Rip dear friend

This post is dedicated to my dear heat gun Gone but not forgotten You served me well over the past four years. Heating everything i put under you. Helping me watch paint dry for less time You made it through many drops and although the exact cause of your death is unknown You will be sorely missed You have been replaced(already) by a new, exact same model heat gun Who hopes that some day it to will be covered in ink, alcohol ink, paint and embossing powder Just like you were :)
Pinky- 2005-2009
Im in a rather odd mood today, so instead of talking about whats really bothering me i thought i would write this silly ode to my heat gun. Any way. Im about to art journal my brains out after a rather depressing day, but i thought i would share a page I made the other day. Im not quite sure how a bird on a sky line when with authentic but it made sense in my brain while i was making it. Still lovin the Aj102 class. I think im gonna take a class from Suzie Blu next. I like her style :)
Ok im just gonna put it out there.........Im a mess..........When i make stuff i throw things everywhere........I set things on the floor to dry or to get outta my way........Only to find it still sitting there 3 weeks later......Kinda forgotten but now with a shoe(or dog) print on it. I cant contain the chaos any more.......I talked to my sweet wonderful husband about this problem and Kinda suggested that I move the studio downstairs to where our office is now. That way the whole heat-rises-so-i-constantly-feel-like-i-have-menopause-in-my-studio-thing isnt a problem, and im kinda forced to keep it clean since its the first room you see when you open the front door. THEN He totally backtracks(prob cus he figures i wont keep it clean) and says we have to TALK about it. Im gonna work on him, cus i wanna move downstairs. I usually get my way so we shall see. Im off to go sweat off some lbs while i art journal....Have a great night.
Oh ya one more thing.......I have an etsy shop.......its never actually had anything in it but its there lol.......I have been going through thing again for the millionth time..........and im gonna start putting things in there very soon....Hopefully this weekend......links to come :)

A New Journey

Im taking a mental break.....I have 10 million ideas running through my head and way less time to get them out on to paper. I signed up for Art Journaling 102 by Dina Wakely. I have really enjoyed it. I have been making 6-8 art journal pages a day, Letting my mind wander and the ink and paint guide me. I am so happy. I feel free. Free to let art be my muse instead of the latest and greatest thing. The next thing is a canvas I made a few weeks ago when I was upset. I wasnt sure if I was gonna post it or not, but alas I am. Under the mesh the title is Lack of.....All of my journaling is under the paint. I needed to cover up what i wrote and get over it :) You can see part of a mini album in the bottom right of the picture. Its a Hybrid album from House of 3 thats no longer available :( Its finished i just need some binder rings for it cus the ones i have are too small. I should be able to post it before the weekend IF I get my hands on some rings :) I cant wait to post it, it turned out totally cute and DH loved it. I didnt give it too him on valentines day..... I gave it to him on a day he was feeling blue and i think it made him feel better!!!!

One fine day with minor mishaps ;)

Last night Jeff and I went and bought the soil for my garden boxes. We brought it in the back yard and stacked it nicely cus it was after dark. This morning I let the dog out....no big deal cus he lets him self in the backdoor. I wake back up on the couch 30 min later wonder where the dog is at???? I go outside and there is dirt compost and vermiculite all over my backyard. He opened every single bag and scattered everything all over(with the winds help of course) I almost cried :( So round 2 went a little smoother this afternoon. The stuff actually made it into the boxes this time. Needless to say we decided i cant start planting till we fence off that part of our yard(he dug half the dirt out of one of the boxes while dinner was cooking) Lesson learned my dog is bad and i should plan a little better lol. I came across this website today!!! I totally love it one click and you go from this to this!!!!!! I totally love this and if i manage to remember I will use this in the future on my lo's :) I have finally decided that I have procrastinated cleaning my studio long enough. It is like a tornado blew through it. I cant make anything in this state. Im forcing myself to clean it tonight and thats that. If i finish ill post tomorrow, but its so bad i think ill be cleaning for a few days lol. Moving screwed me up big time in there. I cant seem to get it right. Im gonna try again. Everything just seems all jumbled and the flow is all wrong. Possibly its cus Mary is coming to clean up my mess any more :( Ok off i go.

