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Moving Day!

After alot of thinking and looking around I've decided to move my blog! Instead of being under blogger I will now be working under wordpress. You can find the new home of my blog riiiiiiiight here ->https://crims0nscarf.wordpress.com/

While blogger has been good to me, I've come to want different things. The new blog has all of my old posts and I will be updating it hopefully pretty regularly! So come join me in our new home!

11:39 PM
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It's coming....

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Well my lovelies, it's beginning. The SCHOOL YEAR. That dreaded time of year when you're forced to spend $200 on a textbook you'll glance at once right before finals. On top of freaking out about my school stuff, I also have a tiny human to get ready for preschool! Oh the time! It flies!

The time has come for late nights, early mornings, and loads and LOADS of coffee. Everyone ready to saddle up for this new year?

10:27 PM
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Lately....

I've been super into my embroidery lately. For some reason the little details necessary for embroidery are something I absolutely adore. Yes, I get frustrated and want to tear it all out at some points, but overall embroidery has become something I'm incredibly proud of.

This is an embroidery piece I'm doing with a few succulents. Pictured here are just the very beginning stages. But even that little succulent took quite some time!

These two are hand carved stamps that I put onto muslin so that I can embroider around the quotes. I have to wait for them to dry before I go wild on them, but I assure you it will look AWESOME!

10:45 PM
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Artistic Frenzy

Well friends, it's 1 AM where I am. Should I be up? Heck NO! But every once in a while I get a creative frenzy. I'm not sure if this is something that happens to every artist or if I'm just bonkers. I was laying up in bed. Quite content. Playing around on my computer (Pinterest and the like) with my lil guy passed out next to me when all of a sudden I got the itch. The itch that can only be cured by staying up all hours and doing SOMETHING. I have been working on embroidering a t-shirt of mine and it's kinda been at a standstill. So I grabbed my computer, headed downstairs, and got to work. I finished a great majority of the t-shirt before I got disastrously tired. I also watched a few ted talks on creativity (man they are good. I pinned a few to my artist videos board on Pinterest if you wanna check um out here).
Now if I don't go crash I am going to fall asleep with my sketchbook and embroidery needles. I'll give you guys some more info on my crazy frenzy's in the morning. Tata!

1:07 AM
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The Artist Buyer Relationship.

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So I found the above image on facebook, it had originally been posted by Jessilyn Park Art Studio (so I take absolutely no credit for this lovely image). It had been shared by some art thing I follow and it really stood out to me. I sell my art. I even recently gave away a piece to be used in a charity auction. While I think people can appreciate art even if they themselves aren't artists, I don't think they really get the bond an artist has with their piece.

I went horseback riding a few years ago and the leader of our trail ride and I really hit it off. I mentioned how I was studying art and that got her talking about all the art she has done. Sadly I don't remember her name but i remember the love in which she talked about each and every one of her pieces, and this lady did some detailed sculptures let me tell you. She mentioned how difficult it was for her to give up her pieces and how if she ends up selling them, she gives them to a gallery she knows very well to sell them.

No matter if you paint, sketch, sculpt, or mix it all together, you're art is a part of you. It can be a place to vent, or it can be somewhere you put your hopes and dreams. Every time I sell a piece I get a little bit sad. This lovely work that I spent so much time creating is now gone. Forever. It's a big relief when I hear from the buyer how much they love it and why it means so much to them. So if you buy art? Let your artist know how much you love it and how much you appreciate them for making it!

6:35 PM
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Long Time No Talk...

flower wreath

I know, I know, I'm dreadful at this blogging thing. But I actually have been working my tail end off :). If you guys ever check my Instagram or Facebook you might see some of the stuff I've been up to. But just in case...

So I've been drawing these goddess type girls in my spare time at work and I finally decided to draw and color one. This lovely lady is on a piece of cardboard that I put some gesso on. I then sketched the basic design, inked it and added watercolor.

So this is the progression of a piece I made for the Together We Can charity auction in Wamego KS. I had a piece I was going to finish and give, but then the idea for a wreath popped up and I decided to go for it! THANK GOD I finished it in time for the auction. I painted a white canvas in acrylic paint and then went over it with some watercolor drips. Each of those lovely flowers was painted with watercolors and then cut out and glued down onto the canvas. With those little flowers I cut out each one individually, so needless to say it took quite a while. But I really love how it turned out :)
So yeah that's what I've had going on. I'm thinking of making a few more flower wreaths. Any thoughts?

2:23 PM
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What have I been up to?

Well, I've been up to quite a bit actually (sorry for the cruddy quality of some of these).

I've been making some panels for bags...

Planning out some super cool ideas for calendars....

And of course, working on some funky art. This piece is gesso and watercolor on wood with some carvings, still in progress at this stage.

I've been working my butt off to try and set some new stuff up int eh shop and I'm hoping it'll be up by mid June if not then early July. Thanks for checking in!

11:33 AM
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