Paint paint paint

I am painting again!

and I’m really excited to use Gloss Varnish! ^_^
I’ve always wanted to make shiny glass like paintings and now I can. SO I’m going to varnish ALL THE THINGS!!!!!

Getting ready for a small local sale in April. Trying to make money to afford to buy things for face painting for the gigs I have this summer. So I figured, I have paint.. and lots of canvas, so lets try and sell some art.

I have sooo much to do to prepare for this summer but I haven’t had any contracts returned so I’m not making any moves yet.

but I need to buy a tent, restock paint, buy more brushes and sponges, get a menu board printed, get new cards printed, new shirt printed, finish web site, print new signs… to say the least.

So far I have (penciled in)

Art in the park show June 13th

School BBQ June 18 in the afternoon

Rib fest Aug 7, 8, 9th

doesn’t seem like a lot, but Rib fest alone is enough to give me an ulcer. lol

2014- make it count

Happy new year!

I wanted  to make this post yesterday but was feeling kind of uninspired and unsure.
I’m not one to make new years resolutions they never happen and only make me disappointed in myself but this year I am making life resolutions.
2013 was a difficult year in my life, a wasted year, a mostly un-memorable year.
Don’t get me wrong there were some wonderful beautiful things that happened but when I try to think about what I accomplished and what I experienced last year… I come up empty-handed.  I want this year to be different. I want to look back next year and feel proud to have lived another year. I want to feel accomplished even if its small things. You have to start somewhere, right? My major motivation to make this year count is that I am turning 30 this month and I can’t believe it. THIRTY! I knoooow it’s not a big deal, but at the same time it is!
I am honestly freaking out about turning 30.  Not because its “old” but because I feel like my 20th birthday was just last year. Time goes too fast and I can only check off a few things from my life’s to do list.

I’ve started a 43 things list to keep track of the things I would like to at least start this year.

Writing this post is step one.

I KNOW I wont be a daily blogger, but one blog a week maybe?

I feel that my resolutions fall into these categories

Home

I need to unfck my habitat. This website will prove to be a help. I found it a long time ago but have yet to use its wisdom.

Self

do things to become more satisfied with who I am inside and out.

Creativity

create more. paint, craft, diy-whatever!

Others

Volunteer, random acts of kindness.. just make someone smile.

So here’s wishing myself bonne chance!

lovin’ Bloglovin

With the imminent death of  Google reader upon us, I’ve had to find a new way to read blogs.
I tried to just favorite them one by one and go though them daily.. but what a chore!

So I started looking for other readers.

Bloglovin was the first one I found and I honestly I just stopped there. I’m sure there are other wonderful feed readers out there, but I’m a believer in love at first sight (and too lazy continue my search)
Bloglovin gave me what I needed, a new easy to read feed and joy! it syncs with Google reader 🙂
I do enjoy the search feature and the social aspect of bloglovin followers, only thing I miss is the automatic “read” Google reader gave you. All in all its a great trade so far and I don’t have eleventlybillion favorites to go though 🙂