Video Dialect Thing

so, wow, i've been super busy lately! a lot has gone on in the past week but i'm not going to talk about it here. just cause. but anyway.. i have good reason to be distracted, but everything is cool. work has picked up a ton, and i think i have to thank tax season for that because maybe people have a little extra cash right about now, and they want to spend it on themselves! ie tattoos!
i've also just been keeping busy and almost sorta kinda having a bit of a social life.. go figure? C'monnnnn spring!
i used to make weird awkward video blogs for my facebook tattoo fan page for some reason (boredom?) and i've been seeing these vlog dialect things all over so i figured i'd give it a shot. sometimes it can be weird to break the 3rd wall? is that a thing? you know like in drama class.. maybe it's the 4th wall? anyway... it can be weird to see more then what you're used to sometimes. like sitting too close at the ballet(that was a reference from the show Blossom that has stuck with me for some reason!?), or seeing an actor in real life, or a video of someone you're used to only seeing pictures of! or for that matter ewww, seeing your coworkers toes. weird!
anyway... hope this isn't that bad!

hahahhaha this video is stuck with the worse still ever!
so anyway... may i introduce my funny canadian regional dialect thingy. it is about a thousand times less cheery and smiley then any of the ones i've seen, but hey i'm exhausted! oh, and my favorite part is the end when i apparently can't shut off my camera! yay for videos

(also, it drives me nuts that i said 'rest of canadians')
Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught

Now answer these questions:

What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?

What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?

What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?

What do you call gym shoes?

What do you say to address a group of people?

What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?

What do you call your grandparents?

What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?

What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?

What is the thing you change the TV channel with?

sketchbook tour!

i received an email last week telling me the art house co-op got my sketchbook! the sketchbook tour has started and is now on view at the Brooklyn Art Library. there are plenty of stops all through the US... i didn't get around to doing as much as i would have liked in my sketchbook but i'm still very proud to be a part of this project!

i thought i had more to say, but i'm sitting here yawning my face off! i've been really busy working lately. and when i get home i feel like it's too cold to do anything! i got in the tub to warm up, but now i'm just going to go to bed with wet hair. should be interesting in the morning.

things to do as soon as it's not so freezing: 1)paint, 2)start a zombie cross-stitch (anyone who knows i embroider always think it's cross-stitching... i have never cross-stitched anything in my life!) from a kit i got with 12 different patterns (but i'm scared of zombies, so we'll see how this goes), and 3)i'd love to try this starched fabic wall stuff! seriously.. check out this link, it looks super easy. i did see it done somewhere else on another blog, but sometimes i get to reading and clicking links i don't know where i am or how i ended up where i did. i was smart enough to at least bookmark this one!

i think i may try a small headboard for the bed in our spare room, if i get a chance on monday (my day off) i'm going to find a cool old second hand sheet to use just for this :)

odd story after the owl tattoo!

hi there all. this is my friday night. and i think i want to spend it painting. or maybe just watching a movie because that involves less work, and right now, i'm kind of tired/lazy.
i took a quick stop by For The Love Of Blogs and added my blog to the list... if you're looking for some to check out there are plenty! (i'm #100!)


So a crazy thing happened just yesterday right in front of our tattoo shop. An SUV was hit pretty hard by a city bus, spinning it 360 degrees. I immediately ran over as our shop girl called 911. I was asking the driver of the SUV if she was alright, etc (she was thankfully alright!) to which she quietly replied 'hey.... I know you?' It was the very lady who I had just done that owl tattoo on! (previous post) I couldn't believe it!

after the fire truck arrived and all the police, her daughter showed up and they went off in the ambulance and i was asked to take pictures of the truck. i received an email from the daughter and she told me that her mother (and my artwork) were just fine, except for 5 stitches on the back of the neck and expecting to be pretty achy for the next while. thank god she was alright, i was so worried, i felt really connected to the whole thing in a weird way and wanted to do something!

so now if that wasn't odd enough... a client I worked on just today asked if we'd seen the accident yesterday, to which I explained the story above. she then told us that she was a passenger on the bus when it had hit the suv! Anyway.. everyone is fine but it is sure feeling like a small world right now.

hope you all enjoy a nice safe weekend :) i think i may go paint afterall

who doesn't love owls

hoot hoot!


