painting day

we had our usual relaxed saturday with the typical tasks of cleaning house and running some errands and doing whatever else tickles our fancy.  i love saturdays because i love sleeping in and Will usually makes pancakes and we get to do things on our own time.  in the evening i did a couple paintings, Will came in and did a couple with me.  he usually sits and watches or reads while i work on them but this time he joined in and it was really fun.  his paintings/mixed media art are to decorate the most wonderful part of this house in his opinion....the garage.
here are the beauties we came up with....

the two i worked on.....

the two he worked on......

the dear husband hung up a wire in the art room for this fun idea i had to showcase some of the wonderful little kid art Mia has gifted me with...

my favorites have to be wall-e, eve, and mo.  when i got wall-e out of the folder i was safely keeping him in these last few weeks i laughed pretty hard.  they are so adorable.

candy bar and a birds eye view

the monkey painting i shared with you a few nights ago is now a candy bar wrapper.

a friend of mine that i work with who also happens to be a computer whiz took the painting and added a little poem/story i wrote then printed it out to be a wrapper for a candy bar at the baby shower i attended today.  it was a big hit at the baby shower and elsewhere.  my mom and will pretty much think it's the most amazing thing on the planet, that's because they love me a whole bunch.  now i am being pushed to become a candy bar wrapper designer. 

and for those of you who have requested pictures of the house, here is a birds eye view at most of the rooms.  you'd think that i would clean the house, make the bed, put things away before i post pictures for the world to see, but i am too tired to tidy up after the crazy day i had at work and i was in the picture taking mood so oh well.  here it is messes and all....

{the living room--notice the cool spot for a flat screen

and our lack of such a thing but our big dinosaur tv--that's just us}

{view #1 of the kitchen}

{view #2 of the kitchen}

{the dining area}

{the front door}

{more living room--future spot for a rickety

old piano--all for decorations sake not for playing}

{my creative spot/spare room}

{tub in master bathroom}

{super messy master closet which i

have dominated--poor husband}

{my sink/makeup putting on spot}

{the master shower which is almost as big as a bedroom}

{my side of the bed}

{a vinyl print i enjoy in our bedroom and

another spot designed for a flat screen but we managed

to rig our other dinosaur tv to fit}

{a little peek at the spare bathroom}

so there you have it. 

a peek at the place we call home.

the place that i can hardly wait to get to when the good old day job is over.

a place that we are going to make a billion fun memories in.

what you do on the fun run

sometimes you need to take a super loud hot rod out on the interstate and enjoy yourself. 

even when it's unseasonably cold in the month of may and the car doesn't have windows.

even if it seems you could be taking years off your ears with the loud rumble of the engine.

you take along the proper snacks

you take as many pictures as possible.....especially when your name is skye and you tend to do that anyway.

seriously, you take a picture every minute and the scene looks mostly the same but you keep taking them just in case you get a really wonderful shot.

not that this is a wonderful shot but it didn't stop me.

you get nervous every time you pass a diesel because you realize the vehicle you are in could fit underneath that thing pretty easily.

you take pictures of the friends you are cruising with when you pass them.

you think a lot because having a decent conversation with all the noise is pretty much out of the question.

so you take a picture of these big thingies, whatever they are called, and recall that during your childhood when you drove past one staring out of the backseat you thought about how much it really looked like a giant robot to you.

and they seemed like slightly scary giant robots.

when you get to seligman you admire the sights of the quaint little town.

you look at the clouds and keep thinking as you are wearing 4 layers of clothing and teeth are still chattering that it's ten times better to be cold instead of hot.

you take a picture with your husband in front of a clunky rusted old truck that in your opinion is a really cute truck.

then you admire this rusty old car and take a billion pictures of it inside and out because it is just so cool

then you have your husband pose in front of it.

you daydream about this being the perfect location to take one year anniversary pictures.

and you just really enjoy your day with your favorite person because it's hard not to.

found

i remember thinking before we moved.....i'm going to take pictures of every little moment to document this joyous occasion we've waited for the last 6 months. this is how far i got...

