Monday, January 10, 2011

miz thang and the Christmas gift for my miz soul sister 1969

by karen 1965 third grade teacher so you see we have been slack and not been blogging...i don't know why...but i miss blogging...so i have a snow day and i am gonna blog it up...so last year (2009 Christmas), me and 1969 sister decided to make each other something for Christmas instead of buy something...so...i made this..
and she gave me this...
so...this year...we talk again...and making something just didn't seem like an option...we are v.b.s. (very busy sisters) and we decided to buy each other some art...so i started thinking...where am i gonna get her some cool art?...we like folk art folks...i don't want some fancy painting that all those old ladies paint at the georgia national fair with flowers...i mean those flowers are awesome, but that are just not what the soul sisters like...so...i remembered finding some gal googling a few years ago called miz thang...and i thought she was in hawkinsville...so went to the website...Miz Thang's website...and i tried to email her, but it would it would not work...i was crunched for time...so i saw that she had a facebook...Miz Thang's Facebook Page...then i realize that she had to say she would be my friend before i could talk to her on fb...so i sent a friend request and told her that i knew people that she was friends with and wasn't just some kook...well i may be a kook, but i didn't want her to think so just yet...so she said she would be my fb friend...and i inboxed her and asked her could i get a piece of her work for 1969's Christmas gift...here is what i wanted to get sis...cause sis 1969 loves her some etta...
i also asked could i ride down to hawkinsville and get etta...she was so nice and said yes to both...so i get my daughter (cause she loves art) and hit the road jack to hawkinsville...we drive up to see miz thang's verson of a u-haul...we were mesmerized with such coolness..i mean miz thang could have had this in the driveway...


but here is what we saw!

then, low and behold, one of my third grade students and his sister walks up...and he said, "hey, mrs. ray!"...i was shocked...i asked him did he know miz thang and he said yes and so he took me in miz thang's cool house with cool art...and then, i see my third grade student's grandma in the kitchen cooking with a lady who i had to guess was miz thang...well, i flipped...cause this was cool...they even offered me and the daughter a lady finger...we ate those yummy lady fingers...miz thang makes good lady fingers and good art...what could beat that?...then, we just look around at all the cool paintings...folk art city or maybe i should say folk art country...and she had even painted her ceilings coolzy wavy stripes...miz thang gave us a little tour through her world of art...of course my student and his sister went along and could tell me lots of stuff about miz thang and her art...it was a real fun surprise...don't you just love when stuff works out like this..?.i do...

i told miz thang that etta would be living in tallahassee...she said it was okay and that etta liked to travel...

finally, we had to leave miz thang and those cute kids...we stuck etta in the backseat and drove off...and lived happily ever after...

nothing better than me and my girl making some cool memories and getting some cool art...

here is miz thang touching some art...

here is miz thang with her art somewhere...


here is miz thang with dirty hands...she washed them before making lady fingers...

when i left here, i was real happy...cause "AT LAST" i had finished my Christmas shopping!

Etta James, 1961

Happy January 11, 2011!


5 comments:

  1. WOOOOOHOOOOO! It's a long time since July to January...new song:-D!
    I have always wanted to meet Miz Thang! Next time take me with. Wonderful post, and glad you are back! 'Bout time!
    Love the Ga National Fair flower line...LOL! Hope we can drag out this snow day into 2. Vicki

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  2. Welcome back to blog world - I've missed reading you because it's always so much fun. Keep posting, and get your sister back on board too!

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  3. artteachergirl...we can get u introduced to miz thang....and phyl...glad to be back...enjoy posting art and life...

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  4. Miz Thang's email is now working. If you want to contact her go to: http://mizthangsworld.com/contact.php

    Kathlene

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  5. well thanks kathlene...everbody needs to contact miz thang and buy her art!

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