Cool creations

Summer is the time for craftiness and doing stuff! Here's some of what I've been doing...

 For a sweet manicure, cut out cool clips of magazines (to the actual shape of your nail is best, but I didn't figure that out till AFTER pics)...

I wanted those awesome typographic nails as you can see.

 Paint a clear layer onto your nails and once it's tacky, press the clipping onto your nail. Trim any access.

 Not perfect, but fun!

 Super secret peach lemonade that my guy taught me! YUM.

 Awesome french braid tuck on my sissy.

 Reversible apron for a friend getting married :) Find the pattern here.

This side has pockets too, but you can't really see. This was a fun project!

Now I'm off to try...

These little beauties! I feel so behind...never made a cake pop.

Until today my friends. Until today.

Singin kiddos

IBC had it's 4th of July celebration this past Sunday! So fun. And cute. You should've been there really, but if you weren't I'll give you a little taste of what went down and you will WEEP to not have been there and sit on the front row next kids show...whenever that is...Thanksgiving maybe??

 So cute!

 Twinkies!

 Oh my...

 White guys

 We had some fellas from Best Buy show up.

These two girls are the cutest!

 

I've been trying to post a video, but it is being impossible. Arg. But hopefully the pics give you the idea of the cuteness :)

Stuff I may do this week...

 

Hip hop class on Tuesday! I am SO EXCITED!! 

Note: I will be able to do this move in never amount of time.

Isn't this bracelet so cute? I have a pile of old tee shirts on my floor that I'm still trying to decide whether or not it's ok to rip up for this project.

 

Fruit flush. May try this out in a twisted sense of fun. I love junk food. Just had a bunch of it though visiting family over the weekend, and I like to "tune up" every once in awhile...aka go to the chiropractor and get snapped back in shape, go to the dentist and in this case: detox a lil bit.

But I'm still thinking about it. 

The splits!

Ok, so I prolly won't master it this week per se. But I'm closer than I've ever been in my life, which is way cool. 

I'll use this picture to say I'm gonna work out too.

I really have been getting better...honest! I have the upper body strength of a T-rex at this point!

Yeeeeeeeeah.

Gonna find this book and start it! Actually I've already started it. I'm guessing with all the bits and pieces I've heard/read in the past I've read half the book. But it will be nice to knock out the whole thing of it in one shot!

Highlights! Gonna figure it out and not be chicken! For real! Stop laughing! SHUT UP!

Bring it on Monday.

Summer's sumthin else!

May's almost over already! Being off school is cool stuff...I've had time to do more craftyish things, reading, cooking, etc. I have some design work to do over the Summer but I'm pushing it off :P Without further ado, pics of what I've been up to:

 Headband and matching card for a girlfriend. Find the pattern here!

 Summer means VBS and VBS means clowning! Funfun. Got a few gigs in the near future, plus leading worship time at our VBS as a human being! And this guy I met is really cool. He throws bread and stuff.

30% off sale at SAVERS!!!! Check out my goodies, for $22! Yay!

Yes, those are TOMS!!! I ordered size 7s, "new" off eBay, from "a United States seller" for $20. I figured they must be defective in some way. Soon after, I received a size 8 pair with the soles not glued down and arch padding on only the right shoe...from China. 

BUT!

They fit good enough for me to keep them, I glued the soles down and I'm still debating the left arch thing...I think one of those makeup sponges will do the job. Either way, I have toms and I'm happy about it! :)

See the colorful hair people? I won't do a million colors at a time like that, but looking forward to trying out some highlights! Got that box of bleach and 3 different colors for around $7 at Walmart yesterday.

Tried some new hair thing today. Kinda hard to see from the pics, but you get the idea right?

Cheese!

Today's agenda: Take the girlies out to see Mirror Mirror :D and maybe start coding a website :|. 

Bye now!

A random post

What's up with me these days? Hmmmmm...

