more paint...

This is a painting that I started seriously a REALLY long time ago...like before I graduated...but I finished it yesterday!

and then I put glasses on him. i dont know...

For *you*

bott. for sarah.


Toast. for blake.
<3

Snow dayy..

I planned to hang out with Katie buuut my car is stuck..actually it will go backwards so thats not entirely true. So this sounds really good today...







Coffee paint and invader zim. I just wish I had plenty of yarn but Im all out:(

Happy snow day!

paint number 2

This is a project Ive been working on this week and Im really happy with these 2 paintings Ive been working a lot lately experimenting with different painting styles and techniques and researching my favorite artists some include, lori earley, mark ryden, and ray caesar. Im drawn to deep dark art ive noticed and im really trying to work on developing my technique and finding my own personal style. I really like this messy style which is more like wes borlands...



Since its a snow day Ill probably be painting working with oils and including no paint thinner. I wanna see how using pure oils looks.

paint.

Ive had a lot of time off from work lately so Ive been painting like crazzy here are some things Ive been working on...



This is actually a Ray Caesar screen print that I really loved so I thought I would try it this is the original:

For my very first oil painting I thought it acceptable to to remake original works.


I wont show the whole thing but this is one of boyfriends favorites.


This is my favorite. Hope you enjoyed:)

Valentines Ideaass pt. 1

I made this little beauty for my valentine tonight. Its book of sorts and I got the idea here. Very cute and crafty (and relatively free!) I just used old craft paper and buttons i had laying around:) and Im only showing individual pages because its not allll the way done...but here goes:


Cover Page...


Be Mine???
Check yes or no<3
Top 5 reason I adore my valentine<<<333

Seriously though, go to the link and make one yourself they're sooooo much fun!

Music Monday!

These lovely artists are my FAVORITE this week I hope you enjoy the little playlist I've put together:)

This week I'm going to show sneak peaks of 2 new paintings I've been working on, I seriously ADORE them and I never say that about my work! Really excited. Plus Valentines ideas for your Mr.
Happy Monday!

Photo frame Revamp

Here's what I did the other night.....


BEFORE


AFTER

a little revamp for a photo wall im planning.
Well, have a good thursday Ive had a horrible couple of days.

Mittens!

The other night while we were watching the very last episode of Sons of Anarchy (season one) *tearteartear* I knitted a little pair of fingerless gloves just for fun. Ive actually never completed a 'knitting' project before this so it was a pretty big deal to me they may have several holes and they dont exactly fit right but Im proud :) see....



Its quite easy just knit a rectangle big enough to fit around you wrist and hand the sew together leaving a hole for you thumb. voila!

Good Night yous.

Muuuusic Monday

I decided to do a weekly music post of whatever I'm listening to the at the moment called music monday! I really love when people have weekly traditions on their blogs so I wanted to start my own I'll probably have more in the future but for now its musicccc monday. :)



This week I have been seriously obsessed with Muse.... and Slipknot. But I wanna talk about Muse.

I've been listening to this in my car non-stop. It's soooo pretty.

and we bought this... today and I have a feeling it will be my new favorite record to paint to....and I love the art work.

Below is a recent interview I found of Matt Bellamy (he pretty much is Muse) and I think its really interesting. I love how he is so simple about the most complex things (i.e. relationship problems, government issues...)  enjoy!


