new stuff.

these are some of my newest paintings: i made this particular one for josh's housewarming gift. his favorite color is red, and i used my new paint markers to make all of the bold lines. SO much easier than trying to get straight lines with a brush. and i had a 40% off hobby lobby coupon so they were only $2 each. paint pens: god's gift to the universe. i love them so dearly.

this is one from a set of painting i did with tons of different little sayings, this one says "unicorn on the cob" because as we know.. i love unicorns. basically. but these are always fun and somewhat mindless coloring book style, which is nice. low key projects every now and then are enjoyable.

 

i won't say this is my masterpiece, but it's pretty close. i finished this is two days and it was sooo much fun. the photo really doesn't do it justice. this was such a fun painting to do and you can't see it, but the yuengling is glossy and there are lots of little details which i really enjoy.

this one was pretty much an accident but i think i ended up liking the final outcome. i had done a ton of smaller paintings with fabric paint and water colors on watercolor paper and i recycled them for this painting. i cut up all the strips for the backgrounds and the shapes for the mountains and flowers. and used the different colored paint markers on the flowers. you should see the ten layers of paint under the strips. this was definitely an evolving piece. so not my favorite, but still fun.

 

and these are my newest earrings! these are some of my favorites that i have made this week. they are very summer. i think they would look nice with a white shirt or dress. and i put them both in my etsy shop yesterday here and here.

other than that, life news.. i have been using a wireless mouse since yesterday and i LOVE it so so much. i have been so sick of my trackpad i didn't even feel like using my laptop. so that is saving me so much. i have definitely missed my mouse. and in other happy news, i got to play balderdash last night, my all-time favorite board game! do you know the definition of a "dungarunga" is... actually i can't remember. i knew it last night. i'm sure it wasn't anything i'm interested in, possibly a short attention span? or a tight pantsuit? who knows.