So many things have changed since I was last here! I've been on vacation mode for almost a month.
I've still been working on resin and selling them at local events downtown for art hop. Art Hop is every 1st Thursday of the month.

I am usually downtown close to Warnors Theater. It seems to be trendy due to all the new businesses and lofts.
The weather has been real cool, and I might take a small break from vending at this time. Not for long. I have the Fresno Skateboard Salvage coming up and I need to paint a skateboard. It's going to be up for donation and it goes toward a real good cause. Check them out!

I also have another show coming up for February 2018! I am going to paint on wood, which is my favorite at the time. Pictures soon to come!

Just going through old stuff. Wanted to share my old stickers I had in the 80's. :)
Each My Little Pony sticker would come with purchased along with it's brush. These are the surviving stickers, on original backing.

Random Stickers

Thanks for viewing my sticker collection. ♥
~ Razz Ace

I've been wanting to make a Pee Wee's playhouse miniature for some time now. I thought Jambi the Genie would be fun so I grabbed a chunk of clay and started molding! I still need to create his setting but hopefully in another week it will be complete and in my shop! Thank you for your visit!
:*  Razz 

Cedric is the frontman of The Mars Volta and At The Drive-In. I have been listening to their music for several years and last year for Lollapalooza I got to see At The Drive In LIVE!

Then, on Twitter, Cedric announced The Mars Volta brake up. I was so sad! Actually sad. I seen the Mars Volta live with System Of A Down back in 2005. It was amazing! They are one of my favorite bands.

Not far after the brake up, Cedric also let us know about the new project he is working on with Juan Alderete, the bass player of the Volta. The beginning of June, I seen the announcement of the new band, Zavalaz.

I quickly checked out the website and they were headed to my city and here's the next best part: TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM MY HOUSE! YES!

The day of the concert, I was waiting impatiently for the time to come. I live on a one way street. I knew the tour bus would be driving by my home a few hours before the evening to set up. My work/home computer is also facing this busy street. I jumped up every time I hear a loud truck or bus go by. About 3:30pm, it finally goes by as I'm working on a Facebook auction. I was still with no makeup on, messy hair bun, and pajama bottoms on! Bad perks of working from home, Haha!

So I throw on a pullover Summer dress, and my newspaper clipping announcement for him to sign, (just in case I see him), and walk over to take a peek!
I also threw on my sweater to cover up my shoulders, because it's nearly 100 degrees and I didn't want to get burnt up peeking and being nosey outside the music venue. So let me tell you, this was a very hot afternoon.
The parking lot is quite open and during a normal walk by, there is hobos and drunks hanging out there. It's very close to the area I call Tower Rat Alley, where a lot of lost souls, drug infected teens and hobos hang out.
I spot the tour bus and see a young couple close by, also hoping to catch a glimpse of Cedric.

 After all my work creating a 30x40mm cabochon setting, I would love to share them with you! Seeing how you would color your piece or how you choose to design it would be so amazing! If you share it with me, I would love to re-post on my blog.
 To enter this all ages giveaway, leave a comment on this post stating your favorite necklace, or ring listed in my SHOP-A-SAURUS tab along with your link, email, or a way to get a hold of you if you are a winner. That's it!
 I will close the auction and choose two winners to receive 1 cabochon at random winner on May 28th, at 6PM PST. Cabochon will be all white plastic. You design! :)
Good Luck!

*It is also available for purchase, just click the pic to view shop*

Well, I have been slacking! I haven't posted in a while, but it feels like just yesterday!
I have been working on my favorite, cameos. Doing a lot of new stuff, but I haven't been finishing them! The colors aren't right, I'm not liking the beads, or my sculpting isn't making me happy. Do any of you other crafters get that sometime?
I don't like to craft just to make a buck. I like to put my heart and thought into it, every time. It takes time to create and come up with new ideas.

I went to Vegas a few weeks ago. Didn't know when to stop gambling and lost a few hundred dollars. Yikes! But I love Vegas and came back inspired. By the way, I am addicted to Roulette! I always play number 8.

I moved my work station around, too. Not really a good thing. I condensed things down and I like to work with everything on top if my desk. But It was pretty bad. My key board was on a mountain of beads and I wasn't being very productive.

