November 18th, 2009
Well, in case anyone has been wondering where the heck I’ve been and why I haven’t posted here in months, here is the reason:
yes, I have been making bears, bears and more bears! They are finally on their way to Manhattan where they will appear in the Tedde shop at Bryant Park. If you are in the city, stop in for a look-see!
So there is the biggest reason, aside from general laziness, haha. In publishing news, I have FINALLY finished the cover for Miss Tutu’s Star, yaaaaay!!!! A relief to have my part of that project finished, for sure. You won’t find it on the shelves until next fall, but look for it then. Don’t worry, I’ll remind you when it comes out!
The Open Studios at the Mill at Salmon Falls is this weekend, so I’ve been struggling to get things done for that, agh! This year’s ornament is an elephant, Enid and her Precious Peanut. They will be few and far between (see reason above) but I have tried my best to get enough done for people, and here are some preview photos:
My daughter Erin will be selling her cute wares there too – check them out here!
For more information about the mill and the artists there, you can visit their website: millartists.com.
In other news, the lovely Brooke featured my muppet prints in her blog a couple of weeks ago. Check it out here. Thanks, Brooke!
Tags: bears, erin ellis, Miss Tutu's Star, open studio, ornaments, Salmon Falls Mill, tedde
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September 7th, 2009
Well, I promised long ago that I would post pictures from the East Muskingum School District Hall of Fame Ceremony (whew, that is a mouthful!) when I got them, and I am finally doing that. So here is one from my speech – I think the superintendent is smiling in the background because my speech was very short.
Next is a shot of the three of us honorees – Denny Elliott, Ginny Bradley, and myself. You can’t see that on the plaque it says that I went to the University of Maine for sociology rather than zoology…
And last, but not least, is a picture of my groovy cool award clock! Now look closely at the inscription – I haven’t taken Latin since high school, but even I know that it should be “alumna” instead of “alumnus“… Pretty amusing coming from a scholarship dinner award! Maybe they didn’t actually know to whom they were giving the award. They did spell my name right though, so that is something!
In other news, I still have the cover to do for Miss Tutu’s Star – still waiting for my editor to look at the sketches I sent a month ago. I guess they must not be in a huge hurry! In the meantime, I have a huge order of bears to make for tedde, and I really have to start on ornaments – agh! This year’s designs will be elephants and bears. And I would really like to get back to doing some oil painting… And I am heading back out to Ohio next week to see the Elder P’s. So there you have it, my life in a nutshell!
Tags: East Muskingum Schools, John Glenn High School, Miss Tutu's Star, ornaments, tedde
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August 1st, 2009
Oh my goodness, what a summer this has been. I apologize for not updating more frequently! Family issues have involved trips to Ohio, New York City, and Wisconsin, and deadlines have been looming. But I am doing pretty well on the deadline – just have the cover left to do, yaay! Here is a sneak peek of a couple of pages of “Miss Tutu’s Star!”
I will be very happy when I get this all finished…
I now have a flickr account, for anyone who might be interested. In it now are many many pictures from our recent family reunion in America’s Dairyland – you’ll find boring photos of family members, but also trolls, gnomes and badgers! Here is an example of a sneaky gnome, perhaps getting ready to attack your ankles!
Check it out here. But don’t say I didn’t warn you there would be lots of pictures of family!
So in two weeks we are taking our little girl to the Big City so she can learn how to do zombie make-up and bloody accident wounds and such (also high fashion-type stuff) at the Make-Up Designory School (or MUD, as it is more familiarly known). I can’t wait to have her practice on me! Expect future photos of crazy stuff!
Well, that’s it for now – I will try to be better about this!
Tags: ballet, children's books, gnomes, Miss Tutu's Star, reunion, Wisconsin
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May 14th, 2009
Whoa, whoa, whoa! In USA Today today, The 12 Days of Springtime was featured as one of four great books for spring! Look for it in the May 14th issue on page D3. They didn’t use a photo of my ugly mug, but the book is there, so hey hey!
I haven’t posted in a while, sorry. The other news is that I was inducted into the East Muskingum School District Alumni Hall of Fame, woot! Haha, I went out to Ohio for the ceremony and it was a night to remember – the chicken was dry, the green beans were overcooked, and the mashed potatoes were from a box (although the gravy was quite good!), but the evening went well, and people seemed to like what I had to say – namely that it is ok if you don’t know what you are going to do with your life and it is ok if you change your mind anyway, and that high school sucks but things will get better. And as I was leaving the podium, one girl told me that she really liked my outfit, so I would say that was a success! I’ll post pictures when/if I get any!
Tags: East Muskingum Schools, John Glenn High School, the twelve days of springtime, USA Today
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April 16th, 2009
The nice folks at the University of Delaware Education Resource Center featured Springtime as a book of the week, with a great review – check it out here. It even obliquely compares my pictures to Steven Kellogg’s, woot woot! Well, kind of… But whatever!
Tags: carey armstrong-ellis, children's books, Deborah Lee Rose, illustration, review, Steven Kellogg, the twelve days of springtime, University of Delaware
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April 14th, 2009
The Twelve Days of Springtime has been mentioned in a couple of great blogs – you can check them out here and here! Thanks to the lovely people blogging away, yay!
Tags: blogs, carey armstrong-ellis, children's books, Deborah Lee Rose, illustration, review, the twelve days of springtime
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April 11th, 2009
Ugh, that was lame, haha! But I, or should I say my easter chick, has been featured on a blog! Thanks go to Miss Knits – you can view it here. Yippee!
By the way, I finally have the go-ahead for the ballet book pictures (well, pretty much – still have to change one bit at the end but it won’t take long) so I will have to start getting down to it. I’d really like to get it pretty much finished before our big family reunion in Wisconsin in July…
Tags: blog, carey armstrong-ellis, children's books, easter chick, Etsy, Miss Knits
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February 22nd, 2009
The Twelve Days of Springtime, written by Deborah Lee Rose, and illustrated by yours truly, is now available for purchase! You can buy it here or here. Or better yet, request one at your local independent bookseller!
Kirkus Reviews says,
The humor’s all in Armstrong-Ellis’s illustrations, which depict a rambunctious, multi-ethnic classroom full of kids and their valiant teacher… Each page turn shows her eyes getting wider and wider behind their horn-rims as her kids take every activity… and turn it into happy chaos. Readers will get an enormous kick out of seeing what they do in each busy spread…
Check it out as you wait for springtime to arrive!
Tags: carey armstrong-ellis, children's books, Deborah Lee Rose, illustration, review, the twelve days of springtime
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February 11th, 2009
Ok, so I did a school visit last week, and you would not believe the cake that one of the mothers ordered for the class in honor of my book, Seymour Slug Starts School.
It was made by Owen at Confection Art and I have to say it is probably one of the few slug cakes ever made. Look, he even has a little backpack! What’s more, it even tasted good…
Tags: cakes, confection art, school visits, seymour slug, slugs
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