Studio Life

Teal water, orange sand, and purple-trunked trees kept us company last weekend at Lake Shasta, just a three-hour drive north of Cathy Heck Studio West.  We left early to beat the traffic and made it to Shasta Dam by lunchtime on a clear 80 degree day for some impromptu Jack Links jerky and ginger ale.  Then, staking a claim at

Before we say goodbye to our trade show season for this year, we want to highlight our marketing materials for Surtex and The Licensing Expo. They were “lip-smackin’, whip-crackin’, paddywhackin’, knickaknackin’, silabawhackin’, scalawhackin’, crackerjackin’ Cracker Jack!” (And if you do not know the tune to that 1960’s Cracker Jack commercial, then you are closer to Ellen’s age than mine, because

Due to the drought and burn bans in many counties in Texas, many fireworks displays have been cancelled. We would like to offer a repurposing idea for the orphaned roman candles and bottle rockets: a Fourth of July Bouquet for your sweetie. (Caution: It might not be wise to present it over a candlelight dinner!) Happy Fourth of July to

One of my favorite aspects of trade show exhibiting is the sharing that goes on between artists, whether its tips and tricks or tape and scissors. At the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas, we were surrounded by great neighbors all around! Next door, to the left, were the men representing The Comstocks. (Julie, the third musketeer, stayed back in Utah

Baby Bot loved Las Vegas … the lights, the sounds, the fun. In fact, as he passed through the aisles of slot machines, he felt uncannily at home … He wondered, “When I grow up, will I be a handsome slot machine, like these popular bots?” We told him that we had higher expectations for him, and that he should