Well first off, you should probably go see this movie. This particular love story I didn't fancy so well (but my bestie thinks it's sock-em'-bopper) and there are some elements I found sorta dumb, but the message is good :) It's not Facing the Giants or Fireproof, but it's nice to be able to go see a movie that is uplifting in more than just a feel goody sort of way. And my BUD will tell you I cried. This is only half true.

Where there's a do, there's a don't. Don't go see the Lorax. It's not a REAL Dr. Seuss movie. Don't waste your time unless you just wanna go see a random cartoon. Then you can go see the Lorax.

Been working on designing case statement and now a big huge project for the local food banks in our area. A lot of work, but still exciting. Ready to be done with this semester...5 weeks left! Or is it 6? Tell me not.

Went to a fantabulous concert over spring break and saw Kiros, Nine Lashes, Manafest, TFK and Red! Nine Lashes was the big thing for me, cuz I'd never seen them live before and Red was great, but not as good as when I'd seen them in the past. We have pics, so go look on Facebook.

Not last and not least either, MOVING HOUSE. Packing boxes and such like that. We're moving into a rent house next month, and I'm really happy it's in town.

ANNNNNNNNNND I just got really Pinterest and history paper distracted, forgot about this post, just found it again, and now it's time to go to sleep. Like a boss. Go me ;P

Oh, and the boys are back in soccer. Looking forward to some games!

Bye now.

Some good things shouldn't come to end.

Farewell to my first love. You will be missed.

A bit of design...

So I thought I'd compile some fun stuff I've been working on this last little bit in school. I've got a fantastic gang of classy people who can keep competition hefty, but are always there to help out and give advice and bring food :D I am so fortunate to have such an awesome class. My teachers also happen to be the best of the best. They push me to things I didn't know I could do and give of their time (in and out of school) to teach us great design. Without further ado, here's some stuff.

Graphic Design. Clean. Adobe Illustrator

Graphic Design. Quadrants, Playful. Photoshop

Graphic Design. Alphabet Postcard. Photoshop

Graphic Design.

Digital Illustration. Hand illustrated Caterpillar with Adobe Illustrator.

Digital Illustration. Ballet Tee Shirt Design. Adobe Illustrator. The local dance company selected this design as their company shirt. Waiting to meet with them to talk about revisions :)

Digital Illustration. Self-Portrait Playing card. Adobe Illustrator.

Advanced Type. Form & Counterform. Adobe Illustrator with Baskerville and Gill Sans.

Psalm 51:10

"Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me."

stead·fast

  [sted-fast, -fahst, -fuhst]

adjective

1.

fixed in direction; steadily directed: a steadfast gaze.

2.

firm in purpose, resolution, faith, attachment, etc., as aperson: a steadfast friend.

3.

unwavering, as resolution, faith, adherence, etc.

4.

firmly established, as an institution or a state of affairs.

5.

firmly fixed in place or position.

pure

  [pyoor] adjective, pur·er, pur·est.

1.

free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminatingkind; free from extraneous matter: pure gold; pure water.

2.

unmodified by an admixture; simple or homogeneous.

3.

of unmixed descent or ancestry: a pure breed of dog.

4.

free from foreign or inappropriate elements: pure Attic Greek.

5.

clear; free from blemishes: pure skin.

Christmas!!!!!

Decided to post a Christmas post with a shout out to my non-facebooking buddies Toria and Leesie :) They never get any cool pictures because I am a jolly rotten emailer and I never post on here. This post may be a little boring to the 239,245,8

57 rest of you who've all seen these pics on fb, but I don't care about y'all. Ok, I do. All right here come the pics, forgive the quality, they're all from my phone........

Egg nog night with fam, egg nog, chex mix and Kung Fu Panda 2! And a cuddly picture.

Did a little SAVERS Christmas shopping. There's No L. Yeah, No L? Noel?

Ha!

haha.

heh.

We found a hugeginormous chocolate santa.

Our Christmas tree!