I think im a dabbler ha ha ha

Still trying to use up old papers. This is prob the worst lo i have made in a while but oh well. I got my point across lol. So this week we have been working on the back splash in the kitchen. I tiled it and then today i did the grout. I totally love it. Its not done yet but i felt the need to show you guys a peak!!!! usually i pick things out( or paint -----im about to repaint my studio for the third time in 6 mon for instance) then bring them home and change my mind because the light made it look diff or the moon or my pms, but everything i have picked in the kitchen i truly love beyond belief...now if i can only find the curtain fabric i want :) Heres a pic of what this part of the wall used to look likeewe yucky huh!!!! I cant wait to be done.....and get a new pretty new ELECTRIC stove. Tiling was actually pretty easy for me. Maybe cus i used 1/4 in grout lines and that's totally the size i like my mats to be in scrapbooking??? It all goes together!! In other news tomorrow were building our garden beds!!!! Im so excited. I really cant wait to get semi free organic veggies. Im planting a little of everything. Lots of herbs. Yum-o. Lots of pics of that to come so get ready. Hope everyone is having a wonderful night!!! Be back sooner or later

I wish life was more like 1984

Reminiscing about simple and uncomplicated times. The times when drooling was allowed and there were no worries about water damaged walls. When life was full of smiles and some one else cleaned up the poop ;) I love John Mayer and his song 1983 always makes me think of carefree diaper days and my childhood. I guess one of my photo corners fell off in the picture taking process. gonna have too hunt for it. Ill be lucky if the dog didnt eat it :( I bought 2 new rugs for my kitchen Monday. Tues i found one outside covered with grass so i brought it in to wash it and apparently when we hooked the washing machine back up something went wrong. So the rug kinda disintegrated. Wed I get up happy day, let the dog out, go to shut the door when he came in(he can open the door himself sadly cant shut it) and i find rug number 2 in the yard with a hole in it. Thank god they were cheap ones but still geez. bad bad bad dog!!!
Tip of the day: Haul out those fabric scraps and wallpaper remnants for your next layout. They add texture and zing to any page!! The green paper i used on this is vintage wall paper.I got it here and i totally love it!! The bottom piece of the flower is diecut fabric. I didnt make this one but when i do i usually either cut the fabric by hand or run it through my cuttlebug with a sizzix die(flowers or circles or whatever you feel like). I think their dies cut fabric perfectly. I need to try cutting fabric with my Nestabillities. Not sure how it will work.....stay tuned!!!

Make time 2 Make ART

I have a problem......a buying problem ;) I have been cleaning my studio like crazy. Getting rid of stuff i know i wont use and i still have waaaaaaaaaay too much stuff. So I challenged myself to make 25 layouts by march (when the new release of alcohol inks comes out 24 colors!!!!) Until then im not buying anything but adhesive. I am also gonna use something that i have had for more then a year, but dont wanna give a way on each layout. This page has some Heidi swap ghost letters that i have had for way way longer then a year. I colored them with alcohol inks and stamped them with a background stamp so they would match my hambly transparency! Sorry the photo sucks. its 6 pm and the lighting sucks. Ill try to retake it tomorrow!!! Im off to make more pages. 22 more togo!!!

I have great excuses i promise!!!

So i have pretty much been remodeling my house everyday since my last post! I have been creating things too. Get ready for a ton of pics ;) This is what our kitchen started out as. Dark brown and boring YUCKY!!!! This is a pic of everything with primer and plastic and tape. We went through soooooooooooo much plastic and tape wow. Thats my mom in the pic too. She helped alot :) I have had my fridge in my entry way for 3 weeks. im glad its back where it belongs.This last one is from monday. We ripped up the dark floor and replaced it with bamboo woodfloor. i love it!! You can also see the color i chose for the walls. I forget what its called but it looks like the inside of a honey dew!! We still have alot to go, but were getting there slowly but surely! I cant wait to post the final before and after. Ok on to the pretty stuff....This is what I made from watching Donna Downey's video tutorial. She made a mini album, but i was feeling canvasy :) I like the muted colors, and it was fun to drag out crap i havent messed with in a while!!! I have quite a few lo to photograph and post so hopefully ill get back on track!!!