CHECKING OUT ....

We will be out and about the next few weeks here and there doing a lot of "vacation" and some other important stuff too : )

SUMMER BOTANICALS

My second set of paintings! Here's the Pottery Barn inspiration for $49 a print. My knock offs cost whatever the canvas and paint was. I think it would have been fun to paint the background instead of leaving the canvas white, but I wanted to sketch out my flowers first and the walls in the room they're going into are blue, so I thought the white might look nice against it.

I had a super fun time painting them! I've been perusing websites for other ideas I can try imitate and thinking of places I could put them : )

ROCK N ROLL BIRTHDAY GIRL

Made these for the cutest girl turning 7 in April that I know! Also sent her a pair of jeggings to wear with these fun tops : ) I'm in love with the black and white one. Thinking of making myself something like it that would go great with some killer black boots!

12 ON THE 12TH: APRIL

So, I totally didn't ever to 12 on the 12th for March....oops! Here's part of my life from today.

1 - Another little hat I'm knitting. I actually did pretty well up at the bazaar in Sitka last weekend and sold 1/3 - 1/2 of what went up there : )

2 - Sneak peek at one of the paintings I'm working on

3 - The power went out the other night here during a thunderstorm, so we lived by candlelight. It's been awhile since I did that, probably as a little kid in Haines.

4 - This pineapple's days are numbered, tomorrow I will make myself cut it up and enjoy!

5 - I'm brunette again

6 - For the next 5 weeks I have a crazy schedule with getting to Montana, Indiana, lots of work and missing Chad while he's gone for some work training

7 - I think the Albertson's in Saginaw is quite nice. And right now there's a Monopoly game going. I get very excited about putting new pieces on the gameboard!

8 - Fabric for the next bag I'm gonna work on

9 - I didn't feel super great when I woke up this morning and luckily my morning plans canceled, so I curled up on the couch and sipped on some squirt

10 - Found these in my purse from some weekend fun. Ended up going bowling and had the best time. Had to stop and pick up some socks on the way since it wasn't preplanned. Great reminder of my 174 bowling score!

11 - After flipping through my catalog in the mail have decided a trip to Crate and Barrel is definitely in order for our wedding registry. I already started on online since the flatware I want is from there. We already use it but need some pieces replaced. Why not add some more C&B fun?

12 - Getting into the habit again of making the bed in the morning. Makes the biggest difference when I get home later for thinking the bedroom is picked up : )

SURE, I CAN PAINT?

I don't remember being super into art class in school growing up. There's a few projects here or there that I remember that turned out well but not many of them were paintings.

My last big attempt to paint art work was inspired by Color Splash on HGTV. I was pretty confident that I could make something for our living room and we had the perfect size piece of plywood. I'm pretty sure what happened is that I bought the wrong kind of paint and went a little crazy spraying it with a water bottle, along with not being patient enough to let paint dry and the colors started mixing together in a bad way.

So instead of painting works of art I had Chad built me a wood frame and then wrapped fabric around it. It works great. And it's easy to change when you want something new.

One of the families I sit for has a little girl and are wanting to do some decorating in her room since she's not a baby anymore. I was super excited to help. Her mom bought some canvases and paint and has given me the freedom to paint whatever.

I looked googled things like art for girls room and what not to get some ideas. Pottery Barn Kids had some cute stuff that I'm gonna do my best at imitating. Right now those are just sketched out to paint this weekend. Two I already have done. Check them out!

She was born in New Orleans and the fleur de lis is a big symbol there. And a whimsical owl (that still needs the bee painted in)

SCD VERSION 2.SOMETHING

First the apartment, then the van, then my craft supplies, even the cupboard beneath the kitchen sink is not safe from reorganization. So it was only a matter of time before the {scd} site got it.

I've been making a lot of things lately, for the Rainy Day Bazaar in Sitka, AK, for coworkers or families I sit for. Or people see things like my own bag or hair clips. And everyone always asks if I have a website that they can share with their friends. I was embarrassed before, because I didn't think the pictures were that great that I'd taken or that I didn't have enough to show. And the time that it took to do the site on my own how I really wanted it done was beyond my own skills.

When it comes to website and html I think I've been decent enough about navigating my way through what I'm trying to accomplish, but it was time for a new idea and some help. After a few "free template" searches that come up with mostly blog layouts I found Wix.com -- such a fun and easy site to use. I even found a template that offered an online store. So last night I spent awhile playing around and created my new look. And at the end found out to use the ecommerce option you do have to pay. But it was easy to take out since I'm not prepared to pay monthly fees for my own online store front yet. I'll just need to kick it in gear and list some things on Etsy.

So, here is it! A more professional {scd} online that I am very proud for anyone to see -- it doesn't have everything I've done so it may be more of a portfolio kind of site, but it is so much better!