New mini-painting

This painting is VERY mini- only 3 inches! It is cute. I listed it to etsy this morning. I have made a ton of them and Mike is very nicely taking pictures of them for me in the light box he made.

I am 6 months into my new year resolutions! So here are the updates...
Draw more- I have sort of been doing this. I have a lot more ideas in my head that I haven't put on paper yet so I need to get it together!
Start new cardboard canvas painting series (have started sketching ideas!)- There are cardboard paintings all over my house!!
Start working on small scale sculptures- I haven't done much with the sculpting, although I just starting to make Christmas trees out of cardboard for holiday decorations. I still have a 5 lb bag of peanuts in the laundry room! Yikes!
Continue with embroidery- I starting making a pillow for the couch with a pair of old jeans and it will have a little embroidery on it.
Actually open an etsy store and stop being a baby about it- Yes! I have done this.

Other potential resolutions:
Contribute to Wardrobe Remix?- I have been contributing semi-regularly and made a new resolution for myself. I am only going to buy thrift store clothes and stop with the Old Navy and Target clothes. I have only bought one new-new pair of shoes since before Christmas and no new-new clothes. Although I have bought plenty of new-to-me clothes from Goodwills and such. I have saved a ton of money and found some really awesome things that I could never find at Old Navy or Target or mall stores!
Take better care of hands- use more lotion, stop picking and biting nails- I have only been biting my thumb nails so the rest look pretty good. I just lotioned and painted them this morning!
Do more with blog?- blah.

Lately all I have been doing is job searching and trying to clean up the house and looking forward to my bday trip. Mike and I are leaving for Chicago on Friday! Hip-hip-hoooray! I am really, really excited about it.

Kinda 80s Peanut Chair

Another finished mini painting. I am having a lot of fun with this mini paintings, I haven't sketched any out, I am just going for it. Which is kind of unusual for me- I like planning

Today I am working on more of my minis and I am also going to a job fair/open house thingie and then dinner party- exciting.

Big news for Mike and I- we are getting professional hair cuts on Friday!! He had one professional haircut before our wedding two years ago and since then I have been cutting his hair. I just kind of chop off whatever it sticking out, I am not a good hair stylist, so it's time for us to get real hair cuts. I am excited, I love hair cuts!

Metallic Peanut and Two Huge Diamonds!

I think the diamond and peanut trend is going to continue with me for a while- at least for my batch of mini paintings! I have about 15 mini paintings I am working on right now! Super fun! I really like the juxtaposition of shiny gold and metallic paints and image of diamonds with really thin pieces of plywood.

New mini-paintings

I have a bunch of little pieces of plywood sitting around in my art cart- so I have started a series of mini-weirdo paintings. I listed one to etsy today- The lime green chair and rainbow. I have been loving rainbows and diamonds and gold lately- as my paintings show. I think it is because I am happy that it is spring and almost summer, I love the nice weather!

Happy Friday

This has been a nice week. I started being an administrative assistant this week- pretty fun. My last graphic design class was yesterday. AND I finished these two paintings! AND I have some ideas for some new canvas shapes that I am excited about. Yay all around.

Next post- I will reveal what I ordered from etsy for my mom and my mother-in-law for Mother's Day!

New crazy pattern explosion painting!

This is my new painting that I just listed to etsy this morning. Right now it is hanging in my living room. I think my favorite part is the marbled lamp- that was very fun to do.

Fun things from the weekend:
Went to the movies and saw Forgetting Sarah Marshall!
Had a mini-dinner party!
Had my first day of caddie training- Mike is teaching me to be his caddie, so when he goes pro I can be on tv too.
Went to a picnic and played jarts
Ate a lot of cookies and candy- yum.
New pet- a snail for our fishtank! His name is Speedy Claxton and he is super fast!

Orange circus inspired Peanut Chair

I call this circus inspired because I was thinking of those stools that elephants stand on in the circus.
Today I am starting 2 new paintings, one is kind of shaped like an igloo and one is shaped like an egg.

Gold gold gold!

