RiRiWillow

Flower Patchwork Pattern

2012-01-26T20:33:00.000-05:00

Spring Animal Pattern

2012-01-20T22:10:00.000-05:00

Spring is on my mind! Cannot wait!!! I've got big plans! Big Garden plans! Yay!^^

It's been a while!

2012-01-16T23:30:00.000-05:00

I cannot believe how much time has passed since my last entry! Christmas and New Years have come and gone! I have been super busy with work and other things... which is good!

What have I been up too? Well lets see, I'll go all the way back to Christmas! For Christmas my husband and I made holiday candles for our friends and family which was super fun! I got great gifts from my roommate and husband, those being a cool music keyboard for my iPad (oh yeah! I got an iPad too, a little before Christmas from my husband!) and a bread maker, which I absolutely love and have been using to make delicious bread!

Mmmm yummy Christmas foods I made!

New years was very laid back and fun... a little champagne, some fireworks, and some good movies! Then my dad and little brother came to visit for a bit all the way from Michigan! I also did a lot of work getting ready for the upcoming trade shows for Spartina 449. I went to Atlanta for about a week to set up our showroom and walk the show. Photo shoots, catalogs, order forms, posters, and a ton of other down to the wire things had to be done which left me exhausted by the end of the day! Everything was successfully completed and our new line is a hit!! The Spring/Summer 2012 line will be available online sometime in March.

^^

I received this tasty treat from one of my coworkers!

Patty Cake Elves

2011-12-05T18:25:00.000-05:00

Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, baker's man

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Pat it and prick it and mark it with a B

Put it in the oven for baby and me

Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man

Bake me a cake as fast as you can

Roll it up, roll it up and throw it in a pan

Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man

Happy Thanksgiving!

2011-11-24T20:58:00.001-05:00

Did a little cooking today which was super good if I may say so myself! I think we went a little overboard considering there was only two of us tonight... but uhhh that just means lots of leftovers!!!

Pictured Above: Turkey, Stuffing, Gravy, Mashed Potatoes, Macaroni and Cheese, Sweet Potatoes, Cheesy Green Been Casserole, Cranberry Sauce and Rolls

I've been a little busy lately thinking about Christmas Gifts and such but I have a few days off from work to get some drawing and maybe some doll photography in!

Heart Girl Hana Love!

2011-11-13T10:35:00.001-05:00

Ok, today I have AMAZING music to share! I am totally into Spotify right now... tons of free music, playlists and your friends can see what you are listening to on Facebook! It's nice to just get a name of a band put it in and make a playlist of all their songs and hit shuffle. I was able to quickly get a lot of song titles to purchase! I like it... you might too. They should give me money for mentioning it...hahah. Anywho the band is The Jezabels and man, let me tell you, last night my volume was cranked high while I finished up the Hana Heart drawing above! Too bad I didn't know about them earlier...

Here are a couple video's of songs that I like! A special "THANKS!" to my roommate for blasting this music in his room! (and of course to the band for making such wonderful music!)
^^

Cutely Spotted Bags, Cookies and Halloween fun!

2011-11-07T12:16:00.000-05:00

What does it mean when you design handbags for a living and then go home and design handbags for fun? I guess that means you just really like handbags! ::sigh::

Mmmm, so I thought I would share this tasty treat! I made some Oatmeal Cookies last night that were super yummy and surprisingly easy! I have never fancied myself a cook... I have even gone as far as to say I HATE cooking... but recently... I FEEL LIKE SUPER BAKING COOK LADY! and I LOVE IT! hahahah who knew...

Last night my husband and I were having a major sweets craving but did not want to leave the house. We had almost NOTHING in the house... just one box of cupcake mix that required eggs... but there were no eggs. Upon seeing the large container of Oatmeal we had in the pantry, I snapped online found a recipe for Simple Oatmeal Cookies and went to town using what we had around: Quick Oatmeal, Sugar (I used Brown Sugar), Raisins, Butter, Flour, and Baking Soda. 20 minutes of bake time and BOOM! DONE! DELICIOUS!

And now moving on to Halloween! Yes... Halloween has come and gone and we already have Christmas decorations set up at my work... AHHHH! But I want to share some Halloween pics anyway!Me and my hubby, Greg, getting ready to go out for a night on the town!

Greg's scary pumpkin!

