Below are the most recent 7 friends' journal entries.

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
jasminetoad	11:39a	Jasmine's NEW Pacific Trading Figurines & Statues - Pink Lightning, Voodoo, Pirates, Mermaids, More. Hi everyone! Great news today! Series SIX (or is it SEVEN?) of my "Strangelings" from Pacific Trading is now available online for purchase! Small painted resin figurines - some sit, some stand, some are hanging ornaments - some are BIG! Now available to order at the Pacific Trading Online website. Yay! Wow. To see the Strangelings - click below - this takes you to see the new ones on page 4 (at the bottom) & 5 (there are five pages of figurines in all- be sure to click on page 1, 2, & 3)to see the previous issues!!!) Also PLEASE NOTE - whenever I have new statues at Pacific Trading Online, sometimes you guys seem to overload the website, hehe. SO if the website is unavailable right now - just try again a little later! First off - if you would like to see absolutely all of my merchandise at Pacific Trading (they have over 200 items of mine - statues, jewelry, ceramics, all sorts of decorative items) - just click or copy&paste this link here (the new figurines start at the bottom of page four): Click HERE - all Jasmine's Pacific Trading Stuff! (go to the bottom of Page Four & Page Five for the new ones! Or go to www.pacifictradingonline.com and type JASMINE in the search box on the mid-right hand side of the screen. SCROLL DOWN to see the newest figurines. And use the Page 4, Page 5 links at the very bottom of the screen to see everything - there should be over 200 items in all! They are even cuter in person! The photos really don't do them justice! While you can order TODAY online, they will actually be shipped at the beginning of February, 2010. It's important though to get your orders in EARLY though (asap) to make sure you can get in on the first shipments! Here are all the links directly to the NEW statues....... Voodoo in Blue BIG FIGURINES (large sized) Pink Lightning BIG FIGURINES (large sized) At the Masquerade Ball figurines Dress of Alchemy figurines Captain Molly Morgan figurines Pretty Pirate Polly figurines Mending a Broken Heart figurines Mermaid Eclipse figurines Or again - if none of these links are working in your browser, just go to pacifictradingonline.com and search JASMINE in the search box on the mid-right hand side of the screen! Enjoy! Back to work I go.......new paintings coming soon! And some other awesome new merchandising stuff....... Until next time... -Jasmine
Monday, December 21st, 2009
jasminetoad	7:51p	Jasmine's TWO New Faces of Faery Original Paintings & New ACEO Cards! Hi everyone! New art for you! Let me see - first off I have TWO NEW ORIGINAL paintings for you and both start at just ONE PENNY on eBay! They are two of the originals from my "Faces of Faery" series - both are lovely! And then secondly, I have the new ACEO cards of my recent paintings! Brand new - including my "Princess with a Black Cat," "Alice in a Da Vinci Landscape," a spectacular 4-ACEO Set of "A Gathering of Faeries," and more! Each starts at a penny as well. First off - the new original paintings - the 62nd and the 63rd paintings in my "Faces of Faery" series - a series of paintings I've been working on featuring beautiful faces from all corners of the world of Faery. Each is READY TO HANG - you don't need a frame - 6"x6" in size and on 2" gallery style cradled masonite, original acrylic paintings (not prints of any kind). The great thing about my "Faces of Faery" series of paintings is that they are all the same size and are intended to hang beautifully in a group as well as on their own - for example they make fabulous groupings of several paintings together! To see the new originals (and all other currently available original paintings) simply click below - they're near the bottom of the page here: All Jasmine's Original Paintings Or individually - here is "Faces of Faery 62" - she is the sixty-second in the series. Faces of Faery all feature beautiful faery-inspired creatures, and she is no exception. A beautiful, icy fairy with the cold glare of winter.... And yes, to give everybody a chance, she is starting at just ONE PENNY! She's up for an auction ending Monday, December 28th at 7:16PM Central Time, and you can see her here: "Faces of Faery #62" ORIGINAL PAINTING And here is "Faces of Faery 63" - she is the sixty-third in the series. A gothic beauty with big lovely eyes and a Celtic Cross tombstone at her side...... And yes again, to give everybody a chance, she is starting at just ONE PENNY! She's up for an auction ending Monday, December 28th at 7:20PM Central Time, and you can see her here: "Faces of Faery #63 ORIGINAL PAINTING Now for the new ACEOs - for more info about ACEO cards, how I make them & what they are (basically tiny hand embellished one