3 years. <3

Patrick and I on my 18th birthday, 2007

Today marks the 3-year anniversary for my sweetheart and me. I can't believe it! Time goes by so quickly when you're in love. ;)

To celebrate, we're... relaxing. Exciting, yes? A nice little movie night with snacks as we cuddle on the couch (or the floor, depending on which system we use).

In high school I never thought I'd meet the "someone just for me" until after college. I wasn't really bothered, and my self-esteem was pretty low. However, my senior year brought me Patrick, who just happens to be the brother of my best friend. Coincidences are spooky sometimes!

Our love is only growing stronger. We have our ups and downs, but we accept each other completely with warm hearts and loving kisses.

Ah, sorry for the sap. May you enjoy your love, be it of friends, family... or that someone just for you. :)

An eventful weekend for sure!

I've finally done some work outside of school! I took a 30x40 canvas I had previously gesso'd over and did another experimental drip painting. Overnight the rain got to it, and holding it upright to let it dry gave it a massive drip-in-one-direction effect, which kinda looks neat. Looks like magma, really.

However, I feel like something is missing... something more could be added to strengthen this. What do you feel it needs?

I got some precious girl time last night with a few art major buddies. It's so neat how much Merrilee and I have in common, artistically and just personality-wise (we see faces in loads of things!). I showed her and another friend Etsy and they were pretty flabbergasted. They did a lot of web-window shopping, and I may purchase a little gift for one of them (she loves turquoise jewelry). Once life dies down for Merrilee, she'll look into marketing herself as well. She has beautiful landscape paintings, including a cloud series she did that I absolutely love. Hopefully you'll be seeing her soon!

I hope you've all had a great weekend. Everything was going smoothly until I got my first flat tire today. :( Big bummer, really didn't need that. Patrick came to the rescue and hopefully will get it patched at work tomorrow.

The holidays are getting too close!!

Happy Birthday!

This week there won't be a featurette because I've been a little too busy to search for a lovely shop to feature.

Instead, I'd like to wish my fiance Patrick a very happy birthday! He's 23 years old!

It's also hard to imagine that in only 2 and a half weeks, we'll reach our 3rd year anniversary of being together. I never would have imagined this for myself when I was younger; I thought I'd be doomed until the end of college, haha! Love is such a beautiful thing, though sometimes a struggle... but always, always, always hold on and cherish it to the fullest!

Does anyone else have birthdays or birthday shout-outs? Post them here! Let's celebrate. :)

Over the Top Blog thing.

Sorry for the long pause in posting, but I've been trying to enjoy this Fall break, albeit it was a rather short one. Things are getting a little hectic as the break passes, but I've managed to get some relaxation.

Anyway, to break this long streak, StarsandRobots has tagged me for a blog post, and declared that I have an "Over the Top Blog!" The first sort of award I've gotten, haha. The trick is that I have to answer the following questions with one word answers, and then tag others. Okay!

1 Where is your cell phone? Here.
2 Your hair? Shorter.
3 Your mother? Class.
4 Your father? Work.
5 Your Favorite food? Chocolate.
6 Your dream last night? Bizarre.
7 Your favorite drink? Tea.
8 Your dream/goal? Various.
9 What room are you in? Living.
10 Your hobby? Love.
11 Your fear? Needles.
12 Where do you want to be in six years? New.
13 Where were you last night? Home.
14 Something that you aren't? Insensitive.
15 Muffins? Delish!
16 Wish list item? Anything.
17 Where did you grow up? Around.
18 Last thing you did? Sing.
19 What are you wearing? eduFire.
20 Your TV? Videogame.
21 Your pets? Gone..
22 Friends? Amazing.
23 Your life? Ongoing.
24 Your mood? Still.
25 Missing someone? Always.
26 Vehicle? Old.
27 Something you're not wearing? Makeup.
28 Your favorite store? Art.
29 Your favorite color? Light-blue.
30 When was the last time you laughed? Earlier.
31 Last time you cried? Movie.
32 Your best friend? One?
33 One place where you go over and over? School.
34 One person who emails you regularly? Patrick.
35 Favorite place to eat? Kabuto.

Now to tag all other Over the Top blogs... (I hope that it is a compliment! lol)
Deelights
Tara
Sandra

The End of August.

And so, the month comes to a close. Summer is slowly winding down. And, for me and many others, school (college) is about to begin. I'm excited but not excited, as usual. I'll be happy for the "motivation" of art once again, though it'll be mandated and graded. But, hey, those critiques help an artist grow.

Great news about the Sketchbook Project: mine came in today! It helps that Atlanta, GA is not too far from here, haha.


Isn't it cute? :D I can't wait to start working on it. Actually, it wouldn't really be "working." I dislike it sometimes when my brain translates making art as "working," but sometimes, that's what it really is. Hopefully someday that will transition to just FUN ART TIMES. ;) I can't wait for my Twitter friend Leel to get her book. I'm hoping to track progress on here and the Art House Co-op website; maybe she will do the same.

If you visit my flickr you'll see the art I've been trying to keep up with... managed to fight through my stuffy sinuses to work more on the gas mask painting. Lately Patrick's been getting semi-addicted to Snus, really gross, but they make awesome mini palettes. ^_~

I better go and relax... big day after tomorrow. One good thing about this semester is Printmaking will hopefully supply me with good items to sell on Etsy; I don't think my paintings will do very well. But as always, I'm optimistic.

Enjoy your weekend, everyone. And to those who share my fate: enjoy your FINAL summer break weekend.