pixie paintings: 'audrey'

"pixie-paintings"
definition: postcard-or-smaller-sized watercolour paintings. (yep, i just spelled color with a "u")
anyway, here's my little april project:

a cute little portrait of my friend, audrey!

little wonders

little doe deer.

i've been working on drawings and paintings lately. it's been nice.... 
and i got instagram on my phone now, so here's a shot of my little doe deer painting from a month back. :)

i hope you feel beautiful today.

so i know i've been MIA for the past couple days, weeks, .. ah, i don't even know what's going on. my regular routine just started again yesterday and i've seriously felt like i've been off in lala land a.k.a. colour conference.


anyway, i've got a series of stories for the next few days.

oh, and i found this little trinket while i was cleaning up stuff on my photo collection earlier today.
tomorrow's my REAL relaxation day, i am not going to think about what i'm gonna do, and i'm gonna take my time when i decide on doing whatever it is i choose to do. i think i'll be in bed until noon.... aaaah... very nice.

without further ado, my hidden little treasure. i hope you feel this way all day today!

some doodles.

just a little doodle from my first week in sydney, i really should exercise this craft more. it was so fun just doing a little illustration like this :)

pompom peonies.

not as puffy as it ought to be, but worked well for a humble get together :)

made some puffs, and didn't realize how beautiful they look clumped together. another idea! could be developed as some kinda lamp or chandelier!

a little january pixie.

sometimes little things are better appreciated.
we put up some lights, and served some goodies and bits, and voila!
january pixies party, a small get together with friends and family.

brown paper packages tied up with string.

i love sending packages in the mail, and when i can i wrap them in butcher paper and add little quirky things to them. i usually wrap christmas presents with ribbons of sorts, and yes, use butcher paper as well. anyway, i came across these cutesy things from a blog i follow: mint//ellie.snow and they're on sale on etsy by Alana and Cisco of Humunuku!

i did some christmas card signing last night, have a bit to go ... but if i run out of the cute penguin ones that i have now, i'll surely make my own (if i have time!) and send some out :)

**journey updates: i've been all over the place with my trip lately, first of all, i haven't officially packed-- so hmm. i'm not really sure how i'm gonna condense life into a fifty-pound luggage. challenge accepted!

christmas and crafts

  

From top to bottom--
(1) Japanese Stab Bind with a little experimentation.
(2) JSB notepad [made from scrap paper and scrapbook decoration sheet]
(3) Art/Craft Box [made with rice(?) paper from Hiromi (?) Santa Monica, and art paper from Otis Lab Press]
(4) Art/Craft Box display dos!
(5) Holiday tags from scrap paper that is superdeedooper old!
(6) Zoomed in watercolor painting from today :)
(7) Felt like doing a little watercolor today... so I did. Pretty fun!
(8) Mini glitter oxfords, sorta--
(9) Polka-dot beanie
(10) Then I attached them to some stuff I gift wrapped today.

Homemade crafts--

Enjoy.

all strung up.

today wasn't the best monday of 2010, in fact, it may be one of the worst of the year, and most possibly, one of the worst in the history of me. how ironic that i posted such a colorful picture of beads that were so torturous to string... it took me a couple days to string up four or five, five-foot length strings. i have no clue what to do with them, but i'm afraid they're going to have to just hang against my windows for now, or forever. as for the rest of the beads, i am giving them to my bracelet-making cousins who might have something better to do with them.

back-to-work, beads friday.

no black friday for me. never was my thing to shop amongst a crowd of people, and to stand in line for ages to buy probably something that i'll wear once or twice in my life. nope, not the girl for that.

so instead of spending this lovely morn and afternoon getting pissy about how long the lines are or how i can't find a spot at the next car park... i've caught up with my primetime comedy shows on hulu, and now like a granny, i'm picking up my craft tools and getting back-to-work on my cutesy boxes, and! gonna get started on stringing these beads for...??, who knows what, but i want to make use of them-- so we'll see what i end up making today!

crafties.

this is my first clamshell box and journal project from over a year ago! i made this one at otis. (excuse the cut on the journal, my bone-folder was too sharp and sliced my beautiful journal's side spine!)

i decided to give it a shot, and try making one on my own, i'm almost done with it-- but this is what i had early morning. 

i attempted making engravings shown on the journal above (leaf cut), but i wasnt too successful because i forgot to put glue on the cardboard end! hmmm....

these are two of the boxes i finished constructing from scrap cardboard i wanted to get rid of. they're still waiting to be covered!

i'm getting a lot better at making these boxes, and i'm a little disappointed with the glitches i make on each one. so far i've made five, but i'm thinking of keeping these slightly imperfect ones-- i really hope to start selling my little crafty paintings, and of course these boxes on etsy. what do you think?? interested?

posties.

forgetting a lot of things lately, very scatterbrained at the moment.

and i just remembered too, that i was supposed to post fashfash pictures from last month's photoshoot, and i still haven't done so! hmm. let's see what i get to start and, or finish today, and i will update my posts. updates to come!

i'll leave you with my craft idea for the day:

fini!

before and after--

one craft box done-- it's not perfect, but i'm proud! now off to make the little knick-knacks, or possible zines, journals, or postcards, or paintings, or cards of sorts to put inside it! :)