I like being included :)

Hey Everyone! Just wanted to share with you that I was featured in two Etsy Treasuries this weekend. My “Webley (Tim Burton) Myxie” was featured in a really neat one called Ladies and Their Top Hats. http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d8ee7ba4b338eefa01ea98b/ladies-and-their-top-hats And my “Wounded Angel” Print was featured in a treasury called Binary Brush. http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d8e5df086378eefac7e4cb6/binary-brush Both are really great Treasuries so please check them out! For more of my Scultures and Prints, check out my Etsy Store. http://www.etsy.com/shop/MysticReflections Thanks for reading! ~Caralyn

Wedding Cake Topper

Hello Everyone, working hard on a Wedding Cake Topper commission this week. I was really excited to get the request, it just feels great to be able to add to someone’s special day. Also it’s been really fun designing the piece. My customer asked me to make a Dragon with a Fairy riding on it’s back. This is my first full length Dragon so it was a bit of a challenge but he came out great and I learn a lot as well.
It took 5 packs of pearl polymer clay for his body and 3 feet of wire armature to make him stand, approximately 7 inches. I then added the swirly, decorative designs with white polymer clay and gold paint. I was nervous about the wings…I wanted them to be bat like but still match the swirls of his designs and the spikes along his back. They were difficult and I had to redo them about 3 times before I got them the way I wanted.
Anyway the Dragon is complete now, What do you think?

Still putting the finishing touches on the fairy. Once she is all done I’ll get photos and post them for you.
Thanks for reading
~Caralyn

Myxitastical

Hello Peoples!
I finally got my brand new Myxies posted on my Etsy store. I’m so excited to show you all this batch. I did some new unique Myxies that I’m really happy with. One of my favorites of the new ones was inspired by Tim Burton’s work. I made her dark, mostly Black and white with a gothic touch. She has a handmade polymer clay top hat and black wire spider web wings. Took me almost an hour to craft the wings but I was pleased with how they came out.
I also posted my second Steampunk Myxie. This one comes with a parasol I made with polymer clay covered wire and fabric. Took me ages to get the parasol right but it added a nice touch to the Steampunk I think.
Last but not least is my Patch Work Myxie. This little one has a completely hand stitched dress and wings. The head of yarn hair added the final touch in making her look like a child’s Doll.
Anyway, enough yappin, See what you think of my newest Sculptures on my Etsy Store.

http://www.etsy.com/shop/MysticReflections?section_id=5357780

Thanks so much for reading. Still cranking out new pieces all the time so keep checking my blogs for up dates.
~Caralyn

That was Weird...

So Happy about how easy the Dragon Con sign up was this year. Since I won two awards, best Fairy and Best Horror at Dragon Con 2010, I didn’t have to go through the Art Show Jury this year. Thanks to all the attendees who voted for my work and saved me the tedious task of selecting which of my pieces to send to be judged. Not to mention, being able to now avoid the long wait on “will I be excepted in the show or not” that follows. This time I just filled out what displays and tables I wanted and Bop! Bam! Boo! I was done in like 5 minutes…leaving me plenty of time to do other things I needed to get done. Such as staring mindlessly at my computer, trying to look as though I’m working diligently on pointless Reports while actually daydreaming about weather I’d be a Super Hero or Villain, if I had a special power. Ya know, real important stuff. :P

I’m so excited whenever Dragon Con comes around…as always I’m full of so many ideas for pieces I want to get done in time for the Art show, but as always I don’t have enough time for them all. So, for this month, I’ll spend some of my time deciding which pieces will be a part of the show and which ones will have to wait another year. So hard to choose but, alas, I only have the one set of hands…just until I have the surgery to get more accomplished and become Octohand the superhero with eight hands who cranks out piece after piece of beautiful art in minutes. Then no doubt I would get to arting so fast that some unforeseen accident happens leaving me horribly mangled and bitter thus making me decide on a life of crime. Then my name would be OctoCrime…yeah nice ring to that…and I’d terrorize the city with all the mayhem I’d cause.
Wow that was a bit of a strange tangent…. Oh well back to pretending to work.