Me and my BEAUTIFUL roomate Ashe! Isn't he pretty! We were Gothic Vampire Lolita's! My husband was our food. hahahah

My tiny pumpkin!

My roomate after pumpkin carving... Scary! I hope everyone had major fun this Halloween! We sure did!

Birthday Madness and the Letter Decor Blog!

2011-10-28T15:06:00.000-04:00

It has been such a great week! Today we are celebrating the birthday of my coworker and friend, Andrea! I made for her today the lovely card and cupcakes you see above! Her real birthday is on Sunday the 30th and she will be turning 30! It's her Golden Year and there is no better way to kick it off than by starting her very own business!

Typography fanatic, Andrea Glover, has introduced her beautiful online store letterdecorsc.com. The website showcases Andrea's true love and understanding of type and design accompanied by bold color! On the site you can order her amazing custom letter paintings and follow along with Andrea's weekly blog updates! How fun!

Please check out her lovely site and place your orders as soon as possible for the upcoming Holiday. With so many canvas sizes, colors and fonts Andrea is sure to make a lasting and loving impression in your home, office, studio or dorm!

Sidenote: I had my 27th Birthday on Wednesday and Andrea made these super cute Monster Cakes for me! Ty ^^

Frankenfun Friend Kokeshis!

2011-10-25T09:54:00.000-04:00

Frankenstein Josh and his Bride Christina! Who said Halloween should be scary? Cute is so much better!!!Ps: My birthday is tomorrow! ^^

Halloween Kokeshi Us!

2011-10-19T16:57:00.002-04:00

^^ Halloween is almost here! Yippy! I need to get a pumpkin to carve!

From left:
The Lovely Laura as a Zombie Runner!
My husband Greg as a Bow-tie and Suspenders Vampire!
Me as a Ruffled Shirt and Corseted Vampire!

Let me know if anyone is doing anything interesting this Halloween! Costumes, special treats, events?! I'd love to hear from you ;D

Geo Birdies!

2011-10-13T13:08:00.003-04:00

Hey there sweeties! ^^

Butterfly Flowers!

2011-10-09T18:42:00.004-04:00

^^This would be a lovely wallpaper!

Bunny Power!!!

2011-10-05T12:36:00.002-04:00

Sweetie Bunny Geometric! Oooooo ^^

Cutie Pie Orange Trees!

2011-09-28T12:36:00.000-04:00

^^What a happy day! Yay!

Lots O Flowers Pattern

2011-09-20T10:43:00.002-04:00

^^I enjoy these colors greatly... not sure why! but yeah.

Wild Flowers

2011-09-13T20:19:00.002-04:00

Hanu and his Death Bow

2011-09-08T13:42:00.000-04:00

^^I've been watching a lot of Soul Eater recently... which inspired this lovely Eagle Skull Bow Boy into creation!!! My favorite character is Crona! He is just too cute but oh so tortured... a little like Hanu

Utensils!

2011-09-01T15:31:00.000-04:00

I am back! With fun things to share...

2011-08-28T17:25:00.001-04:00

Finally getting all caught up! I took sooo many pictures on my trip! Visited San Diego, Portland, and Seattle and it was AMAZING!!! Ugh... cant wait to go there again!

San Diego/Del Mar was great! Went to the Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, San Diego Zoo, and Old Town!

In Portland we went to the Japanese Gardens, Mothers (the place to be for breakfast!), Van's Warped Tour, the Cullen's House (Twilight Destination), Multnomah Falls, Silver Falls State Park, and a bunch of other scenic places! It was glorious!

Seattle was a day trip! We thought we might as well go and see what its all about! We went up in the Space Needle and went to the Flying Fish Market. Saw a lot of cool shops and architecture and then went back to Portland.

The Twilight stuff was triggered on accident! On our way to Seattle, Washington there was this large sign on the side of a building that said Kalama, a Twilight location. So of course... I HAD to check it out!!! So that's how we came across the Kalama High School and parking lot! That prompted us to see what else we were missing! So when we got back to Portland we visited the Cullen's House and we had already gone to a couple of the scenic areas where bits of the film were shot without knowing! Multnomah Falls and Silver Falls State Park (See pictures below!)

Yay!

Oh and FYI... I know Koalas, and sometimes Pandas, are not really considered bears... but they just sound cuter that way!

It's that time! YAY!

