ANNNDDD THE WINNER IS!!!!!!!

The Winner is THE GIVE AWAY DIVA! (Ironic) I really haven't gotten to know this nice young lady but I did take a stop over to her blog and it seems that she is doing everyone a nice service by telling you all about upcoming giveaways! Check it out.

AND THE PRIZE!!!!!! A 5"X7" print of I WOULD LIKE TO FLY TOO!

Thank you all who entered and don't forget to stop by The Muse Behind The Mask for a chance to win a print from Amariah, this month's featured artist.

Stay tuned next week with a BIG update with what I have been up to. And maybe for two shop updates wink wink....

Smooches

Steph

GIVEAWAY LAST DAY

Last day to enter my giveaway for one free print. Please read below post of information to enter!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Smooches
Steph

GIVE AWAY!

Give Away

(FREE PRINT FROM Fantastic Figments)
In honor of me reaching two of my goals, making it one year on Etsy and opening my second blog
(click picture to visit new blog!)

I would like to host a happy little giveaway!

To Enter:
***You MUST visit my Etsy Store ( Fantastic Figments) and choose your one favorite prints between (Undercover, Forsaken, Love At First Bite, I Would Like To Fly Too, and The greatest Escape)
***You MUST visit The Muse Behind The Mask or the blog you are on Fantastic Figments comment on the current post which print was your favorite and you are done!!

The winner will be picked on 4/24/09 and the winner will be listed on the Fantastic Figments Blog and notified. If you don't use blogger you must leave your email address to win. Winner will be decided by random number generator.
Long post, thanks for sticking with me on this one. I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday! Smooches, Steph

Giveaway/Goals

GOALS

If this picture doesn't represent who I am right now I don't think any picture ever could. I am stretching myself to the limit and it FEEELLLSSS sooo good. I have been sick for so long that I feel like I missed so much while I was ill (the last 5 months.) I don't have a clean bill of health yet, but I am working my way there.



This post is about GOALS! That is right I hope we all have them, I know I have a ton. With a year of blogging under my belt it has made me reflect on my true goals. I think for a long time I was living on other's expectations of me (sometimes I still think I am) Any goal I have ever had I had to push and fight and lose my soul to get there. I now know those weren't really my goals they were preconceived goals of what others thought I should do (and maybe at the time even I believed it).



Goals should be something you have to work for and it is hard work but if it is truly something you love down in the depths of your soul than the work should be effortless. Think about it, all this time we have been told that working hard is the only way to get from A to B and that is true......if you don't love what you do. When you are doing something you love doesn't it make you feel good even if it is technically hard work? Although I am not one to exercise I hear that running can make you feel good (*rolling my eyes*) BUT.. it is true endorphins can make you feel great, it is hard work but you are running towards a goal you love.



My goal is creativity and I want to stretch the goal to the outer most limits! I want to create so much that it hurts but feels oh-so-good. I want to create until my fingers are raw, my brain is mush, and to the point that I could not possibly leave one creative stone unturned. I want to share my creativity with everyone and I want them to feel the energy to create or do whatever it is that is effortless to them. Why struggle why not have an outlet far far away from the emotionally taxing work, the pseudo-goals, the life that you never wanted but seems to be yours. Find your real goals and you will know when you find them because getting there might be hard, long, exhausting, and daunting; but it will be effortless if you truly love the goal you have chosen to be yours.



Excuses, oh yes, they always get in the way of goals. But my friend, as most excuses are cliche there is another cliche that combats your lazy excuse " Where there is a will there is a way," go have a heart to heart with your will if you are still making excuses.



As I say in my profile, I don't create because I want to, I create because I have to. Not every second of everyday do I want to have a paint brush in my hand, and God knows I don't LOVE doing the listing end of Etsy but creating is what I have to do and it just seems effortless to me so why not translate that into a goal. And why not for a change, do something that makes you feel good and something that you want to do. If you aren't doing something that you love ask yourself what excuses you might be making, see if they are valid reasons of simple excuses. I have a funny feeling you will find a way if it is something you really want deep down inside.



