Don't have time for much today...

...but I did want to touch bases here in hopes that I will make more time to be posting.

Just a few things I've been thinking about lately...

Things I Would Like To do: 

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-finish body/muscle abstract series

-Four seasons/Ikebana abstract series

- Design motifs over the centuries and cultures...over-layed and all abstract-like

Other things I have been taking note of: 

funky scarves and covers...I really would love to have one of these, goofy as they are.

Check them out here.

Beautiful, GORGEOUS, haunting art here, don'tcha' think?

And then there are things that appeal to my kiddie immature and goofy side, such as this:

These are kind of funky, but I think I would like 'em...I've just got myself all amped for training for a half marathon and getting into running, *which I hate to do, but I need to be healthier and active*. Anyway, I think I would love one of these to accompany me on a run.

And then there are things that I find encouraging/inspiring, as I have always believed in wasting as little as possible in my art and sewing...


And in a time when I feel like I am constantly waiting for life to happen, which I absolutely loathe, I have to remind myself that life is still happening around me, whether I keep doing what I'm doing, or change it up myself. I need to be positive, and take the initiative!
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek."
Barack Obama


That's it for now, but I"m sure if I find time later today or tonight there will be more...I have another list of things to post about on my laptop at home. Stay tuned....

Saturday Fun

So, it was a full weekend and a good one at that. It was productive, creative, frustrating and also a great time with my husband.

We had some trying moments with car troubles, but once those were taken care of everything was easy breezy. And one of the best parts of the Saturday was going out to Second Saturday Artwalk, seeing a friend's new business downtown, having a drink with Matt at The Golden Bear and goofing off, and best yet...going to a party with one of the best themes I've ever been to: "Pigtails & Mustaches".

Now usually Matt doesn't like to dress up. Me....well I'll make a little bit of a fool of myself. I don't mind. I know I'm a complete nerd.
So doing these pigtails:

But that just wasn't enough. So I got to scheming. How can I make myself a mustache without spending money and without having to glue hairy itchy things to my face...I've done it before. It's hard for me to handle for very long.

So I went up and looked around my crafty room...and good thing I hold on to too much crap, cuz I had everything I needed right in the house! Problem solved, no $ and it really only took about 10 minutes. 

SO, I made a mustache for both me and my boy (he doesn't grow his real facial hair October-ish). 

And so we have one:

And two:

These are made with thin model building scraps of wood and sticks that I had from a model I build senior year of college, some black craft paint, a glue gun, and in the monocle's case, a medium gauge jewelry threading wire in a gold tone. Easy as pie.

Here is the finished look of min, BOTH pigtails & mustache:

He is simply dashing, isn't he?

 

haha! Good times!! And here are a few other people's cheap and easy solutions...

It's Panda-Linds

And a little bro & sis photo-op (Lorraine & Matt)

Aren't they cute?
Moral of the story: 10 minutes, scrap supplies & any excuse to act foolish with friends = good times!
I highly recommend this simple little project and party theme!