2011-08-08T02:36:00.000-04:00

Whelp, I am off to go get refreshed and rejuvenated! Going to kick back with some fam and possibly a friend of mine that will be in San Diego, California, then heading up to Portland, Oregon to take in the scenes!

See you in 2 weeks! If I can I may post some photos along the way... but not sure how that will go with my phone...

Instagram! Yay!

2011-08-02T22:11:00.000-04:00

I finally joined in to the fun! Downloaded the Instagram App on my iPhone and now I am ready to go phone photo crazy just in time for my upcoming 2 week trip to San Diego, California and Portland, Oregon! Finally some vacation!

Robo it up!

2011-07-28T18:39:00.000-04:00

Pick a card... any card.

2011-07-21T12:38:00.000-04:00

One for life and one for death, pick wisely my dears...

Geometric Flower Love

2011-07-17T19:37:00.000-04:00

^^

Saw the new Harry Potter on Friday!!! And I must say... it was indeed AWESOME! I am obsessed right now! It is very strange how this has happened... I mean, I have always enjoyed the Harry Potter movies and have seen all of them in theatre... but I have never been obsessed! Right now... I NEED IT! I just finished enough work to let me watch another!

Friday Watched:
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2

Saturday Watched:
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Sunday Watched:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
(About to watch) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1

I very much so enjoyed the characters of Rupert Grint and Alan Rickman!

Handsome Cook Kokeshis!

2011-07-11T19:33:00.000-04:00

Hello boys! ^^ Also see Pretty Cook Kokeshis

Simple Flower or Butterfly Shaped Pattern in fun summery colors!

2011-07-07T19:16:00.000-04:00

Hello there! I know you haven't seen much of me lately... my family is in town at the moment, so you know what that means! Lots of activities! So I will be sparse for a bit longer... Sunday is the day for me to get on track!

New things to look forward to:

Male Cook Kokeshis, New RiRi Willow website, a year of creation a day days compiled and more! Stay tuned ^^

Such a Big... Bad... Wolf!

2011-06-29T18:50:00.000-04:00

Peace, Love and Skulls!

2011-06-26T14:33:00.002-04:00

Jun with Guitar ^^

2011-06-20T21:40:00.000-04:00

Yeah... he is a bit of a rocker!! ::love::

Butterfly Flower Pattern

2011-06-16T09:28:00.001-04:00

There is something about blue outlines and off-rainbows that intrigues me! Hope you enjoy ^^

Da na na na na na na na BATMAN!

2011-06-10T18:16:00.000-04:00

For the record... just an fyi... my FAVORITE Batman movie is Batman Forever! Val Kilmer! ^^

Hello Min!

2011-06-07T18:42:00.000-04:00

I just love her hair! ^^

Hello Corina Ellie!!!

2011-06-02T18:50:00.000-04:00

The newest addition to my doll family has finally arrived and she has finally had her first photoshoot! I cant wait to buy her clothes! For this shoot she had to borrow from Jun, but I am sure he didn't mind!
Corina is a Dollzone Kimi 1/4 BJD and is my first girl bjd. I just love her big eyes and tulip nose!

I am back! Was a bit MIA for a moment due to various things... various good things!

Little Porcupine Pattern

2011-05-20T19:20:00.000-04:00

::love::

Chicken Littles!

2011-05-16T19:30:00.000-04:00

Cute, Chickens with Stitches!
Well... I mean they are to look kind of stitched... hmmm. not that they are hurt and need stitches... hah! Sounded better in my head!

Cat Eyes

2011-05-09T10:46:00.000-04:00

Faces! Oh my!

Paisley Peacock Love!

2011-04-26T18:23:00.000-04:00

This sketch was just sitting around collecting dust... I am happy he is finally out showing off his true colors! ^^

Oh Spring...

2011-04-19T13:13:00.000-04:00

I love birdies... especially Green, Purple and Blue birdies ^^

I think its called a Lion!

2011-04-13T09:04:00.000-04:00

Pretty Cooks!

2011-03-31T13:34:00.000-04:00

There are so many lovely aprons out there these days, which inspired me to draw these! I have a set of boys coming soon... they wont have nearly as lovely of aprons but they will still be cute!

Oh yeah and also please vote for my Monocle Man Kokeshi for The Illustrati Contest which closes tomorrow! http://www.theillustrati.com/competition/monocle-man-kokeshi I really appreciate it!!

