happy easter!

Happy Easter! I love Easter because BUNNIES (: Bunnies and candy! I haven't updated in a few weeks, it seems. During my spring break I went on a day trip with my dad! It was fun. We ended up going to DC, to the National Gallery of Art. I would have loved to visit other museums, but we only had time for one, sadly.





















I didn't take too many pictures. (My camera battery was low and I forgot to charge it, haha.)  This painting on the right is by Luca Giordano, entitled Diana and Endymion. It gave me some serious Sailor Moon vibes, obviously, haha. I had a wonderful time. (I think my dad was fairly bored though. He's more of a landscape paintings in the living room only kind of guy.) They had a special Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood gallery, which was lovely. I would have loved to have taken some picture in there, but photography was banned in that section of the museum, unfortunately.

The rest of my spring break was (for the most part) spent at work, but I did manage to use some of my free time to draw! The drawing on the right is called Meow. I have always thought hairless cats to be so cute and wrinkly. They need more appreciation! The colors in the background are kind of unappealing, but this was mostly done just for practice/fun. I used colored pencils, markers, watercolors, and a white paint marker. I also made my boyfriend a very *manly* lighter as a gift, haha. I love little DIY projects like this. I also made some of my co-workers some "break time" lighters using stickers from the place we work, haha.

This week, I've been doing almost nothing but go to school/work. I did spend the night with my boyfriend the other night though. We ended up watching a lot of things on Netflix/eating candy. (In which I made him watch Thumbelina with me, haha.) Art-wise, I managed to crank out this sticker/magnet design.

Originally, the rose was to be pink, but I used the wrong shades, so I had to make it red, but I don't think it turned out bad.

I've been printing lots of stickers, haha.
The paper I've been printing them on makes them transparent though, which means I have to place them on a white surface for them to show up correctly. I went to Staples the other day though and bought some regular sticker paper, so we'll see which works better.

So far I've been keeping a log of where I put the stickers to keep up with them. I've only placed three of them on campus, and one of them has already been removed. Bummer.

Lastly, just going to show off this lovely dress I bought! The green/purple colors are perfect! I've never been a fan of this high-low thing? But I actually really like it in this case. The dress is a little big on me, but I think it will shrink in the wash anyways.

I am really in the mood for spring, I have so many things I want to do. I am so ready for school to be over with! (Plus I want to wear cute dresses without having to wear tights/sweaters with them.)

Thanks for reading!

spring break is finally here!

I'm so glad spring break is finally here. I've had a hectic last couple of weeks because of midterms. Now I can finally do a little bit of relaxing (even though I'm working this weekend and next week). I hope to do some art projects and some shopping this week too!

I managed to finish my "woodland creatures" magnet set this week. The designs feature a raccoon, deer, fox, opossum (and hummingbird)! They were made using watercolors, colored pencils, and marker on watercolor paper, and then printed onto magnet paper.

The first batch I made came out super pixelated, but I manage to  iron out the printing error, and the next batch came out just fine.

I hope to sell these soon. A friend of mine has mentioned a boutique that might sell them for me (which I am far to excited about and am probably just getting my hopes up over). I hope to eventually put them up on etsy too..whenever I get around to listing things and such on there. I'm thinking of making some more designs. Maybe an "undersea creatures" theme?

My next projects include a commissioned toms design and a collaborative drawing with my boyfriend which I am super stoked for! I'll be doing the basic sketch for it, and he will be doing the lines. I will be doing the colors, and then he will be doing some extra linework over the colors. I'll definitely be taking some process pictures to upload. I love drawing with him (:

That's all I have for now. Thanks for reading!

weekend adventures + midterms

I had a very nice weekend. Spent some time with my friend, who stayed with me over the weekend. We did quite a bit of shopping together. On Sunday we went out for lunch with another mutual friend of ours, and it was lots of fun! I made quite a few purchases, and I feel as though I spent a lot of money! (Though most of the things I purchased were paid for using old gift cards.)

I had a $20 gift card for Forever 21 that I spent on a few necklaces, as well this ICEE tank top. The necklaces were super cheap (like $2-$3), and I love the colors! I especially like the rose pendant, as I can easily take it off and put it on my plain black velvet choker and wear it that way as well. I don't really like to buy things from Forever 21 because everything is cheaply made and Forever 21 has a bad business history, but I had a gift card so I figured why the hell not.

I also had a gift card for Ross, which I spent most of buying some shoes as a gift for my friend. However, I spent $5 of that card on some nifty sunglasses! I love the colors/pattern on them.

I've been wanting a 'wreck this' journal for a while, and the other night after my friend and I had dinner with my boyfriend, we stopped at Target, and I finally managed to come across one! I can't wait to get started on it. I've skimmed through the pages and it seems very interesting.

My friend and I also hit up a few thrift stores, in which I came across an awesome dress that I managed to snag for only $16. It fits a little bit tighter than I would prefer, but it is an XS, and I just prefer things to be a little bit bigger on me anyways. Regardless, I am very happy with it. For now, since it is still winter weather, I can wear sweaters over it, but I can't wait to wear it out during the spring. The color of it is perfect. (I'm very much into the aqua shades, if you couldn't tell. It's almost obnoxious.)


Also, the week before, I did a little thrift shopping of my own, in which I purchased this nice velvet shirt for only $1.50!!

In other news, my art productivity has been put on hold for now. I have midterms this week and the week after, so most of my free time this week is going to have to be devoted to studying. Sighhhhh. It's a shame because I have so many ideas right now but no time! School, school, studying, school, studying, school, work, studying, work, work, repeat. It's a never ending cycle. I hope I can manage my time well and maybe squeeze in a few art projects. I guess we'll just have to see!