I have a full time job, I have a million hospital bills, I have to go for regular Dr. check-ups, I can't medically sit for more than an hour at a time, I have a car payment, I have student loans, I have to try to plan for a wedding, I have to pay the rent, I have a fiance, I have friends, I have two pets, and I have family obligations. And apparently I have a butt load of excuses, these were just some of the excuses that have held me back for years. Some might seem pretty valid but not to me, not anymore. Not one of the above have suffered since I started to do what I love. In fact, everything above has improved. Once you do something you love your mind can release those happy endorphins and give you a positive tweak in attitude.



Try it, I promise you won't regret it.

Give Away

In honor of me reaching two of my goals, making it one year on Etsy and opening my second blog

click picture to visit!

I would like to host a happy little giveaway!

To Enter:

***You MUST visit my Etsy Store ( Fantastic Figments) and choose your one favorite print between the five (Undercover, Forsaken, Love At First Bite, I Would Like To Fly Too, and The greatest Escape)

***You MUST visit The Muse Behind The Mask and comment on the current post what one of your goals in life is (not matter how big or small) and print that you chose in my Etsy store!

It is all that simple. The winner will be picked on 4/24/09 and the winner will be listed on the Fantastic Figments Blog and notified. If you don't use blogger you must leave your email address to win. Winner will be decided by random number generator.

Long post, thanks for sticking with me on this one. I hope you all have a wonderful Tuesday!

Smooches,
Steph

New Blog To Give Thanks To All Of You

******* DRUM ROLL********

Hello all my lovely lovely friends. I have been so inspired by all of you that I needed to find a way to thank you for all that you do to encourage me and others. And this is how I would like to give thanks....

http://www.themusebehindthemask.blogspot.com

This is a brand new blog that I have created to give thanks to the wonderful artists who inspire us and encourage us. So many times we see beautiful creations and we crave to know the artist(muse) who creates such beautiful things. This blog is meant to inspire, thank, and be a resource to get to meet the Muses(artists) behind the Masks(artworks)!

A full explanation of The Muse Behind The Mask and what is has to offer can be found by clicking the picture above or the link below it.

This blog is different from other featured blogger blogs in that you as the reader will get to choose the next featured muse by voting! To get the ball rolling I chose the first muse the lovely artist is

Amariah Rauscher

If you haven't visited her blog put it on your to do list. To read the full interview with Amariah stop over to The Muse Behind The Mask next week (4-20).

The Muse Behind The Mask is sure to be a fun prompt blog to add to your everyday visits. Are you hitting a creative roadblock? Come on by and take a cue from the "Weekly Inspiration" side bar. If you are inspired by something on The Muse Behind The Mask please send me a link to your blog where you post a picture of your creations with mention of The Muse Behind The Mask (including link) in your blog post.


To get the full flavor stop over and check it out. I encourage you to nominate yourself or nominate a fellow artist to be the next muse... remember you all get to choose who the next muse will be!

I would like to add that the artists to be nominated can use ANY genre of art (paint, jewelry, clothing, knitting, photography, computer graphics, etc.) All are welcome because we can all learn something new from others.

If Ever There Was

If ever there were a cross roads in my life this would be it. The problem is my car broke down at the four corners (hypothetically speaking). I feel as though I am stuck and stuck in ways that are far beyond my control. Not necessarily in a bad way, more of a stagnant way, a place far from growth. Thank god for my art.

I have been trying on this adult thing for a few years now and I am not sure if I like it. I am not sure what I don't love about it, but I can tell you it is different. I guess we all go through times of uncertainty, self doubt, and I am sure it will all pass. This too shall pass right? HAHA.. This isn't a Debbie Downer post as I am not "down" I am just confused and trying to get insight through self understanding. I guess it comes down to is I haven't made my adult identity yet and I have been trying on so many different hats that I can figure would which one to wear to the party. The party of life that is.

As of late I have been really digging my 'new girls' I feel they are different and well, everything I want them to be. (or what they want to be). Here are the three new ladies who I should be giving names too.