Maybe my flashiest painting yet? I think gold is fun. I painted this painting around Valentine's Day, so I was very inspired by hearts and romance!

New etsy list...

I added this painting to etsy today- I think it is one of my favorite peanut chair paintings, I really like the aqua-color and the spikes!

It was Mike's mom's bday on Monday and we ordered her a present from etsy. This beautiful necklace,

from etsy seller, beadsinthebelfry. I love this necklace!

New can phone painting!

I just finished this painting today- it is customizable! The string connecting the paintings can be adjusted. I love love love the marigold colored wall, and it is shiny! I also have a thing for ruffly socks and even bought some for myself, although I only wear them with jeans so no one ever sees them- but one time one of my previous co-workers saw them and made fun of me.

I am a giant!

Not really. But I took a picture of my "art cart" with the 18-200 lens and it looks tiny! Those are the 3 paintings I am currently working on. They really just need the tiny finishing details and then they will be done.




The top painting has a beautiful shiny metallic marigold color on the walls- I think it is my new favorite color.

Silhouettes to the extreme!

Silhouettes to the extreme and a painting of robots!

Happy Good Friday!

I finished this painting this morning. I like it, I LOVE metallic paint. It is more elegant than my other paintings. I am turning over a whole new leaf. I am also working on another painting featuring a staircase and a fancy diamond chandelier.

Jump rope painting

I finished this painting today and listed it to etsy.



I took a bunch of pictures at my mom's house to do a "Mom's house mini House Tour"! The Blue Ridge mountains picture is one that I took when walked through her backyard. Virginia is pretty.

Bye bye, circus peanut chair painting

I am shipping this painting off to DC. It is going to be in an art auction to support a clinic run by George Washington Med Students. Mike and I have a friend that is a med student there and he asked me to donate something. Anyway, the auction is April and I hope they raise a ton of money for the GW HEALing Clinic.

Living Room and Kitchen

I just posted these paintings to etsy. I like them together- because of their artwork connection! The painting over the couch is a painting of the kitchen. I think that I am hilarious.

FYI:
Do not buy Cherry Chocolate Diet Dr Pepper. I don't know what my problem is, I always want to try out all the new weirdo sodas and then I am usually disappointed. I seriously almost threw up when I tried this soda! Blah, so now I have a 2 liter in my fridge of it!
Another difference from IN and VA- squirrels in VA are gray, and squirrels in IN are reddish.

Swedish Horse obsession?

I finished this painting today. I am branching away from peanuts! But now I have a slight obsession with Swedish Horses. I put one on my Christmas list- yes, I am keeping my list updated this year!
I like this painting, it makes me want to paint red stripes on my walls, but then I might feel like I was living in a circus, but that would be ok. I would also really like that rug. We still don't have a "real" rug for our living room. Mike's parents graciously gave us one they had, but it is too small for our space.
ps. the Swedish Horse is on the side of the painting- not visible in this picture.

Treasury!

Etsy seller and incrowd member, happylake, made a treasury of orbs from incrowd artists, and including my mini peanut chair set! Nice.

I am working on a new painting, green wing chairs with where's waldo inspired wallpaper! I am excited about it.
What I am not excited about is this crappy snow. I do like winter, but only a little. I like one nice snow a year, and then for it to melt and then have daffodils and have jeans and flip flop weather. But it has been snowing several times a week!! And mainly like 1-2 inches and then it's just icy and ugly. Bummer.

Not Peanut Art!

I like painting because I can pretend I am an interior designer and make crazy rooms. I think if I had unlimited funds and didn't live in a rental house, I would have the craziest house ever. I would want everything bright colors and patterned. So, I think no one would ever hire me as their designer. I will stick with just painting and learning graphic design.

Last Octagonal painting

I posted my last octagonal painting to etsy yesterday! Now I am moving on to un-peanut related ventures. I am about done with a new painting that I will probably post to etsy tonight.
Emilia, the esty user Auburnandivory, has started a blog called Greenies 2008- featuring eco-friendly artists! Today is day 3 of the artists features and it is very cool! Check it out! http://www.greenies08.blogspot.com/