Monocle Man Pattern

2011-03-25T14:01:00.000-04:00

I liked this both ways... so you get to see bothways... hah!

Coo Coo and the weirdy moons!

2011-03-23T16:07:00.000-04:00

I just love them... ::sigh::

Nadi and the Moons

2011-03-10T22:57:00.000-05:00

Oh... but a dream...
to sit among the branches of a tree,
basking in the glow of funny moons and a sky of stars,
listening to the quiet rumble of the waves below. ^^

Michale Angel! ^^

2011-02-28T13:38:00.000-05:00

Forgot to put this guy up last week... oops!
He is a kinda Wraeththu-esque angel, although I am not sure that many if any Wraeththu had facial hair... but otherwise he looked far more womanly than I would have liked on that particular day! hah

Annabelle and the Owl

2011-02-23T09:41:00.001-05:00

She is too cute! ^^ :love:

Yay! Jun Fairie!

2011-02-19T19:18:00.000-05:00

^^ Aww, my beautiful boy! ^^

Stock Photo Manipulation Credits here!

Music Time!

2011-02-17T09:40:00.002-05:00

Currently I have been working on a photo manipulation of my bjd Jun! YAY! But it is not done yet... so I thought I would share today some of my recent (past few months) music interests!

Here are a few songs I have been enjoying while at work and at home and in my car (basically every minute of every day... hahah):

Beach House - Norway
I also enjoy 10 Mile Stereo, Better Times, Zebra and Silver Soul.

The Burning Hotels - Boy or a Girl

Phoenix - Lisztomania

Yay for youtube! Hopefully you enjoyed these and maybe found a new band to like or maybe you already knew about them! If anyone has any bands that they feel I should check out let me know! I'm always looking for new music to inspire me and get me through the day!

Lions, Tigers, Pandas and Buffalo, OH MY!

2011-02-11T09:25:00.002-05:00

Well today is another cold, very cold day here in SC... Not enjoying it one bit! In fact my fingers hurt as I type on the keyboard because of the chill. How did I survive in the North? Hah
Anywho I hope these little strange animal cuties help you smile and warm your heart!

I have been having doll withdrawals lately. I want to do some photography of Jun and Zephan so bad but after getting home from work all I want to do is sit and watch netflix... Ugh. Can someone just pay me to do whatever I want!!? hahah I wish. Maybe one day!

I always make these to do lists that seem to never get done but I enjoy making them anyway. Makes me feel like I have direction or goals so I can feel good about myself! So my goal for this weekend is cleaning the house and doing some doll photography! Yes! That sounds fantastic! Also list in there some Dance Central and World of Warcraft! That shouldn't be too bad of a list because its mostly fun... but I know sometimes I get into this crazy cleaning mode and just cant stop to do anything else... or I might be having to much fun playing video games that I don't clean the house or do my art... but anywho that's the list!

Edit: Oh yeah and I just remembered another thing I need to do! Make new store Buttons! (and maybe one day I will update my stores... but that's not on this weekends list... ) ^^

Card Flower Pattern Brown

2011-02-10T18:00:00.003-05:00

Pants Party!

2011-02-02T10:37:00.001-05:00

Due to internet problems... I have not been able to post anything or update my blog look... Hargray is not my friend, and there is no other provider where I am... booo.

Anywho enjoy this here Pants Party, or party in my pants, or I guess I mean pantsLESS party!

Hah.

New Banner!

2011-01-27T09:42:00.002-05:00

I think its about time for a new look! It's in the works right now and should be up soon, but for now enjoy this little banner that I made yesterday!

For memories sake I am documenting the old look:

Littlest Pet Shop Friends!

2011-01-24T18:00:00.010-05:00

This is a fan art piece for a friends daughter! I love these little guys!
Super Cute ^^

Art Show Photos!

2011-01-21T11:47:00.002-05:00

Finally posting some photos from our Art Show! Andrea definitely did a good job of getting people to come! And the food was great! Thank you to all that came and all that wanted to come!

My husband and me! Next to a lovely poster Andrea made for the event! She combined one of my illustrations along with her fancy type skills!

It was a really good show and we both sold some pieces which is even better!

If you have questions or comments about Andrea's work let me know and I can get you in contact with her! She does custom typographic paintings too! And any questions about my work or custom work... well you know where to find me! :wink:

Hello QR!