Oh and if you are loving the new girls as much as me there is GREAT news. THERE ARE PRINTS!!!!!!!!!! Fabulous prints prints that I would love to hang on my wall! (Thanks Jenn from Noodle and Lou Studio Great advice) Isn't she the sweetest?

Well all I have an announcement that I would love to make in a few days (I know I always have something brewing on the back burner) I am really really excited about this and I think many of you will be too!

Smooches All and happiest Thursday

Steph

I Love When Things Aren't Perfect

Wow two posts in a row I must not be feeling well. HAHA j/k I just miss blogging a lot so whenever I get a spare minute now that is what I want to do.

So I have a dilemma that I need some help with and who better than a boat load of talented artists. I have desperately been trying to get great prints of my work so I can sell the on Etsy. I have been trying so many different paper types but the quality I want isn't there. I have a standard HP printer deluxe with fine quality inks it produces a great print but I guess I am unhappy with the paper. Does anyone have any paper suggestion or methods they use in making prints? I really want to stock up my store and I have some great painting I haven't listed yet because I want to make prints first. Oh HUM any suggestions are welcomed. Once I a lock on making the prints I will definitely be doing a giveaway for all the help I hope I receive.

If anyone cares it is snowing in NY today. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH that is right the fluffy white stuff is pooping all over the lovely green grass that has just recently appeared in our tundra of a state. Enough is enough. I love the dreary Seattle weather we have been getting with lots of rain and wind and gray skys but save the snow for somewhere else. Drats!

So last night I did this little painting.

I feel like I have been very into the imperfections in life lately. I am sick of things 'trying' to be perfect as we all well know that nothing is perfect. There is so much beauty in flaws and yet we discount them as being imperfect and thus ugly or bad or what-have-you. I am trying to paint more from emotion these days (and even in Plumes Ami) create from emotion. And I find that even emotions lack true clarity. I want my pieces to have a life and to feel. I want a chord to strike in the on-lookers and find maybe even a hint of their imperfect self in my pieces. Lately I have really been embracing what others might find the doldrums but I find peace and inspiration there. It feels so real to me, different than trying to pretend of keep up with the Jones's, and no it isn't depression. God, no where close, it is life and its imperfections and taking the time to love them, good, bad, or indifferent. With that I say embrace the beauty of imperfection because as far as I can see there is nothing special about being perfect.

I hope everyone has a great Tuesday! Please stop over and visit Plumes Ami if you haven't already. I put up some funky wrist cuffs that I just LOOOVEEEE.

Smooches

Steph

And it is Monday again!

Oh how the days just mesh into one.

So before I get started on the post I have something to comment on. "Twilight" now I am sure some of you just swooned at the name and frankly I can't blame you. I have neither read or have seen Twilight out of sheer fear of being obsessed but isn't it amazing the following it has gathered. Kudos to Stephanie for writing such a captivating masterpiece! But alas I will only hear the gossip I can't bring myself to actually watch it. (Vampires something near and dear to my heart as I always wanted to be a vampire or a witch).

Okay onto business.

Well here are some of my new pieces. MUCH MUCH different right! Well they are wrist cuffs and BOY do they make a statement. I made some for myself as well and I have been getting compliments left and right (makes me feel good).

I am trying to upcycle and use materials that are left over or taken from previously loved pieces (waste not want not). Please stop over to Plumes Ami on Etsy and check them out. I love how shabby chic and eclectic they look. And the picutures hardly do the details justice!

Last but not least I want to thank the ever glamourous Giovanna over at BoHo Market for a WONDERFUL award! Unfortunately the picture of the award doesn't seem to be working on the gifters blog but that certainly isn't enough to dappen the spirit! I made a temporary replacement (I hope no one minds). This is the Sisterhood Award for blogs that show attitude and/or grattitude. The name of the game:

1. Put the logo on your blog or post.

2. Nominate at least 5 blogs which show great Attitude and/or Gratitude!

3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.

