Dia de los Muertos Ear Art

Inspired by Frida Kahlo and my favorite Mexican Holiday Dia de los Muertos. Paint on a uni-brow, add some red lipstick and you are ready for a fiesta! Ole!

Silver conchos with handcrafted plaster skulls, ethnic beads, silver charms, Czech glass and hand carved diablo beads from South America. Silver plated ear wires.

See these one of a kind handcrafted earrings and more at http://www.etsy.com/shop/PlanetCalamari

Happy Birthday Franz Schubert

Franz Peter Schubert
January 31, 1797 – November 19, 1828
Austrian Composer of the Ave Maria

One of my favorite versions is the Ave Maria featured in the 1940 Disney movie Fantasia: Click to hear

Planet Calamari Etsy Store to Open Soon!

Happy 2010! My muse has returned from her long vacation in the stratosphere.

A Planet Calamari etsy store is now in progress. More Frida inspired jewelry, sculptures and retablos will be featured on this site.

Stay tuned!

thank you

jeanie marie

Eco-friendly Water Bottles at Planet Calamari

New at Planet Calamari! SIGG water bottles with unique art. Great gifts for all those green crunchy granola friends on your holiday list.

Visit The Planet Calamari Shoppe for out of this world art on clothing and gifts.

Happy Birthday Frida Kahlo

July 6, 1907 – July 13, 1954
I hope the leaving is joyful; and I hope never to return.

Happy Towel Day!

So long Douglas.... and Thanks for all the fish!

Towel Day is celebrated every May 25 as a tribute by fans of the late author Douglas Adams.^[1] On this day, fans carry a towel with them to demonstrate their love for the books and the author. The commemoration was first held in 2001, two weeks after Adams' death on May 11, 2001.^[2] The towel is a reference to Adams's popular science fiction comedy series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
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new......

The Planet Calamari On-line Shop just had a much needed make-over!

Visit the Planet Calamari on-line shop for out of the world art on clothing , totes, Sigg water bottles,and gifts for the home or office www.planetcalamarishoppe

in memory...

Douglas Noel Adams
11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof
is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.

New from Planet Calamari SIGG bottles

To see more designs on these eco-friendly water bottles visit PlanetCalamari Sigg

Happy Birthday Guatama Buddha!

To learn more about Guatama visit wikipedia

Sanskrit Om Designs

These Sanskrit Om designs are available on t-shirts, clothing for adults & children along with other unique gift ideas. Perfect holiday gifts for those who practice yoga, meditation and a life of peace. Sanskrit Om at PlanetCalamari.com

Happy Birthday Dr Seuss!

Theodor Seuss Geisel (2 March 1904 - 24 September 1991) better known by his pen name, Dr. Seuss, was a famous American writer and cartoonist best known for his children's books.

"I am the Lorax, I speak for the trees.
I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues,
And I'm asking you, sir, at the top of my lungs" --
He was very upset as he shouted and puffed --
"What's that THING you've made out of my Truffula tuft?"

• Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot,
  nothing is going to get better. It's not.

• Catch! calls the Once-ler.
  He lets something fall.
  It's a Truffula Seed.
  It's the last one of all!
  You're in charge of the last of the Truffula Seeds.
  And Truffula Trees are what everyone needs.
  Plant a new Truffula. Treat it with care.
  Give it clean water. And feed it fresh air.
  Grow a forest. Protect it from axes that hack.
  Then the Lorax
  and all of his friends
  may come back.

Happy Birthday Roger Daltry!

Happy Birthday Elizabeth Taylor

Think Positive during negative times.....

I am so tired of hearing everyone complaining about the economy that i have decided to do a post about it.

If you are a business owner please do not whine to your customers about how slow business is! Having your clients leave your place of business depressed is not a good motivator for them to return and spend money.

Stop watching the news! It will only depress you. Spend your time reading positive books, watching inspiring movies and thinking good thoughts. Remember the Law of Attraction. Like attracts like. Watch the movie The Secret or What the Bleep if you want to learn more about the laws of attraction. (You can also get those at your local library for free)

Here is a great book to motivate you and inspire you during these trying times. Go to the library if you cannot afford to buy it!

Download positive subliminal and meditation cds at www.brainsync.com

Happy Chinese New Year

Happy Year of the Ox!

The Chinese New Year of the Earth Ox, 2009 will fall on Monday, January 26th and marks the beginning of 15 days of festivities through the 9th of February.

The Ox is the sign of prosperity through fortitude and hard work. The element Earth is also related to prosperity. A good omen for this year, after the uncertainties of last year. For good fortune wear red on the 26th!

How do you say Happy New Year in Chinese? Greet everyone you meet with Gung Hay Fat Choy" which means "Wishing You Prosperity and Wealth".

YES WE DID!

OH HAPPY DAY!
Wishing everyone a happy and hopeful Obama-mas!

"Change will not come if we wait for some other person
or some other time.
We are the ones we've been waiting for.
We are the change that we seek."
Barack Obama

Happy Birthday Henri Matisse

From Wikipedia:
" (31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. As a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but principally as a painter, Matisse is one of the best-known artists of the 20th century. Although he was initially labeled as a Fauve (wild beast), by the 1920s, he was increasingly hailed as an upholder of the classical tradition in French painting.^[1] His mastery of the expressive language of colour and drawing, displayed in a body of work spanning over a half-century, won him recognition as a leading figure in modern art."

A Festivus for the Rest of Us!

Happy Festivus! This is one of my favorite holidays as well as one of the funniest Seinfeld episodes ever!

Taken from Wikipedia:

From the Seinfeld Episode "The Strike"
Frank Costanza (Jerry Stiller, left, next to Michael Richards as Cosmo Kramer) holds the old family Festivus Pole while talking to Jerry Seinfeld (Played by himself).

Type : Seasonal
Significance: A non-denominational holiday to be celebrated by those frustrated or jaded with the commercialism and pressure surrounding the Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa season
Date: December 23
Celebrations: Airing of Grievances, Feats of Strength, the Festivus Pole






If you do not know what Festivus is or would like to know more about it visit wikipedia

Wishing everyone a Happy Festivus!

Visit the Planet Calamari Shoppe for unusual holiday gifts!

Happy Birthday Frank Zappa!

December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993

The most important thing to do in your life, is to not interfere with somebody else's life.
1987: Joe Walsh asking Frank Zappa on The Howard Stern Show