2011-01-19T11:03:00.001-05:00

So I decided to make a QR Code (or Quick Response Code)! I love all the neat things that come from Japan! Thanks Laura for filling me in on this! I was skeptical at first and was like eh, I don't know if I am interested in that... but then upon hearing all the fun things you can do with these codes and after downloading a QR reading app on my phone, i was sold! Here is what I came up with... now I want to make stickers and stick them everywhere so random people can get to my blog from my code!

Oh and for anyone who is confused by what any of this means, check out the wiki page!

Hello Emilia

2011-01-12T19:35:00.001-05:00

She was such a pretty girl. Full of life and love... what happened?
^^

Art Show Invitation

2011-01-09T22:36:00.004-05:00

This is the invite for our Art Show! Andrea is doing her own invites and this is mines... I dont know many people around here so I am depending on Andrea to bring the crowd! Teehee!

If you are in the area stop on over!!!

Spirit Hood Madness!

2011-01-08T01:42:00.002-05:00

I was super excited today when I got my package! My friend told me about these Spirit Hoods that she kept seeing around town, I had no idea what she was talking about so I googled them and fell in love! (Yes. Supposedly I live on another planet because I don't have cable... hence I don't know about these things... Netflix baby! Also I don't follow any celebrity news blogs...) So yeah I bought one...

But anywho... I thought it would be fun to pretend to be cool and hot for a moment and dorked out infront of my camera!

:love:

Woof Woof, I'm a Wolf!

Simple Butterfly Pattern... I miss you Spring ^^

2011-01-04T09:22:00.001-05:00

Well now that things have calmed down a bit... who am I kidding?! I have just had no time to do anything now that I got back into World of Warcraft! Hahah

Anywho, I need to get back into some artness here! Goal for this week is 3 posts. I think I can handle that... but lets see. I need to get on a regular schedule because if I dont then my days get all mushed together and weeks feel like days and months feel like weeks and yada yada.

Sidenote: I am wearing a scarf for the first time ever! Well like a scarf that's not a thick winter scarf... like a fashionable scarf thing. I hear they are all the rage! :wink: and I must say I look pretty darn cute in it! Yep.

Show me what you working with!

2010-12-14T18:40:00.002-05:00

Not sure why... but yes. This pig is dancing...

^^

Winter Art Gallery

2010-12-13T20:10:00.001-05:00

I am very happy to announce that I have some work up at the Hilton Head Island Library! A friend and fellow artist, Andrea Glover invited me to show off some of my work along with hers. At the library there is a pretty long hallway where local artists hang their work to show off for the passers by and Andrea took one wall and gave me the other. Thank you! ^^
It was a very fun experience and I have already received some very nice feedback from the few people that I met while setting up! Oh yeah, and finding 36 frames was also a blast. (37 if you included the about me one!)

Here are a couple photos from my iphone...

In this last photo you can see Andrea's lovely typographic paintings! They are fantastic!

If anyone is in the neighborhood be sure to come check out our stuff and let us know what you think! ^^

1...2...3 little piggies with wings!

2010-12-10T18:00:00.001-05:00

Three wingy piggies playing dress up!

Oh!

I guess one got tired...
^^

Winter... don't be so mean.

2010-12-07T18:00:00.001-05:00

It is cold... so very very cold today, although its not as cold as it is in the north I guess. But still! I am too cold for comfort!

Above is Winter. She is a quiet, but friendly girl. A bit too shy to become true friends with anyone, well at least with those of us who enjoy conversation. Maybe one day she will warm up to others... but I believe for now she enjoys her alone time.

Orange-riffica!

2010-11-18T13:37:00.002-05:00

So here is one of my souvenirs from my trip to China! It took me forever to pick one of the Chinese Minority Dolls because they were all just so cute! The only other things I bought while there were 5 little fortune figurines that are super cute as well and I gave 4 of them away to friends and kept one for myself!

I didnt do a lot of sight seeing on my trip. All work and no play... awww, but I still had a good time! I took tons of pictures on the trip and need to sift through them this weekend. I might make a slide show or something because there are so many photos! I also have some sort of uneventful video too that I may post!

Still sick... still tired... but I am alive and trying to do things... I'm just snailing!

I have returned!

