For Valentine's day this year, just tell her what she really wants to hear, "you've got a nice can."
Love ain't so hard. #loveexpert #sweetdumpah
4"x4" canvas painting. Email me for one of your very own!
nice can.
Is This Appropriate?
Custom "Is This Appropriate?" speech bubble for when you're just
not sure if your Mom would approve of what you're doing.
TODAY is Random Acts of Kindness Day
Today is Random Acts of Kindness Day, part of R.A.K. Week that goes through Sunday of this week. The idea is for everyone to do one nice thing for another person and start a tidal wave of kindness that become contagious until people stop being huge jerks to each other.** It's also a great excuse to just be nice for the day.
(**Those may not be their exact words.)
Here are some ideas for your random act of kindness:
- give a stranger a compliment
- do the dishes for your spouse
- let that car merge ahead of you
- smile at a stranger
- forgive someone
- call a friend you know is going through a rough patch
It doesn't take much to make someone feel special and to change the whole course of their day. Try it out, it'll probably put a smile on your face also. HAPPY RANDOM ACTS OF KINDNESS DAY...PASS IT ON!
Random Acts of Kindness Day
Part of Random Acts of Kindness Week that started Feb. 13 and goes through the 19th.
Here is a list of kindness ideas for tomorrow from the Random Acts of Kindness website:
- smile at a stranger
- hold the door open for someone
- send a care package
- send a thank you note
- give a care package to a homeless person
- introduce yourself to a new person
- be nice to someone you dislike
- give someone a compliment
The list goes on and on. It's so easy to do something nice and it doesn't have to be big. What are you going to do for RAK Day tomorrow?
“You cannot do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late.”
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
― Ralph Waldo Emerson
How to make a block printed Valentine post card
The Compliment Shop for Valentine's Day!
I've started loading up the Compliment Shop for Valentine's Day.
Let your Valentine know you love them so much that you want to punch them in their adorable face with a compliment from the Compliment Shop.
More available soon! check back often!
Thank You for your Outrage.
When I'm mad I'm not looking for sympathy, I don't need the sage advice of an elder and I certainly don't want to hear the voice of reason.
What I need is for my friends to be outraged at the incredible injustice that I've had to face. I need them to fly off the handle if I've had to wait too long to get coffee. I want a table flipped if my boss wouldn't give me the day off. I want promises of hell fire any time I've been even the tiniest bit inconvenienced. This is how I will know you're my friend.
And then I want to say thank you. Thank you for your outrage.
4x4" alternating grey on grey striped speech bubble painting with hot orange outline available on my "other" Etsy shop.
I Love Fabric Bliss!
head crafty lady and Owner of Fabric Bliss in Denver, CO.
And the results were spectacular:
Thank you SO much Aurora! Love you!!
Please, have a kidney...really.
*Acrylic paint on 5"x7" mini gallery wrapped canvas.
After everything she and her assistant photographer/husband did for us before, during and after our recent wedding, just sending a thank you card would have been an insult. Hopefully this better captures how grateful we are for everything they did for us.
We love you guys!!!
76ers
76 days until mmmm....tacos!
painting from my "other" etsy store: the compliment shop.
check it out!
Lace Stencil Tutorial
Step 1:
To begin this project, gather your supplies:
- I used another painting I had started that was turning out rather lackluster and needed some Umf! You could also use a blank canvas, some old wood, a frame that needs a makeover, your shoes, anything really.
-tape
- a piece of lace
-some spray paint
-a well ventilated work area
The rest of this tutorial is after the jump:
Step 2:
Cover lackluster painting with the piece of lace.
Fold piece around painting like you're wrapping a present.
Tape ends down...this doesn't have to be pretty but make sure the lace is pulled taut so that it stays put.
Look at what a great job you did covering the canvas in lace.
Consider leaving it just how it is cause it's actually kinda cute but then come to your senses and move on to Step 5.
Lightly spray paint the entire thing a delicious shade of Sun Yellow!
It doesn't really have to be yellow. Just try to pick a color that will stand out against the lackluster painting you didn't really like in the first place.
Allow the paint to dry for at least 30 minutes.
Take off the lace and Viola!! Precious!
Finish up whatever painting it is that you're doing.
For me, it meant painting over some of the most detialed parts of the lace design but I knew it was for a good cause so I did it.
I painted my bubble to say, "Is This Appropriate?" which can be explained in a previous post.
And you're done!!
Now give the painting to your friend and revel in the Ooo's and
Ahhh's as they're bound to be so impressed with your craftiness!!
Holler!
Close up on polky dotty letters:
More store info and purchasing information to follow. You look great today!
Is this appropriate?
Custom speech bubble made for my pattern loving housemate.
See, my housemate, Liv, is a first year art teacher and dressing for the classroom is new to her. Because of that, once a morning, every morning she comes to my doorway dressed in her newest creation and asks me the question, "Is this appropriate?"
The funny thing is that I'm not exactly a tweed-pants-owning, beige-cardigan wearer either. It's basically the blind leading the blind in my house. We seem to be making due though...neither of us have been pink slipped yet!! (Knock on wood!)
The design on this guy was created by covering the canvas in lace and spray painting over it. Tutorial to follow.
You look great today!
My First Solo Show!!
If you're sensitive to the overuse of exclamation points, you're going to want to stop reading this cause I'm wicked excited and I just can't hide it! As I previously mentioned my "other" Etsy store, The Compliment Shop, was invited to hang our goods at the Red Table Cafe & Gallery in Old Town Fort Collins last month.
I shipped off the last of 'em about a week ago and I was just sent pictures of them in their new home!! 
I'm basically freaking out.
In other news, I've decided I'm counting this as my first solo art show.
Even though there are other artist's wares all over Red Table and even though it's really more of a craft show than an art show and even though there is no free wine or cheese...it's my party and I'll call it what I want to.
Even though there are other artist's wares all over Red Table and even though it's really more of a craft show than an art show and even though there is no free wine or cheese...it's my party and I'll call it what I want to.
Now go to the Red Table, buy a Compliment & order something that has Corn Relish on it cause it's SOOOOO good!!!!!!!
those 3 little words...
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No!! Not those 3 little words!
These 3 little words:
"You were right", it's probably the most romantic thing you can say to a girl.
Followed closely by, "I was wrong" and if you really want to make it a magical
evening, I hear following up with "I'm sorry" actually counts as foreplay.
These brand new bubbles make wonderful Valentine's gifts and are all on their
way to the Red Table Cafe in Fort Collins, CO for your viewing pleasure!
This one's for Sweetie. Shhhhh.
Black Friday!
I was included in this fabulous Black Friday treasury on Etsy.com. Enjoy!
Black Friday: Fabulous Purple Gifts $20 dollars and under
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Bubblin' Up
There's a whole new crop of compliment bubbles poppin' up in my (other) Etsy shoppe:
New bubbles have a 3-D look to them to create more visual interest and allow for another color. Much more POW! for your Peso. Go have a look!
Chocolate Wasted!
I haven't even seen the movie this painting references and readily admit that I probably won't however, that doesn't make me immune to the cultural phenomenon it's responsible for. This 33 second clip has it's own facebook fan page, website and was added to urbandictionary.com faster than anything I've ever seen.
In short, it's kind of a big deal.
So, to celebrate, I made it into a quote bubble...it was inevitable.
See other bubbles or request your own here.
G.T.L!!! G.T.L!!! G.T.L!!!
G.T.L! is the new T.C.B. as modeled by Panthro.
(Almost nothing in that sentence makes sense.)
nice face!
