tuesday triptychs

as usual,

i was behind on my cards 

so I did three all at once to catch myself up.

triptych time!

 The longboard is finished!

the finishing touches were:

include psalm 37:4 (as per the owners request)

and create an awesome overlay pattern with gloss and matte sealer.

that's my favorite part.

I woke up one morning last week, and the idea was just there.

i get my best ideas in dreams.

and the final triptych: vegan baking/cooking attempts

vegan cupcakes

they looked beautiful.

they tasted dry and horrible.

and then i tried one a few days after i made them, 

and it was moist and delicious.

the best things take time to develop.

a pretty lunch in the middle

and vegan snickerdoodle cookies.

my post gym breakfast of champions.

mmmm....sugar.

progress update

i've been happily painting on the longboard this week. and i think it's coming together.

artistic takeover.

Last year when I watched the documentary "It might get Loud," I obsessed over Jack White's cartoon section on his childhood bedroom, which got taken over by music - instruments, amps, speakers. Today, i looked at my own bedroom, and realized that I've done the same thing. but with art.

art studio first.
bedroom second.
just call me jill white.

thursday... a day for art.

i was worried leaving my little plants for a month, but they seem to have survived.

tomatoes are ripe.

lavender is blooming.

but the poor potatoes are floundering.

i was investigating the container where they are all popping out of the soil

and discovered one little potato that wasn't even connected to anything.

i held it in my hand like a little bird egg.

and then ate it.

and it did not taste good.

today is my art all day - day.

but i couldn't seem to get started.

so i rode my bike between the two thunderstorms.

and got re-inspired.

I made my favorite card to date.

designed a tag for when I become a graffiti artist

i cut a stencil of it and tested it. it looks good.

(but it will remain unseen incase i decide to go rouge and tag up charlotte. I don't want to be tied to it.)

then started two other secret projects.

for some special people.

maybe for you.

The real reason.

confession: one of my main reasons for being vegan-ish is that I think my meals are more beautiful and colorfilled.

and in other vegetable news: I was researching artists and projects to teach to my kiddos next year and I came across a new artist that I'm completely fascinated with. His name is Tsuyoshi Ozawa. check him out. .... seriously.