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I'm an artist who can't choose a medium. My current weapon of choice is a black fine line art marker, which I use to doodle pretty little illustrations. I turn them into clip art that you can purchase in my Etsy shop for use in projects like web design and scrapbooking. I live with my husband and evil black cat in Chicago.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Freaking Adorable Finds: Washi Tape


1. plum and gray washi tape by kitchenkitchenfun | 2. black and gray dots washi tape by kitchenkitchenfun | 3. christmas dots washi tape by moderntape | 4. mint love washi tape set by thesewingpost | 5. yellow chevron washi tape by thesewingpost | 6. pink stripe washi tape by jossiehouse | 7. japanese cloud hearts washi tape by happytapes | 8. gold dots washi tape by moderntape

Polka Dot Applique Wristlet


I busted out my sewing machine for the first time in months today, and I made myself a wristlet.  It has a pocket on the back for my iPod, and little pockets for my cards.  The zipper wraps around two sides, which is such a pain and I will never attempt it again, and it has a little vent in the side.

It's...  not the prettiest thing I've ever made, but it was nice to sew a bag again.

Monday, January 7, 2013

Nail Polish Addiction

Today marks Day Five of the Flu.  I'm much better today, but very tired and kind of drained.  I hope to feel back to normal tomorrow.  I was feeling restless so I took myself to the store to binge on nail polish and such.  This is my haul.

I got some cuticle remover, a quick dry top coat from OPI (my bottle of Essie's To Dry For top coat is tinged pink and is getting low), a glass nail file, four new polishes, and some nail stickers.

I've been wanting to try nail stickers, but I haven't seen any that I liked until tonight.  These are from Maybelline's Color Show line, called Midnight Lace.  I like the Color Show nail polishes, so I thought I'd give it a shot.

The two tiny bottles are Essie polishes (Wicked and Ballet Slippers) and they came in a little set with the nail file.  I was looking for a glass file and couldn't find one by itself.  So I got bonus nail polish.

The other two polishes are from CoverGirl.  I haven't used CoverGirl polish lately, but I had a coupon and they had the pale white pink that I wanted.  So.  We'll see how it goes.  The colors are called Forever Frosted and Tickled Pink.

Earlier today I painted my nails.  Twice.  I first painted them Essie's Bahama Mama, which looks like a dark raspberry in the bottle, but on the nail looks like ox blood.  It wasn't ugly, but it was boring me to death, so I took it off and painted them red instead.

I got a couple little bottles of polish in my Christmas stocking, so I put them to use today.  I did two coats of ORLY Ma Cherie, which is a bright, bright red.  It goes on very sheer, and I didn't really care for it, so over the top I put two coats of China Glaze Ruby Pumps, which is a red jelly with very fine red glitter.  It's a gorgeous color.  The photo doesn't really do it justice.  It's very bright and sparkly.

My nails look awesome.  And a bonus, for once they match my toes.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Fresh Walls: Simplify

I'm turning over a new blogging leaf this year, and I'm starting out the fun with freebies!  Every month I'll post a fresh wallpaper to dress up your devices, so you've got something new and pretty for your eyes to feast on.

Dress up your devices with this simply pretty new wallpaper in gray polka dot.  

Simplify Wallpaper, #1

Friday, December 28, 2012

Playing

Day one with the Intuos 5.  This is what I'm working on.  Just a face so far.  I'm just getting a feel for how it all works, and adjusting the settings.  I think I've almost got it how I like it.

I've found that I press way too hard with the pen, and I've already worn down the nib quite a lot.  I try to make myself let up, but I get caught up with the painting and then I find that I'm doing it again, or just gripping it really, really tightly.

I'll figure it out.

It's been a long time since I've done any digital painting.  I've forgotten which brushes I liked to use before, so I'm just trying all the rough ones to see what I like now.  They give good texture and it makes me care less about skin looking smooth and perfect.

Intuos 5


My Christmas present to myself was a shiny matte new pen tablet.  (...and an iPod.  Hence, the iphoneography.)  I've been using a medium sized Graphire4 so a large Intuos 5 is quite a change for me.  I've been trying to get accustomed to it, and to get all the settings just how I want them.  So far I'm very impressed with it.

I think I'll go doodle some more.