Work it.

There are a lot of things that I work for… and more things that I would rather just pay someone else to do to get it done. 

Like yard work, cleaning out the food trap thingies in my kitchen sink, and trying on all my target purchases.

 

But if I could work for the following and some how all my bills get paid it would be a dream.come.true.

I would work for the ability to twerk.  Seriously.  My dance skill are all but lacking and more on the 'oh that's funny' instead of  'get it' side of things.  I would love to once just break out with legit moves. Or maybe just hide behind a giant teddy bear.



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I would work to get to hang out with Zooey Deschanel.  I could help her style her bangs, accessorize her polka dots, and tune her ukulele.  I'm sure she would have a blast.


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I would work for unlimited airfare and time to travel.  I could pay for these things but how exciting would it be to constantly be awarded with plane tickets and passport stamps. I want to go to there.



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I would work for Peanut Butter M&M's. enough said.

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I would work for unlimited passes to hear my favorite bands play.  Or even just a backstage pass.  Or maybe even a record player.  Have I mentioned that I love music and it fuels the majority of all art projects I work on? Current musical obsession is this:

I would work for store credit over at Windsor.  Have you seen the amazing things they have at all to affordable prices??  One could easily re-vamp their wardrobe with just a few clicks.

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Alright, so now that I have mentioned a few of the things I would work for, I should probably actually get back to working.   Thanks Erin for hosting this fun impromptu link-up!

And BAM just like that day 3ish of the 30 day challenge!  Thanks Mae- I'm on a roll!

Full of BS

There are a lot of things that are pretty 'cringe worthy' on my blog. 

The longer I am around writing and seeing how everyone else is growing their blogs, I see one common theme. 
If you don't want 'cringe worthy' moments.. stop posting pictures when your are curiously orange and your mouth is wide open.

 



This beaut right here is not an add for self tanner.
It unfortunately was the photo that greeted people who wanted to learn a little bit more about me under my "About Me" tab at the top of my blog.

Why selfies have become ever so popular is beyond me.

Anyways, I figure that it was about time that I stopped frightening people with my tonsils and get real pictures taken of me, by a real photographer, who happens to be a real best friend of mine. 

She has and will continue to help Photoshop my blog into a new league of pretty.  Feel free to click HERE to read my new About Me section, and also preview a couple of the pictures from our recent photo shoot.

My blog is growing up!  Stayed tuned for more changes to come!
Post number 2 of the 30 day challenge!
We can do this!

Write On

So some pretty cool gals, Mae Mae and Maddie have invite us all to challenge ourselves to write a new post for the next 30 days.

Well... actually it started on August 1st....
So in typical fashion I am about 5 days late to the party.
But who cares... at this point people are feeling pretty good and super excited to see you when you arrive.
(Not that kind of party? It should be.)

So welcome if you are a fellow procrastinating blogger from the challenge! 

Most of you know about my love for all things vintage, free and things of sentimental value.  Recently we were going through my grandmother's house to clear things out, as she's settling into an assisted living home, and it is a thrifter's dream to see the things that have been packed away for decades.

I snagged these puzzle pieces that were most likely something that my dad played with or that my siblings and I played with while visiting my grandmother on our road trips from Florida.  Even though the actual memory isn't there I will treasure these because they came from her, and plus they are ridiculously adorable!

 

 

 

The wooden board that most likely went with this is long gone, but I still think the little man and woman are darling.  I can't decide if I want to use them in an art work or leave them be. 

 

Lastly, here is a recent picture of my grandmother and my siblings on the Fourth of July.  I swear my brother continues to grow and my grandmother might be shrinking. 

 

 

 

 

 

Whew- well that wasn't so bad.  See you folks back here tomorrow for post number 6   2 of the 30 day challenge!

My YouTube Debut

I am sure many of you have posted videos on YouTube of silly pranks, serenades, or even your own version of Beyoncé's single ladies using your cats.

I however am not that cool.

This little video of mine has been hidden on the internet since 2007 when a 'super cool' college professor thought it would be trendy for us to post a lesson on YouTube for credit in one of my art education classes.  I knew then I didn't want my face in the film so my class partner (Jenna) and I came up with the nerdy and brilliant idea to use puppets to create our lesson.

Yes. I said puppets.

Now at the time I was just glad to get the damn assignment over with, because we all know how awful it is to work in groups as an adult.  I cringe every time anyone mentions Aztecs, Puppets, or asks "Hey what was the name of that awful video you have on YouTube??" 

It is so awful in fact that I now think it's awesome and want to share it with the world! 
You and Jenna, wherever you are, can thank me for my amazing improv skills, inability to use my hand once it is in a puppet, and my love for funnel cakes.

 

(Disclaimer: If you are an art teacher DO NOT show this to your students.  They will mock you)



Happy Friday everyone! 
Now grab a drink and forward this gem to a friend!  It is about time I started making money off this YouTube sensation!