And the gingerbread house contest!

Bird's house won the "Most Like a Bloody Massacre" award. Or "Best Pile of Lava". Take your pick.
Lou's won overall! The frosting snowman did it.

Zekers won "Best Little Gumdrop Hangy-down Thingy" or something. He was pretty stoked about it though.

Mayf's won "Most Robotic". Don't you agree?

Mine won "Most Delicious Looking", but I think all that red icing just looks nasty.

Floofy hair

And a first attempt at candy cane nails.

The chillens did a wonderful singing job at the Immanuel Christmas play, so let's see if I can get this vid to upload. Maybe. We'll see what happens.

And now the actual Christmas :) Didn't get many pics of the day, but here's an idea...

Pink laptop keys cover thingy! Fun present! Looks so awesome! Problem is the silicone gets stuck up under my spacebar and I can't hit it. So I just took it off. Still figuring out what to do there...any ideas?

Formal blowdarting with Caesar. Made him this tee with what once was a black fabric sharpie from Nana. Now it writes about as well as the wrong end of a candle. But the shirt turned out better than I thought.

Looking at all the stuff!!

LOOK at this stocking!!!!!! It's from my Efum, made by Lou. Apparently they schemed and schemed about how to make it for a long time and I LOVE IT!!!!! It completely made the day.

Me and Hun on Christmas night.

A couple of Christmas Quotes:

Dad (reading a Christmas picture book): "And the cows and sheep in the stable also bowed their heads with the wise men--wait, REALLY? That's not Biblical! What are we reading????"

Bird: "Zekey, let me teach you the secret handshake!"

Zekey: "Not right now. I'm busy working on the secret elbow strike."

And here's a story of what happened to me today, the day after Christmas. I woke up and it hit me like a lightning bolt that I had not heard one of my favorite Christmas songs come on the radio AT ALL this season. HEARTBREAK!!! I communicated my woe to some family members, who all said, "YouTube it, you can still listen to it, it's not too late", but it sorta WAS. Having special Christmas songs come on the radio of their own accord for the Holidays is one of the many irreplaceable sensations of the Season. So I sucked it up and went about life until tonight at 9:24, when almost home from a movie time at Honey's, lo, IT CAME ON AIR 1!!!!! Made my day!!!! By the way isn't that such a great word, "lo"? I think we should bring it back into this day and age. Like "I tried to X out of iTunes but lo, it took like 7 minutes". So doable. Anyway in the end, I even got to listen to my song. It's the little things that let you know God has your best interest at heart. This is the stuff that makes my heart just that little bit thankfuller. Oh, you want to listen to it too you say? Here ya go. Having someone else Youtube it for you is almost like it coming on of it's own accord...

Corny? I guess yes. Do I care. Nope.

Well, this is the end of my Christmas picture post. Hope you now feel oh so updated. Now I am off to read the Word of the Birthday Savior, then maybe one of the gems that came out of that stocking, then fall asleep looking forward to Valentine's day! :D

Some "I"s

Inspired by my dear Bekah I am now posting a quick post of "I"s.

I am...

Excited about my client meeting in digital illustration tomorrow.

Thankful for my newfound Pintrest, even if the server (or something) is very bad.

Looking forward to Thanksgiving break!

I want...

to try this sock hair curly thing I saw on Pintrest. If it works I will WAY be stoked.

I pray...

for my family

for my Man who's seeking Him

for the rest of this semester

I think...

That having random items for making various holiday goodies is ABSOLUTELY FANTABULOUS!!!!!!

I need...

To shower and catch up on psych

To get started with Christ

mas idears

And to update my iPhone

I made...

Pumpkin spice muffins tonight

I read...

Barely ever these days.

I have...

a New Year's resolution in mind already to regain my senior high school expertise at sending things via real mail.

And also I am...

wearing pigtails for the first time ever since I was 2 in this pic. Crazy man!

