Ugly Shyla’s Secrets,Lies and Gossip

People tend to write me often about ritual or even spiritual advice,why I have no clue I’m a insane people with not a lick of common sense,much less would I ask me for spiritual advice if I was somebody else.LOL
But anyhoo people ask about ritual and spell info and one of the main sites I always send them to is http://www.luckymojo.com/ it’s mainly on the southern occult traditions on things like Voodoo,Hoodoo and Santeria *which is what I practice*,but they also have allot of interesting info on other traditions.
They have list of spells,amulets what candle colors and incense to use for just about any ritual you can think of.
So if you are looking for info on rituals or on general occulty things pay the site a visit.
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I had a great time at Fear Fest in Dallas,as always my mother came with me to work the booth AKA dig around for stuff to buy and check out at the event while I yell at her to come help me run the booth.LOL.The Bugbee’s of a Year At The Wheel *Shane and Amy* came and shared my booth with me and stayed with us,in our no ice box having,crappy A/C system overpriced hotel.They dog Cheyenne and Myrtle the turtle also stayed in the room with us.At one point I thought Myrtle was dead till I realized she sleeps with her head under water.LOL.We even took Myrtle down to the vending area and were letting her run around on the table with the dolls and books.
Unfortunately they vendors weren’t linked on the Fear Fest website or even in the event program *which was kind of crappy because EVERY other event I have ever done does that as just a courtesy*,so I didn’t know ahead of time some of my friends I know from vending different events would be there hocking their stuff too like Kristoff of Horror Merch and Drink With The Living Dead,I ran into some of my vending buddies when me and Amy when to look for Shane because we thought he may have roamed off and tried to fist fight somebody.HAHA
All weekend we were lucky enough to have a booth next to The Hare Krishna Zombie from Dawn Of The Dead he was so awesome and nice and what is cooler then a guy who played a Hare Krishna Zombie in Dawn of the Dead???NOTHING that’s what!He also hung out with us for most of the convention,Satan bless him for putting up with our crazy antics.
I also saw some of the Dallas peeps I know like Dye Decay *who has a bun in the oven! I kept patting her belly and then I told her “Oh God I hope the baby isn’t born with a tail now because of me touching it!”LOL
Jennifer and her friend Rosanna came by the booth to visit and we talked about Anaconda skins,ok that sounds dirty but we were talking about REAL anaconda’s so get those damn dirty thoughts out of y’all heads.
Mr Bang also came and hung out with us for most of the weekend,he’s a really sweet fellow.He came by my booth to say HI and to chat so I invited him behind the booth because there is where folks get in on all the bitchy fun we all have being mean to people we don’t like at events,I also Kristoff of Horror Merch come behind the booth to get filled in on the daily gossip.For some reason behind the booth is like the VIP area and where much gossip and mischief is spread.
A couple of times during the event Shane Bugbee ran up and confronted a couple of people he doesn’t like with his camera in tow and filming.That was pretty funny seeing him just run up to folks like Geraldo.LOL
Off duty at the event we all hung out with my friend Satat who is one of the smartest people I have met in a longggg time.She also showed me some of her art in person.Her work is just amazing and I’m trying to kick her in the pants to get it out there more.Her doodles are allot better the even the fine art stuff you see in most alt galleries.She’s really good.
On the last day of the event I twisted Amy Bugbee’s arm into doing a catfight photoshoot with me and Mike Wilshin was nice enough to do the shoot of us on short notice.Amy had never done any alt modeling before,and she’s a lovely gal so I talked her into it.I think she was wary of anything I was touting as a good idea at first.LOL.But once she got to pretend to claw my eyes out and choke me I think she had fun.HAH
All in all I had allot of fun,I always have a good time when I go to Dallas,it’s one of the few places I look forward to visiting.I got to hang out with some old friends and also make new friends and I’m sure enemies,so everybody go check out the folks I have linked in my post and add them because they are all awesome folks.

A new witch doll I just finished.She’s from a original mold of a original sculpt of mine.Her costume is red cotton with a mohair type wig.
A new witch doll I just finished,I’ll be bringing her to Dallas for my booth for the Fear Fest horror,if she doesn’t sell there I’ll be putting her up on my website Uglyart.net


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My Etsy Shop

The Louisiana Digital Folklore Archive houses all collections of the Center for Louisiana Studies. Included are the Archives of Cajun and Creole Folklore (the largest), which has evolved to become the premier oral history and recorded music collection in Southwest Louisiana. Originating in 1974, it is the most comprehensive repository of recorded and transcribed materials on French in Louisiana, the Upper Mississippi River Valley, French Canada, the West Indies, and Africa. The Archive represents the collection and preservation activities of several generations of folklorists, ethnomusicologists, linguists, and other cultural resource management professionals.
I think it’s wonderful what they are doing to help preserve our Cajun and Creole culture,so please check them out and add them.If you have never heard our native Cajun and Creole music they have some on there.Normally when people think of Louisiana culture they think of New Orleans culture,when in fact that is just one aspect of Louisiana culture,and the culture of my area is totally different from the NOLA type culture,and I think it’s wonderful somebody is doing something to show people that culture,when it’s sadly slowly dying off.Hardly anymore under the age of 70 speaks French anymore and allot of the younger generation don’t know much about Cajun and Creole history.
You can visit their myspace by clicking the pic

No need to reply,Just a note to let the Dallas folks on my list know that March 7-9th in Dallas,TX Myself
Uglyart.net and Nos drictor of the film Five and also of of Fuzzy Devil Video Fuzzy Devil Video will be sharing at booth at this Horror Convention.See their website for more info,only people attending the event will be allowed into the vendor’s area *a day pass is about 25.00*,vending hours are Sat: 10am-7pm
Sunday 10am-5pm.
So if you plan on being there feel free to pop by my booth and say HI.