of a kind canvas prints, trading card sized and highly collectable), consult the individual auction descriptions - they are each one of a kind, hand-painted with accents by me, the artist, and are awesome! All are each starting at a penny, with no reserve for seven-day auctions ending on the afternoon/evening of Monday, December 28th 6:00PM-6:12PM Central Time: To see them ALL together, visit the ACEO section of my store here! Or individually: "A Gathering of Faeries" - a SET OF FOUR ACEO CARDS (yes you get all four together!): "Princess with a Black Cat" ACEO "Faces of Faery #61" ACEO "Alice in a Da Vinci Portrait" ACEO "Faces of Faery #60" ACEO Also - I've been updating my new Zazzle store with even more new stuff! And you can get some things in time for Christmas still - click below: Get your last minute Xmas stuff at my ZAZZLE STORE! Enjoy! Until next time... -Jasmine make custom gifts at Zazzle
Sunday, December 20th, 2009
jasminetoad	4:49p	Jasmine's New ORIGINAL FRAMED Rococo Princess & Black Cat Painting & Prints! Hi everyone! I have a brand new BEAUTIFUL original painting today - a new Rococo piece - FRAMED in a gorgeous ornate frame called "Princess with a Black Cat". It is gorgeous! And she's up in my eBay store now - In addition, I have prints available right away! Not only that, you can even choose your own custom framing & matting, or even BIG print sizes up to 70"x50" in size (BIG prints start at just $13.80). This is a GORGEOUS painting! All right, the new original painting! A gothic beauty with big lovely eyes - painted in a Rococo portrait style - a princess with her beautiful black cat! I love cats, and I love painting cats, so this was a joy to do. The black cat is inspired by my own baby Azrael. This one is FRAMED in a gorgeous ornate open wood golden frame - fitting the Rococo style - and large - 22x25" framed - 12"x16" masonite panel-- and it's all READY TO HANG too, Matt has already put the hanger on the back of the frame. This ORIGINAL acrylic painting is up in my eBay store until purchaed, and you can see her below: "Princess with a Black Cat" 22"x25" ORIGINAL PAINTING! And as always, to see all of my other currently available original paintings, click below - I have some BEAUTIFUL originals up right now at great prices: All Jasmine's Originals Now, as I promised - trying something new - I'm making the "Princess with a Black Cat" prints available NOW. If the original isn't in your budget, grab one of these! These are BIG prints - starting at just $13.80 - and guess what? You can add on custom mats, frames, glass, etc. however you want it. And you can choose the paper type - glossy, matte, canvas, poster, whatever. Small sizes are available as well as HUGE sizes - up to 70"x50" size (that is taller than I am!) Just use the options in the upper right hand corner of this page to choose the size you'd like - leave it plain as a poster print or add framing options. No need to wait any more!! PRINTS of "Princess with a Black Cat" - framed, posters, more! Enjoy! Until next time... -Jasmine
Friday, December 18th, 2009
jasminetoad	4:54p	"By the Seaside" ORIGINAL Painting & New Irish/Celtic Hamilton Collection! Hi everyone! I have a big beautiful new original painting for you tonight - faeries at the beach! Starting at just ONE PENNY on eBay (and prints are up already too!)! In addition I have yet another BRAND NEW series of figurines up at the Hamilton Collection They are a whole series of Irish/Celtic themed faeries called my "Life Charms" collection (each one has a different "luck" theme with a removable charm or token). And guess what? If you order "Prosperity" (the first of the new Life Charms Irish Faeries at Hamilton) and select Express Shipping - Hamilton will GUARANTEE CHRISTMAS DELIVERY! Lol - so this would be a great last minute gift! Okay! The new original paintings....to see ALL of my currently available original paintings, including the new ones click below: All Jasmine's Original Paintings HERE! Or directly - let me introduce "By the Seaside" Ready to hang - 2" deep cradled masonite it is is an ORIGINAL acrylic painting measuring 20"x16". I love this painting! One of my favourite things to do is to walk up and down the beach here in Florida and collect seashells. Some I take home and paint (hence this painting). Here I have a couple of my little faerie girls doing the same - of course the shells are a lot bigger for them to haul than they are for me! This painting is almost a still life, but in a beach setting - and with faeries (so in otherwords, not much of a still life at all, nevermind). And yes, to give everybody a chance, she is starting at just ONE PENNY! It's up for a 10-day auction ending the evening of Monday, December 28th at 4:37 PM Central Time, and you can see her here: "By the Seaside" 20"x16" ORIGINAL PAINTING Now, as I promised - trying something