How the devil are you? 
– I’m not in a great mind-frame… I’ve had a rough week.  But we’ve been playing concerts in the UK this week that have been amazing. 
What’s been the best thing about this century?
 – Blimey.  I have a fishbowl memory; I am not very good at retrospectives.  So I am going to say our gig in Sheffield recently.  The crowd were just mental.  We’d played some shows in North America and Northern Europe on the tour but it was a different ballgame in Sheffield, a noticeable shift in atmosphere.  It was amazing.
 And the worst? 
– I remember getting really drunk and eating an entire chorizo sausage while we were playing in Spain, and being sick for three whole days.  Waking up in a pool of sick on the day of the concert is not a good place to be. 
What’s the most extravagant thing you’ve bought in the ‘00s?
– I’ve put a deposit down on one of those Tesla cars, the electric cars.  They’re about 110,000 pounds, which is pretty expensive for a car.  But it won’t need petrol so I am hoping it will pay for itself in the next 30 years.
What is the most decadent party you’ve had recently?
– We don’t go that decadent any more.  We had a party in Berlin and A-ha showed up to drink our champagne, but it wasn’t wild.  We keep it pretty frugal these days, I am not sure there’s much room for the excesses of rock’n’roll with the way the world is now.  Dom (Howard) and Tom (Kirk, Muse’s media manager/web master and Bellamy’s best friend) are both single, so they’re living the party life on behalf of everyone else.  We get to hover around it, and when people start pulling their clothes off I go home and phone my girlfriend. 
What are the best and the worst things about having a psychologist for a girlfriend?
– The best thing is getting free therapy and the worst thing is getting free therapy.  She has a way of reading some meaning into everything you say and do, and that can do your head in: sometimes you just want to keep it shallow and talk about the weather. 
Is there any chance of wedding bells? (Unintended muse-pun by the journalist)
– Um, well, you know how I said I was having a rough week?  Well, it’s exactly the opposite at the moment, we’re kinda on the rocks as we speak, so who knows what the future holds?
Oops.  Moving on… Hoodoo was voted Lyric Of The Decade by Q readers: which lyric are you most proud of?
– Hoodoo?  That’s weird!  I like, “Rise up and take the power back, it’s time the fat cats had a heart attack” from Uprising.  It sums up how I and a lot of people feel about this banking crisis.  Not many of those people in the high region of wealth deserve their wealth: the Duke Of Westminster is a pretty fat cat and someone should take him down!  I’m coming to the conclusion that the UK needs a constitution.  I’m a libertarian but it feels like a time for a drastic change.  Because Britain has no constitution there’s no higher power than the government – I think that’s why the UK is getting so done over. 
Have you got into trouble for your views over the years? 
– I was thrown off a plane.  I got searched in quite a vigorous manner before getting on a plane to America and I made a bad joke about not having a bomb on me.  Two home security officers took me off and asked about my political views.  I told them what they wanted to hear so that I could get back on the plane.  Quite often coming to the US now I get red-flagged, taken aside and asked about my political views.  Don’t make bad jokes on planes is the moral of that story. 
Has conspiracy theory uber-lord David Icke been in touch yet?
– Not yet.  We played the Isle Of Wight festival and he lives there, so I fancied getting him on stage to make a speech, but it never happened.  I think he might think I am a lizard.  Some of the real hardcore conspiracy theory types think that those who aren’t hardcore enough are working for the other side, so he might regard me as falling into that category.  I’ll have to be careful. 
Do you have a favourite conspiracy theory from this century? 
– My favourite is that oil is endless and the notion that it will run out is a conspiracy to justify government actions…  I don’t know if I believe it, but I hope it’s true – otherwise we are going to run out of oil in 10 years and all sorts of wars are going to kick off.
Well, you’ll be alright; you’ll have your electric car… 
– Exactly!  I’m prepared.
Can you sum up your century in a Tweet of less than 140 characters? 
– It’s been a great decade, I hade some great times, had some ups and downs, but I’d do it all again.

Memories

I was going through all my old photos on my comuter and ran across a ton of fun memories from last year. Enjoy.

The birth of little man was the happiest day<3

Watching Wes Borland strip and seeing an amazing new band play. Stolen Babies are sooo cute.

Snow days! Thats me on the back. ha!

Crafting :)

Fun little photo shoots<3

Loving this boy...<3

Saying bye to old friends...

NINE. INCH. NAILS.

PERFECTION.

 A summer with this lovely little one. I miss it so much!....sometimes...

 

This is what we did... He made the big one! 

 

This boy living here...i love you.

Festive cupcakes :) hah.

Visited this mans show several times throughout the year.

loving old friends.

We learned new tricks with sparklers on my birthday ;) thanks to kassidy

 

 

my sisters wedding and broken feets. <3

Thats all for now :) Im vey excited for 2010 its already been beautiful<3 goodnight!