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Foot soak
I tested out the Listerine and vinegar foot soak from Pinterest and I have to say, I was impressed with the results. I doubled the recipe to make it cover more area and it was fine. You do have a little blue tint for a bit afterwards, but nothing super noticeable. Also, you don't have to use listerine...equate makes a knockoff with the same ingredients in case you want to go the less name brand route while soaking your feet in mouthwash. http://pin.it/hRXcoRq
Working on the calendar art finally. 2 down, 10 to go! (This hiatus has been longer than I planned! I'm going to try and play catch up with some of the down time I've taken but on the other hand, I've also gotta take it easy so I don't burn out. I'll be updating as I create and accomplish. :) )
1st attempt at a drip cake. These are hard!!
"Pele" All made from cardstock paper!
my first spell jar!! i made this to help my sister sleep, because she often has trouble with nightmares and such.
gather: -sage -sea salt -thyme -lavender {i used the leaves, not the flowers} -rosemary {i used both fresh and dried} -bay leaves -amethyst -quartz -small piece of paper + pen
optional: -blue thread {to bind the paper + decorate jar} -blue wax to seal -lavender oil
i layered the ingredients, with each layer i focused on my intent to help sophie. i drew a sigil for a peaceful sleep on the paper in blue pen, and then rolled it up and tied it with the blue thread. i also carved the sigil in the wax i sealed the jar with, and then rubbed some lavender oil on it to bless it, and create a soothing scent. hope you like.
this is my very first spell jar and i hope it helps my sister!💙
Week of February 13th.
This week was focused on art projects.
I had to do the coloring for the merkoi panels twice because my computer ate them the first time! But for my first attempt at a comic and digital coloring, I don’t hate it.
I hope you enjoy.
Week of February 6th!
This week I am starting a comicbook sketchbook and trying my hardest to become a little more disciplined in art by practicing with different mediums, perspective and subject matter. I am hoping to try out different perspectives and poses this month too.
Journal Post Week 4
Prompt: Sunshine makes me feel....
So, a little known fact about me is that I am not a huge fan of cloudless blue skies and bright sunshine. To me, the heat is miserable and the sun feels like its cooking me. on days where there is no reprieve from the suns rays baring down on you, it’s feels a little overwhelming.
I can go days or weeks without direct sunlight days and be very content.
So, sunshine makes me feel anxious when it’s not broken up.
Journal Post Week 3
Who is your favorite Disney character and why?
In no particular order:
Stitch : I relate to stitch on so many levels, most of which have to do with his restless drive to be naughty and his inner desire to be loved and accepted. He is creative and has impeccable reflexes to situations - both physically and with his retorts.
Jafar/Scar : I love both of these characters for their ambition and bone-dry sarcastic wit. They are both intelligent and powerful and their dialogue is amusing!
Charlotte LaBouff : Charlotte’s dialogue is hilarious! Driven by her singular goal, there is no telling her no to achieving her destiny. She is loyal to her friend and incorrigible to the core. I wish I was more like her with her boundless confidence!
Week Six!
I finally finished the Incredible Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera. Though the book was a little more realistic and political than what I like, he has moments of vivid descriptions that are similar to prose in nature that I really enjoyed.
Back to Keto - In the spirit of being more in touch with both body and art, my dedication to body is 10,000 steps a day and rededicating myself to a ketogenic diet. Goodbye carbs and sugars </3 hello ritualistic meal prepping.
For the art goals, I am aiming to make 4 drawing every week. This week was very much a Steven Universe fanart week. Though Peri is not my favorite character, she is super fun to draw. Pearl is bottom of my list for favorite characters, but there is no denying the rich backstory with her love for RQ - and I wanted to draw her in a themed wedding dress. Garnet, who is top three for my favorite characters in the show is just so wonderful that I couldn’t not draw her being gorgeous and sexyaf.
I’ve moved forward with the tax filing and I have found I don’t have access to one of my four w2′s... a goal for another week...
Week 5 -
-hiatus due to bronchitis-
Week Four!
First off, I’m so sorry for the hiatus, as is typical, life hit harder than I was prepared for. But true to form, I always bounce back! So, without further delay, I am posting everything for the last two weeks tonight. Thanks for your patience!
