Lovey Girl

This started out as a LifeBook page from Mystele's lesson.  I hated what I made.  It just wasn't me!  So, I randomly threw a bunch of different colored paints on top and smeared it all around with an envelope.  (This envelope is looking pretty cool btw!)  I could see a little outline underneath and I just did my own thing from that point.  Funny enough, this heart shape was seriously in the eye so I went with that too.  This little girl has a serious crush, can't you tell?  I love her.  The heart in her nose was also a shape the sequin waste and old paint has made, so I stayed with the little heart theme.

I am so ok with not liking what I made for this lesson.  I am fine with covering it up.  It just wasn't me.  I am not going to redo the lesson, but just move on.

Happy Monday to you.  See you soon!!!

Weekend Instagram Post

 I bought these gloves, with a scarf from Janelle!, and I never get to wear them bc Maddy steals them all the time!  But today, I was quick!!!  If you look close, it does say I need an oil change!  I drive an Explorer, if you're curious.

 The Mr. does baby pushups! Hot, huh?

Paige was in this shot, at Sunflower, and she moved at the last sec, so it's just me with wind blown bangs!

I never ever just sit on the couch. Oh my freaking goodness I was so sore.  I think I pushed myself pretty hard this week.  I couldn't stand and I did not do dishes! This shot wigs my friend out as it is backwards and gives her a headache!

ha!

 So, I was trying to catch my make-up awesomeness for my blog buddy Sherilin ...we are women who love our eyeliner!  hehe...  then I text my dear Kristin to make sure I did a good job!  Silly me!

 I got happy mail.

 On Fridays, I take her to a mommy and me pre preschool!  Cuteness...

and then sometimes, we eat lunch with Papa at Chipotle and have tickle wars!

I just finished my painting for Mystel's LifeBook page.  That was interesting, and hard.  I ended up pulling lightly, and making a cute little girl in-love face...

and I will share that when I take some fotos yo!

Have a good weekend!

Dream Board

dream...

the full warped board.  When you work with cardboard, even if you start out with perfect edges, you'll end up with a curves in the board.  I actually love this, as the whole process is just so messy and organic.  But it doesn't do me good when trying to crop and nice foto!  

I just started this board  in such a random moment.  I love carving words from cardboard, so I just went at it. I didn't journal my dreams so much, but rather how important it is to have dreams, and to dream in color.  There are many layers of writing within these paint layers, and I just love how this turned out.  It is pretty large, perfect to remind us to keep our dreams alive.

and I took a bunch of instagram work in progress pics.

 I made this with a mix of cheap craft paint, good for writing on... nice paints, PITT pen, and white out pen, a little paper and nice gel medium. It is, obviously, make on a big piece of cardboard!

I love this converse pic with the pink and black board.  I actually wore these today, it wasn't a pic set up!  I looked very 50's today on my outing...I wish I would have taken a selfie!

Now I have one funny story.  So, I noticed a couple weeks ago that my gesso, I buy a huge gesso, had some weird coloring, and maybe was changing in thickness, and maybe was smelling.  yes, I kept using it.  No wasting gesso!!!  So Friday night, when I suddenly had to do this project, although I am way behind in LifeBook!!! I opened the gesso and almost died.  I was like how did a dead animal get in my gesso? (There was no dead animal, but it smelled as if there could have been.)  Nasty!!!  Yuck Nasty Yuck!  So, I trashed that and headed to buy some new fresh gesso.  Now before I did I stopped off at Barnes and Noble, because my mom came and took the Paiger on an outing...what, no Paiger!!!  So, off I went to get coffee, although I had Chai, and sit and read art books.  I was in my little corner, on the ground, looking really cute and 50's-like, and I pulled a new book off I hadn't yet heard of.  I opened it to a page on gesso, and you know the first thing it said?  Never put a wet paintbrush into your gesso!  It cannot handle the foreign bacteria and will grow mold and get really sticky!  Whaaaa?  That is what is happening in my trash can right this moment. I am a huge gesso dipper, double and maybe triple dipper! Learn the sticky way! ...and I went off to buy my gesso, with a sqeeze top so I cannot dip!

I will add now that this board is for sale, and if interested, please contact me!  I am in so hurry to sell, and it doesn't that is ok too.  Just putting it out there if interested!  Woot!

So, I am adding in here on Friday now.  A chunk of days later.  I am linking this post to PPF!  Woot!

Some Instagrams for the week!

Did you know I am having a love affair with Instagram?  So true!  Here are a few from my week.  If you have an iphone, Instagram is a free app, and it would be so fun to connect on there with YOU!!! 

Happy weekend!  I really want to paint and paint and paint, but right now, it is in the 50s!!! and sunny, so I must do the good mother thing and get us out!  Maybe I'll even take Mr. Real Camera on an outing today!  

Sunshine, the sleeping baby has been in our family for over 11 years now! This other freaky baby, only a couple years!  

growing old friends

A dear old friend of mine asked me recently to paint a picture of her.  I was so thrilled she would want me to, and her birthday was near, so I set to work.  But, as I started working I just had to paint one of friendship instead.  The quote says, it takes a long time to grow an old friend.  How true this is.  My dear friend and I don't see each other often, but it doesn't matter.  We are ever so close, despite our lack of time together these last years.  When I gave it to her she instantly shed a tear of joy.  There was so much expression in her face and her hug so tight...I knew it was the most perfect gift from me to her.

And my dear old friend, her name is Jodi!, said to show this off, so showing off I am!

Happy Happy weekend to you all!!!

Etsy Banner

I have slowly, SLOWLY, been working on getting an etsy site up.  I just cannot find time to do anything!  Let me tell you with three girls, hubs always gone, a house, a dog, cats, a bird, dirt, working out, cooking, errands, cleaning and cleaning and cleaning... Finding time to do these little things that are important to me are hard!  But, pecking away at them I am!  Do you want to know how I paint?  Seriously, I have taken over part of the kitchen now as my studio space. You may be able to guess this, but I spend a lot...A LOT, of time in the ktich!  so, why not fit in my "arting" too.  Yes, I used arting as a verb.  I have no issue with this!!!  Now, back to my little life revelations... So, in between dishes, and washing veggies and cooking wonderfully complex meals for my gaggle (ok, not so complex) I make a mess of my own. From time to time, or very often, my kids are like...are we going to eat soon???  Yes little mini mes, we are, as soon as I am done with this hair!  haha..  My middle Maddy has taken to helping me cook, so I am starting to rely on Miss almost 10 year old to do lots of the cooking!  And that is a little piece of my life!

oh, I hate how freaking tiny these banners have to be. So hard to do anything awesome sauce...really!

Now, on to something that just makes me so happy...

Have you seen these?  Here is one I just love!

Drool...

Paint Party Friday, and LifeBook!

So, If you're having fun with LifeBook, you may see I just made up my own assignment.  I really wasn't into the lesson, and although I do want to learn from everyone and learn all styles to figure out my own, it just wasn't a priority right now.  I had sketched this face a while back from Tam's faces, and I thought she was perfect to play in with the second lesson of the yin and yang of sorts.  I started with a very clean sketch, and moved to painting my way, with mostly my fingers.  Very loose. Very quick, and very messy.   She does represent me in so many ways, and she represents many sides of myself.