making time

Sometimes it's hard to get back here. But today I'm making time to share some art and ideas I've been loving.
::UPDATED!! see bottom of post :P



Pictures in my home. Hanging art up just to glance and sigh every now and again. It's a shame to keep my LO's stacked on the ground in a pile. Smooshing each other to death. So I've been filling our home with pages I love. All of course made using the awesome Kenner Road kits :) We recently purchased this little wonder: We bought this coffee table from hereIt's so fun, the table has a huge drawer split into 4 large 13x13 squares under the glass. So I decided to showcase some of the following pages into each of the 4 squares. they fit perfectly! Kind of like a mini gallery in there. I love it so much. The pages stay flat and pretty for a little while longer before heading into the inevitable pile. Even still... it's perfect to see art even in the most random places. xo

I think the only time I make art now is right after I receive my KR kit. Pure JOY. Sometimes I just let myself think, scheme and process what I will create next. This time around I actually started ahead of schedule. I layed all the items in the kit out... stared. processed. spray painted. dried. stared. processed. cut cut cut. added. subtracted. stared. processed. and repeat. 3 days. then this: { Happy } No journaling. Just art. a flow of ideas all mixed up in glue and stitching. My little camera is making me very happy right now. Happy to create. To capture. To feel this happy.



my art process: ( I have a gold bird that is just perfect. I scanned it in and printed it out b&w on one of the patterned papers in the kit. Then watercoloured it and added pencil colours for depth. Perfect. I love this pattern paper but I made it more subtle by spraying it with white/antique spray. I think it brings out the details in the raindrops and picture.

So who's a Mickey Mouse kid?
I am!


We celebrated Mr. Handsome's birthday by having a blast at Disneyland :) I had told my mister that I had ALWAYS dreamed of getting a Mickey Mouse hat since I was little. But it wasn't possible, I come from a pretty big family and just getting to Disneyland was a treat. And so Mister Handsome made my wildest dreams come true. Right before closing he purchased a hat with my name on it! Hello. I'm 30. I really can't pull the look off anymore. But I cannot tell you how excited I was! I even got on all the rides. ( I am such a chicken about rides. I'd rather stand in like for a churro :) lol ) So late as it was, mr. handsome took a picture of me. smiley. happy. silly little old me. I'm a Mickey Mouse kid now people. thank you. thank you very much. (smiles)

The only ride I didn't go on was the tea cups. I refused. I wouldn't be able to keep my $3.99 churro in. and there was NO way I was loosing my churro. I LOVE churros. amen.



So I watched mr.handsome and his sisters rock the teacups. In this picture there was a couple sneaking in a kiss and in another teacup there was a mom and dad taking photos of their sweet little girl. I thought the picture was precious. Everyone seemed happy. It was very sweet.

So me and the mister had to go check out Minnie Mouse. We were chillin' in her house and I found a cute vanity mirror where she powders her cute little nose. I had mr. handsome steal a kiss :) That man just gets me. gotta love that. xo



And last week a sweet co-worker celebrated a birthday so Mr. Handsome and I made chocolate covered oreo cookies and made these little cuties.



mr. handsome got a special box wink* wink*



And some for my ladies in my small group.





See that pretty garland in the background? That's my latest garland. I think it's so perfect for this season. I will be putting it up in my etsy shop hopefully as early as tomorrow. So if you are looking for a festive and sweet garland to decorate your home, check it out :) I will be including a free gift with the purchase & free shipping xoxo.

updated::
What's coming up,
:: Photo of my baby crochet afghan ( yay I finished it!)


:: Photo of my new cowl ( just made it yesterday and i'm wearing it right now :) soooo cozy. xo


:: Photo and live link to my new garland in my etsy shop






So it's back to work for me, and date night tonight with mr.handsome. Sending and wishing you a happy day. Hope you enjoyed the eye candy :) Happy tuesday !

xo
-d