2010-11-11T15:56:00.000-05:00

So I went to China and came back... SICK! Of course. Anywho I will have some pictures and details to share soon and get back into doing some photography and illustrations as well!

I have never flown so much in my life! Over the course of 3 weeks I have been on either 11 or 12 planes. Scanned and questioned and all that jazz... 5 Hotels in 10 days. I'm pretty tired and hungry now, but I had fun! Not much site seeing went on because the trip was for work... and there was good food and there was really really bad food.

Yep ^^

Happy Little Cube Angels

2010-10-28T10:03:00.005-04:00

Promise yourself to be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet. To make all your friends feel that there is something in them. To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. To think only of the best, to work only for the best and expect only the best. To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own. To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile. To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others. To be too large to worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear and too happy to permit the presence of trouble. -Anonymous

This is a quote that my Grandpa Rogers had framed next to his computer that I liked.

RIP Grandpa.

Well yay, it's friday!

2010-10-15T18:00:00.001-04:00

I had some lovely Sushi at Fancy Q with a friend today, and drew these little cuties!

They are called Podies... yeah sounds like a child saying they need to go to the bathroom but forget about that! They are happy little Budding, Flower, Pod creatures that like to laugh and play! How do I know this?! Hmm, I guess i just do... yep.

And here we have the Square Owls! Aren't... they... just...ummm...SQUARE! hahah and adorable! ^^
Oh boy if I could just doodle all day!

Just smile!

2010-10-10T14:18:00.004-04:00

Life might get you down some days... but just go ahead and smile, for no reason at all... It just might help your spirit, give it a try! I sure am! ^^

Halloween Garden

2010-10-06T21:32:00.004-04:00

Lets see here... well we got a pumpkin, some bats, candy corn, flowers and leaves, eyes, stitches, spiders and a pitchfork! YAY!
Halloween is coming! Although I probably wont be around for any festivities because I will most likely be in China for work.^^

1... 2... 3... Seahorses

2010-10-01T18:00:00.001-04:00

Excuse you Mr. Owl...

2010-09-24T16:42:00.003-04:00

but that is MY friend! ^^

Little Alien Dude!

2010-09-22T14:01:00.002-04:00

He popped into my brain this morning! Not sure why... I think he is SUPER CUTE! ^^

Laser Wood Cut Friends!

2010-09-09T12:30:00.005-04:00

Here are some laser wood cut pieces of some of my Square Bears, Robot and a mini picture of W is for Whale. I plan on painting them soon! I got them cut on Ponoko.com ... wanted to give em a try ^^

How fun!!!

2010-09-06T10:34:00.005-04:00

A lot has happened since my last post!

Lets see here... I got engaged! Then got married on the 21st (on our 8 year anniversary) to Greg! Took a week long trip to MI to spend time with family, and be in my best friend Laura's wedding (L+V September 4th), which was super wonderful! I was so happy to find that they used the kokeshis I made for them throughout the decor with the popcorn bags, tags and other things along with the invites and save the dates!

Now I am back and have a crafting itch to scratch, but first I would like to show off some fun gifts I received from Laura and Vernon!
I received cute little Blythe figurines that Vernon found while in Japan a while back not knowing that I liked Blythe dolls! How weird is that! Something about me must scream "weird/creepy maybe cute dolls welcome here!" hahahah LOVE IT! Also he got some Japanese candy which I think is chocolate but not sure yet! (Edit: They are heavenly caramel cubes not chocolate! OMG they are GOOD!) Laura got me an extremely cute Chococat Cosmetic Bag, and Hello Kitty key cover, along with a super cute birdie mug and little green grass growing hair guy! They know me so well! Thanks guys!!!
Hmmm, I guess I can add a list here of projects I would like to get done this week so I can stay on task(list is not in a particular order...):
-Cube Pal experimentation... with clay and shrinkies
-Photos of my wood laser cut characters
-Paint wood laser cut characters
-set up etsy store!
-and of course plan future projects!!!

Yay!

Hello there Annabelle!

2010-08-12T20:08:00.000-04:00

So finally I am posting pics of the newest edition to my doll family! She is a Neo Blythe White Magic Night. :love:

All I want to do now is buy her new clothes!!! And shoes!!!

Kokeshi Invites!