My main goal for this week was to start, promote and follow through with an art giveaway on my instagram. I used one of my new OC’s, my merkoi who is not named, to promote and make announcements, and the winner asked me to draw a pinup version of Krista from Fern Gully with mushrooms.
My recipe this week was for Bell Pepper Nachos - It’s great for Keto.
The recipe can be found here: https://www.copymethat.com/r/o6RQ25F/skinny-bell-pepper-nacho-boats/
I started to clean up my art room, but it’s not organized the way I’d like just yet. I ended up making it less of a disaster area, and that’s something!
Also, I’ve begun my 10,000 step goal a day. So far, with serving, it’s a easy goal to blow out of the water.
Week Three!
This week has been a rough one, but I have powered through and kept creating. This has been the first week where I have tweaked my goals in the middle of the week in favor of changing projects.
The sloth plushie didn’t get accomplished for two reasons: one, I’m not paying for a pattern I’m only going to use once and on a whim for fun, and two, my best friend reached out to me with a request for a banner for her shop!
Obviously, the banner is going to have priority. If you’re into flower crowns and handmade crafts, be sure to check out her shop Princess Pumpkin Patch on etsy, or @pumpkintoprincess on instagram. They have some very pretty and original headpieces.
This weeks recipe was from better homes and it was a fire roasted tomato and italian sausage grinder that goes into the crockpot! It was a hit with everyone at game night and very simple to make.
Week two of project clean was also simple, it had to do with cleaning out the pantries in the kitchen and throwing away duplicates of things that don’t get used or are broken. Since this apartment and its home warming gifts are inside of a year old, not much to be done there. The other rooms will be more challenging due to the high amount of clutter everywhere else.
Dad’s birthday is coming up! Buying for this guy is so hard it’s simple - Since he has money to buy everything he wants on a whim, I usually gift him things he hasn’t seen or are impractical but lovable. Shout out to thinkgeek, where I usually shop for this reason. This year though, he is into Captain America and Hot Wheels, so I found him a splice up of the Avengers and Hot wheels. He opened his present early, but he loves them.
Also, I finally have over 150 followers on my instagram! I wanted to draw a thank you doodle for that as well. If you get a chance, check out my art on instagram @straydoodle.
Journal Post Week 2
(we’re ignoring the date stamps and progressing like I’m not cramming everything I can get done into what little free time I have xD)
Prompt: You are locked in a room with your greatest fear. Describe what’s in the room?
The room is dim light with a light source that is slowly failing. There is only one exit, you saw it as you came to before the lights went out on the far side. There was something else over there too, though, something large and distorted in a corner. The room smells like sulfur ruminating from the corner where that thing has contorted itself. The smell has undertones of bile to it, or maybe thats just your body reacting to such a suffocating stench that seems to be thickening the air with every breath. The burn in your nose and chest is nothing though, not compared to the burning in your legs.
You can feel a tight squeeze in your thighs crawling downward into the muscles of your calves which are both spasming relentlessly in between bouts of searing pain. Such an overwhelming feeling that it distorts your vision, makes your head pound. You feel your knees going numb and you begin to lose balance.
In the forefront of your mind is the thought that something even worse is happening to your loved one in the room just past the darkness. You know you are too weak and distracted to take on the creature, and you know you don’t have the time to work at the exit before the creature will be on you.
You hear familiar screams coming from just past the exit and there is a distinct shuffling sound starting towards you.
Journal Post Week 1
(Another goal I have is one Journal Post a week, these will be a little more personal or creative in nature, but they’ll be labeled if you want to skip them)
Prompt: What is the biggest barrier between you and full honesty in your journaling?
Typically, my censorship is bred from one of two things: either the fear of the journal being read by a party I might’ve offended with my candid opinion, or how harshly I judge myself mid journaling. Even in the middle of a thought, I can feel my train of thought splitting in multiple directions and it’s hard not to debate my true feelings regarding any topic. When pen finds paper, I feel a sense of regret for choosing one opinion or take over another. I criticize which words I use, my order of writing... it’s exhausting and self defeatism in it’s truest form. Sometimes you just have to give way to stream of consciousness journaling and keep you’re ‘judgier’ opinions to yourself, lest you favor the prospect of eating your words later.
