Happy Blogiversary to Me!

My blog is just over a year old now. If I hadn't been slacking off so much lately, I would have noted the exact date. However, now that it is autumn and heading into the "holiday season", I will endeavor to post more. I have been doing some baking and cookin but just regular stuff like chocolate chip cookies and soup. Perhaps I can come up with something a little more exciting later this week......

What's going down? Making ATCs, mostly.....

Off to See the Wizard!

Here are some photos of my latest Artist Trading Card. The theme was The Wizard of Oz so I decided to do a fold out of all the characters.

New Digs

As you may have guessed, The Big Move and its aftermath kind of took over my life the past few weeks. Between unpacking, painting, steam-cleaning the carpet (!), and more painting, I haven't had much time for anything else. I have been working on some Artist Trading Cards, though, so will post those soon. In the meantime, here's a peek at my new decorating scheme for my bedroom (the bedding isn't actually black and white, though, it's red and orange in the same pattern. There's a lot of orange with some green accent pieces thrown in here and there.

Procrastination

I should be packing since I'm moving this Friday (eek), but instead I'm looking at wall decals online. Thinking about ways to decorate the new place is way more fun than trying to organize piles of random crap.

Here are a few from one of my favorite sites for wall decals:

http://www.whatisblik.com/walldecals.html - all the decals pictured are above are from this site. They even have some that are re-usable so you can move them around according to your whim.

http://www.urbanoutfitters.com

http://www.modernwallgraphics.com/

http://www.slicksticks.com/

Owls

I've been thinking a lot about owls lately - and drawing them, too. What makes the difference between a serious owl and an angry owl? One v-shaped line? Are big eyes what make a cute owl? I doodled owls for a week in preparation for creating these two owl-themed ATCs.

Below is a funky, retro owl that I did in Microsoft Paint the other night. Working in Paint is probably a good exercise for me in doing drawings that are more graphic and simple.

Insect ATCs

Here are pics of the two ATCs I made for the insect-themed swap.