All Natural

See those red eye balls I'm wearing? Yeah...they were caused by an allergic reaction to BRAND NEW tube of revlon eye liner. A week later, after wearing only all natural eye liner that I purchased at work, I tried some cover girl eye liner and it happened all over again. Except worst. My eyes are finally back to normal, but only after having to work with bright red eyes and endure endless comments about my questionable eyes. 

I get it. I looked like I was high, or like I had been crying for hours. But what I don't understand is why after years of using these brands have my eyes decided to reject them! The only thing that I can come up with is that they changed ingredients and it just set me off. Some people have told me that sometimes your body can only only take things for a certain amount of time and will finally give up, and that also sounds like a reasonable answer. 

Whatever the answer is, I don't like it. I am happy to only be wearing all natural makeup, I mean, I only eat organic peanut butter and potatoes now, but I'm not happy to be walking around like an emotional pot head. 

A new purse...made by me!

Look what I made! All by myself! Well...with help from my Grandma...but I did all the sewing and cutting! She pretty much just told me how to read the pattern. I get a little confused with that stuff. I'm very proud of the purse, and cannot wait to sew some more!

Happy Birthday Betty White!

Happy birthday Betty! She's one of my favorite old gals, and I love that I got to grow up with such a perfect role model. She's sweet classy lady, who makes me laugh out load and want to rescue an animal at the same time. I'm so happy that with all the crazy celebrities we have out there that we have Betty to show us how it's really done! Bravo Betty!

Gettin Green

I got a new water bottle today. Normally I wouldn't brag about such a thing, but this has to be by far my favorite water bottle! It's made out of glass, and the green is all grippy so I don't brake it. Yes, this is what we call environmentally friendly my friends. I hate buying plastic water bottles when I can just fill one up over and over again. Especially a cute one like this. 

I also found out that today is the premier of Downton Abbey! I completely forgot that it was coming back the beginning of January, and stumbled upon the ad by chance! Thank goodness I saw it, or I would be pretty ticked off.

Western Movie Marathon

There has been a lot of John Wayne movies on AMC lately. My Dad grew up with John Wayne, and there for, so did I. When I was younger I thought his movies were pretty boring, but now as I grow older and re-watch them I think they're pretty amazing. Especially compared to a lot of movies that are made today (yeah, I'm talking about you Gigli). Now that I'm not living with my parents anymore, when ever I see a John Wayne movie on TV I start watching. It does get me a little homesick, but it brings me back to some good memories with my Dad. And thanks to John Wayne on AMC, I've been introduced to Hell On Wheels, which is good piece of western television if I do say so myself!

Making you smile

In these cold, dark, and boring days of January, I thought I would send you some warm, bright, and exciting images of the family dog. Here he is at my Dad's, enjoying the summer weather and my Dad's flamingo. 

Pure joy. What could be better?

Top 2011

Things I accomplished in 2011:

1. Crocheting a winter headband 

2. Continuing on in the idea of finishing what I started: crocheting a tunnel scarf

3. Learning how to enjoy, and finish a glass of red wine

4. Learning that if I'm going to use photo booth in my living room, to do it on the right side of the couch

2012 Excitment

What shows am I excited for this year? Well, Mad Men for starters. I realize it's not till March, but I love that show more and more every episode! My favorite Mad Men moment? Lawn Mower.

The Closer is ending this year, but I'm still excited for the finale. I know watching it makes me seem like, as my friend Matthew says, a "80 year old man", but I don't care. I love me my crime drama!

 THE HOBBIT. It's not coming until the END of 2012, but I am so excited for it I'm re-reading it! Well, I shouldn't even say I'm "re-reading" it. I read it when I was in middle school, didn't understand a thing, and don't remember it, so I should say I'm reading The Hobbit before it comes out in theaters.

Ahhh Downton Abbey. How I have missed you. I keep trying to convince my boy friend that we need to travel to England so I can watch it already! I get that they have a license thing, but darnit I want to watch it already!

So, this may be the elementary school girl Leonardo Dicaprio lover in me, but I am SUPER excited for Titanic: Blood and Steel. I'm mainly excited to learn about the history. I feel like, although James Cameron came out with a great movie, he kind of skated right over the actual history that is, Titanic. This has the issues of women's rights at the time, and gets more in depth of the actual people on the ship (ahem, check out Chris Noth as JP Morgan!).

I enjoy learning about the royal family. I also enjoy learning that the Duchess can get a clothing company out of red because she wears their clothes! If I could afford it, I would certainly try to dress more like her. Of course, our jobs are a bit different. She travels the world getting informed on world issues, while I work with flowers and typically splash buckets of water all over myself. Wearing a 300 dollar dress may not be the most appropriate choice for work, but I can dream!

By the way, I disagree with the woman that says she needs a stylist. She's apart of the royal family for goodness sakes! What, do you want her dressing like Lindsay Lohan with her who who peeking out? What is wrong with someone dressing respectfully? We're an odd society if we thinking someone dressing well for their body is bad.

Glee - River Deep, Mountain High por pedrinhorafa no Videolog.tv.





Currently my favorite song, and favorite duet on Glee. Although I enjoy most Glee songs, this is one of the best in my opinion.

