The Phantom Moon

Hello Spring

The weather has been gorgeous around here lately and I've been lucky enough to have the prettiest blooms sprouting out around my house.  

These beauties were "gifts" from the family that lived here previously and I'm so happy they made some of the selections that they did (with the exception of some of the bushes we took down which were absolute mosquito magnets!).

I'm hoping that this year I'll be able to make more of a dent in our landscaping and brighten up the front of our house and yard.  In the meantime, check out this fantastic DIY that I spied through Pinterest that I'd love to make for my front entryway, but I'm guessing it would look just as great out back as well ... Weekend DIY Project: Stacked Planterss For Your Home Sweet Home.  Now pardon me while I tell the Mr. we're headed to the Home Depot / neighborhood nursery this weekend to make this happen.

Frankenweenie

Okay fellow Tim Burton fans, it's about time that I share the newest trailer for TB's new stop-motion animated film ... Frankenweenie!

I'm a huge Tim Burton fan so I was thrilled when I heard he was releasing another stop-motion animated gem.  The guy has talent for sure and I'm so glad he's helping to keep the art of stop-motion animation alive!  I love CGI (Pixar, Dreamworks, etc) but I also really love this type of film making as well.

Here's the incredibly small snippet about the film from IMDB: "Young Victor conducts a science experiment to bring his beloved dog Sparky back to life, only to face unintended, sometimes monstrous, consequences."

I love TB and most of his films are premanent fixtures in our home movie library.  SyFy recently had a Burton inspired episode of their hit show Face/Off which was really fun to watch, but I want to tackle that in another post since I didn't exactly agree with the winner 100%.

Here are a few interesting tid bits of trivia on ol' Tim & his movie making ways:

* Burton directed the original live action Frankenweenie in 1984 and was then fired by dear old Disney after the movie was completed (they thought it was too scary for young audiences ... how times have changed!) and they shelved the movie.

* Burton as an animation designer on 1987's Amazing Stories, namely ... Family Dog (it was also briefly revived in 1993 but that seems to have been short lived ...)!  This was a big hit in my family and we were seriously quoting this show non-stop when it first came out.  I have the original VHS but I'm crossing my fingers it'll make it's way to DVD some day.  Do you guys remember it too? 

* Frankenweenie's main character is named Victor which is also the name of the main character in The Corpse Bride (Victor Van Dort) AND my nephew Victor too!  I'm sure he'll be thrilled to realize this when he's older, lol (thanks for reminding me, dear sister!).

* Burton has made seven films with Johnny Depp: Edward Scissorhands (1990), Ed Wood (1994), Sleepy Hollow (1999), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Corpse Bride (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), and Alice in Wonderland (2010).  Johnny Depp is also the godfather of his son Billy Ray Burton.  It helps he's easy on the eyes too ...

Frankenweenie is set to release on October 5th, 2012.  Maybe this could be a birthday date for someone special I know?

*All photos courtesty of IMDB

Q&A Featurette

Not too long ago I received a request from the talented Becky of Love Everday Life, asking if I wouldn't mind participating in a blog Q&A that would feature my Etsy shop and work (one of my hoops was also part of her Eat It, Read It, Need It featurette).  

Would I mind?  Heck freaking no!  How awesome is it when someone likes your work so much they'd like to tell everyone else as well?  Needless to say I answered a few questions she had and the Q&A was posted later in the week.  

screen shot of my Love Everday Life's featurette

If you're interested in checking it out, here's the link.  I'd suggest heading over to Love Everyday Life regardless, it's a fantastic blog and I've been a fan ever since.  Thanks again, Becky!