BEDA Challenge: Welcome Back!

I have a terrible habit of running myself to the ground. I become too busy, spread too thin, and as I'm sure many you fellow bloggers know, the blog tends to be what suffers. I love this blog and I've thought about it multiple times a day, every day. I'll think to myself, "what can I write about after not posting in so long?" "Should I go back and post things I was planning to after a long time?" "I should just stop hiding" "BUT IT'S BEEN SO LONG"

These thoughts just go round and round and round but really, I shouldn't keep holding myself to some standard or pressuring myself to be some amazing perfect blogger. I realize every blogger has a post like this and readers around the globe are like "ugh another haitus post." But there's something therapeutic about posting it.

I've decided to return to blogging by blogging every day in August to get myself back into the habit. It'll be a challenge and probably more personal rambling than anything, but I am so looking forward to it.

So what have I been up to?

1. I started locs in October of last year! they looked pretty good until...
2. I took out my locs! they were pretty much almost mature, but my scalp was suffering and I'll talk about this more in another post. I still have like 20 something more locs to comb out too >_>
3. I graduated college! and my degree came in the mail sooner than expected. yay! 
4. We set a date for the wedding and that has commenced the planning :O
5. My senior show was pretty awesome, the pictures of the exhibition are on my Facebook.
6. I made it into my first nationally juried art show and I couldn't be happier about it.
7. I've been driving an art bus for my summer/second job that I cannot wait to end. The kids are wonderful but 6 days a week is not easy.
8. NCECA was rad, as usual. Milwaukee was pretty dope.
9. Grad school is a definite next step assuming I get in; I'm looking at fall of 2015 to start towards an MFA in ceramics.
10. In the mean time I'll be working as a studio assistant at my university (yay studio access!)
11. I cannot wait to throw again
12. I'm also in the process of moving! So exciting! So much stuff! I'm definitely going to be getting rid of a bunch of things
13. Did I mention I cannot wait to throw again?
14. I've been trying to eat better. The more I read about our food supply in the states, the more I know how crucial it is to pay attention to what goes in our bodies.
15. I've also taken a women's studies class that totally opened my eyes even wider to the importance of feminism. 
16. I got new glasses!! I've had those cateye ray bans for almost 4 years. It was a scary process since I realized they were a bit of a security blanket.

I'll stop there because I really like the number 16, and I think that just about covers all the important stuff. Fore those of you who have stuck around after supporting my blog in the past, I thank you so much! I'm not sure which way I want to go with this blog, but I'm happy to be back.

Fruit Prints on Etsy!

All summer long I've been working on a series of fruit in watercolor, using a different technique with each painting. It's been loads of fun so far and it's something I really would like to continue! I have officially listed two of my fruits on etsy as prints *yay!*

I chose to list the watermelon and the kiwi first....Actually.... I didn't choose. I asked friends and families which two should I order first. Either way, at some point I'm sure I'll have all of them in my shop. Up next will be the strawberry and the mango, yummmmmmmm.

If you haven't seen any of my paintings yet, you can check 'em out here! After you're done perusing, what fruit didn't you see that you would like to?

Stay fresh ya'll, TTFN! <3

p.s. I posted a little update on my kitty car freshener DIY

Busy Busy Bee, this summer!

I can't believe june is almost over! I've been keeping myself busy trying to build up my etsy and and working towards maybe showing in some craft fairs. Not to mention working full time and starting p90x. I have so many ideas for this blog; never ending todo list! I cant wait to get some of the posts I have in mind published.

I'm shapin' up all the areas of my life, and it feels good! here's photos of some of the crafty things I've been up to:

starting a watercolor series on fruit

hopefully I can order prints soon

splurged on some lace...

...and some necessary supplies

made this awesome camera strap cover for my photography major friend for graduation :O)

made some new banners for my tumblrs

made lots of button pins

and watched moose try to fight the lawn mower.

I think this is going to be a great summer :)

TTFN<3

My Facebook page has some new albums!

Today I spent the day uploading. Believe me when I say I had plenty of stuff to upload. As I'm moving away from weebly and onto here I have to find other means to create albums of my work. I'm going with facebook for now; I like that it's casual and I dont have to limit it to a portfolio amount. here's some of my favorite works that I've uploaded so far. You've probably noticed I added some nifty links on the side over there :3 -->

3 8" x 10" canvases, acrylic. my name via Warhol

my precious whale mug i cant wait to use

embossed metal set on wood. 

Watercolor and GLITTERRR (you can see it in person)

till next time, lovelies