new - I'm making the "By the Seaside" prints available NOW. If the original isn't in your budget, grab one of these! These are BIG prints - starting at just $13.80 - and guess what? You can add on custom mats, frames, glass, etc. however you want it. And you can choose the paper type - glossy, matte, canvas, poster, whatever. Small sizes are available as well as HUGE sizes - up to 65"x52" size (that is as wide as I am tall!) Just use the options in the upper right hand corner of this page to choose the size you'd like - leave it plain as a poster print or add framing options. No need to wait any more!! ! Click HERE to see the "By the Seaside" Prints & Posters! Next up - my new Hamilton Collection series - "Life Charms" - an Irish / Celtic themed collection of good luck faeries. Each will come with her own removable charm for different luck (such as Inspiration, Luck, Prosperity, etc.). The firs in the collection is "Propserity" - she is GORGEOUS - 4.5" high with long dark hair, Celtic knotwork designs, and a golden shamrock coin (removable to put in your pocket for luck!) for Propserity. And guess what? If you order NOW and choose the Express Shipping option, Hamilton Collection will GUARANTEE DELIVERY BY CHRISTMAS. So if you need a last minute gift - this would be great to bring someone prosperity for the holiday season and the New Year! You can subscribe to the whole series (the "Collection" option - you get another one in the mail every month or so - how fun!) here on the website - or just purchase one individually : Click HERE to see or order "Prosperity" And to subscribe to the entire collection (starting with "Prosperity" and then a NEW one each month or so!), click below: ! Click HERE to order the entire "Life Charms" Irish/Celtic Fairy Collection! Or just call 1-877-268-6638 and ask for Jasmine Becket-Griffith's "Life Charms" Prosperity Figurine! If you have questions, don't ask me, hehe - ask the folks there on the website or at the phone number. I just do the paintings, folks =) If you are a non-US customer and have questions about my Hamilton/Bradford collectibles, please visit: Bradford Exchange International Ordering for Jasmine Stuff Speaking of non-US Customers - the wonderful Tiffany at "The Realm" wants me to let you know that she will have TONS of my new figurines available to ship WORLD WIDE this week (even my newest ones, like the Red Hats!) - so be sure to stay tuned to The Realm here: Live Outside the US? Buy your Hamilton/Bradford Jasmine Collectibles at The Realm, HERE Enjoy! Until next time... -Jasmine create & buy custom products at Zazzle
Wednesday, December 16th, 2009
jasminetoad	10:15a	New Faces of Faery Originals, new Hamilton Collection "Red Hat Society" Fairy Figurines! Hi everyone! Mostly Matt & I have been scrambling to get everybody's holiday orders out, and I've been finishing up commissioned paintings with Christmas deadlines, but I did find some time to paint some new Faces of Faery! In fact, I have TWO new original Faces of Faery paintings for you and both start at just ONE PENNY on eBay! And in other WONDERFUL news - I have a new fairy figurine (and collection) with the Hamilton Collection now available to order - a brand new one created in homage to the Red Hat Society (don't know what that is? More info below!). Okay! The new original paintings....to see ALL of my currently available original paintings, including the new ones click below: Jasmine's NEW ORIGINAL PAINTINGS are ALL HERE! Or individually - here is "Faces of Faery 60" - the 60th in the series. Ready to hang - 2" deep cradled masonite as well - she (like ALL of my Faces of Faery) is 6"x6" an ORIGINAL acrylic painting. My Faces of Faery are all the same size & shape and look fantastic when displayed together with their sisters, if you are collector! A beautiful, but slightly grumpy looking fairy with moth wings! And yes, to give everybody a chance, she is starting at just ONE PENNY! She's up for a 7-day auction ending the afternoon/evening of Monday, December 21st at 5:26 PM Central Time, and you can see her here: "Faces of Faery: 60" ORIGINAL PAINTING And - same size & shape of course, 6x6, ready to hang original painting - Faces of Faery #61 - A gorgeous fairy creature with a romantic/rococo feel to her - silver hair and flowers - oh so lovely! Ready to hang! And yes, to give everybody a chance, she is also starting at just ONE PENNY! She's up for a 7-day auction ending the afternoon/evening of Monday, December 21st at 5:46 PM Central Time, and you can see her here: "Faces of Faery: 61" ORIGINAL PAINTING Next up - my latest series with the Hamilton Collection! She is absolutely divine - the first of my "Red Hat" faeries, inspired by the Red Hat Society. Here's a bit about the Red Hat Society first: About the Red Hatters So in honour of the fun-loving ladies I have a series of new fairy