PEEKABOO!

it's ridiculous how cute this kid is.

d.i.y. magazine beads

step one:
cut a triangle out of a magazine, the longer it is, the thicker your bead will be.
try starting with 3/4" at the bottom and working upwards.

step two:
wrap your triangle around a wooden skewer, DO NOT USE A CROCHET HOOK, i used that for an example because i didn't have skewers at my house.
(later the beads were stuck on there...so just a word to the wise..)

step three:
glue the skinny part of your triangle down to the rest of the bead.

step four:
make a tonzillion. the ones above are ones i made and some of the student's beads from the after school program i instruct.
(i recommend putting on a season of something, i chose law and order svu.)

step five:
bathe those babies in shellac.

step six:
slide them off the skewers. we lost a few, but overall they came off pretty easily. some of them take a twist to slide off.

step seven:
put them on some string and you have yourself some handmade jewelry.
the picture above is one of the students necklaces. (the necklace on top).

have fun!

-esj.

to me, love SCRAP.

i bought these "to-go packs" from scrap.
i'm seriously in love with some of the stuff i found in them.
my living room is a collage jumble mess spectacular!
i'm so excited to get some stuff finished!

and a postcard from the lovely STEPH.
i was so happy when adam flung it at me after he went out to get the mail.

portland artists.

or crafters.
or crap-hoarders.

if you don't already know about this place, check it out.

i'm going there soon to find out if they have some awesome stuff for school and personal projects.

...maybe i'll donate some of all the hoarded lovelies in my studio.
i'm not sure if i can let go, though.

thank sweet baby jesus.

for chocolate.

art at chatterbox.

here are the paintings i have up in the cafe down the street!

^^mama's little helper^^
[it has a gloss over the top, and it's next to the window, so i couldn't get a great picture of it]

look at that adorable little marshmallow. [;

bloggin.

i feel weird about not blogging in awhile.
i was really enjoying putting up posts and all that, and i was consistent for awhile.

aside from blogging though, i have a lot of projects going on.

i recently put some work up in a coffee shop near my place.
i'll post pictures later, i'm taking them today!

collage series.
i'm making a bunch of collages for an art show at chatterbox coffee.

this painting is actually from my BFA graduation show.

SAVE THE DATES.
holy moses.
these little buggers are taking me forever.
we finally got the pictures done last weekend.

print experiments.
after i get some smaller art work done, i'd like to start playing with my printer.
once i have a method/materials that i like, i would like to start my etsy shop.

then there are all the other everyday things.

adam recently downloaded boggle on the xbox.
i love it.

i am trying to finish up invisible monsters.

i'm working out a lot lately.

and i'm trying to put together some AWESOME projects for the BLAST kiddies.
there are only a couple months left, and i want them to be a BLAST. haha.
pun obviously intended.

hopefully i'll be inspired to post more!

-esj.