2010-08-01T21:26:00.005-04:00

So yeah I wanted to post a picture of the awesome Wedding Invites that I got in the mail a few weeks ago from Laura. Its really neat to see the final outcome! She and Josh did a great job of screen printing these and they were designed beautifully by Laura! I drew the the Kokeshis ^^ Yay!

Pin Stripe Boys

2010-07-16T18:00:00.003-04:00

I haven't drawn for a bit... and felt the need!

Hello Boys ^^

Sidenote: Ugh... I have a busy busy weekend ahead of me! Ahhh, heheh
I just got back from Atlanta yesterday... now I need to go through my moms wedding photos and color correct and all that good stuff!

I'm too sexy for my shirt!

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Yeah, I'm a model, you know what I mean and I do my little turn on the catwalk, yeah, on the catwalk! MEOW ^^

Umm, sorry about that. Hahahah

I'm in a magazine! I had the opportunity to pose in a couple shots for CH2 magazine with Predator. The photography was done by Mark Staff, he is amazing! Visit his site www.markstaffphotography.com!

I am the one with the dreads... No, not Predator...the OTHER one. ^^

This first photo is from Mark's site (he has alot more of the predator shoot on there!):

Here are a couple photos from the magazine, which include me (except the cover). In the last picture you can see my dreads and part of my face (on the right of Predator). Hah! To see all the photos either find a CH2 July 2010 magazine or visit the photographers site listed above.

Detroit Airport

2010-07-05T22:42:00.003-04:00

After sifting through some of my photos from the weekend I thought I'd post a couple airport/airplane shots that interested me.

I think its about time i do this!

2010-07-04T21:42:00.003-04:00

Just got back today from Michigan. I had a great time with my family and my mom's wedding was lovely! I will post a couple pictures tomorrow.

7 things that people might not know about me...

1. My favorite anime is Tenchi Muyo (all series and movies are included) I have a rather large tattoo on my left arm of Ryoko, Tenchi and Ryo-Ohki ^^

2. My secret lover is Atsushi Sakurai of Buck-Tick... I WISH! My favorite band is Buck Tick =D (a double fact!)

3. I love animals... I have two dogs (Ferris and Flavios), two cats (Bonnie and Clyde), a snake (Glowworm) and Iguana (GumaGama).

4. I love MMORPG's! I have been obsessed with World of Warcraft for many years and am on and off with Warhammer online... right now I am ON with it! hah

5. I am in love with Japan although I have not been there. I am also teaching myself Japanese on and off with Rosetta Stone but I lack discipline!

6. I inherited my grandmothers love of dolls! and got into BJD's a couple years ago. I have various dolls but only own 2 BJD's right now... which was a struggle for my wallet but I see more in the future. I have a Dollzone Megi named Jun Vayu and Soom Chrom named Zephan Andreas.

7. I like to do far too many things which keeps me busy... but it also means I start alot of things and dont finish. Sometimes I wish there was just one thing I liked to do... but then that would be boring!

That was actually pretty easy! I thought i wasnt going to be able to think of seven things... which is why I put this off for so long! ^^

Thank you for the awards Ieva and Imogen (yes that was ages ago! Better late than never?! heheh)

Midnight Showing of Eclipse... and I haven't a ticket.

2010-06-29T19:46:00.003-04:00

It's a sad sad day in the life of me. I was all excited and pumped up to go to the Midnight showing of Eclipse today... I was banding together a group of friends and everything, went up to the ticket stand and then... BAM! Signs posted all over the theatre "Eclipse Sold Out". Ugh... I had no idea it would have been sold out so early... I mean I got there at 6 because I waited until after work. I should have just went at lunch and it would have been a done deal (the ticket lady told me they sold out around 2:50 pm).

At least there are some pro's to this:
I'm not going to be super tired tomorrow for work.
I can see it tomorrow!
When I see it there wont be as many squealing girlies around... although I will still be squealing.
And I will see it at a reasonable time! And I guess if all hell breaks loose and I dont see it tomorrow each day that I wait will be less and less squealing girls!!!

I am trying to make myself feel better about this... JACOB I MISS YOU! And Jasper, you too!

Oh well... On another note I get a mini vacay. I am leaving Thursday Morning to fly back to Michigan for my Mom's Wedding where I will be the photographer... and hopefully wont totally screw up... this being my first wedding and all. Everything online is so negative towards people and their first wedding shoot! It's like geeze, have a little faith in people.

