Lets Get Artsy Fartsy

So pretty much I have not taken an art class since middle school, so I don't know much about the rules of art or any special techniques they probably teach you if you take art. Honestly, I think in some ways that's a good thing. It never really made sense to me for art to have "rules". To me art is a form of expression, and I would rather just do whatever I feel like doing. Anyway, here are some pictures of my more recent projects. They are not very good compared to professional standards, but I enjoyed making them and that's what really counts, right?


A friend wanted me to paint with her, so I did, and this is the result. It had seemed like forever since I picked up a paint brush.


I realized how much I miss painting, so my boyfriend and I went to Wally World to get me my own supplies. The first thing I painted was this hibiscus flower. I don't know why, but I tend to paint flowers when I don't feel like thinking too hard about what to paint.



Here we have my first attempt at a duct tape wallet. I'd say it was pretty successful, since I actually use it :). I love owls and I knew that's what I wanted, so I searched tattoo owls on google and came across these. Cool huh? I think if I ever got a tattoo it might be something like that, just really small and somewhere inconspicuous.


After seeing my wallet, my sister asked me to make her an orange DC wallet...so there it is. It was a pain in the butt to make the ID holder, but I think it was a nice touch. I shipped this to my sister, and she loved it. Our friend Emily also loved it, and she has been begging me to make her a twilight one. I haven't really been motivated to make another one yet, but we shall see.


Sometimes I just get in this mood where I like to decoupage random things. This was just a plain black journal, then I decided to decoupage this paper onto it, probably because I love elephants.


Here is another decoupage journal. I cut up little Valentines for this one.


This is the card I made my boyfriend for Valentine's Day. I drew the owls and hearts on some rose paper with permanent marker, then decoupaged over it to give it a nice finish and make it sturdy.


Okay, so this isn't exactly artistic, but since I mentioned Valentine's Day, I thought I'd include this. My boyfriend says he is not very creative, but I think he doesn't give himself enough credit. As I mentioned before, hibiscus is my favorite flower, and I'll admit that is not the easiest flower to get a hold of. So instead of getting me a bouquet of my favorite flowers, he got me dried hibiscus petals for tea making. It's a beautiful tea and a neat twist on the flower-giving cliche. Plus, the dried petals smell divine!