Creative Space

I have been considering for a while now going to a therapist.  So I can have a sounding board and unbiased ears to hear my '20 something's' rant about my quarter life crisis.  While mental health is a serious matter I put it on the back burner and enrolled in grad school instead.

In January I started working on my master of art in Art Education. 
It has been scary, challenging, time consuming, and probably one of the best things I ever could have done for myself.

The program I am in highlights and focuses on personal reflections as an Artist-teacher, not just an art teacher.  It is designed for us in the program to create and make which often doesn't happen with a busy teacher schedule. 

This has proven to be so therapeutic for me and allowed me to grow in self confidence and work harder towards creative dreams.  I will admit though going back to school is not conducive to trying to grow a baby blog, (Time management please!!) but what I have learned is priceless and my blog and future will benefit because of it.

With this slow transformation of my identity as an artist-teacher over the past year and a half, my creative space has also moved, changed, and grown positively. 

Here are a few snippets of my current creative space:

 

 

Thank you for staying with me on this creative journey, and not un-following my blog because of my fungus.

There's a fungus among us...

It has recently come to my attention that I need a new doctor.  She became my doctor after I worked in the same doctor's office in high school as a file clerk.  I loved working there alphabetizing patients files and never peaking to see how much they weighed. 

I was a senior in high school.
Her son was a senior in high school.
So of course we dated.

He was my first real boyfriend.  He would pick me up in his mustang.  He would write me poems.  He even sent roses to my school.  He also told his mother everything we talked about and I would have to hear all about it later at the office.
So I dumped him cold turkey.

Now to be fair I had zero experience in life, relationships, and how to work a basic flip cell phone.  I moved on, HE has moved on, but his mother clearly has not.

I only see his mom (my doctor) when I am at my best.  Like last week when I went in for a rash on my torso.  She was not in the room for more than two minutes before she was gushing about how great her son is, how fabulous his job is, and how beautiful his new wife is.

I, being polite, was trying to not scratch my rash and smile and nod agreeing with how successful he had become .  I start crawling out of my skin.  After what seemed like an eternity she finally asked me to lift my shirt and with a gleam in her eye diagnosed that I have a fungus.

That's right folks.
A FUNGUS.
Talk about wanting to crawl into a hole and die.
Out of all the embarrassing diseases, this one is pretty far up on the list.

Faster than I could pull my shirt down she had convinced me to follow her to her office where she preceded to show me photos from said ex-boyfriend's wedding, including bridal portraits.  I get it, I am the perfect daughter-in-law that you always wanted.  But I have moved on, your son has clearly moved on, and you would think after 10 years you would have moved on as well.

So the search is on for a new doctor that will only judge me for my fungus and not for rash (pun intended) decisions I made in 2003. 

On a lighter note the fungus/rash is clearing up.  And it is good to be back. 

 

March Top 10

March Top 10

So as you can see my New Year's Resolution to blog more has been super successful and by far the best resolution I have ever made.  Real truth- I suck at time management and my blog has take a backseat to my 'real life' priorities.  Considering it's half way through the month I will give you my Top 10 highlights of March so far and resume with the regular Top 10 format in April. (fingers crossed).

1.

I got an A in my first grad school class.  (Yup teacher has become student and I will fill you in on the full development in a separate post).  This is my study companion when I'm not reading at the local coffee shop.

 

2.

 I am super excited that I recently have started to replace old terrible doors in my house with free older doors.  Say goodbye to bland and hello to character!

 

 

3.

My favorite new App for my iPhone is called Typic.  It's my favorite App to add font to your photos!  It's super easy to use and that's how I edited the photo above!  Check out it here if you don't already have it! 

 

4.

Galaxy Playdough.  Homemade Playdough + Mounds and Mounds of Glitter = me living out my childhood dream as an adult!  Seriously, I pinned this from Pinterest and it has been sooooo much fun.  

 

 

5.

Extreme Nail Art.  Not sure if I nailed this look or not... but I must say I am getting pretty darn good at using my left hand to create designs.  The weird thing is I am right handed.  Another weird thing is that I have terrible cuticles. Yikes.

 



 



6.

Meet our friend the angry swan.  All I wanted was a picture and he was out for blood.  Until we meet again swan. 

 

 

 

 

7.

 Happy St. Patrick's Day Everyone!  Hopefully you ingested large amounts of green food coloring like I did, and got a little crafty.  We used a green pepper as a stamp to create Shamrocks.  Of course then we buried our painting in gold glitter.  For Irish luck you know.

 



 

8.

It's finally warming up here in Nashville and I have been taking advantage of the great outdoors!  Goodbye winter!

 

 

9.

I have finally become cool and joined the world of Instagram.  I cannot stop snapping photos and editing them with different filters.  Follow me on Instagram to see my life through the lens of my phone.



 

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Last but not least, if you have not seen this video you are seriously missing out.  I cried I was laughing so hard the first time I saw it.  Enjoy! 

 

 

Happy March Everyone!