It's The Most Wonderful Time

It’s not quite Christmas yet, I know, but when Fall hits and the weather turns crisp something inside of me switches from summer to fall. First it started with fall scented candles and then it slowly began to turn to arts and crafts projects. I spend a large portion of my evenings searching Etsy and looking for great gift ideas and purchasing random items (lately it’s been natural soaps). Sometimes when I search Etsy I get the same feeling I get when I go to the MoMa, “wow I could make some of this stuff!” and then I start to make things. Again, like I said, it’s not Christmas yet but I was inspired to make a Christmas wreath. It resulted in this…

I happen to think it’s pretty awesome, it’s not a traditional wreath, but it rocks. I have to give credit to my friend Amber who accompanied me to the craft store and picked out some remarkable flowers for this wreath, thanks Amber! Here’s to the beginning of the holiday season!

Ralph Steals the Show

I hope you all had a great holiday weekend! I don’t know about you, but for me it’s back to reality. To remember the good time I, and hopefully you, had this weekend, here are a few photos I took of Leslie and Chris for their parents for the holidays. I like the photos I took of them last year better, but these are still damn pretty cute.

As you can see, the Hessions love thier animals....

Had to sneek Louie in a photo

Ralph knows how to work the camera

Merry Christmas Tree

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you all have an amazing day! To celebrate the day, I decided to make a collection of a few of the Christmas tree’s I’ve seen this year. As I was compiling this list I started to wonder where the Christmas tree tradition came from. Well, thanks to Wikipedia I was able to find out where the tradition is said to come from. It’s pretty interesting, I think you should all check it out. Here are some photos of trees to go along with your reading...

Christmas Tree at Protected Investors (next door to my office)

DAL Christmas Tree

The DAL Christmas flower arrangment (not a tree, duh)

Christmas Tree at my boyfirends Aunt's house



Union Square SF



Macy's "Believe" Tree, Union Square SF



Half decorated tree at my parents house



Happy December

Ah!! It's already December 1st?!? It happened so quickly. There is so much to do before the holidays. mainly making every one's gifts. Have you started your shopping/making yet? Well I have and I've decided to give you a little sneak peak. First, this is a hot plate that I made for my mom out of wine corks. Let's just say that between the two of us we drink a lot of wine.

I'm hoping to make a few coasters soon too, but I'm all out of corks! I've also been working on a little canvas/paint/magazine cut out/silhouette project. I kinda got the idea from a mix of things. I had posted a view examples in a previous post, so this is kinda the next step from that. I'm getting closer!!

And some magazine cut outs!!

And one ALMOST final gift. This one is for my brother.

I'm getting there! I figured I have plenty of time, right? With weekends and the occasional weeknight I think I'll be fine. Oh, and I can't forget, I'll also be giving some fine art photography as gifts! 

Happy Monday after Thanksgiving!

Well, well, well, another work week is upon me, and possibly you! I'll say, it’s hard to get up on a Monday morning after a blissful four days off. How was everyone else’s Thanksgiving? Mine was great! My sister made this delish, mouth watering brie with onion wrapped in puff pastry as an appetizer, UMMM SO GOOD. The turkey was cooked to a perfection thanks so my dad, and my mom and sister made amazing side dished like green bean casserole, Brussels sprout, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and stuffing. I had the pleasure of bringing over corn bread muffins. Desert? My sister made scrumptious pumpkin pie and my mom made the best peach cobbler I’ve ever had. It was a very Paula Deen Thanksgiving! All around a great meal with uncountable bottles of wine… some of us (just me) had a little too much!

The evening was followed by football watching, the best game in the world, Apples to Apples, and some Canasta. Oh, and a lot of Classic Rock followed by watching Mamma Mia while playing more Apples to Apples!

After Thanksgiving my boyfriend and I traveled to Mendocino County to visit his dad. I was able to work on a few art projects, mainly Christmas gifts and I ventured out with my camera! We also got the opportunity to watch a LOT of westerns… I’m talking about “The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly”, “Maverick”, “Rio Bravo” and “The Searchers”. I LOVED “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” and I'm inspired to watch a few more Spaghetti Westerns. I just wish they weren’t so long! Westerns take a lot out of you but they are totally worth watching. Oh, and now I have this in my head from Rio Bravo..

This one too..

Oh my way to work this morning I couldn’t help but notice all the Christmas decorations. I walked into my office building and it was like Christmas decorations had taken over the lobby! I can only imagine the spectacle that is Union Square!

All around, great, relaxing Holiday weekend! I wasn’t able to upload my photos when I got home, so expect photos this week!

Hoilday Time!

Well the Holidays are here! Thanksgiving is on Thursday and the Christmas and New Years are right around the corner. This year I have decided that every one's present is going to be hand made. Well, pretty much everyone. What am I currently working on? Well, last year I bought about 7 pounds of felt and never used it. (I was going to make everyone IPhone covers..) So, this year I have all this felt and nothing to do with it! In October I went to my friends wedding in Vermont and she had these great props on sticks for her guests to take photos with. I decided that I could TOTALLY make those. Now, I'm in the middle of the process and this is what I got so far.

had to make a Brian Wilson beard :)

Everyone should be prepared for me to shove these in your face and take a million photos and then post them on my blog! :) Just warning you. And then I'll frame it and it will be your Christmas gift! hahaha...Another felt project? Well, I don't want to spoil any gift ideas, but I'm working with felt, paint, a canvas and magazine cut outs. Here is a little sneak peak..

Once Christmas has passed I'll post the end results. I might even get eager and just post them ahead of time. I'm sure my friends and family won't mind a preview to their gifts. Are you making anything for the holidays? Gifts? Decorations?

I can tell you that many night after work will be devoted to cutting felt. I'm looking forward to it. Oh, and if anyone needs some felt, I'm your girl!

It's the Holiday Season!!

Thanksgiving is RIGHT around the corner! Then its Christmas and New Years! I love the holiday season. Great food and great company. For me, its a time to hang out with my family and my dogs! It's also a great time for holiday portraits! This portrait is of Leslie, Chris and their dog Millie. It turned out to be a great present for their parents. Photos make the best memories!