i did this owl tattoo yesterday for a client who just lost her husband last month :( apparently he was a collector of all things owls, so i think it was a good match when she asked me to do the tattoo for her. i told her i was well on my way to being the crazy old owl lady... my house is slowly becoming filled with weird random owl things! it was honor to do it, and help her keep a piece of her husband with her. those are even his initials we scanned from something he signed for :)

valentines day

hey did i mention that all that stuff i bought in my last post all came to about $14??

so we didn't do anything crazy valentine's day... just hung out, watched a movie and were really nice to each other! exchanged some sweets and i baked some chocolate chip cookies and monkey balls (my fiance's choice -also, still weird to say fiance, i always want to type finance). monkey balls (pictured above) are a peanut buttery ball with coconut... we got his grandmothers recipe and i was kind of afraid they wouldn't be as good, cause, well, she's his grandmother! anyway, they turned out pretty good.. and i made enough chocolate chip cookies to last until next valentines day so that's good.




we're not super mushy, but we just set v-day aside for quality hanging out time and i implemented a no screen in your face evening. ie, no iphones or laptops! we were also lazy and didn't want to bother making a big meal so we relied on our good ol' fallback food - kraft dinner! (also what we ate after he proposed ha!). although it was pretty cute to see he made my KD into a heart. then we watched Get Him To The Greek. pretty good valentines day if you ask me!

(this is what valentines day looks like when you are both pretty much 10 years old)

sooo many cookies! i keep taking some to work, to put a dent in this giant cookie pile.. i'm eating one right now mmm


"fiance" texted to let me know my wedding dress came in the mail today (thank you ebay!) i'm excited although i'm completely prepared for it to not fit. so i'll see if it's close enough to mess around with or just move on to something else. i just loved it so much i didn't want to be wondering. let me know if you are looking for an awesome unique wedding dress i may be relisting it on ebay haha! it's not like i don't have tons of time to find another dress. i'm so excited i want to leave work and go home to try it on! look at me, i'm a girl! my best friend will be in town this weekend to pick up her wedding dress.. we are both standing in each others weddings.. so i'm sure this will be a girly overload weekend, but i'm kind of looking forward to it!
{speaking of weddings, you can't really be anywhere on the internet right now and type 'wedding' without BHLDN being shoved down your throat! the stuff is nice, but maybe i'm just a cheapo.. i'm sorry but i'd rather use the $$$ i'd spend on that stuff to go towards our house downpayment or a honeymoon! or you know, groceries} i just found that funny because i just posted about eating KRAFT DINNER. living the high life over here haha!

i guess i'll get back to working on some drawings now, excuse the rant!

thrift store finds!

hey!
i'm having a busy week! which is good. but busy. (except for monday!)
. i realized i like seeing what other people pick up at thrift stores and flea markets so i'm going to share a few pictures of what i picked up on monday. i had the whole day all to myself and it was gorgeous out. i wandered around to a couple of places then lazed around. ahh it was nice. no i did not pick up that cat. she lives here. that knitted throw, however, i did buy.

here it is in all it's comfy glory

awesome peacock plate!

the cat being a cat and playing with some scarves i want to use for this bunting

some pillowcases i am cutting up to embroider on, and a neato green table runner. i think it's a table runner?


just a quick post.. i'll be back tomorrow because i have some drawing to do!

now's the time to save

so since we now have a wedding to start saving for, and have been saving for a house (among other things) i decided it was time to make the d.i.y. budget planner i saw over at ballpoint + pen! you can follow her tutorial if you click on the link. it's pretty straight forward but mine just looks kind of ghetto and you can get a better idea on her blog. i had some green fabric from a shirt i've been using for embroidering projects, that i glued to a piece of cardboard from a cheerios box. and i had this awesome owl paper kicking around.
throw in some scissors, a gluegun, and some envelopes


and voila!

yes, that says V Dubbs... one of the things we (constantly) have to save for is our old 1974 VW bus :)


i will also just include a couple more fondue photos because hey, it was chocolate fondue this time!



i bought some awesome things at some thrift stores today! had the whole day to myself and it was +2 and sunny! got some nice old pillowcases to cut up and embroider on, and a lovely peacock plate! i'll take some pictures after everything's clean and post em later. i also bought some new pliers that i've been meaning to get for over a week! (not as exciting)
don't hate me for it, but i love monday's :D