figurines all with bright red hats and lovely purple clothing & accessories! These are perfect for any Red Hatters you know! Don't worry, they're so cute they'd be great for anybody really - there's no 50+ age limit, hehehe. The first issue is called "It's Not The Age, It's The Attitude!" and she is already online at Hamilton (or can be ordered by phone). You can order her by herself, or subscribe to the whole collection (several more Red Hat faeries are in the works!). She's 4" tall, only $19.99 and is cast in resin, and is Limited Edition. To order her online - the individual figurine by herself is here: Click HERE to see my little Red Hat Fairy or order her individually! Or subscribe to the collection here (get a new one almost every month!): or Click HERE for the whole collection! Or just call them up on the phone, tollfree: 1-877-268-6638 and ask for Jasmine Becket-Griffith's new "Red Hat" fairy "It's Not The Age, It's The Attitude!" And as I always mention, I don't work for Hamilton, they just make my stuff, hehe. If you have ANY questions about ordering, shipping, availability, release dates, anything like that - contact them through their website or at the phone number above (in other words, don't ask me - I don't have access to that info, I'm just a painter!). Now - as I mentioned - I have made a special resource page with ALL the information I have regarding international ordering info for Hamilton/Bradford collectibles. This really is ALL the info I have. Please read it if you live outside the US and want to order from Hamilton/Bradford. It has all the info and links you should ever need! Any further questions you are left with will have to be directed to Hamilton/Bradford via the links on that page. Whew! To see the page about non-US orders for the Hamilton/Bradford collectibles, click below (and bookmark it for future reference). I've noticed Bradford UK & Australia are adding more of my stuff everyday!: Ordering Jasmine's Bradford Collectibles outside the US And along similar lines - I'd like to tell you about a wonderful website out of Canada called "The Realm" which is run by an even more wonderful lady named Tiffany. She actually IMPORTS the Bradford/Hamilton figurines and will ship them WORLDWIDE, even to countries that don't have Bradford websites. You will love this website if you live overseas and want my collectibles! You can see what The Realm has of my Bradford/Hamilton collectibles currently here: Order Internationally TODAY from The Realm! Enjoy! Until next time... -Jasmine create & buy custom products at Zazzle
Monday, December 14th, 2009
jasminetoad	9:56a	New ACEOS...and 60% OFF PRINTS SALE AGAIN! Other sales on shirts, mugs, calendar, more! Hi everyone! First - new ACEO cards! Then second - they've done it again! The big news today - I just heard about it a few minutes ago, and wish I'd had the head's up to tell you, again! But Zazzle is running a 60% OFF sale on ALL of my prints & posters! This means you can get a BIG 17x11 sized print for only $5.52. Yes, $5.52. The sale SALE STARTS NOW and ends tonight. AND all sorts of other sales are running - lots of buy-one-get-one free sales, $5 off shirts, $9 off my calendar. One day only!. Do your holiday shopping NOW, this is the best sale I've ever seen them run! BIG PRINTS from $5.52! It is a Zazzle sale, so it only applies to orders that are sold through Zazzle (does not apply to strangeling.com or eBay prints). All you need to do is enter the code: 12DEALZAZZLE when checking out your order. Just CLICK HERE go to my Zazzle store and start shopping! =) First (before you get all excited about the SALE, hehe - I have new ACEO cards! Each are hand embellished by me in acrylic paints, are trading card ACEO size, and only ONE is ever made for each painting! To see ALL the ACEO cards, click below - they start at just ONE PENNY each and are up for seven day auctions ending the evening of Sunday, December 20th at 6:00PM - 6:12 PM Central time: Jasmine's ACEO Cards are HERE "Befriending at Alligator" ACEO "Faces of Faery #56" ACEO "Faces of Faery #57" ACEO "Faces of Faery #58" ACEO "Faces of Faery #59" ACEO Now the sale! There are 12 Zazzle sales right now, for the 12 days of Christmas =) This is the best sale of the year!best The best one is of course, 60% OFF on my prints & posters. That's even BETTER than buying one getting one free! Prices start at just $5.52 for BIG prints! Can you believe that? You can add on custom mats, frames, glass, etc. however you want it. And you can choose the paper type - glossy, matte, canvas, poster, whatever. Small sizes are available as well as HUGE sizes - up to 78" in size (that is SIX AND A HALF FEET TALL) Just use the options in the upper right hand corner of this page to choose the size you'd like - leave it plain as a poster print or add framing options. Jasmine's Posters, Prints & Framed Art I've added all of my latest paintings up there too - BIG prints of "Alice in a Da Vinci Portrait," "A Gathering of Faeries," "Befriending an Alligator," "Madonna and Child at Night," "Dinosaur Friends I," and many other favourites, new and old classics. Another wonderful thing about my Zazzle prints are that you can get full-sized and oversized prints of many of my more unusuallly sized paintings - long skinny ones like "Kali" or "Hyakki Yako" or "Rapunzel in Rococo," etc. - Zazzle is great at really big or custom sized prints I simply can't make myself here at home. Here is that link again for the prints: Zazzle Prints all 60% OFF! Now, there are other wonderful Zazzle sales too! For ALL of these, just enter: 12DEALZAZZLE as the coupon code when checking out to get the discounts. You can get ALL the discounts on one order, too!! 50% off all CARDS if you buy 10 or more! I think that also means... 50% off all POSTCARDS if you buy 10 or more! Buy one mug/coffee cup - get one FREE $5 OFF T-SHIRTS! I have added lots of new shirts! 30% off all totebags, bags / purses $9 OFF my 2010 Calendar! BUY ONE GET ONE FREE BINDERS! These binders are awesome! And $11 OFF Skateboards! Just added several new skateboards There are even more sales with the 12DEALZAZZLE code today too - too many to list here! So just go to Zazzle's 12 Days of Christmas SALE here: List of all the SALE discounts you get with 12DEALZAZZLE here Have fun shopping!! Remember - sale ends TONIGHT at midnight, Pacific Time. I'm sorry I didn't give much notice on this - I just found out this morning myself! Be sure to enter 12DEALZAZZLE as the coupon code when you are checking out, that is when the discount is applied. And To see my currently available ORIGINAL paintings, just visit my Original Paintings section of my store here: Jasmine's Original Paintings And to see all the other cool stuff on Zazzle, click HERE Enjoy! Be on the lookout for new original paintings soon, too! Until next time... -Jasmine create & buy custom products at Zazzle
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009
jasminetoad	8:40p	Jasmine's New ORIGINAL "Alice in a Da Vinci Portrait" Painting & Prints! Hi everyone! I have a brand new BEAUTIFUL original painting today - a new Alice piece called "Alice in a Da Vinci Portrait". It is SO cool And it's on eBay for just ONE PENNY now! In addition, I have prints available right away! Not only that, you can even choose your own custom framing & matting, or even BIG print sizes up to 68"x52" in size (BIG prints start at just $13.80). This is a GORGEOUS painting! All right, the new original painting! This is the second in my sub-series called "Alice in Other Lands" which are paintings featuring Alice in a variety of unusual circumstances, often inspired by art history. Here we have my Alice in a portrait themed reminiscent of Leonardo da Vinci. You can see many da Vinci references in this painting - the Mona Lisa, Lady with an Ermine, landscape elements, Madonna of the Rocks, etc.. Alice is looking very mysterious with her Mona Lisa smile, and that Cheshire Cat of mine looks a bit too wily to sit for a portrait.... This is a painting celebrating my loves of Alice in Wonderland and renaissance art - no reason why the two shouldn't go together! I've always thought that Alice's adventures should continue into many other bizarre tales, and you can expect to see more from me in the future. My own lowbrow big eyed take da Vinci's work - a celebration of my love for Art History in general as well. This one is BIG - 24" high by 18" wide -- and it's all READY TO HANG too, Matt has already put the hanger on the back. This ORIGINAL acrylic painting is up on eBay starting at just ONE PENNY for a 7-day auction ending the evening of Wednesday, December 16th at 7:27 PM Central Time, and you can see her below: "Alice in a Da Vinci Portrait" 18"x24" ORIGINAL PAINTING! And as always, to see all of my other currently available original paintings, click below - I have some BEAUTIFUL originals up right now at great prices: All Jasmine's Currently Available Original Paintings Now, as I promised - trying something new - I'm making the "Alice in a Da Vinci Portrait" prints available NOW. If the original isn't in your budget, grab one of these! These are BIG prints - starting at just $13.80 - and guess what? You can add on custom mats, frames, glass, etc. however you want it. And you can choose the paper type - glossy, matte, canvas, poster, whatever. Small sizes are available as well as HUGE sizes - up to 68"x52" size (that is taller than I am!) Just use the options in the upper right hand corner of this page to choose the size you'd like - leave it plain as a poster print or add framing options. No need to wait any more!! ! "Alice in a Da Vinci Portrait" PRINTS are HERE! Enjoy! Until next time... -Jasmine Current Mood: artistic