Sooo...I got to finally do some things on my list to-do, like this:
...a peeky peeky for you. =) (sorry the file is so teensy...lol) That would the name of the etsy shop..it's coming, I promise!! lol...I'm all about starting things and finishing them the right way (well, at least to my liking) so I'm going all professional with the shop. Not all professional, but I don't want to start selling and have no business card or proper packaging...=) I'm weird that way..lol. It gave me another chance to play with Photoshop, too. yay! Digital is addicting, man. Already Prima hybrid is sending me e-mails about sales..and it's horrible!! I did find this really cool company, Weeds and Wildflowers through Prima, though, and I just love their goodies!
..and, on the weekend I had a chance to finally dig into my Red Velvet December kit and play around with some Christmas pictures...yay!
..mostly pages about my cutie nephew at Christmas...he he... =) Still have lotsa things to do around here...And some old Dozens kits' to finish off...and tonight Z and I are meeting with some film school friends to talk about a project we're starting together....Hope everyone is great and staying warm, wherever you are! And as always, thanks for the cute comments...=) happy day!
Cuz I liked their costumes and new I would like it just by the cover...lol...Z just laughed at me, and then within the first 5 minutes, he was like.."how do you know the perfect movies for you??" he he...It's about 2 totally socially awkward dorky people in a relationship of sorts...I laughed the whole time....I love indies. (sigh) And on sunday we walked around the park, fed some swans and watched some cute raccoons, grabbed some coffee, and then putzed around a flea market a block away from home....I love flea markets!! There was some cool stuff, but I didn't buy anything..exceot this book which Z and i both wanted:
...I'm so excited to rip pages out of that baby and scrapbook with em..=) he he. Realized I'm also a sucker for vintage suitcases...oh my. =)
...and I did my second day of Holly's art journal challenge, "friend"..and then realized friend wasn't even on my list..ha ha...so I changed the list already, cuz I don't know why "friend"wasn't on there...lol. there was an cool price tag on the vintage trim, so I left it..just a quick simple one page cuz I'm a little (cough) behind on this challenge...
...And then I made a page for the latest 
Hmmm..not much else is new. Work is Supa-busy and very empty because the show is coming to an end and all the animators are finished...just us last-step-in-production guys left. =) Dying to announce some things I've been up to, but I gotta wait!! argh...lol...Happy about 
Made these Betty Boop cards with a cute stamp Z found at a garage sale for me a while back...=) I colored her in with watercolor pencils and stitched the hearts around...they look really Valentines-ish, but really they're just thanks you cards....lol 
Also made some stuff I still have to share..and stuff I can't share...tee hee...
I was looking for a word this year, a la Ali and decided on "Rest". not stop completely. Just...step back. Don't overload myself this year. Only do what makes me happy and just...rest. =) I used a piece of cardboard, some paper scraps, the front cover of an awesome journal I got in town at Paper-Ya (which I looove and bought just so I could rip the cool notebook paper out of..lol) and some other Martha Stewart and Elle's Studio goodies, too. =) It's one of my faves I've made in a while....and it was inspired by this video that Z pointed out to me: 
I used distressed cards and such for the pages...just pieces I grabbed from on and around my desk...=) I was making an altered book, but it wasn't looking like it was ever going to get finished, so I ripped a chunk out with the quote "the job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery"...that I thought was perfect, because quiet=people don't know a lot about me at first-mystery. =) More to come (but probably not everyday...lol..I'll finish it eventually) 
And this is the uber-cool pirate card that 
Whew...thanks for bearing with me today....lol...more to come tommorrow! Lots more! 
And 
Work is nutty. Back to it I go...like 7 Pucca episodes are due today....lol....and I have the help-everyone-and-juggle-all-shows job...ahhh! =) Thanks goodness for Kimya and The Moldy Peaches! And I'm super-excited to check out all the new blogs from the comments yesterday...yay! Thanks again, guys =)
I like em =) They're fraying and beautifully imperfect...he he. I loved the shot of the feet:
Last night we had chocolatey chocolate cake with chocolate icing for supper (yum!) and then went out to the movie. Oh. my. god. When I was 16, I so wished I was as sarcastically witty as Juno. I still do, but seriously. She rocked my world. The movie may be one of my most favorite ones ever!! And the new haircut:
The mirror did a weird double thing on the last shot, but I like it....And I took them cuz all of Z's pictures ended up like this:
Which I happen to love. The blurriness. The composition. Weird, I know..I always like the shots most people would throw away....lol...
And what did I make everyone else for Christmas, you ask? (I've been saving this craft for nearly last because it's my most favorite thing(s) that I made):
Felt Donuts! You name the type, I made it.
Iced donuts:
Mini sparkly donuts:
Sparkly iced donuts:
.......he he...they were super-fun to make....and I got a lil crazy with the glitter glue and puff paint. =) I gave these to my friends for christmas, wrapped them in little brown paper lunch bags tied with ribbon....I figured they'd be cute ornaments. Or just, ya know...cute. =)
I love em. =) They were inspired by the 
Day 9: Another chicken...to go with the pink one =) he he...made this guy with the same Junkitz fabric and felt. He was pretty fun to make...he he
...since both of our parents didn't (couldn't...cuz we're a lil spontaneous that way) come for the wedding, and we got the pictures back right before Christmas...I wanted to make them each a little memento album =) Z's parents finally got the box in the mail!! yay!! (So happy you liked everything, guys!!) And also, thank you, Volia and Todor for the lovely card for my birthday =)
...and where did that weekend go? We watched "Black Snake Moan" on Friday night...
...I'd wanted to see it for a while and it was awesome...lotsa Blues music and Christina Ricci is awesome. It's totally not what you'd expect. =) Annnd....I cleaned the house from top to bottom yesterday and am now feeling fab and fresh for the new year...with the exception of the giant pile of papers to sort and go through and do banking with, etc. blech. Today I took a trip to Micheal's to stock up on felt and goodies....(well, not really...just got a few lil things) and I didn't get to making all the stuff I have to make, in fact, I didn't make anything this weekend except breakfast this morning and some lunch...(and some cinnamon buns...yum!) which I'm sad about...=( But it's all good...there's always next weekend, I guess!
Today....a craft that Z (who is now Uncle Z to lil man Damien) made for Christmas: A stuffed dinosaur =) We totally forgot to take a picture of it..but you can kind of see it below: It was seriously super-cool...=) And D-man played made him play with the octopus and roar right away...he he. And how cool is it that my guy is so creative?? (sigh) he he...
Oh yes. Spongebob guards it. Because the cleaning people like to steal the mug and leave it on another floor of the building. Sometimes they steal it anyways, even when Spongebob is there. I have a few spongebobs. It's an animation studio, after all. If you don't have some funny cartoon toy by your desk, something is wrong....;) It's quite the dark picture, cuz all the windows are closed up here, for the computers + sunlight kinda hurt the eyes. =) Also, note Spongebob's coffee stained hand. lol..just noticed that....
......I (heart) this chicken...=) (I hope the person who's getting it also likes it..he he) I stitched it using some Junkitz fabric I've had forever, I think I like it so much that I was saving it..he he...and, of course, felt. I was thinkig the other day that pirate chickens would be pretty cool...lol... 
...whew! halfway through my 12 days and I'm doing repeats...lol....Another octopus, I know..I know. I'm waiting for Z's parents to get their package before I totally spoil it and post their goodies...lol....It takes so long for mail from Canada to get to the states!! argh! lol...But he's cute, even though he's the same octopus as yesterday...=) Z says he kinda looks like a guy walking, cuz his tentacles are leggish...he he
.....and this, my friends....was what I gave to my lil nephew for Christmas: do boys like octopus? Well...he grabbed it immediatley and started to play with it and the awesome dinosaur (talk about blowing me outta the water...!!) that Z made for him...(I don't have a picture of it..so sad!) 
I made these guys the same way I made the ornaments I posted yesterday: I used a 
...it's not my favorite page ever, but what can you do, hey? They're not all fabulous. at film school, there was this saying that you have to make 10,000 bad drawings before all of them are good...and I think it must be true for all art: you experiment, you try, you have your off days. =) 
I made these ornaments out of styrofoam balls...I ripped out old book pages and gave them a wash of watercolor paint to turn them pink. Waited for them to dry, tore them into pieces, and mod-podged them to cover the ball. I then gave the ball a coat of glitter glue...wrapped ribbon around and held it in place at the top with a stick pin....and added some FP felt pieces and snowflake shapes on top. =) I made a bunch for my girl Mandy for Christmas...she's a snowflake fan...=) 
They were super-fun to make! =) What are you up to this Saturday? Z and I are just hangin at home....he's drawing...I have a list of e-mails to answer and desks to organize and cleaning to do, but instead, I might go play with some scrapbook goodies...yay! Love weekends...Oh! And I saw Napoleon Dynamite yesterday, finally...and I have to say: I'm not a big fan...too slow-paced for me..and I was so majorly confused about what time era the movie is supposed to be set in...cuz there was everything from 70's leftovers to bad '80's to 'cool' 90's wear and it was distracting me....lol...I did laugh out loud at some parts....and I (heart) Pedro's wig...lol...
...This is the polaroid camera I made for 
..he he...=) He loved it. And I was super-happy that he recognized it as a camera and knew where the pictures came from..what a smarty pants...=)
...that's enough for today! Stay tuned for tommorrow...
...I say "I resolve" because calling resolutions resolutions never seems to work, ya know? I kind of gave up on even giving myself resolutions, because when I was younger it was always "eat less chocolate" and there's no way that worked...ha ha...so I say now I give myself attainable, not totally crazy off-the-wall goals so that I can feel good at the end of the year and not like an overwhelmed bum....I made this lil page (which I am super, super in love with...) last night using 
.....and it was a fab night full of naps and lounging and "hey, that's Vancouver!" (Everything's Gone Green was filmed here...) Awesome =) Molly Shannon totally rocked "Year of the Dog"...she's so cute! And Carrie Ann Moss in "Fido" was wicked, totally cool, bright 50's style clothes and sets: love the yellow house....want it! And zombies as house pets? You gotta check it out....
...it's been a super-chill day here at home: slept in...made my Z some tea (we're both kind of fighting of some sore-throatness, him more than me....Had a loooong soothing bath, made myself my guilty pleasure pasta with cheese melted on it for supper, as Z is out talking logo business for a few hours....just about to unpack now that I'm caught up on some calls and uploads. More to post soon!! I promise ;) Also, some fun crafty stuff coming for weeks and weeks...lol...(remember those christmas projects I promised I'd post? they're coming!) All the best! I'll stop by your blogs soon to say hullo....
