Long Easter weekend...

Josh and I had a long weekend over Easter and it was GREAT! We started it off by going to a place here in town we had never been to before called Aunt Martha's Pancake House. It's been here since 1959!




I should have taken a picture of the huge pancakes on my plate...mmmm! Then we went to a couple flea markets where I found these pretty coasters:


and this sweet old book!


Oh my goodness, I just love it. It's a book of poems for children that was published in 1937. And it has these cute little illustrations in it, too!


We spent the rest of our weekend with my family celebrating Easter. It was fun and the weather was gorgeous! I made these cute carrot cupcakes for everyone:


Spring has officially arrived...I am enjoying the flowers and the green coming out everywhere! Hope you're having a good week! I'm going to go have a leftover cupcake. :o)

Inspiration Board

Hi there! Is anyone else glad it's almost the weekend? :o)

I wanted to post some pictures of the inspiration board I finished for my Indie Biz class. First of all, I should say that it's a little different looking. When I went looking for the appropriate sized bulletin board, I was annoyed at how expensive they all were!! I ended up buying some cork squares from Walmart and then bought a canvas from Hobby Lobby. The lesson we had suggested painting clouds on the bulletin board, so I decided to paint the canvas like a cloudy sky:


Then I stuck a couple big cork squares on and painted it like some of the clouds were overlapping onto the bulletin board part:


And then I made some paper butterflies out of white cardstock to put on it and found some of "my favorite things" to attach as well:


I'm pretty happy with it and hopefully it will serve it's purpose...to inspire me!

Have a good weekend!

I'm still alive...

Obviously I haven't mastered the art of blogging on a regular basis. Ahem! Moving on...

Week 1 of Indie Business class went well; although I am finding it challenging to fit time in for everything I want to accomplish. I am also not the type of person who can just leave the dishes piled up in the sink or let the laundry get out of control. I like to have a picked up house. Aren't artists supposed to be messy and not mind those types of things? Hmmm....

Here's what I've been working on lately (and yes, I was a little behind on getting it done). Our first project was making a binder for our Indie Business workbook. I could not find the type of binder they suggested that you can paint on, so I decided to create my own drawing for the cover. I'm pretty happy with it...it's sort of a self-portrait.



Have a great week!

New computer and bag

I wanted to post a picture of my cute new laptop...I am very happy with it so far!



I wanted to buy a nice bag for it, but I wasn't quite satisfied with the look of the one I bought, so I added some fabric yo-yos that my mom gave me to make it a little more cute.



Sorry that my pictures are rather washed out...here's a closer look at the yo-yos:



I think I want to put yo-yos on more stuff...they are just too cute! Here are some things I found on Etsy that have yo-yos...


You can find this cute baby hat here.


And here is a really pretty yo-yo necklace:


And I LOVE this purse that is covered with yo-yos!


You can find it here.

I just love them. I think I'm going to be hunting for more things in my house to put yo-yos on!

Learning

I am so excited to be a part of this class:


I have had so many questions for years and have never really known where to turn. When I saw this class advertised on a blog, I knew I had to sign up even though I was scared. And still am!

Then last week, I learned about this new book:

How exciting is this??? It sounds like exactly what I need. I haven't purchased it yet but plan to very soon! You can find the book here.
Obviously I have a lot of learning to do over these next few months!

Hello, my name is....

..Tiffany and I am an artist who hasn't been doing much artwork lately. I have a Bachelor's degree in Art and graduated in 2005, but have been struggling ever since to develop my own style and get my stuff out there. The artwork I did for my college classes was so different from the artwork I did on my own that it's hard for me to mesh the two together.

I have been married for almost 5 years to a super sweet guy named Josh, and we have one fat cat named Ziggy. Two years ago, we bought our first home; a cute, itty-bitty (I prefer to call it cozy) house built in the 1920's. I love drinking hot tea, exploring downtown Springfield, MO, watching old movies, and fleamarketing.

Oh, and drawing is more my type of artwork. Cutesy drawings and greeting cards. :o) Here is an example of my work; this is my Valentine card from last year: