double final fridays!

last final fridays was incredibly warm. we're talking "find the place with ac and chill for a while" (literally) kinda warm. true story. but it was still just as interesting as ever. it was also my sister and bro-in-law's last weekend in town so it seemed a fitting way for them to end their time in l-town. best part of the evening was at the percolator though, where we got to fingerpaint out front. just check out the amazing creation below!

it was immortalized in a minibook later that weekend along with other fun events of the week. (turns out minibooks are pretty fun.)



then this past weekend it was time for another final fridays! this time I had awesome out of town friends that got to experience it with me.

below is one of my favorite pieces of art in l-town +my head +ryan's arm.




then there's katie and link.

"acorn's revenge" (way to go skyla!)


and ryan and krystal looking ultra natural.


good times.

weekend adventures.

final fridays this weekend. it's always a good time.









(I love interactive art)


I also love henna elephants. total win.


there's really no need to say much. the work kinda speaks for itself, but definitely an animal thing going on. too good. I love lawrence.

creative endeavors &/or weekend adventures.

every once in a while shutterfly offers me free prints, and that's just an offer I don't like to ignore. this time I decided to just go through and pick some of my favorites, regardless of time and theme (mainly bright, colorful photos,) and this is the group I came up with. after seeing something similar on one of my favorite blogs, I knew this was what I wanted to do with the photos. pretty fun.

also, exciting thing to note: the new piece of artwork by Jeromy Morris right under it! how neat is it? way neat. (and the picture doesn't even do it justice)

p.s. my soon to be brother-in-law is pretty cool.

weekend adventures.

final fridays was this weekend and it was especially fun for a couple of reasons. first was that we had a pretty terrific character join our crew for the weekend, (kara was in town) and second was that, in addition to all the great art to be seen, we got to see some live graffiti, and here are the pictures I managed to get of it.







that's all folks. good times.

things that made my day.

just some snaps of happy moments.

23 may. clue photo shoot. one of my favorite games ever.


26 may. getting my shirt.woot tee. it's amazing. I've already worn it twice.


27 may. final fridays. always a terrific time.


27-28 may. sale at half price books. we went to three in two days and scored some awesome finds.




28 may. firewire. so beautiful.


this summer looks to be off to a wonderful start. =)

creative endeavors.

I've had the itch to paint for a bit now and it keeps getting put off because there always seems to be something else going on and also since it's been a while it makes me nervous, but last week I went to my first Final Fridays and it was enough of a push to get me going. saturday I just wrote the afternoon off and painted. I did sketches, tried different color palettes, all that good stuff and I finished it in a day. how amazing! that really is rather fast for me though. here are the pictures of the process. what a much needed break it was!

the sketch with tracing paper and all.


the spread.


finished!


kinda fun stuff.