Thanks for reading, keep checking my blog for updates on my art.
~Caralyn aka Octohand :P

Stop making excuses and get to arting already!

Hi Everybody! Just wanted to tell you, one of my Prints was Featured in an Etsy Treasury! Check it out!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d7cd7db165d8eefbed223b3/dont-be-lonely-on-sunday-afternoon

I know I haven’t been blogging much these past 2 months, getting back to arting everyday has been hard…just so much going on right now. But I’m determined to get a lot done this year and as soon as I have Photos of my newest pieces I’ll be posting them for you to check out.

Thanks for reading
~Caralyn

Fairied Treasure

Hey Friends! I just wanted to let you know one of my Myxies was featured in an Etsy Treasury, check it out!

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d583de0ca5a6d91cba8b38c/have-a-fairy-good-day?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Treasury&utm_campaign=Share

Thanks for reading, I have just finished a few brand new Myxies and will be posting them soon so keep checking my blog for updates.
Thanks
~Caralyn

Umbrella..Ella..Ella..Ella

Finally finished the newest piece I’ve been working diligently on, Steampunk Myxie number two. She turned out pretty well, even though not entirely the way I had envisioned but good never the less. The steampunk Myxie, that I have yet to think of a suitable name for, took me a little while to complete due to all her details and accessories. I experienced a lot of firsts with this piece as far as my sculpting comfort zone goes. She is now equipped with tiny sculpted polymer clay keys, gears, a clock and…Drum Roll Please…an umbrella. The umbrella was a bit of a challenge but I was quite impressed with myself after I pulled it off. The hardest part was definitely the top part, it was so difficult to get the fabric to sit the right way, but I eventually got it. I can’t wait to post Photos of the finished Steampunk Myxie for you all, I sent her to my Photographer today so I’ll post them as soon as she’s done. But until then I’ve posted a few little Photos I took of her umbrella and wings. What do you think? :)

Thanks for reading. Keep checking my blog for updates on my newest pieces.
~Caralyn

Again with the Spectrum!

Just Submitted a few pieces to Spectrum Art Books. http://www.spectrumfantasticart.com/books.php?id=567
I really hope they accept me this year. I sent some good pieces I think but the dealine came up so quickly I really didn’t have time to prepare. The first two years I submitted a piece specially done for the book, this year I didn’t have enough time. Though the submissions are some of my newest and best pieces in my opinion…I still wish I had had time to do something just for the Book. But even if they accept me I still plan to submit a piece every year I can so there is still time to do “special” works.
This year is going to be the year of stocking my inventory, I let it get too empty last year so I’m building it up and I have SO many great ideas. I have already started on my newest Myxies and, not to toot my own horn, but I am out doing myself. My sculptures have more details in their clothes and bodies. I am trying to go outside my safe zone and create things for them I didn’t even think of before. I really hope you all like them because I have been working extra hard to make them just right. Hopefully I will have Photos for you soon, I can’t wait until they are all finished.
Keep Checking my Blog for updates on my work. Thanks for reading!
~Caralyn

They included me!

Good morning People!
I just wanted to let you all know that I was included in a Treasury on Etsy. Please Check it out!
http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4d36042639398eefc2800b4c/my-favorites

Thanks for reading!
~Caralyn

Well Where have you been?

Hey everyone, I know it’s been a while since my last post but now it’s a brand new year. The Holidays are over and this year I’m not planning a wedding so you all can be expecting a whole lot more from Mystic Reflections. Ohhhh I’m so excited to get started on all the projects I have planed for this year Whoot! So far I’ve just finished a few Myxies but I’ve got them posted on my Etsy store and ready for you lovely people. So Please check it out. http://www.etsy.com/shop/MysticReflections
I plan to start posting my work again this month…we’ll see how that goes, this is the1st but there will be more so keep checking my blog for up dates. Good to be back :)

Thanks for reading!
~Caralyn