Have you ever met any one famous? If not, who would you LOVE to meet? Well, I have been most fortunate enough to meet a few celebrities; and I have even had the pleasure of WORKING with a few actors as well!
If you haven't guessed by now, I am a huge Star Wars fan. I have also had the great opportunity to speak on my custom toy creations at all three Star Wars Celebrations conventions over the past seven years. While there, I also worked at the autograph booths and because of this, I've met quite a few Star Wars actors, from Carrie Fisher (Princess Leia)
to Kenny Baker (R2-D2)
. Warwick Davis (Wicket, Willow and Professor Flick in Harry Potter)
and I have met a few times, he has autographed Star Wars and Harry Potter items for me. For a list and more pics of who I have met and my collection of nearly 150 Star Wars autographs, take a look at my VIP page on my Star Wars website,
The Tantive IV.
In 2005, I actually worked with Ray Park (Darth Maul)
all weekend at his autograph table (I was only scheduled to work a couple of hours early Saturday, and he asked me to come back and stay with him the rest of the weekend.) That was great; I also got to escort him to events and he personalized autographs and the booth’s huge banner for me too.
Beside us was Billy Dee Williams,
and I got to meet and help him out a bit too. I also worked closely with and still keep in touch with Barrie Holland, a British actor who has done many parts in Star Wars, Indiana Jones and more.
I’ve been kissed by R2-D2 (Kenny Baker), the late
Michael Sheard (Empire Strikes Back, Dr. Who, Hitler in Indiana Jones), the late Peter Diamond (stuntman on Star Wars), and of course Ray Park…so that’s pretty cool too.
2005 was a banner year for me too, as I got to stay with Steve Sansweet from Lucasfilm. He gave me and my co-workers at Rebelscum a tour of Lucasfilm at Skywalker Ranch…something very, very few people get to see close up. I felt like a celebrity myself!
Before Star Wars, I went to see the live production of Jesus Christ Superstar, in 1993. I really wanted to see it, as it starred the two original actors from the movie, which I loved and had seen many times, the first being on the big screen when it came out in the 70’s. Anyway, I had the opportunity to meet Ted Neeley (Jesus) and Carl Anderson (Judas) after the show. They were great; we talked for a long time and I got their autographs too…I will do a separate post about that experience later.
So yes, I have been truly lucky to have met quite a few celebrities!
For a prairie girl, I sure did love doing mountain scenes! I look at these with mixed feelings; critical of those terrible trees, but happy with the mountains and clouds....and I had no idea of focal points or balance. Oh well, it's kinda cool to re-visit these again, nearly 30 years later!
Last week I found some really cute cat figurines at my work's gift shop that I thought would look great on my desk.
The first one I got was a sculpture of three cats, with a dark brown/black finish. It was the only one of that color; but I also liked two others that complimented it, one with two cats and another with a single cat...all the same style, but in a light tan shade. Since they didn't match, I took them home and painted the smaller sets to match the larger triple cat pose...I started with a base of black acrylic ceramic paint and dry-brushed a brown / rust shade over that to bring out the features. I'm pretty happy about getting a fairly matched set now, but the funniest thing about painting the cats was Dakotah's assistance... a black cat helping me paint black cats!
to Kenny Baker (R2-D2)
. Warwick Davis (Wicket, Willow and Professor Flick in Harry Potter) 
and I have met a few times, he has autographed Star Wars and Harry Potter items for me. For a list and more pics of who I have met and my collection of nearly 150 Star Wars autographs, take a look at my VIP page on my Star Wars website, The Tantive IV.
all weekend at his autograph table (I was only scheduled to work a couple of hours early Saturday, and he asked me to come back and stay with him the rest of the weekend.) That was great; I also got to escort him to events and he personalized autographs and the booth’s huge banner for me too.
and I got to meet and help him out a bit too. I also worked closely with and still keep in touch with Barrie Holland, a British actor who has done many parts in Star Wars, Indiana Jones and more.
Wow, that sounds like some kind of meal you would order at a seafood restaurant. Actually, it's my newest layout chronicalling the discovery of a huge snapping turtle in our back yard last weekend. For the full story, head over to my other blog Stale Coffee. We got a lot of good pictures of "Franklin" (as daughter has dubbed him) so we both scrapped the story last night while cropping at our LSS. I used Basic Grey Urban Couture paper, green ric rac ribbon, wide gold "staples", Bazzil cardstock (Bark), clear green jewellry pony beads and some matching ones in the shapes of leaves, hemp string, vellum and Heidi Swapp chipboard painted with HS "Moss" paint. This is the first time I've tried this paint (daughter picked it out), and it was really great to use! It dried quickly, and I dabbed on the paint with a foam brush to give the letters texture. I also adhered a turtle charm onto the big "S" using a foam dot. This was a lot of fun to do, and I used my blog writing to help with the journalling! (Please excuse the wonky photos, I hurridly took pics last night and didn't focus straight on so they don't look straight, but they are IRL!)
Bathtime for Dakotah. Sheba, the grey and older cat, giving young Dakotah a bath, much to her dismay...
Casey, our 9 year old dog. We fostered her from the Humane Society at just 4 weeks of age,and has been a part of our family ever since.
Easy one for me! I am almost half-way through "Angels and Demons". I really enjoyed "The DaVinci Code" and got Dan Brown's other book for Mother's Day. I am loving this one too; it is very long, about 700 pages, but I am flying through it, finding it difficult to put down to get other things done! 
