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I am CSI.

You know how on all the CSI shows they look at video or surveillance footage and say to the tech "Wait! Blow that up...sharpen. There." ? Haha...look in the glasses for a rare shot of yours truly.

What is art?

new format: 6x6"

Wednesday Stamper: "Art"....

Tired. Behind in everything...taking some time to rest. See you soon...

Imagination: Now Open

10x7" journal page: acrylic, spray paint, hand cut stencils, collage

The Living Room turned out to be one great big doodle fest..swirls in particular. This page is no different. Because my schedule changed a little bit while making this art journal, I found myself on the couch every night with a pen and a few small supplies, watching TV out of the corner of my eye and journaling with the other. There are only 2 pages of actual "events" journaling, but the majority of the book has little wording.

Have a great day today! Weather is warming up for the next few days, so I think we're off to enjoy the great outdoors! See you soon!

Forget what you already know.

10x7" journal page: acrylic, spray paint, pen, collage.

Luckily I have a few pages on my computer that I have not shown you yet so I can keep the blog alive during the initial phase of settling the new house transaction. We've got a lot of appointments here and there and a lot of signatures here there and everywhere...an exciting time for sure, but not without a lot of work.

Thanks for stopping by. I'll see you again tomorrow!

Reality check.

I had a really nice, low-key birthday yesterday!   I started off the day with a 50 minute power walk around the lake to prepare myself to eat this later that night.

My husband told me I could have whatever I wanted, but if you know me, you know I love this local restaurant. Nothing special...just relaxing dinner in a low lit mexican restaurant. The three of us. Fabulous. I had a slice of chocolate cake in the afternoon at my parent's house, but that's about it!

I managed to make you a free background...hope you like it!

And I managed the second to last page in the "Living Room". The rest of the day was pretty great! My friends Olivia and Manny sent me a really great tote bag and some gift certificates to Paper Source...Laura sent me a handmade card and cool little notebook to practice lettering in...I also got a big box of flea market treasures from my friend Michael, a couple of books off Amazon and a house. No biggie.

A HOUSE!! YEEEEHHHHAAAWWWW! I am moving into the neighborhood I grew up in. I have been under so much stress for the last 100 days or so waiting for this deal to become a reality and now it is happening! We'll have a quick escrow (as quick as they can process our paperwork) followed with a pretty extensive remodel...I'll be designing my new studio from the ground up. I can't wait! We think we'll probably move in around July 4th....we have not had an inspection yet, so keep your fingers crossed that we didn't buy the money-pit.

So now the fun whirlwinds of Mother's Day and Day of Julie are over and it's back to nomal around here. Thanks for all your birthday wishes yesterday! It was really fun to read all of your emails and I appreciate them so much!!

The eggs have spoken.

That's right. Friends, today is the 28th anniversary of my birth! (At least that's the number my friends and I are sticking to....)

Long time Lost Luggage readers will remember my 80's flashback segments. Today is special- I'm going to take you on a little trip deep into the 70's! When I was born:

Representatives of 23 western oil companies begin negotiations with OPEC in Tehran to stabilize oil prices. February 14 they sign a treaty with 6 Persian Gulf countries. (Obviously that didn't work.)

In Los Angeles, Charles Manson and three female "Family" members are found guilty of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders.

A new stock market index called the Nasdaq debuts.

May 12 - An earthquake in Turkey destroys most of the city of Burdur

Apollo 15 astronauts David Scott and James Irwin become the first to ride in a lunar rover, a day after landing on the Moon.

Walt Disney World opens in Florida

Richard Nixon is President

The top songs of 1971:

You’ve Got a Friend – James Taylor

Joy To The World – Three Dog Night

Brown Sugar – Rolling Stones

Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

Imagine – John Lennon

Behind Blue Eyes – the Who

What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye

Proud Mary – Ike and Tina Turner

Friends – Elton John

Maggie May – Rod Stewart

Thank you all so much for your friendship! I love seeing that you come to visit. No big plans today...just taking it easy. See you tomorrow!

( PS- The title of this post refers to this post here. )

To Mom

Science!

10x7 journal page: acrylic, spray paint, hand cut stencils, pen, artist crayon, collage. Happy Saturday!

Just give me a free day.

My second journal "The Living Room" is practically finished. I've painted and collaged every page and I only have about three pages left to add a few layers and pen to. I used spray paint and a few stencils on this page...do you like my new zebra skin stencil? Wonder what it would be like if there were pink zebras running around.

A couple of my regular reads mentioned some pretty interesting topics within the last few days. I just want to mention how refreshing it is to see opinions other than the "norm" float through blog land. I usually don't have a problem speaking my mind...but what makes me anxiety ridden is what people will think if my opinions don't match their own.

I think the same sentiment pretty much applies to art as well. I feel relieved when I see a new idea or project float around the web...invigorating. It makes me happy to see people push the limits of their art supplies to make something great.

But lately, I have been feeling a bit "flat". I am finding less exciting material to read, look at, absorb.

I'm curious to know your thoughts. Whats the buzz? Is art changing? The trends? Maybe my own personal alignment is off and I'll rebound in a couple of weeks. Ha! Let's hear it..I can take it- if you think I'm crazy, let me know.

Fish Tacos: My way

(Well...it's pretty good..but nothing like Jeff Bridges. I wish I could easily link my written text without rewriting a bunch of html... Thanks, JeriAnn!)

edit: thanks everyone! Looks like the winning answer to this is to make my own font. I'd still like the flexibility of many many handwritten fonts...so maybe a graphics tablet is the better way to go?