4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

5. Share the love and link to this post and to the person from whom you received your award.

The five a choose : Drum Roll......(no order)

1. Amariah Rauscher she is sassy but her artwork is sweet

2. Designs By CK: The spookiest most loveable guy on the block

3. Cat Napinn Primitives: She will bring a smile to your face

4. Hot Tamale Art Studio: Because her artwork is on FIIIREEEE

5. Chrissy Foreman: Anyone who does a community morale project is definately deserving of an award!

I hope you all have a wonderful first half of the week. I hope to see you all on the flip side!! Smooches Steph

PLUMES AMI (SUPRISE)

So I know I haven't been around lately, but I have a good excuse I swear! I opened a second Etsy store where I will be selling my swen creations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So between a fulltime job, creating art and creating.. well.. more art it is hard to make the rounds like I used to. So it will be my goal to post twice a week.

I have always loved fabric, probably becuase the novelty fabric reminds me of art so it was only natural to make it funcational. I will be adding more to Plumes Ami (feathered Friend) shortly. I just wanted to give it a jump start since I have been keeping it a secret for sooooooo long.

So please stop over tell your friends and enjoy!

Smooches

Steph

Howdy all.

Sorry extended break again, I just needed some time to get back into the swing of things. I have something REALLY exciting to share but I don't think I am going to make the announcement for another week or so. I am very excited about it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just wanted to post a little something, this is a gift that I made for Adam's sister (it is a portrait of her) for her 20th birthday. I met adam 9 years ago and that mean Emily was only 11 years old... oh WOOW how time has flown. As you can see she is a knock out, oh and if you couldn't tell pink is her fav. color.

I have been super busy lately, mostly working on the new suprise. I just can't seem to stop the creativity!

I hope everyone has a WONDERFUL Monday I hope mine goes well.

I will talk to you soon...

Smooches,

Steph

ETSY UPDATE>>>>> ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello all my love love lovelies!!!!

I am bacccckkkk *feeling marginally better* but ready to take on the world with some new art.

Just wanted to let everyone know I put some new items up on Etsy for your peepers pleasures.

I am sooo sorry I haven't had the chance to keep up with everyones' progress believe me it stinks. I love looking at all the wonderful thing you all create! I hope to be around more but I still have some obstacles to overcome that keep me from dedicating as much time as I would like to blogging.

I am excited that I have been creating some new and different art pieces, and I see myself going more to the illustration side. Must be the wanna be animator in me. (One day ... one day...)

While I have been absent I am going to show you what I have been working on.. Let me know what you think :)



To see the rest swing on over to my Etsy page and check them out!

I hope to talk to you all soon and thank you so much for ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL the well wishes I know that you all have been giving them too me for over 3 months now and I couldn't thank you all enough!

Smooches my loves and big hugs,
Steph

alive update

Okay so I made it through... just not as a whole person haha..

I am one abcess and two 3/4 inch cysts lighter. which does not equate to much weight. So I am finally ready to diverge my disease and this is only because I was finally diagnosed.

I have Acute Pilonidal Cyst Syndrome with Hirutism. Yes I know weird and what I look like now is even more weird. Although 75,000 suffer from Pilonidal cysts they are I will losely say lucky enough to be able to manage them although still probably will somewhere down the road have pain. In my case I couldn't control the infections I was getting and I was getting too many reoccurances. As a result I have a whole in my back that your could easly fit a tennis ball and golf ball side by side in. GROSSSSS ...... I know... you can imagine that I haven't been up and about but I have been trying to plug away at some art. I have some new thing I have been expirementing with and I have some new little things for Etsy, but that will be for later. Right now I cant stand for more than 20 mins. In total this will take 3 months to heal, but should have mobility within a month. We will see.

Thanks for all the well wishes and sticking by my side. Your encourgagement helps. I am just so bummed out that this all happened at a time where I was actually making sales and seeing the drean come true....

I hope all of you are doing well and know I think about you all frequently!


Smooches,
Steph

Back in the hospital

Alright folks sorry I haven't been around in some time, but ....

I am going back in the hospital for another operation. This one is very unexpected!

AHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

I will be around to fill in..

Smooches,
Steph

JACKPOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes Yes I know I am been gone for far too long. But Life has been very busy and it is simply something I can't put on the back burner.

First I will tell you that Adam and I moved our wedding up an entire year! Why you might ask, the rational reason is my brother was already getting married in 2010 and we picked only two month after him. I can say I really don't want to put that kind of finicial hardship on my parents and the rest of our family.

The other reason, not so rational is....... WE MOVED IT TO HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HAHA that is right, call me crazy, but Halloween falls on a Saturday this year and 1) it is my favorite holiday, and 2) I always wanted a Fall wedding. We are going to try to make it work, but 8 months isn't a lot of time to plan a wedding. We don't even have a venue picked out yet. So that is why I have been very absent, all of my spare time as my given to the task of planning a wedding. Please forgive me. I will be posting here and there and doing some painting over the weekend. Stick with me folks the best is yet to come!!!!!!!!!!

But onto maybe even more exciting news..... I HIT THE JACKPOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is right folks lill' ol'me hit a slot machine jackpot on a 2 cent slot machine. Before I tell you how much I won, I will tell you that nor Adam and I are gamblers. Never were and probably never will be. In Saratoga, where we live there is a mini casino, and this past weekend they were having a bridal show. So we went but the show was a total bomb. Adam hands me a $20 and says might as well spend some money we drove all the way here. So I walked around and didn't want to play the $1 machines, or .25 machines, I wanted to make that $20 last. (As I said I am not a gambler). So I saw a 2 cent machine with a bird on it, and after my dear birds I thought this was as good of a machine as any. So we stuck in the $20.00 and gave it a spin. First shot I hit a bonus which gave me 10 free spins, and then a hit again with another 5 free spins and finally the buzzer went off. I didn't know how much I won, but I knew I had to have won something big since the buzzer went off. The man sitting next to me was like you just won $500... I was screaming, $500 that is awesome.. BUUUUUUUTTTTTTTTTTTTT I didin't win $500.......... You see those free spins didn't mean I was just racking up points, I was racking up DOUBLE AND TRIPLE POINTS!!!!!!!!! I Won $2,200!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is right $2,200... Now that is a down payment on the wedding...

So please stick around during this crazy time in my life. Talk about a cross roads. I will be here and thre and back and worth and I will get around eventually. I will keep you all up to date on anything COOOLLL that might happen. Just remeber I heart you all and I will be around!

BIG SMOOCHES,

STEPH

Etsy & Ebay Update

Howdy Folks!


Well as you can see on my side bar I put some new items in my Etsy store and put Alice in Wonderland on Ebay! SOOO time consuming.. but ooo soooo neccessary.

Oh, and the Oil paintings I was telling you about are for sale on Etsy right now!!!!!! They are the Trees In The Wind. I am bummed I couldn't get good scans of pictures of them but they are awesome. Adam wants to keep them. I said if they don't sell.. I hope they do even though I love them I need the money to make more.



I can't wait I am odering cutom mini button to sell on ETSY.. that is right and they all contain my original artwork!!!!!!!!!! YIPPPY



I have a few more pieces I need to list, but my internet uploading is VERY SLOW so what you see took me over two hours! I know just tp upload a few pictures.



I will try to get the rest up next week. This weekend my borther's fiance Joanne and her sister Mary are coming up from NJ to go to a birdal show with me. My first one (well first visiting I have worked them before).



These is a hot little number that I did the other day. I am very fond of it. And I can't get enough of this vintage paper. Let me tell you when it is all gone I might cry.. BOOOOO...
















I feel like I need a makeover.. head to toe. I don't have the money and to tell you I don't have the engery to fingure out how to go about it, but I know I need one. Inside and out. I wish I had spare time on my hands. But alas notta, so I will just have to keep using the noodle to figure out how to do a mini makeover. And I think I will start my getting my eyebrows done I look like Gracho Marks. EIKKK not a good look for a lady.



Alright my loves have a super nice weekend. If you are in the snowy parts stay warm, and I will be back on Monday!



