Debra's Story Submitted with Yoni Art Quilt:

Back in 2007 there was a "yoni" quilt challenge that I decided to enter through the Quiltart listserve. The resulting piece (9.5" x 11") is abstractly realistic such that you know pretty readily what it is.

There are not very many venues that looking to display yonis. Sad, but true,......so the poor thing has been languishing ever since. No yoni should languish. She needs to get out into the world and see things,....be with other people.

Read the story Glenda submitted with Ms. Thang, a.k.a. Lizard Face:

Marry's Story that came with Dancing Figures Painting

I have a little cousin. She and I are almost the same age, but our lives are completely different. It wasn't always like that.

We used to go to the same school together. Than one day something horrible happened to her: she got into a car accident. The doctors in the hospital said they doubted if she'd ever wake up again from the coma they had to put her in after all the physical trauma. She survived, though be it barely...

Jessamyn likes to submit her stories in the form of comic book pages.

Here's one that she swears is true.

Etienne is a bit of a rebel on the outside but inside, he is just as warm and fuzzy as the rest of us.

Etienne has a reputation for being explosive but that is only when he doesn't get his own way. He is approximately 2 feet long from head to toe.

There are sparse hairs on the head and under the arms. This is an important detail. He is proud of his hair growth.

So, how he came to be...

Kevin's Story about Paint By Number Ship Painting: 

“Paint by number?”  by Kevin McClintic – February 2011

This is my second trade with Rosalie at bARTer Sauce.  This time, I traded a beautiful, old oil painting depicting a large sailing ship battling huge waves during a storm.

Ryan's Story Submitted with The Stickers:

I was raised by a saintly woman of medium build, and a brazen father of short stature. The latter a vietnam war veteran, evangelical christian and closeted homosexual. When I was a child I used wear dresses and play "house". As I grew older I realized that this was not a societal norm. At age sixteen I ran away from home and haven't been back since.

Creepier than skeletons, this lot of 5 Arian style doll heads have blue eyes, blonde hair, long wire "spinal columns" coming out of the necks, and a total of 9 hands.

I received these from a friend as a birthday present. He thought that I should use them to create artistic clothing. The thing is, I don't make artistic clothing. I make creative costumes, functional hats and unnecessary lingerie, but no wearable art that uses blue-eyed doll heads.