I purchased an octopus cameo setting and I had a very pretty cameo to add to it. But I realized that it wasn't going to be unique if I glued two designs from other artists together, right? I had to design my own cabochon to put into this setting if I wanted to keep on my toes.

Anyway, I noticed my clay had dried up quite a bit. My friend Espi of Fairy Tales and Rebel Yells gave me some fresh clay to play with. I got this itch to start carving and sculpting small designs. I had a plastic mold setting, (in pic below), that I used as a guide to keep my cabochon at a 40x30 mm size. So I started doing a water theme first. After I was happy enough with my work, I froze it for a few hours to make it easy to pop out of the plastic mold frame to bake in the oven. I wanted to create a hard copy of my carving so I made a silicone mold of the oven baked cab.

My mold is sturdy and reusable so I start making clay replicas and below I show one that I painted. I add it in my octopus cameo setting that I purchased a while back.  I love it! I will need to sand down the edges and do some other changes, but I do like my design. :0)
Would you like a cabochon to play with? What color would you make it? Hmm, I should do a giveaway!

I was still on a rampage to crave and sculpt. So I decided to do the beautiful genie from the TV show, 'I Dream of Jeannie.'
The middle one I was happy with, (pic below), so in the oven she goes. Except, my honey made hash browns in the oven during the time I was carving, and didn't realize the temperature of the oven was at 450 degrees! I'm so silly, I just assumed it was still at 250 and didn't even check. The house started to get smokey and I quickly checked my cameo and it was burnt to a crisp! Her leg even bubbled up! Yikes! But I'm crafty as heck, I will fix it. ;) I'll have her available soon as well.

Anyway. I'll have a giveaway for some sea cabochons for you crafty girls to play with. If anyone would like to purchase one, check here.
Thank you for dropping by!
xoxo
Razz

Time for a giveaway! I will have 8 of my handmade pendants for you to choose from.
 YOU are probably already entered into the drawing!

WHAT HAPPENED:
My last  giveaway involved pictures of My Sweet Skull jewelry being worn. Whomever got the most votes was the winner on Facebook. Well, being that this was a rough year, and I ran out of time to collect pictures, I decided to try something a little bit different.

HOW WERE YOU ALREADY ENTERED?
I collected my yearly sales and entered you in, in numerical order. If you purchased a MY SWEET SKULL item in the year of 2012 from online through Facebook or here on my site, then I have your name entered.
If you would like to know if you are on the list and what number you are, please contact me through here, phone text, (number is located on my about me section of my FACEBOOK page), or leave a comment below on this post. If you purchased an item from a craft fair, Bebe O's or other, please let me know when and what your purchase was and I will add you to the list.
If you would like your name OFF the list, please let me know and I will do so as well. :0)
No hard feelings.

WHEN:
Starts now, December 29th- I will close it Friday, January 4th, 2013 1pm PSTCLOSED

WANT TO BE ON THE GIVEAWAY LIST BUT HAVEN"T BOUGHT THIS YEAR?
TWEET this giveaway: Enter to win one of these 8 pendants from @MySweetSkull blog http://www.mysweetskull.com/blabla-blog.html

POST/SHARE on Facebook, Tumblr or your own blog!
• Follow RAZZ_ACE on INSTAGRAM - REPOST pic below (or my pic from IG) - Tag #2012MySweetSkull
CLOSED
Remember, I cannot count you in if I do not see your hashtag or Tweet! Comment below your link to where you have shared this giveaway, such a blog, Facebook or Tumblr. That will be a sure add in! :0)
**I cannot see PRIVATE albums and must be unblocked for me to see that it was posted.**
It would be so helpful if you also commented where you posted and a way that I could get a hold of you when you win.

  And on that same page, I seen these convenient bad boys. Although I would have to practice my balance. Mine would be full of loose beads I drop while I sit at the computer.

 Ok, well, it's 6 am now. I'm still needing to kill time before the post office opens. Then I can get some sleep. I had a hard time getting to sleep yesterday, prolly was about 9am. I use Melatonin, but I forget sometimes.
Ok, Good night. Err, good morning!
-Razz