Week 2 of Ink and Volt!
I made a kitty pencil case from my Pinterest board. Sewing is not my strong suit and I wanted to try to create something cute from scratch. It’s hand stitched and let me tell you, putting on those snap fasteners was no easy task! Even so, I’m glad I pushed forward and finished it up. It took the better part of a free day. Heres a link to the tutorial: http://www.handmadiya.com/2015/11/sewing-organizer-bag-tutorial.html
The first week of Project clean was also tackled fairly painlessly because we keep a fairly organized kitchen. In case you were looking to follow along with that, the link for the challenge is here: http://www.home-storage-solutions-101.com/organized-home.html
My third goal this week was to start a blog. S’up?
I also wanted to start a recipe book of my own. A friend of mine mentioned her distaste of them because of how messy kitchens often get while she is cooking and the pages become a sticky mess. My take on a recipe book is that it should be in a binder, easy to recognize and laminated. While my pages are laminated, the book isn’t exactly easy to recognize because it is in a black binder. Amongst everything else that is black on my bookshelf. Black is great, sleek and classy, but not exactly stand out :P So, I found one that you can stick a piece of paper into for a cover and put a piece of art into it for easy recognition.
My first recipe is Hawaiian style slow cooker chicken which has three ingredients - your favorite BBQ sauce (16oz) crushed pineapple (8oz) and 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts cooked on high for 3-4 hours, or low 5-6 hours. Bon apetit!
Which brings me to my next goal, one Don’t Starve themed art. Which is the one that is on black card stock done in Sakura gelly rolls (one of my true love art supplies).
Also~ I have to go on a mini-gush session to promote the hell out of Don’t Starve. I freaking love this game. It’s easy to spend many hours building yourself up to survive an unforgiving world. I love the art, the color schemes and even the ambient sounds of the game are right up my alley. It’s not an over complicated game, and it comes with a co-op mode, Don’t Starve Together, that is a ton of fun to play. If you get a chance - do it.
3 doodles this week lead to me creating my first original character of the year - Snowflake Obsidian. She is a spin off of the Steven Universe fan base and I just had to create one of my own. I’m working on a backstory of sorts with her, but her power is to utilize all of the souls of broken and corrupted shattered gems. I did a live stream watercolor session of her for the very first time and it was a ton of fun to do. If you’re interested in catching one sometime, add the Illusquad group on Facebook.
Since I started my new job and learned one of my favorite managers is a potterhead of the Griffindor variety, I promised her a fanart where she is in her house garb. I will probably do a couple more of these.
As per usual, I have to remind myself to do simple things like update instagram, do my daily yoga and add in some flavor text, a simple mantra to focus on in the week; “Move with Intention”.
I encourage you to add in a monthly challenge to your goals, it’s such a rewarding experience to accomplish little tasks. For me, yoga is perfect because I overwhelm easily and to focus on your breathing, you don’t have to be somewhere specific. Its very calming and I can already tell a little difference in how limber I am on Day 10.
How is everyone’s New Year coming? Any interesting resolutions? Feel free to comment!
My first week of goals in the i&v! I really love this layout…it’s so simple to follow through with your plans and it encourages progress.
My first goal was a secret santa art exchange. I got the name on Christmas so it took me a minute to sketch up the idea for my exchange. Ms. Tiana wanted a picture of herself with a bulbasaur, so I drew it for her!
You can see the beginnings of a project plan for the year. At this rate it’ll be two projects a month. It was no struggle for me to figure out where to get projects- I have been meaning to clean out my pinterest for a while now.
Take a post down as you complete it, post the finished project up! Most of mine are creative projects that have to do with sewing, but they should be quick and make fun gifts for friends.
I did find a yoga channel I like, and it happens to be a month challenge (my very favorite thing!) The instructors youtube is yogawithadriene (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB2ISQZ5Mb0)
Also, I needed to write my best friend back and get my car privileges sorted but kept moving it to the back burner with the start of a new job and Christmas terror all around. I am officially a resident of Tennessee, but sg’s letter is still on my table.