I have listed some new clothing designs on my clothing Etsy executionstyle.etsy.com
I’ll be listing some other things over the next few days.
I also will have some of what I call Oops Items for sale which I sell for cheap,which are either vintage things I have silk screened that may have some small flaws that I use to test first runs of the screens OR are things that the cats have usually “helped” be with by trampling in the paint when I’m not looking. *thanks Grumpy*

Lately one thing I have been fascinated with and have been exploring with my art work is Widowhood.
I think it’s something that is really overlooked by our society and is something that people don’t understand how deeply it affects people,especially women.
I know down south especially women are so dependant on their husbands in so many ways that when they lose them it’s a life shattering thing for them.
What started me thinking about it was that after my grandmother passed away this year a family member told me that not long before that she kept saying she was so lonely for “Jiggs” my grandfather’s nick name,and that she was ready to go meet him.
My grandfather was a drinker and wasn’t the nicest person to her in allot of ways,but I guess she really loved him and I guess when people pass away unless they are total waste of flesh we only remember the good things.
In some ways it’s not just death that makes a woman a widow things like drug addiction,war,sickness especially things like Alzheimer’s and even mental illness on the part of one’s partner can in a way make one a widow.
We have all lost somebody we are close to,and I think because of that we all in a way can understand a widows pain,but allot of people don’t acknowledge it.
In the case of older women I think people give them less thought and sympathy then they really should.I’m assuming it’s because people just chalk it up to the fact both spouses are older and death of one before the other is to be expected.
But think about it,allot of these couples have been together for many many years,I can’t imagine how it must feel for a 80 year old person to lose somebody their have spent their entire lives with,grown up with in some cases even the only person they have ever been intimate with,it has to be gut wrenching.Like I said the sad thing is I don’t think people really grasp how shocking it must be to that person to lose their loved one and now realize they are all alone in the world.

Krampus Lamb and I would like to wish you a Merry Christmas!
Lamb says for those children that have been extra naughty this year,you better be careful that you not only don’t get Coal but that you don’t end up being thrown into his sack of Coal!
As you can see Mr Grumpy was the unlucky recipient of a bag of Coal this year,and he’s very unhappy about it!

Christmas Wish List
My X-mas wish lists can be seen here http://www.uglyart.net/uglyshyla/wishlist.html
to see things I’d like or the type of things I like,and also my e-mail and or po box addy are on there to mail gifts.
And Kindness never goes unpunished,if you get me something off my wishlist make sure to send me your mailing addy along with it so I can send you a thank you note
Things I’d especially like are Hobby Lobby Gift Cards,because it’s the nearest local art supply store to me,so buy ALLOT of my art supplies there.

http://www.hobbylobby.com/site3/giftcard/giftcard.cfm
Dick Blick gift cards are also good too because I mail order allot of things from there especially ceramic glazes,even 10.00 ones help with me paying for shipping ect.
http://www.dickblick.com/zz747/00/
Amazon.com gift cards
are good because I like books and other things they sell.Also I want to save up and get one of these
covered pet strollers from Amazon for Lamb,He LOVES going for rides in the car and also for walks but I don’t walk him as much as he’d like because I’m always scared to walk a cat in case he’s get out of his collar *cause Lamb is a national treasure,so I don’t wanna lose him*,so that would make both of us happy.And we all want creepy creepy Lamb to be happy.
I’d also like a cheapy easel they have some fairly decent plain ones from this seller on Ebay
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZeasel_man for like less then 20.00,if you get me a easel I’ll make you one of my really crappy paintings on it.LOL

Mother Of Sorrow Self Portrait death mask.
See more pic’s and info here http://www.uglyart.net/selfporthead.htm

A altered,hallow,subversive children’s book art piece I did.

More pic’s can be found here.

http://www.uglyart.net/try_these_stunts.htm it’s already sold to a fellow doll maker Spinestealer she does some cool work so go check out her stuff http://www.myspace.com/spinestealer

The Widows Paper Crane Art Piece The piece was inspired by the Japanese wedding tradition of folding paper cranes

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art10429.asp

.But this one is a Widow’s paper crane,it’s made from a embossed single sheet of black paper, and is made to look the decayed skeletal remains of a black bird.
It’s hard to see in the photo because of the matte paper and the paper being under glass but it’s embossed with allot of detail. More pic’s and info can be found here. http://www.uglyart.net/widows_paper_crane.htm