Introductory Post (NEW WEBSITE!)

This may sound funny but... I TRULY AM living with a hand puppet. And her name is Serena.

Serena is adventurous, always busy doing something, silly, and of course... talkative. (BTW, this may give my twin sister a run for her money, because SHE's also talkative... and silly.)

I recently took up the art of puppetry--studying the techniques of many of the most popular puppeteers like Shari Lewis, Noel MacNeal, Jerry Nelson, etc.; and growing up watching shows like Sesame Street, Bear in the Big Blue House, Oobi, and Veggietales. However, Oobi was part of how Serena was created, because I liked the idea of the simple hand puppet (and I'll share more of Serena's origins on this blog), as well as the art itself.

Now this blog is going to mainly revolve around good ol' little Serena, especially with the upcoming series SerenaTalksALot. I'll also test out and/or try to reengineer some techniques that I've learned from my long-time puppeteer idols. Every once in a while, I'll do product reviews on toys/products that revolve around the content that I would focus on this blog (For example, I got to know a puppet named Dylan... Well, you'll see later on in this blog). And I'll even write about the different adventures that Serena will get into. (Like I said, she's adventurous.)

So Serena... Do you want to write something on here before we start blogging?
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Um, Serena? You're putting dots on here. How about typing some words now?
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What wORDS?
OOOH... WORDS ARE BIG NOW!
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Serena, you hit the "Caps Lock" button by mistake. I fixed it.
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NO NO PUT IT BACK ON!!!! THESE PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR ME TALK!!!!
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How can anyone hear you if you're just typing---?
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BIG WORDS MEAN BIG VOICE!!!
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Anyway, see guys? Serena is very, very talkative, as you saw here. So come check out our blog!

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--Uh, Veronica? How do you spell a word?
What word?
--You know, that sound you make with your mouth when you're blowing a raspberry?
How am I supposed to know that?
--Oh. … Wait. Caps are not on... tHERE WE GO!!! YAY!!!!