SMOOOOCHES

Steph

And the Beat Goes.....

Etsy update this Thursday Night
Come one come all and see what cute treats you can find........

So I have been doing a lot of thinking about a lot of things, and I have finally come to a conclusion.... I have to figure out a way to get happy. That is right folks it is almost as hard as finding the perfect bra (and yes I did manage to find that), so why can't a locate happiness. Where oh where are you hiding. Screw happiness I would even deal with being content right now. So I am sure all of you are getting tired of hearing me be such a downer. Please understand that the majority of the time I am extremely upbeat, but as of late, as of the last surgery I had I can't seem to find that happy place. I am only truly happy when I do my art and in this place I would love to reside. And to tell you the truth my art seems to be excelling while I am in this 'mood'. Alas I am sure this is why people go crazy, do no fear I am not going to go crazy in the least or start dieing my hair black and slumping in a corner but I am on a mission to regain the happiness I once had.

Here is a little piece I crafted a few nights ago. Loves it loves it...



I have been tagged...

Miss. Jenn from the creative studio of Hot Tamale Art decided to give me a little love in the shape of a tag and if you have had the chance to dance and sign around the wonderfully cute mysterious art of Miss. Jenn please take the time to you will be pleasantly surprised.

Tell 6 Random Things About Myself and The Pass it On to Six People:

1. I love love love potato chips
2. I have a concentration in film making (like producing)
3. I went to cosmetology school after college and dropped out of cosmetology
4. I am SUPER competitive
5. I graduated in the top 5 percent of my college graduating class
6. I know all the presidents in chronological order

Hmm who to pass this onto... interesting interesting..

I think I will pass it on to some new followers to my blog to get to know more about them...

Jolie from Jolie Art
Octopus & Trolls
Bonne Singer
Boho Market
Beehive Cottage
Paintings by Thelma

Please check out their blogs. I can wait to get to know them and their art better.

Hope everyone has a NIIICEEEEE tuesday!

Smooches,
Steph

AHHHHHHHHHH it is Monday isn't it!

Hello from la la land on this very dreary and snowy NY morning. My heart goes out to everyone who is living in the Northeast right now and has to put up with this CRAPPY weather.

What is new on my front.. hmm.. let me see…. NOTHING. Around the winter my life always seems to be on hold. I am sure this is common with people who sustain half of a year of winter with not much sunlight and extreme cold. Now I know those who relocate for jobs up in Alaska get a generous relocation sign-on.

I really want to have my Etsy update today, but my oil paints still haven't dried. Another downer about the winters here (extremely damp)

On a much lighter note I did FINALLY pick out my clothes for our engagement photos!!!!!!!!! YIPPPPY… I think they look alright. I picked casual, but Adam and I are very casual people.

Here is a new piece I did. I am very much into the vintage book right now and the background of this is all a 1930 children's book. Very fun. Expect to see more of this style from me... or maybe I already have a few more done ;)

This story begins at the beginning like most stories do,
it is a story about a girl much like me and you.
But this girl has a life where things aren't what they seem,
she thinks to herself, is this all a bad bad dream?
No, this life she lives is real and as real as real can be,
where she could never be happy and her spirit can never free.
Caught up in a world of insanity and delusion,
knowing how to feel even stirs within her confusion.
She dwells on the brink of what will and could happen,
in this world of devastation and entrapment.
Day in and day out everything around her is strange,
so she says to herself, it would be nice if something made sense for a change.

So I bid you adieu and wish you a prosperous, joyous, and splendiferous Monday. Or any combination of good things that can happen on a Monday.

Oh yes and I already made this announcement, but do to circumstances beyond my control it is going to be hard for me to get around to people's blogs as frequently as I use to. Please bear with me. I miss talking with you all very much, but don't leave me now!