Meat

I'm working on a freelance piece with my old teacher from MCAD. It's for their animation collaboration class; this is Meat. It's a youth baseball piece that's trying to promote the idea of kids going outside to play, instead of sitting inside with their video games.

Happy Halloween! Love, Linus and Sally

My boyfriend and I went pumpkin hunting this year, and got ourselves this wee little guy! He was too perfect for me to carve into, so I named him the Great Pumpkin, and painted some Peanuts characters for decoration. Of course Linus was my number one pick. His love for the Great Pumpkin always makes me smile. And always gets me in the Halloween mood!

Happy Halloween!

William and Catherine - The Beginning

Here is the start of my portrait for my William and Catherine. You've got Buckingham Palace in the background, Westminster Abbey, and the House of Parliament. In the middle will be William and Catherine on a horse drawn carriage (a little "Cinderella" moment going on...) with confetti, crowds of people, and houses will be sticking out on the sides. I've actually colored Westminster Abbey since I've taken the picture, but I wanted to post this regardless. Oh, and I should explain that this is actually 3 canvases taped together in the back. Once I'm all done I will take off the tape and it will be 3 pieces that I will space out a bit.

I wanted to emphasize the church, government, and royalty of England. Being from US, I find it interesting that this country was once ruled by one person who was born into their position, to now a person who is voted on. And yet, even though the royal family is no longer in charge, they still mean a lot to England as a whole. I think this marriage is the best example of that. William (a royal) marries Catherine (a commoner) and this brings together exactly what is happening to this country. It's not like a think this is a bad thing in anyway, I just find it interesting!

Anyways, that's where I'm at so far. I'm also painting a pumpkin! I'll post pictures soon!

The Finished Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon Portrait

It's done...done done done done! I know, it's been a while. Sad, seeing as how the only thing that I needed to finish was the pictures on the wall. I'm going to keep them the same for every portrait. Behind Henry is his brother, Arthur (Catherine of Aragon's first husband). On the left, behind Mary, is Henry VII, Henry VIII's father. And right in the center is his "crest" if you will. As he get's older it changes. But this was it for his early reign. 

So the Anne Boylen portrait is next, and I'm currently painting the William and Catherine one. Yeah, out of order...but that's how my mind works. I should be posting process work of that, but I'm being lazy with my posts. That's got to stop! I'd like to blame work, but that's a pretty lame excuse, so I'm just going to say that I was enjoying my Minnesota summer weather, and now that it's cooled down, the art work will come out faster!

What has been happening

This is what's been going on in my world lately

One year later...diploma = framed!

Here it is! After a couple of months of sitting at school (because I didn't feel like driving out there) and then about a year of sitting in it's original envelope at the bottom of my scrap book box, I finally got it framed! A nice, shinny gold frame...I love it! I'm not usually too excited about diplomas (my AFA and high school one's are...somewhere...) but this frame made me pretty pumped. 

I also felt like bragging about my "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster. It was only 8 dollars! 

Steve the giraffe!

My friend Nikki with Steve. She thought he was a thumbs up! (He was her house warming gift)

Steve is finally finished, with a quote from Mr. Pablo Picaso:

"God is really another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, he just keeps trying other things."

Mountain Top!

I'm trying to decorate my apartment with lots and lots of pictures. My parents never really did, and my ex was very much into the "white wall" look. And although I'm not painting my walls, I will be putting lots of photos on my walls! So far Everything that I've already had framed is up (I've only been in my apartment for 2 months now, so I don't feel bad that it's not all decorated yet) and now I'm trying to figure out what pictures I want to print off and frame. Most of the stuff that's up is art work and posters. So this mountain top is something I took while I was off in Colorado. I have another one, but blogger isn't a fan of it. (I think it's something about the length or something...I don't know)

By the way, I'm melting. It's uber hot here in the MN and I'm just not a fan. I'm sitting next to the fan and I'm not sure if I'll ever fall asleep. Last night I woke up and decided that the bed was radiating heat and was thinking about throwing out the feather mattress that I sleep on, and usually brag about.

Tomorrow I will be finishing, and posting my giraffe painting that I've been working on. His name is Steve, and along with the royal series that I've been working on, I'm also doing a safari animal thing. I'm not sure how it started (I honestly think it's from when I purchased two scarfs from Heartbreaker, one with zebras and another with elephants and cheetahs, but I'd rather not admit that) but I'm rolling with it!

Finished?

I think I'm done with this one...I'm just debating if I want pictures on the wall.

Catherine of Aragon (as of June 16th...)

Here is the latest in my Henry VIII portrait series! I've decided the background is going to stay the same in all 6 portraits, it seems to make sense to me since all that changes is his wives (and his weight). I'm working hard to get all the details on the background where I want them to be, and then I can move on to Anne Bolyn! Oy, but I keep changing my mind with everything! Floor colors, rug color and DESIGN (yes, I'm still obviously still working it out) and wallpaper. BUT I'm getting it down, and once the rug is done (I want it to be pretty detailed) I'm going to add some pictures in the background.

I'm glad I've started this series. It's bringing back my art itch!