Currently me

How are my lovely followers? Check me out, actually posting DURING THE SCHOOL SEMESTER!!! *collective gasp* I feel bloggy, even tho I'm a bit behind in psychology...which is NOT as fun as I had anticipated. Anyway, what's up with me you ask?

Had a wonderfulawesomeblessed Saturday! I graduated to a green belt in TKD, testing is always fun stuff. Grandparents and GG have been visiting and came

to watch too! After we got home I pulled out the ol' sewing machine and sewed Honey's Instructor-in-training stripe along his gi collar and hemmed up his pants. He looks so handsome and I'm so proud he got that stripe. He gets to teach our TKD class while Mr. T is away and he is so excited (and I am too) :D. After my mad sewing skillz I grabbed my shopping buddy (Lou) and my chauffeur (Efum) and headed out to do some erranding. We made a SAVERS drop-off and Honey found an awesome shirt. Stopped at Sally's and I bought me some GiGi "Sugar Bare" wax. I did not have lovely luck with my last home wax can, as I utterly despise wax that is messy and doesn't ever come off OR bring offending hair off with it. But I tried this new stuff tonight and it works wonderful! It's water soluble so if you spill the wax all over you (which I always do) you can just rinse and restart. Ah-maze-in. Didn't know the Lord had created such cool stuff. Anyhoo, we went to Academy and Honey got some cool shoes to replace his holey ugly old ones. Sweetness! He then treated us two girls to Starbucks before we headed home (what a guy huh?!). However, my decidedly UNsalted caramel mocha frappe was yummy enough, but could have been made much better at home I think. We shall spare further detail, but suffice it to say that our "Reasons to go to Sweetbay instead of Starbucks" list got a lot longer :) Ended out the day watching BOLT with the fam over psychology homework. I am so thankful to have a sharp n smart honeyman to explain textbooks in english for me! He even drew me up some little illustrative doodles (now ur speaking muh language buddy boy! :P)!

This is him btw. Mhm :D

Moving past this day: I completed the James Challenge from wonderful church camp (I think, though I didn't keep very good track of what week was which). Love the book of James! Here's a lil snippet for thought: "Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need" James 4:16. Mmmmm-mmm!

How's school for people? My school is quite busy busy and pretty challenging, but fun. Life's most surely different being IN the graphic design program...we're not a freshman anymore! It feels funny to peek into the freshman class and see their sceered looks and not actually be feeling it anymore. More and more competition every day, though I am qu

ite friendly with and very much enjoy my Graphic Design classmates (like all the same 12 people :P).

Currently praying for my favorite teacher, who no longer works for UAFS and is quite gone away. I took a class from him both semesters of my freshman year and his quirky unexpectedness was the only certain thing on campus that year. No professor yet has ever seen so much in me that I didn't know I had, and believed in me and my work to where he'd bet his life on it. The analogy I think of is teaching someone to use a sword, then putting an apple on your head and fully trusting your student to thwack it (the apple, not your head) clean off with a razor sharp blade. He praised the work in just the right way, was always super laid back, and (when he had to) tore me down with my own talent. I miss him and he could stand some prayers as a human being even though I'm not for sure what's going on.

A few other things:

• I worked and consigned at the growing kids sale! So much fun and my earnings came back ok :)
• SAVERs 50% day that happened recently was healthy for my wardrobe! Then my sweet mumsy bought me more cool garage sale findings as a surprise...Aeropastale! My favorite! <3
• I have a really cute Zeke. Have you a really cute Zeke? You should.
• I am a thankful and contented lil girly! I mean, read my post, ain't you jealous of me? ;)
• Recent quote by mom, who found Caesar at our door one night: "Look what I found, it's a Marc in the dark. We will take him home. We will call him Clark." To those of you who do not recognize this as an amazing Dr. Seuss quote, I apologize but you're just not cool. These are the jokes people.

I can think of naught else to say, so I am off to fool around with my blog template...maybe :)