Of Crows & Sunglasses: Speedpaint

I posted a speedly painted watercolor here of this:

on {this blog.}

I wanted very much to finish it,

and here is the result:

Yay! Not too shabby for a speedpaint. :)

Purple Muppet!

With three eyes and eight legs, this is a tri-octa-purple muppet!

I made it from a fuzzy bathrobe I found at a thrift store.

With stripes and sparkling teeth, I shall call it purple muffit and it shall be mine...

...until I sell it. 

:)

muffit love!

Purple Flowers

I've been feeling a bit zombie-ish and under-the-weather lately, so I'm sorry if any of y'all 

were just waiting for the next post... 

(crickets chirping...)

Anyway, I'm feeling much better now, and I did manage to snap this photo of some very pretty purple flowers that I strolled past on a walk.

Cheers!

Ideas

Woooo.... that's a bright shade of paper.

"Creativity involves breaking out of the established patterns

 in order to look at things in a different way."

 -Edward de Bono

It also helps to share in ideas with and from other people. :)

Merry Christmas from Rita & I

I gave my pet rat, Rita, a gift bag for Christmas.

She already fell asleep in it.

I got lots of socks and lots of hugs.

Thank you!

Merry Christmas!

Happy Hanukkah!

Happy Winter Solstice!

Happy Celebration!

Here's a hug from me to you:

{(H U G)}

Lory's Jean Bag

For some reason when I see "Lory" and "Jean" together, I hear, "Norma Jean." Ha.

This is the purse that Melanie made.

This the purse that is made from jeans that Lory wore.

Those were the jeans that Lory loved.

Lory loved those jeans until they could no longer function as a wearable garment.

Lory decided she wanted a purse made out of the no longer wearable garment.

Melanie loved making this purse. Lory loves the purse.

Happy ending!

"Wildlife" Photographer

I have a pet rat. I say this and most people cringe, but I don't understand their reaction. Rita is the sweetest little pet in the world. She's meticulously clean, she's surprisingly smart (she comes when I call) and she likes to sleep on my lap while I do homework. She sitting on my lap while I'm typing right now, preening (or rather, she's preening me.) Did I mentioned she's potty trained?

I think the cringing reaction has to do with the whole bubonic plague thing that happened 500 years ago (which was actually caused by a flea on the rat, not the rat itself,) but people may still think that they're going to get some kind of disease. Well, because of our most excellent hygiene, my rat and I have had no contact with fleas that carry bubonic, so no worries. You're actually more likely to get sick from pet birds, but I'll stop there.

I took some photos of her and they were so cute, I couldn't stop. So then I took photos of my roommate's pet rat. I'm drowning in the cuteness here.

Rita

Kaylee

I think she is saying, "Feed Me Treats."

Stuart Fraser Salon

At the beginning of the week, I was invited to photograph the fantastic style going on at Stuart Frasier Salon. It was fantabulous! I think these photos speak for themselves when I say, y'all look gorgeous!