Saturday, March 31, 2012

WoW Junkie

Only a handful a people know that I have an addiction....that is an addiction to WoW (World of Warcraft)....FOR THE HORDE! I have to say thanks to Blizzard for creating a game that I love so much and a game that I can play with just one arm which keeps me from going stir crazy. Well, Blizzard has now feed my fire of addiction even more with their new expansion coming out Mists of Pandaria.

Pandaria, is a Eastern mysticism-influenced realm, where pandas brew and drink beer, and bring a new class, the monk. Using their inner strength and "CHI" you are able to play a monk in one of these roles: 

  • Brewmaster – tanking 
  • Mistweaver – healing
  • Windwalker – melee DPS.
One "problem" with the Panda concept is that a lot of players don't like that the Panda's are the focus of next expansion. If you don't know, the Pandaren have been used as a April Fool's Day joke a few times but I have to say the Panda race is very intriguing to me. They may of started off as a joke but a lot of new "history" can be created. 


I was lucky enough to take a stab at the new race on the beta and I have to say....I'm really enjoying it. I've decided to do a female red panda, named PixiePanda (I've already saved the name so don't think about taking it ;) ) with a Chun-Li like hairstyle. She's pretty darn cute and when she walks she kind of gives a little waddle with her bushy tail bouncing around. 


The world so far is very beautiful with Asian influenced art and music, I'm excited to see what the world will finally look like once completed. I have to say to those who are awaiting to get into the beta.....it's pretty laggy and the servers tend to overload...but if your Horde you will know how to deal with it ......Orgrimmar/Lagrimmar, enough said. Below are some of the screen shots I took of PixiePanda and her world. 

PixiePanda is a Brewmaster 
So many people....in just a few minutes the server will go down. 
Sleepy Panda 
Beautiful Backgrounds 
PixiePanda enjoying the kites 

Friday, February 17, 2012

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 ;).
Truth

Source: etsy.com via Elena on Pinterest

For us coffee addicts

Source: flickr.com via Nef on Pinterest

He's so cute! I don't think I could drink it.
Apparently it's a fashion statement too!
One of my fave pieces

Thursday, February 16, 2012

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!)



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



Guest room colors




Kitchen colors




Calming guest room bathroom colors




Craft room colors




Living room colors




Dinning room colors

Thursday, January 19, 2012

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.

Thursday, January 12, 2012

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


Thursday, January 5, 2012

Hoot


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

Thursday, December 22, 2011

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







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)

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