Karen Lyons
KJ Lyons Design
Friday, June 10, 2011
Already looking forward to our Hallowe'en tour!
This year I'm creating a Halloween Steampunk Cat. He might even have a Cheshire Cat smile ;-)
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Like a seance...
... only I'm calling together the living! Exciting news: I'm opening up this blog so that all the participating Hallowe'en artists can "blog" here, sharing their creations-in-progress, their inspirations, their past Hallowe'en art, anything and everything Hallowe'en to get everyone excited about October 1st!
How will it work out!? We're going to find out! I hope we'll all be able to connect with each other and become a wee community to inspire and encourage each other to great, ghoulish heights!
How will it work out!? We're going to find out! I hope we'll all be able to connect with each other and become a wee community to inspire and encourage each other to great, ghoulish heights!
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Coverage in Teddy Bear Review and Dolls magazines!
Dear Hallowe'eners,
I attended the Doll and Teddy Bear Artist and Collector Convention in Philadelphia in May and I'm thrilled to share the following news with you: Teddy Bear Review's editor Joyce Greenholdt wants to use some of my photos from the Philadelphia Convention and has also asked for a write-up. Pictures will also appear in Dolls magazine! If you haven't yet had a chance to check out the online review I created, go to http://www.scratchingatthewindow.com/ and click on the Convention's flyer.
More importantly, the Online Halloween Artists' Studio Trick or Treat (http://www.halloweenstudiotour.com) will also get a news report in both Teddy Bear Review and Dolls! This is just wonderful and will certainly mean a lot in regards to how many people will visit the site come October 1st!
So exciting! So if you're keen to take part as an artist this year, don't delay, contact me at woosel[at]wildmail.com!
I attended the Doll and Teddy Bear Artist and Collector Convention in Philadelphia in May and I'm thrilled to share the following news with you: Teddy Bear Review's editor Joyce Greenholdt wants to use some of my photos from the Philadelphia Convention and has also asked for a write-up. Pictures will also appear in Dolls magazine! If you haven't yet had a chance to check out the online review I created, go to http://www.scratchingatthewindow.com/ and click on the Convention's flyer.
More importantly, the Online Halloween Artists' Studio Trick or Treat (http://www.halloweenstudiotour.com) will also get a news report in both Teddy Bear Review and Dolls! This is just wonderful and will certainly mean a lot in regards to how many people will visit the site come October 1st!
So exciting! So if you're keen to take part as an artist this year, don't delay, contact me at woosel[at]wildmail.com!
The Philly show was also great for getting the word out about our trick or treat tour and the importance of bat conservation... if all the participating artists (like, perhaps, you?) spread the word at shows, we should have an incredible turnout!
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Until the witches ride again...
For the time being, I'm doing non-Hallowe'en stuff (for the most part!) on my personal blog, http://clawscratches.blogspot.com/, where you can read about my soft-sculpture creations as they come to life! As August comes around, this blog will re-awaken, or as I find cool Hallowe'en things to share with you!
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Christmas time...
Well, since you can't beat'em, might as well join in! 
This is the box of Xmas cards that I very happily found at Winners! Unfortunately, they only had the one box... ah well. Obviously I was ecstatic to find a Xmas card with a rat/mouse on it! What luck!
The photo is by Chris Collins/Corbis and published by Sellers Publishing, Inc., at http://www.makefun.com/
And Xmas became MUCH more enjoyable when my little brother introduced me to Krampus! (Read about him at
http://www.krampus.com/who-is-krampus.php) We even attempted to make Krampus cookies: chocolate sugar cookies with red sugar glitter horns, yellow mini Smartie eyes and dried cranberry tongues! What fun! We used the heart cookie cutter for the head shape and the long thin moon cutter for the horns, they turned out pretty good, we think!
This is the box of Xmas cards that I very happily found at Winners! Unfortunately, they only had the one box... ah well. Obviously I was ecstatic to find a Xmas card with a rat/mouse on it! What luck!
The photo is by Chris Collins/Corbis and published by Sellers Publishing, Inc., at http://www.makefun.com/
And Xmas became MUCH more enjoyable when my little brother introduced me to Krampus! (Read about him at
http://www.krampus.com/who-is-krampus.php) We even attempted to make Krampus cookies: chocolate sugar cookies with red sugar glitter horns, yellow mini Smartie eyes and dried cranberry tongues! What fun! We used the heart cookie cutter for the head shape and the long thin moon cutter for the horns, they turned out pretty good, we think!
Happy Solstice!
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Bits and bites
By the way, before I nod off:
The mystery phrase was "trick or treat" and our Creaking Door Prize winner is H. Weigl! Congratulations, I hope you enjoy the set of 6 Hallowe'en cookie cutters!
And I already have 7 artists interested in doing the tour in 2011! Well, doesn't that sound promising! :) I'm getting all excited, only 354 days to Hallowe'en! But first I have to recover!!
Famous folks!
I just want to shout out that two of our artists have their 15 minutes of fame! Martha DeRaimo Burch must surely be pleased that her gorgeous pair of bears graces the flyer for the Doll and Teddy Bear Artist and Collector Convention to take place in May 2011 in Philly, PA! Congratulations, Martha!
And Amber Rose has her cat "Oreo" featured in the Dec. 2010 issue of Teddy Bear Review! Good stuff! Okay, so he's a Christmas cat, I can't get too excited, but he is quite cute. Way to go, Amber!
It's all over! Boo-hoo!
Dear Boo-tiful Ones,
Well, it's all over. The gates remained open until Nov. 7th, and in total from Oct. 1st-Nov. 7th we had 1110 unique visitors! Thank you everyone for taking the time to trick or treat with us! We raised $493.00US for Bat Conservation International, and that's only what we know about, not counting donations people made because they visited the tour and learned about the bats! So, take a bow everyone! We did good!
Thanks again to Bill Slavin for the perfect poster image.
And, yes, I'm already scheming and dreaming about 2011! I'm looking for about 20 awesome artists... What incredible pieces will materialize in 2011!? A chill is running up my spine! ;)
Well, it's all over. The gates remained open until Nov. 7th, and in total from Oct. 1st-Nov. 7th we had 1110 unique visitors! Thank you everyone for taking the time to trick or treat with us! We raised $493.00US for Bat Conservation International, and that's only what we know about, not counting donations people made because they visited the tour and learned about the bats! So, take a bow everyone! We did good!
Thanks again to Bill Slavin for the perfect poster image.
And, yes, I'm already scheming and dreaming about 2011! I'm looking for about 20 awesome artists... What incredible pieces will materialize in 2011!? A chill is running up my spine! ;)
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Time flies!
Like the old tombstone image, time flies! Only 10 days left for our Trick or Treat, and Martha DeRaimo Burch's "Keeper of the Spiders" is now also gone! So don't delay, if there's something you like, go back to that artist's studio and make them (and the bats!) happy!
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