Kitchen Table Workspace

Even though I have a desk in the basement, I can't help but bring all my stuff upstairs and work on homework & art on the kitchen table. And yes, that's a pint of Ben & Jerry's in the top photo.

Recent Purchases

 

I loved my peacock paper cut so much that I scanned it in and made little stickers from the design. Now I have 250 stickers just for the heck of it. Check out stickerguy.com if you ever need stickers. They're awesome and worth the wait!

Look at my newest addition to my wee art collection! Sweet miniature porcelain artwork by: Ashley G. Beautiful!

What have you bought lately?

It's Been Awhile

A few weeks ago I was invited to participate in a nearby photography exhibit. The theme was "Visions of Old Glory" and involved photos of the American Flag. Here's the image that I came up with, thanks to the creativity of my kiddo, and it's received great feedback. My ol' Pentax k1000 never fails me. My kiddo never fails me.

It's been a great summer so far, with few downfalls sprinkled about. I know it's been a month since I've last updated, and I hope readers haven't moved on. I'm still here, I'm still making art. I just needed a little summer vacation from the blog.

Let me give you a hint of what I've been up to: driving 13 hours to Michigan with my two favorite boys, staying up for 48 hours, discovering a new allergy, nine days with family and still not seeing everyone, losing my darling Nintendo DS and four of my favorite games, being brave in front of a biker bar, grand hugs and hoping for everything to be okay, seeing how cancer affects everyone nearby, choosing between sleep or an adventure (adventure wins!), wishing and hoping on stars, clouds, clocks, whatever's nearby, realizing I'm not as strong as I think I am, realizing I am as strong as I think I am, long "grown-up" talks with my best friend, hunkering down and working as hard as possible, being in love, paying debts, taking time to read a book or two, a new small painting, taking chances and asking, slow times at the tattoo shop and itching to work on any tattoo at all, newspaper interview and saying "that's cool" in print, watching my daughter learn and grow and thinking I might be doing okay by her, mornings spent cuddling, appearing in a local magazine, becoming a soccer mom!, watching Maz be strong and trying her best, internet-only accounting class and getting the hang of it, and making the most of it, the good and the bad, it's my life and it's mine to love.

Things I Love Thursday

It's Things I Love Thursday time! Here's a pile of things I've been lovin' on lately:

Make Yourself Happy - Journal Comics by Lucy Knisley (She signed it AND drew a picture of her cat! AWWWWESOME! + drew a little face on the envelope...Double Awesome!), 120 film (Bought 20 rolls the other day!), Photobooths and kissy faces with the hubs, a postage stamp with Mackinac Bridge (totally want to go there!), a drawing of a Painted Lady Butterfly by Alicia of Ten Dollar Drawings (Love it!), Plus other things not in this photo: taking a few days off from the computer, being able to be a part of old friends' lives thanks to Facebook, lunch dates with the kiddo, Tetris!, reading in bed with the hubs, hearing Maz's laugh when she's playing with Dexter, supportive tattoo clients and their faith in my talent regardless of how long I've been tattooing, and so much more!

Like I mentioned above, I'm taking a bit of an internet hiatus. I'll be back in July with more art and photos to share! Since I always have my phone, I'll be updating the Twitter if you miss me too much: http://twitter.com/fawne