Little Birthday Girl

Cute as can be for my second birthday.

Strange, but this picture is an almost perfect reflection of myself today

You can find me riding my pink bike with bell and streams to the Library on Sundays

and if that dress was in my size you know I would were it!

Birthdays are always such a treat for me...

not just for the presents but for the comfort I feel in each new number

Perhaps this will change with time but I love getting older

I feel more conformable in my skin with each passing year

I have such wonderful hopes for this next year.

I was cleaning out my bookmarks on my computer 

and found this lovely asian website that I just had to share

Eye Candy Heaven - AKA Curly Collection

Oh aren't they all so sweet! I just wish I could buy everything!!!

OH DEAR!!!! I miss spelled Comments! 

How embarrassing!

I really wish I could thank you each in a more personal way

for all your kind words about Abby Dolly...

but I really really want you all to know 

how much your constant support means to me!

The little number generator 

chose Katydiddy for the prize of Abby paper dolly!

Congrats sweetie!

Well I'm off to work... 

yupp you know childhood is over when you have to work on your b-day!

Hugs!

Abby Doll - GIVEAWAY - Street Fashion

Meet Abby!

1 sweet little doll 2 cute looks

YUPP no joke! I've finally spread my wings and taking that fretful first step out of my nest

Drawing has always been my number one passion 

but I've been quite frightened 

not quite sure of myself. 

But my numero uno goal this year was to show the world my artwork

and to build a little portfolio.

Abby is just the start...

I'm completing new drawing each week!

My real hope is to make a giant switch from being a "crafter" to an artist of sorts

I have embarked on something very exciting I feel

...started to travel a new path

I'm excited and giddy and so fantastically optimistic!

OH I do hope you will all come to love my style

and that you'll take this ride with me

that you will all say "I knew her when..."

hehe I am not trying to say I shall get a big head or that anything will come of this

I'm just really proud of myself I guess

I've never been quite so proud of myself before

I am embracing me! 

So anywho...

about this first reveal

I made the paper dolls which I think are precious but perhaps not very practical

They look impossibly difficult to cut out...

so I wanted to offer another option... and perhaps another

what I was thinking was like a "finer" print

to go along...

but I'm not the most skilled gal on the computer

in fact I'm pretty much self taught

so I made the above little print of Abby's and Cadberry Bunny's Silhouette  

Quite cute I think but what of the color pencil work?

hmmmmm back to the drawing board?

I like the very top top image of Abby in both of her outfits but I think it a bit strange to have the same doll and well I just could not take it any further at this point

So any suggestions? It would be so much appreciated!!!

I do hope you will share your thoughts! All of them!!! 

The Good The Bad and the ugly (if appropriate)

oh and yes their will be more dolls!

As for sales

Tuff Tuff

pricing stinks!

But My hope is to always sell in pairs.

So in my shop now is

Abby Paper Doll + Abby & Cadberry Bunny Silhouette + Free Shipping!

I spent the morning at the print shop going over every little detail...

in fact tomorrow I have to go back for some small little changes that needed to be made

but the colors ~ especially of my pencil work are perfect!!! Yeah

Who knew there was such a difference between RGB and CMYK!

AND oh oh oh

I'm GIVING AWAY one of these PRINT SETS to one of YOU!

Just comment on this post!

The winner will be announced Monday

which just happens to be MY BIRTHDAY!

OK so part 2 of this blog post is about Fashion!

I have been really super into Japanese and Chinese fashion as of late

Primarily the Harajuku, Decora & Kawaii, and Lollita Styles.

I am not well educated on these styles by any means...

It's a wonderful spectators sport really ~ I can't really imagine 

dressing quite as outrageously as some of these girls and boys do

My pal Ashlee introduced me to the Lollita Fashion

I know their are different names it goes by in America 

because of the icky thoughts people have about the word Lollita (Because of the book..)

but I don't recall it so do forgive me

I just LOVE this sweet baby doll style

it's oobber fun to dress this way 

I think the shoes are actually the best part

ugggg if only it all wasn't so expensive!

Here I am in Lollita fashion being quite silly 

The style I guess is actually quite rigid and strict

I was told my beaver hat would just not do!

Well how rude! I love my hat and thought it was perfect!

Ashlee has an amazing wardrobe

it's like  heaven being in her closet

Had to show this picture because for the last couple of months 

I have been dying to have light pink hair

My family thinks I am crazy!

But this girl looks adorable!

I've just got to try it at-least once

p.s. please click on the image to find the wonderful owner of these beautiful images :)

So i think this is what they would consider the Harajuku style or "Street fashion"

I did a little project dress up the other day that I think kind of embodies this colorful whimsical over the top fashion...

except not so over the top in my case 

Oh my poor car...

It's had NO key for gosh almost a year...

I've got to fix him (Goose) up and sell him 

and buy a manly truck to pull our new "old" trailer with

Not sure about these close ups? But I like them at the same time...

Weird!

Just had to show this last pic

I just love it.

Not sure if it's the adorable girl, the pose, outfit or what?

But anywho... I do hope you all had a great great week and that your weekend doesn't rush buy too quickly! 

Please leave a comment for your chance to win a print

and more importantly just to give me feedback!

HUGS!

Do Not We All Dream of Such Things?

As you all know me so well...

I'm the cutsie girly girl with quirky style and a childish aesthetic

From my obsession to vintage children's toys

too my bubble gum taste in colors

Sometimes even I forget that I am no longer a child

and even more that I'm actually a woman.

