Things my Fairy Godmother Should have Warned me About...

There is a quote that I thoroughly enjoy and it goes a little something like this "Forget the Prince, I was only in it for the shoes." Shoes are fantastic, any women will tell you that. She will also tell you that no matter how much you love them, there is always that pair, or pairs in my case, that you have a love/hate relationship with. They are the shoes that have a heel so high no sane woman would wear, or a pointed front in which you need to lotion up your feet just to slip into. I refer to these as Limo shoes. Shoes that are only ment to be seen getting out of your limo and walking down a very short walkway to your destination - not ones you would like to walk a few blocks in. Gorgeous but deadly. I swear I have a lesson I'm getting to.

This weekend I went to a good friends Stagette, filled with far to much food and lots of wonderful ladies. On saturday night we went out to a few bars and I made the mistake of wearing those "Limo shoes" that I borrowed from a friend, and may have not been my size :s. After about an hour and a half of walking 5 blocks then dancing my little heart out I was barley able to walk. I made the horrible mistake of choosing vanity over longevity. Yes beauty is pain, but when you start to walk like the hunchback of notre dame then it no longer is sexy. I had to trucker back to the truck, in the pouring rain, shoes in hand, bare feet on the dirty ground just to get my flip flops I had so sillily left in the truck. This is the moment in time I wish my fairy godmother would have intervened and told me to throw my flip flops in my purse because I would be risking massive trauma to my feet.

Ladies, please learn from my mistake and take it from me. Either bring a purse you can throw a pair of flip flops in or invest in the Dr. Sholls ballet flats, which come so conveniently packaged in a small case. They are a life saver when you feel like you wanna amputate your feet because they are in so much pain.

Here it is! My very first picture upload. This is a little piece of a portfolio I am putting together for my design portfolio/school application. It is still unfinished and in the process of being done.

I started out doing a thick coat of white oil paint - bad idea, oil takes a lifetime and a half to dry which means you have to be EXTREMELY patient, which I am not. While the white was on I went in and added the purple and blue detail. I really had no direction in mind I kind of just started to play.

After about a month of drying time I was finally able to play with the canvas a bit more. Right now I have a HUGE obsession with birds...not real or realistic looking birds, just silhouettes and drawings. I drew and cut out 2 birds. One from a piece of paper I had collected over the years (I tend to buy things, be it paper or craft materials that I like -even if I have no use for them at the time) the other from an old book I got for free from a garage sale - garage sales are the best place to find things to re-purpose or in my words "destroy". Everything is inexpensive and you can barter for lower prices.

I will be adding a sentence of some sort to the painting, I'm thinking something along the lines of "Breathe deeply, Live Freely, Love Sweetly" all in black paint but stamped on so it doesn't look perfect.

As soon as I have added something else to the painting I will post a new pic. Happy creating everyone <3

Are you open?

How open are you willing to be today? How much fear will you face to be the most authentic and truthful version of yourself? Your moment is now. Right now. Not when you have your proverbial - pardon my french, shit together, nor when you have the money/house/body/soul mate - NOW. Why waste time, own it. Love yourself enough to be here in this moment and rock it.
Ciao bellas <3

Welcome to my blog! This is the very first post of hopefully many. I am an obsessive freak when it comes to crafts, art and design. I feel as if I have A.D.D when it comes to creating or being in an art/house wares store. This blog will help me to share all of my art projects, whether I like them or hate them, any design ideas or creative things I come upon as well as any goodies I might try to make. Please enjoy! Ciao bellas <3