Sunday, November 29, 2009

Vintage Copper Molds


Here is a pic of most of the copper molds I have in the kitchen. Some were bought in a n antique shop & a few were passed on by relatives.

Monday, November 23, 2009

Jem Revealed-Both Faces Revealed


I was surprised to find out that Jem/Jerrica was played by 2 women, one who spoke her lines and one who did all the singing. I screencapped it from Dlisted, as if he needs more traffic to his site. I think Joss Whedon would be a good choice to create a live-action tv series because he does such an excellent job of writing for women. Buffy & Dollhouse both are awesome examples. See Samatha Newark for more.
There WERE some sites but I've just looked in & they're GONE. I'm not surprised, the only activity was apparently on eBay-the prices those fashion 'proto-types' were sold for is phenominal, $600 and up. There isn't much one can do, Jem was an animated series, a fashion doll, & she had a musical theme, as well as emphasizing charity, goodness, compassion. The cartoon was only 2 or 2 1/2 seasons, same with the dolls; Hasbro had, in my opinion, made the same mistake Disney(at that time) had made-neither the doll or the posters that came with it looked anything like the cartoon version, which was a real disappointment especially for little girls who first saw her on tv. Disney had "Tinkerbell" figurines but they were very limited & looked nothing like her, except for the fact that the figures were wearing green & had blonde hair up in a bun. NOW Disney has wised up, EVERYTHING looks like the animated character. This is how it's properly done.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Jem and the Holograms-Returning?

Jem may be back
So I read from seriouslyomg that Hasbro is contemplating resurrecting Jem.

..."It’s still very early yet. And like a lot of projects in the early-stages, they never materialize. But I can report that the movie is in not only in development, but that at least initially, someone named John Chu (The Secret of the Magic Gourd) was attached to direct the project.

But wait — before you get your twisters in a knick, Universal and Hasbro are trying to decide now whether to go ahead with the movie, or launch a new television series first. That’s still an open question, although no matter which way it goes, Peter Barsocchini is in the mix, to either produce or write the script — he scripted all four High School Musical films. At this stage, the movie looks at least a couple of years down the road."...

Here is a site with more Jem data

Saturday, November 14, 2009

More Jem Drawings





Riot(was modelled after Bruce Willis, according to the doll designer), Rapture, Minx, & Hollywood Jem. My sister drew the Stingers I did Hollywood Jem.
Hollywood Jem
It's a Hard Life
Destiny

Precious Jems More Covers





Precious Jems Newsletter






In the 1990s I & my sister ran a newsletter about a fashion doll line called Jem, by Hasbro; the Bratz dolls look remarkably similar to Jem. Well after alot of digging I've finally found most of the covers; I did most of the drawings but was too shy & signed "by staff".

Saturday, November 7, 2009

A Purple Rose

















Here is a rose called Melody Parfumee, a purple rose that is sweet smelling & surprisingly long lasting cut. It is spiralling open in a near-perfect hybrid tea form-or grandiflora, I can't recall which.

This is the first flower from the plant, it took nearly 1 whole year to grow to blooming size, which is just under 3 feet. Each of the pics is taken equalling 1 day in the vase. They loaded in reverse order.