Coffee Awakening

Sitting here under a blanket with my warm doggie cuddling next to me, is having me really craving for a nice warm creamy latte. Sadly with no espresso machine and unable to still drive, here are a few coffee images that makes up for it....well...kind of ;).

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Truth

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For us coffee addicts

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He's so cute! I don't think I could drink it.

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Apparently it's a fashion statement too!

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One of my fave pieces

A bad arm = no good for an artist

For almost now the past month I've been put on Workers Comp for my arm deciding to crap out on me. I found out I have tendonitis of the elbow, forearm, wrist, and thumb making my whole right arm useless. I'm unable to drive (and in LA you are pretty much stuck if you don't have a car), use a computer (thank goodness for my Ipad), bake, sew, or play video games.....so all in all this creative person is going stir crazy.

but...because of my lovely godsent Ipad I've been on Pintrest a lot! I've been thinking about when I get my own house instead of a rental, what color palettes I would do for the rooms. Here are a few pick so far from this week! (I need to do something creative, even if it's just creating imaginative boards!)

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Master Bathroom, i have to have a pink bathroom! soft pink tiles, cream walls, chocolate brown towels and coral and aqua accents!

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Guest room colors

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Kitchen colors

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Calming guest room bathroom colors

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Craft room colors

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Living room colors

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Dinning room colors

Ipad Class

Last night was the first of two classes to learn how to paint on a Ipad. While in class I learned how to make my own stylist (which I will post later) and which programs to use. I had already had sketch book pro but I have to say that procreate is a better/easier program if all you want to do is do some quick sketching. To the left is one the sketches I did after class....I have to say using a stylist makes it a lot easier to draw.

Sew Me Silly

For a long time I've always wanted to make my own clothing so I wouldn't have to deal with the issues of "it's too big here, but too tight there!" syndrome that every woman has. Another reason why I  wanted to start making my own clothing because everything that I love (anthro i'm looking at you) is soooo expensive!

This Christmas santa read my gift list and got me a sewing machine!!! whee!!! So all amped and set to go I ran to my nearest Joann's and bought some fabric and patterns....let me say one thing....ZIPPERS SUCK!

I took out my first pattern every and studied all of it before I started to cut...now my first skirt took awhile, a lot of sewing and undoing what I did, but as you can see below (the bright green one) I didn't do too bad. A few days later I did a second one and it went a lot faster than the first. 

First Skirt 

wip second skirt

second skirt is an a line skirt

Hoot

So over the holiday break i took some time to do a few sketches. This one was by far my favorite one.

Free Gift Tag Printables

For those of you who are in a final rush to get all your gifts wrapped and forgot to buy some gift tags....no worries! Over at Creature Comforts there was a long list of  free printable holiday gift tags and below are a few selections that I liked the most. enjoy!


1. Hello Lucky Gift Tags designed by Susy Jack - How About Orange

2. Dear Santa Tags from A Field Journal

3. Christmas Hangtags from Lemon Squeezy

4. Reindeer Hugs Gift Tags from Eat Drink Chic

5. Holiday Gift Tags from Sea Urchin Studio (via Grit)

6. Gift Tags from By Bora

7. Gift Tags from Love Mae (also be sure to see the Love Mae exclusive design available in the back of Gifted Magazine)

8. Rustic Wood Type Tag Suite from Ellinee (via Mary)

9. Holiday Tags from Love vs. Design - see more free printables from Love vs. Design Here(via Holly)

10. Holiday Scrapbooking Printables (seven different designs available) from We Love to Illustrate

Pinterest Picks- Retro Christmas

This round of pinterest picks i decided should be about christmas since it's just a few days away! some of you know that i'm really into the whole retro/mid century modern look so i did a  retro christmas search. i love the image on the right, the cute deer with ornaments displayed on the antlers, and i love the little angel christmas band on the bottom!

have a great christmas everyone!