led my imagination from thought to print. An enjoyable hobby of mine for the last couple of years has been Chasing and observing monsters. It culminated in a specialized monster behavior book that included the legends and myths of monsters from all over the [...]

Monsters, Monsters, Everywhere! But not in sight.

 
It is past bed time.   I can feel the monster under the bed just waiting to jump out.  The house is quiet as a cemetery, including all those creaks and groans!

So what, might you ask, am I still doing at the computer?

I am waiting for the monster muse to hit me upside the head, [...]

Broken Shell Shards

Today I tested the limits of my comfort zone.  Peeking around corners, looking those ghosts in the eyes, and hiding behind a shelf again, I made my way through the broken shell shards of my secure world and stepped into the Library.
Tip-toeing as quietly as possible, I snuck down the isles where my eyes kept [...]

Blast That Computer!

I just had another Monsterous  computer failure.
The above cartoon is relevant to my current crises.
After taking my original computer in for service, I was given a rental, a Toshiba.
It  only took four week for service to decide the first computer was trash, fried motherboard.
After the four weeks, I returned the Toshiba and was given a [...]

Monster Style

Valentine’s Day is Feb 14, 2009

Are you prepared for the Romance, the Music, the Love and the Valentines?

Wait until you experience it Monster Style.

The Valentine:

Roses are red,
Blood is too,
Roses smell sweet
And so do you.

The Love:

They crawl in at night,
A terrible sight.
Teeth, claws, and hairy,
Eyes, spikes, and scary,
With kisses and hugs,
From our little love bugs.
Under, over, [...]

All Bound Up

Part 5 of Monsterling Books.
Recap:  Monsterling Books- Materials needed to make a leather covered mini book.
Sticky Paper- Preparing the paper for the book.
Stiff as a Board- Adding material to paper and gluing cardboard to leather.
It’s a Material Thing-Finish gluing leather to cover inside and gluing material to cover.
Remove Book from clamps.
Slide a spare piece of [...]

It’s a Material Thing

Part 4 of Monsterling Books.
Recap:  Monsterling Books- Materials needed to make a leather covered mini book.
Sticky Paper- Preparing the paper for the book.
Stiff as a Board- Adding material to paper and gluing cardboard to leather.
Take paper and material out of clamp and cut the material equal in measurement to the side of the paper up [...]

Stiff as a Board

Part 3 of Monsterling Books.
Recap:  Monsterling Books- Materials needed to make a leather covered mini book.
Sticky Paper- Preparing the paper for the book.
Gluing material to spine:
Put one more coat of glue on the book’s spine only.  Place the material over the glued spine with the edges of the material hanging over the book.  If there [...]