I've been experimenting with different drawing techniques, and the idea for an ombre hair style popped into my head so that's what I drew.
Mint and Lavender and Raspberry goodness
I've always wanted to dye my hair, I experimented a little in college just dyed the ends but it quickly faded and I got bored and cut it off. I like the idea of an all over vibrant color, like purple of course :)
Some of my favorite bloggers have awesome vibrant hair.
Whether
it's pink or purple or somewhere in between, Kate knows how to style
her outfits with her hair color in mind. I love her retro style and her awesome illustrations :)
I've become a recent fan of Cazz, at Nerdburger. She's rocking the bi-color look, I think it's awesome!
She loves Comics and Disney characters and makes fun jewelry.
Katy Perry is probably my favorite celebrity hair inspiration, she can make any color look great!
I probably won't do anything with my hair but it's fun to think about :)
I have been playing with my drawing app on my ipad and came up with this colorful bunch of squiggles.
Being
bold is my goal for 2014, I want to try new things and go with spur of
the moment creative ideas and not be afraid of failure because that's
how you learn new things :)
I think I'm probably going to put a miniature version of this in my cube.
Happy Thursday :)
I hope 2014 will be a wonderful year for all of you. I am very excited about all the things I want to do this new year in creative projects and in my personal goals. I'm definitely not getting any younger and I want to get out of my bad habits and into healthier ones, even though they typically require more discipline :)
There's nothing more hopeful than a fresh new start!
Hi Everyone! I hope y'all had a Merry Christmas with your loved ones! I had a great time with my family and I'm so glad to have a couple days off just to rest and relax. Even though this year has been very difficult at times, I have been reminded how significant are the everyday things we sometimes take for granted, and for that I will be more mindful and forever grateful. I will happily greet 2014, a new year full of promise :)
my tiny tree :)
I am very excited for 2014 because I have some new ideas and projects that I can't wait to work on.
I have been wanting to get iPad for quite awhile now and I finally decided to take the plunge :)
I have started sketching and I'm really excited to start experimenting and develop new techniques.
winter bunny
Also I have been working on some new ideas with fabric and I'm super excited to share more about this later.
I have been struggling trying to work out how projects would fall into place and I finally had some light bulb moments and things are finally starting to move forward :)
I feel like Gru in this awesome scene from Despicable Me.
Are you excited for 2014? Do you have any fun plans for the new year?
Not sure if you heard or were affected by the winter storm late last week, but down here in Texas we got a few inches of ice and were stuck inside for a few days. After a couple days I was able to get out of the house and fresh veggies were scarce in the grocery store. I decided I really wanted to make some homemade soup, I love celery and carrots that and chicken stock is really all you need for a soup foundation. You could just let your imagination and taste buds run free!
the possibilities are endless
Anyway like I said veggies were scarce and they only had shredded carrots left, which I normally never buy, but there thin shape got me thinking about all the delicious possibilities.
I was also watching a lot of TV and the actors are doing the talk show rounds for their upcoming movies. I'm really excited about "Inside Llewyn Davis". Coen Brothers Film check. Great actors check. Amazing soundtrack performed by said actors with music by T Bone Burnett check. Rambling side note T Bone Burnett also did the music for Walk the Line another music movie I love! Remember how great Joaquin and Reese's performance were? Yeah, that's another reason I'm really excited. I love a movie plot line surrounded by great music. And the fact that Oscar Isaac the guy that plays Llewyn Davis, kinda looks like Nick from New Girl ;)
llewyn on the left nick on the right
Anyway... I'm also excited about the Secret Life of Walter Mitty with Ben Stiller and Kristen Wiig, kinda getting a fanciful Eternal Sunshine vibe... yay :) What upcoming movies are you excited about? Happy Friday to you!
So my birthday is this week and I put together a this little wish list of stuff I'm excited about and stuff I love on Etsy. You know if money were no object ;)
6. Painted Clutch from Assemblage Unique ( love her painting technique and eye for detail, see more here)
7. Monster Coffee Bath Print- Marielle from Magical Daydream recently opened an etsy shop :) I've loved her little monster since I first saw him! Check out her other great paintings I love the hedgehog too :)
8. Gotta love Lush, I love so much from there it's hard to pick just one thing, that's why I love giftcards you can get whatever you feel like whenever you want. :)
Hope you had a great Thanksgiving/Hanukkah and are getting into the Christmas spirit YAY :)
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!
It has officially become cold and wintery in Texas, and while I was staying in last weekend I decided to make a Thanksgiving themed banner to get in the holiday spirit. I got inspiration from Sew Caroline's Christmas tree banner that I mentioned before
I decided it would be fun to make a leaf banner with felt. I already had lots of fun colors in my fabric stash and leaf shapes drawn from my sweater weather drawing.
I made the leaves larger and used them as a template. You could do a quick sketch, or use actual leaves for a pattern. I chose different colors for different shaped leaves and planned out the order of the banner by color and shape of leaf. I just winged the top stitching with my machine for the vein detail on the leaves . I did at least 3 vein stitch lines for each leaf so it looks somewhat balanced.
I didn't have any neutral cotton ribbon so I just used the edge of some muslin selvage and stitched the leaves to my muslin strand.
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