(leaving my moms house with both of our vehicles insanely stuffed

and me shedding a tear or two because i hate

change that much. even when it's a good change)

[pulling sassy into the back yard to use the french doors for much easier unloading]

{taking a picture of the handsome husband the moment we walked in

and thinking that i could not believe it was actually happening

and feeling a little nervous but really excited}

[laughing at Brandon and Will as they installed the oven

for 2 hours and nearly gave up because it wouldn't work after they put

it together and took it apart a few times.

then eureka!!!!!

there is another breaker box in the house

that needs a switch flipped.

those poor guys were so frustrated once that oven was all said

and done]

yep...that is it.  that's all i managed to capture of that glorious day.

it proved to be rather exhausting and grueling and it got to a point that

i could care less where my camera was.

now i can look back and wish i would have

done a better job of documenting but what's a girl to do when a u-haul full of boxes is

calling her name.

oh well.....all i know is it feels good to be home.  really good.

up and stuff

well i discovered once again this weekend that i cry when i watch this movie.

i don't cry easily at movies and usually if i've seen a movie that makes me cry several times i don't cry every single time. 

but UP does it to me every time. 

such a fantastic movie that somehow captures each emotion perfectly.

i'll never forget the first time i saw this.  it was on a date with Will. 

i remember being embarrassed to cry in front of him especially over an animated movie so i bit my lip and help most of it back. 

now he knows that i cry like a baby, and he remembers all the parts that i do, so he'll just hug me while i cover my face and sob. 

does anyone else get that emotional watching UP?

and just so you know i'm in love with this painting of their house at paradise falls. 

p.s. Brandi....i think of you every time i watch UP

and i think of your adorable mailbox.

just thought i'd let you know.

ok now that i purged all that....

last night i did this painting which is a gift for an upcoming

baby shower i'm attending.

when Will saw it he gasped

and said it's the cutest monkey he's ever seen. 

he gets really excited when i'm artsy.

i like that.

he was watching a movie in the other room while i painted.

i called for him and told him i had a big problem.

[i kind of felt like a little kid that was telling on myself after making a huge mess]

well that's because i did make a huge mess.

i'd like to call it the famous blue paint explosion.

i was too panicked about cleaning it up that i failed to snap a picture of the disaster but trust me it was bad.

bright blue paint on the carpet, the wall, the window, the cord to the blinds, and everything else in it's path.

here's a little peek at where the explosion started and a speckle on the carpet.

clogged paint tube+hard squeezing=recipe for disaster

right after it happened i thought....duh!

it's like i knew that would happen but i was still too impatient to unclog it in a reasonable way.

silly me!

luckily Will came in armed with a roll of paper towels and helped me clean it up although i couldn't get the paint off everything yet....hopefully some magic potion will help me get the rest cleaned up.

 

i'm coloring the world...

one painting at a time.
most of my free time this week was spent painting.  here are a few more gems i have to share with you.
first off a very late birthday present for a very dear friend....

{a journal i painted for marcy}

{and a small painting of her fiesty little dog layla}

she was in love with both items.  she's a big fan/cheerleader of mine.

then.....

i thought, what if there was a bomb full of colors and it exploded in the sky of a black/white/gray world?

i think the colors would float down on little parachutes and each color would land in the precise spot it was intended to make everything beautiful. 

so all of these thoughts i had resulted in this painting.

which has appropriately been named "color bomb"

[please ignore the poor photo quality.  i promise the real camera

will be coming out to play soon]

last night i asked Will which painting he would prefer to round out our art wall in the living room....

a happy storm cloud similar to the one i painted earlier in the week or a pirate ship of some sort???

he picked this one...

i'm glad he did because it fits in perfectly.

marcy gifted me with the most amazing rug the other day. 

i won't be using it as a rug since it's too adorable.  it's actually already hanging on our bedroom wall.

i love marcy because when we go for walks in the desert by my house we somehow get off the well marked trail and end up in the middle of nowhere because we talk too much and don't pay attention. 

we know how to make exercise fun obviously.

i also love my husband, my amazing family, the dogs, our new house, and making works of art.....just to name a few.

who/what do you love? 

my creations and my thoughtful husband

OUCH! 
the art bug has bit me and it bit me hard.  i don't know if it was the fact i had to do without being creative while my art supplies were in storage or what.  but i like it! 
i made this lovely painting the other night with the intention to keep it

because i'm just greedy like that with the things i make

even if i'm commisioned to make

something...i have a hard time parting with it.

this little lovely had been in my head

for a month or so and i finally had a chance to let it out.

the pictures i have in my head always evolve into something more

once i get going with them.  this one did just that.

anyway this dear painting found a new home today

even though it wasn't planning to originally.

i'm going to miss it but i'm also extremely happy to sell my creations.

then just like that, the next night i get another genius idea.

i love when this happens because it doesn't often.

usually i find myself with creative block and it can be so frustrating.

without further ado the magic that recently came out on canvas...

now this one...i refuse to part with because it has too much

personal meaning behind it.

i love when my dear husband sits in the art room with me and either talks

to me while i'm creating or even silently sits and reads. 

he was partially present for both of these gems because he's just awesome like that.

he's also awesome because even when i forget such milestones as monthly anniversaries

like our sixth monther that just happened on the 7th.....he doesn't forget.

he reminds me via text then follows that up by coming home

with his hand behind his back faking back pain only to pull out flowers

with a sweet little note.

like i said....he's awesome.