There is nothing like reading about how badly your going to screw up over and over again to get your moral boosted! Its like how do you learn if you never try... Luckily, I have faith in myself and am excited to do it and I am sure I will learn many things. And its also good to know that I will not be disowned by my mom if for some reason everything goes wrong...

Oh well... we shall see!

To all you people that will be enjoying Eclipse tonight... I HATE YOU!... no no, i mean ENJOY, have a blast, and squeal 10 extra times for me!!! ^^

Oops! A miss count! Hah!

2010-06-23T20:23:00.005-04:00

Ok... so I guess I lied... Yesterday was the last day! I just figured this out when I was taking screen shots of all my pieces for my Year of "Creation A Day" Days so that I can put them together to have an overview... and then there was two 335's! So yeah... my new sneakers were to be 336 instead of 335, its fixed now and all the days after that are fixed too! I thought something was a bit off!

Anywho, it was a fun journey, glad its done! Kinda sad its done... well maybe. I will have alot more time for different projects now and will still be posting as often as I can.

I started my year June 23 of 2009 and I am ending it now June 23 of 2010 with this here screen shot of my desktop with screen shots of my pieces from the past year, which will be used at a later date.^^

Thanks for the support! Thanks for following along if you have! Thanks for stopping by! Thanks for looking back at past works and thanks for continuing along with me if you do! ^^

I think I might take a nap... or just sit. Rest my thumb from command>shift>4ing! So many screen shots!

And then there was one.

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2 Days!!!

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Ugh... its so hot in here. :melts:

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3 days left!!!

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It totally snuck up on me!!!

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Exploding Spiders... ugh.

2010-06-13T23:58:00.004-04:00

There was a huge spider downstairs a few ago... i tried to capture it in a cup... but hit it and BOOM! out fly a million baby spiders... i hate them.

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Playing over and over... Coyote - Buck-Tick

2010-06-06T22:42:00.005-04:00

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348 A gift from my roomate Ashe!

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ririwillow.com

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Where ya been darlin...

2010-05-23T23:54:00.004-04:00

I think my roommate has been playing a song with those words over and over. Not sure what it is... but I like it! ...fyi hahah

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Well Hello there!

2010-05-16T23:46:00.004-04:00

Lets see here...
328 Happy Yellow Flowers

327-320 Customized Calico Critters / Sylvanian Families Home:
320 Painted Outside, 321 Painted Roof, 322 Painted Trim, 323 Kitchen, 324 Front Hall, 325 and 326 Upstairs, 327 Photos

319 Ange Bow

318 Raen Bow

317 Rebecca Bow Vampire Benoit Kin

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Spring Type Things...

2010-05-03T22:58:00.005-04:00

315 Received this in the mail today!!! Super Cute Save the Date that I got to help with!! ...It's on the fridge ^^

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Love, Whales and Flowers ^^

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Atsushi Sakurai and Kristian ^^

2010-04-24T21:20:00.004-04:00

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Need sleepy... why am I still awake!?

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Spartina Girls

2010-04-15T08:58:00.005-04:00

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Pics from a quick "Just for fun" photo shoot we did yesterday! My coworkers and I all grabbed our favorite Pattern and Bag Style(s) from our Celebrate Spartina Collection!

Don't we look fab!!! Check out our site: www.spartina449.com

From left: Riley, Andrea, Sherri'(Me^^) and Cynthia. Special thanks to Andrea for taking my pic!

Little Blue Birdie ^^

2010-04-14T01:10:00.002-04:00

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Its a Me! Mario! Oh... Uhhh...no, not Mario, just me... ^^

2010-04-12T23:57:00.003-04:00

I think I did that joke before... hmmm ><
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For your listening pleasure, here is a very good song Called Ready, Able by Grizzly Bear :Love: Equally enchanting/haunting video!

New Blog Look!

2010-04-11T21:37:00.006-04:00

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For memories sake here is the old look:

291, 290, 289 Buttons, Pins and Pendants

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Hope you had a great Easter!

2010-04-04T22:41:00.008-04:00

More Fun with clay!!!

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Did a bit of crafting this weekend!

2010-03-30T01:17:00.010-04:00

Oh... if I could only play in clay all day!^^
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Na nana na naaaaaaa!

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Oh what a night... ^^

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