Tonight we gave a dinner party in honor of Ben's grandparents, who are in their nineties . They are active, intelligent and lovely. They...

I start the morning by surveying the holiday carnage rife in every room of our home, in every corner of what used to look like an art studio...

The holiday tree sits in a bucket of water, ready for standing and decorating. Aubrey, Matthew and Orion will decorate and Pete and I will a...

This has been a weekend for ordinary things. Several deadlines have been met, the rest are in the hands of others for the moment; shippers s...

Today Orion is home from school with a croopy cough. Yes, it is winter in the desert. I'm finishing up the Play with Toys packing. H...

Ravyn sent me this Reindeer-costumed Foppet. Cinnamon Poppet makes a near-perfect playmate, so I paired the two to wrap up the holiday sale...

I received Foppets from Ravyn to join "Play With Toys." We have a big pony--and perfectly, slightly, ghostly -- for the Little Pin...

I like it when Orion decides to join me for creative time. He says, "Today, I am a painter." Which seems a poppety way of looking ...

Today the voice of sanity spoke up and told your artist it's time to rest. This piece, called "Poppet Tricks" will wrap thing...

Saturday morning. Play With Toys is officially open! I'm happy to introduce "Whirligig I", the latest Bent/Lisa collaboration...

Play With Toys doesn't officially begin until tomorrow, but I've already begun to put auctions up if you want an early look. Today...

We won't see snow on the ground here in the desert, but maybe on the mountains soon. It's at least nippy enough for sweaters and...

This original sculpture is called "Love Be Nimble, Luck Be Quick." It's largish and kinetic (electrical) and lives in a niche ...

I woke at 6:40 in a fluttery sort of panic, wondering why my alarm hadn't gone off and why I was sleeping in Orion's room. Then I re...

Yes. We are having fun. Deslily has created a waving poppet on her blog and other photos. Her Poppet (named Kester ) also encounters Ganda...

Good. ...that smell good. Poppets that smell good. Like Pumpkin Pie---or at least Autumny and Pumpkiny and maybe a little Poppety. Anyway. ...

Today, after forgetting for the third time what I'd gone to the shelves for, it dawned on me that I've been working Angie's hour...

Today was a wonderfully productive day in the studio, spent doing work both challenging and satisfying. In other words, we had way too much ...

I like this photo of the door. When I first saw it, I got the impression of peering into some surreal daytime landscape in the distance. H...