I’m a sucker for taking photos of colorful spots everywhere I go. I’m sure you can tell from all my graffiti photos. Color just catches my eye, constantly.
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Nail polish is my new go-to paint source these days. Any project I work on, I bring out my pail polish before acrylic. The gloss finish is more appealing, and I have a ton of color variety of nail polish. It just kinda works for me right now.
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Holidays and birthdays bring out the crafty in me. Handmade gifts are kinda the best kind of gifts anyway.
For Christmas, I decorated these tea towels for a friend. She always quotes our favorite wise subway lady in Coming To America.
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You know when you don’t have cable but you still get a few channels for free when you plug in the cable cord? Well, surprisingly, we don’t get channel 2 or any of the other basic channels. Instead, we have the LAFF channel and the Grit channel. Because we don’t have a good, wide variety of channels, we tend to only watch LAFF.
On that channel, I’ve watched a whole lot of Night Court, Roseanne, Drew Carey Show, and That ’70s Show. I’m not a big fan of That ’70s Show, but it’s growing on me. I’ve mostly been watching it for the psychedelic scene transitions, and Jackie Burkhart’s outfits.
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This year, I’ve been trying to expand outside of my 9-6 job and do some freelance work/side project fun. One thing that is a “practice what you preach” for me involves sending out emails to people and/or companies and inquire about any sort of freelance or submissions. At the end of the day, what do you have to lose? It never hurts asking even if these people and companies aren’t looking for extra or outside help.
So I came across a “help wanted” Insta post for a pin company and I thought, “hey, yolo”. After some back and forth and some test designs, it ended up being a bust which is a bummer, but these things happen. Companies knows their aesthetic and what their customer wants. I guess I was right at the border but couldn’t fully cross over the line to what they were looking for.
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I’ve been busy the past few months working on a bunch of stuff on the ~dl~. At the same time I’ve been getting reacquainted with drawing and illustrating. I went to school for illustration, so I feel a little shameful when I say I’m a bit rusty. I’ve been loaded with personal crafty and sewing projects that it felt weird focusing on drawing everyday.
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Sounds kinda full of myself to assume that I know what it’s like to be a mermaid. BUT if I wanted to live the mermaid life, I would be all about things that revolve around scales, glitter, gold, pastel, and elegance. Keeping that in mind, I compiled a list of things that I felt represent mermaids and captures the elegant feeling we all think of when we think of these classy sea gals.
So if you want to live the modern mermaid life, here are materialistic things for you to consider having!
01. Mermaid Shampoo & Conditioner – From reviews I’ve read all over the ‘net, this company has managed to capture exactly what mermaid hair smell like. I have the Shine Spray and it’s the best thing I could have purchased for my hair to shine while smelling uh-mazing.
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As much as I want to preach about how we need positive distractions from the election aftermath, I feel like a hypocrite saying so because I can’t help but ignore positive distractions. I’m frustrated and can’t stop thinking about our future and the people already being affected by the hate that was promoted, but I have to get myself back to my everyday life. And so should you.
Here is a project I had in the back of my mind for a few weeks before I acted on it.
I first came across a wall divider made of rope and it sparked an idea. I looked to Pinterest for more inspiration, as well as bouncing ideas with my roommate.
I liked the idea of beads, and I have a TON of beads I didn’t know how to utilize. They were mostly those chunky beads you use when you’re young to make really colorful and tacky bracelets and necklaces. Being a hoarder, I saved them all and thought hanging them up as room dividers would be a great place to use them.
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Last week I posted about a Stranger Things tapestry I created and uploaded to my Redbubble account.
After double checking to make sure the size of the file was correct, I ordered the smallest tapestry size because it fits our wall best. It didn’t take too long to be delivered, but we were on the edge of our seats waiting to see how it’d come out.
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It’s October. Mid-way into the spooky autumn month. The leaves are falling and people are getting ready for Halloween.
Being a summer time hit, Stranger Things is still just as relevant as it’s still spooky, and you know it’s gonna be such an influencer for Halloween costumes.
As I’m still fixing up the apartment, I’m working on upcycling a whole lot of furniture I own and crafting a whole lot of cute decoration to make this space more fun. There’s so much I want to do but I’m taking baby steps to make sure they look finished and professional.
On top of the couch is quite the open empty wall space. I knew a tapestry would look great in that space, but it was a tough to make a decision to pick the right design on, say, Society6 or Redbubble or any retail store. There were SO many to choose from.
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