I'm not sure when it happened but it did

I grew up... although that is debatable somedays!

So in honor of being a woman, and tapping into being

sexy, beautiful, graceful, romantic, elegant

and all those other wonderfully over the top 

descriptions of womanhood

I thought I would show you my more grown-up style.

this is a new item in my shop

I sold two others like it at the Crafty Wonderland sale.

Find out more about it by visiting my Keepsake Cakes shop.

I've shown you so much of my little home in the last two years

 however my old camera could just not capture the magic in 

our whimsical master sweet

Do you remember when I turned my room into a nursery!?

(by accident)

Oh what sweet, adorable, perfectly Chelsea Ann world it was!

But as much as my hubby loves me he did not like living in my pink bubble

I was quite desperate of finding away to change the room without painting

first I tried bringing in black to contrast the pink

ick~ that was a terrible idea.

So one day it just clicked...

with 7 dollars worth of old sewing patterns and some Elmers glue

I started covering every square inch of the room.

I added my own collage work from years back

one says bird and this one nest

and pages from old books of romantic scenes

I filled my little sweet with all my "grown-up" treasures

New items are always being added

whether their is really the room for them or not

The floral tin from an estate sale earlier this year in Idaho

The beautiful print I just purchased from Kelly of A Poppy Tree

and the two disneyesque fawns 

my mother-in-law purchased for my last weekend in Idaho

All treasures that make me so wonderfully happy

including our beautiful wedding picture and the candles from our reception

This vintage dresser was also purchased in Idaho

it was the first piece of furniture I ever bought for our home

My side on the bed...

quite honestly there isn't another side as the room is so very small

I store my library books and family photos here

As well as a pretty little bowl to place my hair bands and bobby pins each night

1. whisper baby pink, 2. Designer View:, 3. DSC 0005, 4. A field of flowers..., 5. Some stitching for the journal, 6. Mad Hatter Tea Party, 7. Heather & Stephenie Apron Swap, 8. Cute Pink Shoes, 9. Day 3: BloomIn Lovely!, 10. 4 black and white with some paint, 11. Mini Crown, 12. candy2, 13. Madame la marquise de pompadour, 14. Chantilly Cake Tier, 15. Anastasia, 16. A box with...

With the short 4 day week I wasn't able to do a post last friday

so I also put together a romantic inspired mosaic

Also if you need just a tad more romantic inspiration 

check out this beautiful video of 

Love Story by Tailer Swift

I hope you have enjoyed this more grown up side of me

LOL although back to my regular stuff for next Friday!

PAPER DOLLS! I promise this time! Pinkie swear!

Have a great week!

Hugs~

Who said Idaho was Boring?

I can't tell you how much I have missed you all. 

While our long Memorial weekend was full of amazing adventures

I missed the humm of my computer monitor, the constant stream of eye candy

and ALL of YOU! 

Now hop on my giant steed 

(if you can) 

and I will share with you my adventures.

We found the Clydesdale in Wishram Washington.

Jim's mother spoils us rotten when we come to town. 

Baking cookies, pies, and anything and everything

 we can dream up - for breakfast, lunch and dinner

But there is nothing better than a 2 pound hamburger 

from Effie's in Lewiston, Idaho

My favorite thing to do when I visit is SHOP!

Antique and thrift stores only of coarse

I found so many amazing finds this trip 

I can't wait to share them!

A young lad at an auto supply store told us about

Lily Bee's Consignment Shop

in Pullman Washington

The store is full of the most unique and well cared for items both old and new

Including the most amazing collection of vintage prom dress and wedding gowns.

The young lady above was trying on dresses for her very own prom I believe.

She was such a beautiful model!!!

Remember this filter?

I couldn't help but try it out on this photo

What I love most about visiting my mother-in -law in Idaho

is the country and the beautiful landscape of the Palouse 

When I was a young girl I dreamed of living in the city

now I dream of living in the country

I often wonder if I know myself more now 

or if I am simply incapable of being happy and content with what I have

and where I am in my life?

I love my beautiful little house but Portland has never felt like home

Perhaps there is no one who loves the country more than my two pups

I have been trying very hard to change my lazy ways

and get outside to move my legs and breath in the fresh spring air

I've had my pink hello kitty cruiser bike for longer than I would like to admit

It was about time we went on a good long ride

okay so it was only 6 miles but with no speeds I was feeling the burn

There is a nice little bike path connecting Moscow to Pullman.

The dividing line from the Idaho Vandals and Washington State Cougars

My Freshman dorm mate and her husband had us over for dinner Saturday evening

and we all rode together that Sunday.

Her bike was much easier to ride I have to admit.

But poor Jimmy had the worse ride of all

his bike from 5th grade with no handle grips and the hardest seat one could possible imagine.

LOL I think he kinda wished he had gotten a bike 

when my parents offered him one for his birthday this year

But he will never ever ever admit that!

I snapped this shot while on our ride

The rusty skeleton of a automobile from yester-years.

Maybe a model T?

All adventures must come to an end and so with our new Airstream hitched behind

we made our was back to Oregon

I promise to get picture of the air stream as soon as its painted all shiny red!

I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

My heart goes out to all of you who have lost loved ones!

HUGS!

P.S. This was my submission to a Martha Stewart contest 

I did it up quickly... and I don't have any graphic design background

and so Sadly I didn't get picked for the top 5 :(

but you can vote for your number one if you want to support other talented artist.