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I Have a Fairy Godmother!!!!

11 Tuesday Jul 2017

Posted by emilypageart in art, gratitude, humor, karma, kindness, Uncategorized

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artist posable figure, artist's figure, body chan, body-kun, cupcakes, fairy godmother, gifts for artists, posable plastic figure, posable wooden figure, things artists want

I know I haven’t posted in over a week. I swear, I’ll try to get back in the swing of things again soon, but my brain has been mush due to the stress about work stuff. I also swear that I’ll explain about that soon. But for right now, I’m just too excited because I found out that I have a fairy godmother!! A month ago, I saw this thing, a Body Chan, pop up in an ad on my  Facebook feed:

 

Posable figure

If you’re not familiar with the little wooden posable figures that they make for artists, this is what they usually look like.

Manikinb

It doesn’t even have a chin. And it has a stick up its ass. 

And they suck, because the range of realistic poses for them is severely limited. So I when I saw this thing, I got all want-y and posted on Facebook that I wished it was mine. And since I did, it keeps popping up all over the place because my computer is a pimp and is always trying to get me to buy its tempting shit. But I’ve resisted because, well, I don’t have so much of the monies. And also because I’m a little afraid of pimps. But it’s just been taunting me this whole time.

Today, it arrived in the mail. With no receipt. So I have no idea who sent it. I posted a pic of me with it and asked for the generous culprit to fess up so that I can thank them.

Posable figure in backage.jpg

I don’t look nearly as excited in this picture as I actually feel, but all the pics of me looking really excited also made me look really ugly. Hopefully, this adequately conveys at least mild appreciation and wonder, if not the complete and utter ecstasy that I’m actually feeling.

But it’s been 4 hours and no one has. This leads me to the only logical conclusion: I have a freakin’ fairy godmother, y’all!!! So now I’m thinking that I should start wishing for other stuff. Apparently wantiness works. Now that I have my new posable figure, who I have named Jackie (because the figure is called a Body Chan), she’s going to help me demonstrate to my fairy godmother all of my heart’s desires…you know, things like unicorns and calorie-free cheese. You never know. I might have multiple fairy godmothers with different powers like Sleeping Beauty.

I’m turning 40 on September 20th, and I’ve decided that what I really want to commemorate such a momentous birthday – no, what I really need – is 40 cupcakes.

Jackie with cupcakes

I recognize that these cupcakes, in proportion to Jackie, are regular-sized cakes, but I figure if a girl’s gonna dream, she should dream big.

Since I don’t want to be selfish, feel free to suggest things you want and I’ll wish for them for you.

Dearest fairy godmother, thank you for sending me my new best friend, Jackie. After her, you’re the bestest.

 

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All Hail The Mighty Cupcake!

21 Saturday Mar 2015

Posted by emilypageart in gratitude, humor, sip and paint studio

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cupcakes, generosity

The cupcake losing streak is over! The mom from the birthday party this afternoon offered me one of the extras, so now I’m all jacked up on sugar, too!! Yaaaaaaaay! Life is good again.

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Bless Her Heart

07 Saturday Mar 2015

Posted by emilypageart in humor, sip and paint studio

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bless her heart, cupcakes, Eddie Vedder, generosity, southern sayings

Bitchez be crackin’ me up. In the south, people say “bless her heart” instead of “she’s not that bright but she means well.”* Today in class, a woman said, “Aw, bless my heart.” Meanwhile, another woman was narrating each and every step to herself as she did it. I would say, “Take a little yellow and dab it here.” She would say, “Okay, I’m taking yellow and I’m dab dab dabbing it here, and a little over here. And then a little over here maybe. Oh, that was too much. I’ll try lightening it with a little white.” For each and every step, bless her heart.

And totally unrelated, this whole cupcake thing is an epidemic. A totally different woman had a bunch of leftover cupcakes and just threw them out instead of offering me one. WTF? Clearly she has no comprehension of just how much caffeine and sugar it takes to keep my energy level up through 4 classes starting at 9:30am until about 10pm. She’s lucky I didn’t fall asleep while teaching her group.

*My friend, Meghan says, “Aw, Eddie Vedder,” as in, “She doesn’t know Eddie Vedder.” Say it out loud. It sounds like “She doesn’t know any better.” This is but one reason for loving Meghan. Another reason is that I’m pretty sure she took the picture of me in the ridiculously large hat making this face:

This is my annoyed face

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Cupcake Lady Did It Again

21 Saturday Feb 2015

Posted by emilypageart in humor

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cupcakes, generosity

Lady with all the extra cupcakes, you made me sad AGAIN. You had your other daughter’s party at the studio today, and, once again, begged every parent who came to pick up their kids to take several home with them. Not once did you offer one to me or my staff, and you threw the rest away right in front of us. What’s your deal, lady? You better watch your back, because I’m inclined to rat you out to Santa. I see coal in your future.

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Cupcakes

24 Saturday Jan 2015

Posted by emilypageart in humor, sip and paint studio

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cupcakes, generosity

Dear lady with all the extra cupcakes,

You had tons of extra cupcakes at the end of your daughter’s party at my studio, and you kept begging parents to take some home with them, but never once thought to offer one to me or my staff. You make me sad.

Sincerely,
The lady who taught your screaming children for an hour

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