I find it interesting what we decide to remember and what we decide to forget. Don’t you? And I say “decide” because we do. We pick and choose what we wish to know, we see what we wish to see and remember those things, all while…
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my DIY mini book and NSD 2014
Greetings! So, this past Saturday was National Scrapbooking Day and the scrapbook community banded together to create lovely memory keepers all day (or really all weekend because I know some people are still going!). Big Picture Classes held an event, #NSD10K, the goal being to…
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my problem with magazines and how frankie fixed them
I will admit right off the bat that I was never into magazines. I mean, as a kid I had my mother subscribe me to Nickelodeon Magazine because it was Nickelodeon Magazine! As a tween, I was subscribed to J14 after continually buying them at…
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because I can (katy rose cover)
This is a very old cover of “Because I Can” by one of my favorite artists, Katy Rose. I figured I’d share it because I like it so much.
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the blossoms of springtime
Blossoms. I love when the tall trees on my block begin to blossom. They canopy the entire street in lovely little white flowers that smell like spring and it looks so beautiful. I always count down to the day in which they sprout their first…
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for the love of the letter
If there’s one thing that I think should should come back from the great beyond it’s the written letter. With email and text messages, no one ever seems to write letters anymore, not even the simple little note. It’s quite tragic really, because everything else…
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my play that song art journal
Hello! I’m alive! Haha, actually I’ve been around, just a bit busy working on an album cover project for a new artist, babysitting, getting sick with the flu, continuing my redesign of the trash shop and adding new products, reading some Sarah Dessen and my…
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my brave girls series
So, for 2014 I decided to give myself my own “one little word.” For this year I chose brave. I chose brave for various reasons, but the big reason for my choosing it was because it was the last of my “goals list” I made…
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a few of my favorites #3
Just this weeks list of favorited interesting reads. The image above was taken last night when I was in a very creative mode and doing a super cool project, which I hope to share with you all soon. For now, here are my favorite week’s…
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art is art is art
I’m taking this art class from CalArts on Coursera called “Live!: A History of Art for Artists, Animators and Gamers” and the first assignment is to “sketch” what you think is art and what people think is art. This is always such a topic for…
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because it came out perfect
I took this photo today because I needed a new photo for my new “about me” page. I used this photo as a placeholder, because I always use it as an icon for various sites and have always loved the look. I was really close…
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mini book reviews – 02.18.14
If there’s one thing I’ve been trying to do more of this year is read. I didn’t do much reading last year, which is so unlike me. I can honestly say that all I did was watch TV, because that’s what I did everyday…watch TV.…