Pumpkin Dreams for Sale

As October rolls around, and I'm busily preparing for the 6th Annual Halloween Trunk Show here in Denver, it seemed only appropriate to create a pre-show discount on this year's new illustrated Halloween poetry book The Pumpkin Dream.

This also gives me a chance to try out this coupon code thingy that you can do as an author of a book via CreateSpace. If you order The Pumpkin Dream via CreateSpace (directly from the distributor that is) in the next two weeks (from now September 24th until October 7th) and use this code: 54G4ZYNU, the book will sell for $11.95 rather than the regular $14.95.

I've also just newly discovered these gallery modules from flickr, and here is a selection of imagery posted from the book's origins to final first edition/industry edition printings:

The Pumpkin Parade

As I was preparing for this year's 6th Annual Halloween Trunk Show in Denver - I created a couple of coffee mugs on the Bindlegrim store on zazzle. One mug displays the banner from the blog (above) and the other is a trick or treat parade with a few of the major and minor characters from the illustrated poem The Pumpkin Dream.

Below is a gallery of products including the new mugs now available from the store that includes mugs, t-shirts, and trick or treat bags. Many of these items allow you to customize size, color, and style:

make custom gifts at Zazzle

Also, I don't mind pointing out a few other stores on zazzle that I really really recommend you visit - Johanna Parker Design - Retro Rudolph's - Spookshows

Spooky Glow - 1920's Style

I thought I should post some of the new stuff that is in production now in the Bindlegrim studios, that I hope to have done for this year's 6th Annual Halloween Trunk Show in Denver... with some vintage style products.

Did I mention I absolutely love old paper lanterns? There is something about the 2D panel design in combination with the thought process of a 3D construction (with the ability to lay flat for storage, or fold out via connecting pieces during display).

I'm in the prototyping phase right now with some new tools that are allowing me to create some of my own imagery, utilizing my studies of the shape and configuration of vintage items. I am definitely in a "getting to know you" phase with these tools, and if I can get this to work with fewer flaws and challenges, in the end, then I think I will have to post something on my experience. In the meantime, the enjoyment of the spooky glow is keeping me going!

These images are part of the "works in progress" gallery on flickr:

9 Halloween Greeting Cards

I will be bringing some new old stock of a greeting card series produced back in 2004 to the Bindlegrim booth for this year's 6th Annual Halloween Trunk Show in Denver... Thought it would be fun to post images from that series of 9 cards, here on the blog, as a sneak peek of what you can find at the show. There are 5 vertical images....

And 4 horizontal images...

About the cards:

Images are high quality digital collage on transparencies. Scenic photographs were taken from the 1980's to the early 2000's with either traditional emulsion film or digital cameras. The cards were printed at home, cut, and hand assembled. Cards are no longer in production and were a limited batch run. Find out more, and purchase these cards, available at the bindlegrim etsy shop or see you at the
6th Annual Halloween Trunk Show in Denver!

第1ゴーストラジオ

More mysterious images drifitng across the air from ghost radio (part one):

Future site: www.girabbe.com

and currently on myspace: www.myspace.com/girabbe

For more animation peaks of the ghost radio (part one) project see:
http://bindlegrim.blogspot.com/search/label/girabbe