Smooches,
Steph

Happy ACEO HUMP-DAY

So here is the scoop.. well two scoops. One I am sooo sooo soo soo sooo sorry I haven't been making my usual rounds. There is a little hiccup in my life right now and a whole lot of uncertainty. Unfortunately the hiccup is keeping from visiting all of you on a regular basis. Don't worry I am fine… but the hiccup is directly connected to the thing that I cannot talk about. DRATS I know I know. I am sure at this point some of you are getting very curious what this thing is. If you email me privately I will tell you all about it. Believe me it doesn't make me happy, but then again you can't control everything in life.

Please know that I think about you all constantly and can't wait until things are back to normal. Currently I am trying to rearrange my time so I can fit it all in, but as I said before with a full time job, creating, Etsy, advertising, and a personal life, it doesn’t leave my blog much time. But please stick with me. I want to hang onto these wonderful relationships!!!!!!!!! My goal is to post every other day and make my rounds twice a week. I love seeing everything you all create.

Okay onto something different. Soooo……Please excuse this latest ACEO not my finest, but I have an okay excuse. As I said previously two days ago I was fitted for contacts. I know I am getting old. I have reading glasses and contacts. Anywho… Like a baby learning to walk for the first time I haven't acquired my contact fingers yet, and managed to cut my eye. I know, can anything else go wrong with me.. shh.. Don't want to jinx it. So needless to say I was one-eyed last night with no glasses at all and she is what was born out of it. I think she is adorable!

Hmm what else.. Well .. My b-day is coming up Feb 7th. And with that , that is the day Adam and I scheduled to get our engagement photos done!!!!!!!!!! I have been waiting for this moment.. well.. FOREVER! For some reason I have always been more excited for the engagement photos than the actual wedding.. ODDDD I know, but then again I am a little unusual. We are running into some issues though. First it is the dead of winter here in upstate NY and that means fridged temperatures. Second we need an inside location and well… just can't seem to find a nice one that we don't have to pay for. I am paying so much for the pictures that I don't want to pay for a location as well. AHHHHHHHHHH. Worst part about it I have Adam complaining because he doesn't want to get his pictures taken that long. Please understand he is definitely a man's man and doesn't like anything that involves aesthetics. ANYYY IDEAS are welcome. I wanted to do ice skating but Adam wears a size 16 skate so we can't afford or have time to have one made and ordered. Then I thought about tobogganing but we don't have a toboggan. I do have a few other ideas but I will save you the time. But if any of you have any cute thoughts for inside or outside I would love to hear about them!

Alright I am off to brave the cold. REAL COLD..

Smooches,
Steph

Here's The Scoop Boys and Girls

OKay...

So I do have FOUR new items to show you guys. I know FOUR, but here is the kicker... They are oil paintings and they are taking forever and a day to dry. I know bummer. I took a stab or two with oil in the past but again left it behind due to its inability to keep up with my impatience.

BUUUTTT if you haven't stopped over please go to my New and Improved Etsy. As promised there is a little promo going on...




My mom did an awesome job helping me post this weekend. If you have any questions I will be more than happy to answer them! My goal is to keep this baby stocked! As much as possible.

So I have been spending time over in Etsy chat and lovin it! Really great people and a lot of fun. Also it is a fun way to advertise AND FREE. Doesn't get any better than that.

I wish I could say I had an exciting weekend but alas, Sat U was doing Etsy all day, and Sunday we stayed in while I painted, BUT BUT... For since the first preview came out I have been wanting to see The Unborn. Finally saw it and I don't think it was half bad....

Today I am going to pick up my contacts. FOR THE FIRST TIME. Guys you wouldn't believe how nervous I am of messing up or screwing them up... I am sooooo nervous. I am going to get colored I think. I have hazel eyes (green and brown) and I think I am going to get green. Adam says blue.. I think blue.. I DON"T KNOW.. I have until 4:00pm today to make a choice.. Any suggestions??????????? What are comfortable brands you wear???

Alright tomorrow I want to tell you about a dream that I had (I wish I could now but I don't have time) It was a crazy dream.... so realistic I can remeber the detail like it was yesterday. Kinda creepy.

Alright loves..

Happy Monday

SMOOCHES,
Steph

Etsy Grand Re-opening