Stuff and Progress!

Look! I've been up to some things. Although one of them obviously wasnt "updating her blog" A-hyuk-yuk!!

Lets start of with something from the vault. A pair of boobies. They were a gift for my friend, who is an artist in his own right. (click to view it larger)

Then I got crafty, and the Mister and I put together this bit of fall for our door

 

For Christmas, we put together this Nightmare! Get it! It's a joke!

In the mean time, I've also been working on a painting of my friends dog as a thank you gift for puppy sitting Margot.  This is a teaser. In progress and final shots coming soon.

 

Also kind of obsessed with these guys. I might do a paiting (or 2) of them.

And I've got some other poppin' fresh ideas just waiting to be shelled out. What? I don't know. I need sleep.

Endor indoors! Get it! It's a joke!

Behold! A table terrarium? Isn't that's sweet. But wait, whats this? If you look closer...

There's an ewok in my bowl.

Quite a few of them actual, with a couple of friends (can you spot them?) Fighting off imperial forces!

A battle is being waged in what looks like a river bed. Of some sort. (Yes, I added the walkers later)

View from above.

What's that in the trees?!

This was a lot of fun to make. A quick, reasonably priced nerdy craft project.  I got the idea after stumbling across a sweet stash of mico machine star wars toys at a local toy shop. If people are interested, I might start an etsy account selling "kits" for these bad boys since I kind of  stock piled on toys. Or maybe a lucky few will get some Star Wars/Nature related Christmas gift. Yay!

Things in my apartment that make me happy

So what are some of the things I do when I'm not arting? I'm concocting crazy plans and ideas to improve the aesthetic value of the first real place I've lived in on my own. Slow to start (since I kind of had to figure out what kind of design style I had a taste for..) and then you know, taking breaks here and there. Mostly for my wallet but also for my (and not to mention my boyfriends) sanity.

Also, our place was kind of ehh.. so regretfully I didn't take many before or process shots as I wanted to get everything done and over with. I found a few before/process picks, and an old photo I took of myself in the bathroom last year (yeah yeah I know, it was for an art reference if it makes it any better)

Oh yeah, this was the original paint job we moved into. This wasn't done by us. I really wanted to punch whoever painted this place before us.

Before:

herp derp. At least you can kind of see the sad, awful color cream walls and the old shower curtain. It was a'ite.

Ok now for the glorious after! Peppered with things that make me smile!
After:

Oh yeah, that's a brand "new" fancy medicine cabinet that I found from local "industrial thrift store" (?) Urban Ore. If you live in the bay area, its definitely worth checking out. Especially if you're into remodeling your place on the cheap and diy. Be warned, its dusty and smells a bit of cat pee.

The end! Yay! In case you haven't figured it out by now I'm basically a large woman-child. I'm sure as I get older my place will become less whimsical and more classical but being a big kid is still fun.




And thus concludes the mini tour of my place, which I think will always be a work in progress, weather I stay here another year or move somewhere else. Hope you enjoyed!