WIP Tinkerbell #8

More Work In Progress on Tinkerbell. I didn't get to far on her tonight. Got some touch up done and finished off the flowers. I cleaned up the edges of the wings and I still need to paint them and add detail. Her dress needs some more touch up and detail added, and I need to finish her eyes. Getting closer to being finished! This past weekend was super busy and I am still tired from all the craziness. I will do a Weekly Adventures soon to let you know what I was up to.

Weekly Adventures

I just looked back to see when the last time I posted a Weekly Adventure and it has been almost a full month. We are still super behind at work and trying to get all the books laid out. Which reminds me I haven't posted any of my design work in awhile. I need to get on that soon.

So what has been going on in the past month. Earlier this month we had a Tropical Storm move through our area. That evening the sunset was amazing!

There were also a couple of rabbits hanging out in the front yard after the storm.

A week after that I woke up one morning and this was the sky in my backyard when the sun was rising.

That same day I received this awesome Skull Pendant that I ordered from Anatomical Element on Etsy. If you get a chance check out her shop, very beautifully made copper pendants.

I found out that one of those color 5k races, is coming to my area. I have been wanting to run in one of these, because they look like so much fun. I am using this as a motivation for me to start working on an exercise routine. I am a bit overweight and need to kick myself in the ass and get moving. I thought this was a great way to get myself motivated to get off my ass. The race isn't until December 14th! I downloaded an app for my phone called 5K Runner. I started this program on Sunday and boy am I sore. The name of the race is Color Vibe, my goal is to try to run the whole 5K.

Another thing I am looking forward to is, this week we have both the Fourth of July and Friday off of work. Better than that my sister will be here and has the whole weekend planned out already. So look for some exciting pictures next week.

TV: Under the Dome started last Monday, and I am just past the halfway point in the book. The show was great, although there are quite a bit of differences from the book already. Seeing the graphics of the Dome appearing was awesome. It is on again tonight but it comes on late so I will watch it tomorrow. 

Movies: A couple of weeks ago the Boyfriend and I went and saw Man of Steel. This has to be the best Superman movie yet. I have to say the only original Superman I ever really remember seeing is Superman 2 when Zod and his crew came back. It had been forever since I have seen any of these movies, so I don't remember a lot of the details. I think they did a better job explaining the back story of  how and why he became Superman.

Music: I am going to end this with one of my all time favorite artists, P!nk, who just released this video today. This is one of my favorite songs off this album. This song also reminds me of how I think about the Boyfriend.

WIP Tinkerbell #7

Tinkerbell is coming along, although I still have quite a bit to do still. I wanted to finish her eyes tonight but as the night went on my hands started shaking quite a bit. My hands tend to shake sometimes, especially if I am trying to do intricate work and I am getting tired. Also my wrist has been bothering me, because I have been so busy at work.

My nephew thinks I should leaver her eyes the way they are. I do like them just white, but I will finish them.

I realize I haven't done a Weekly Adventure in the past couple of weeks. I promise to get one out this weekend, I do have a few things to share.

WIP Tinkerbell #6

I am starting to feel like I am actually getting somewhere with this painting. Learning how to deal with the acrylic paints and not struggle so much with it.

WIP Tinkerbell #5

I was finally able to take a night and work on Tinkerbell again. I am starting to like the way it is coming out. I might just be getting used to how these acrylic paints work.

New Logo Design

I do not have a Work In Progress of Tinkerbell yet again, for the second week in a row. Life just seems to get in the way. My Brother left for New York this evening. He stopped by my job and we had dinner together before he got on the road. So by the time I got home it was to late to get started on the painting. I will try again next week.

I have been working on a redesign for a logo, and background for the blog. I thought I would show what I came up with for the logo and see what everybody thinks. I have a really hard time designing anything for myself. I feel like it needs something else and can't figure it out yet. Any suggestions???

Weekly Adventures

Here we are again and I missed last week. Not to much exciting has happened in the last two weeks. Of course work has been crazy and I have been putting in a bit of overtime.

I was poking around on Pinterest about taking better photos with your iPhone and found some apps that people recommended. So I have been playing with those.

My Murphy Dog!

Rain Lilies I saved from my overgrown backyard!

New Frangipani, I can't wait for it to bloom, it is supposed to be yellow!

Memorial Day weekend, we cleaned up my backyard. We pulled out all my flower beds because they were so overgrown and the weeds had just taken over. When I bought the house I didn't like the stone edgers that were there anyways. I was trying to wait until I could afford to replace them, but decided to just pull them all out and start fresh. I was sore for a week from bending over and lifting those stones.

Last Wednesday I came home from work and was just exhausted. It was the first time in awhile that I didn't come home and paint. That is why there wasn't an update on the progress of TinkerBell. I plan on picking it back up this coming Wednesday.

Books: I read Charlaine Harris's last Sookie Stackhouse book called Dead Ever After. These are the books that the show TrueBlood is based from. I know everybody is going to say I am crazy but I have never seen an episode of TrueBlood. I have read all the books now. A lot of people gave this book a bad review. I don't want to spoil it for anybody, but I think it's just because it didn't turn out like everybody had hoped. For me the ending was perfect and exactly the way I think it should have. I say Good Job to Charlaine for writing the story the way she saw it, and not the way the fans wanted it.

TV: I still don't think there is much worth watching on the TV right now. Although I do enjoy watching The Big Bang Theory reruns. There is a show I am looking forward to that starts at the end of the month. Under the Dome starts Monday, June 24th on CBS at 10pm. This is based off a Stephen King book, which I picked up and I am now reading. When I picked up this book I was shocked at how big it was, a whopping 1074 pages.

Movies: I had gone and seen this movie at the theater, and it came out on DVD last week. It's Mama, I thought it was quite creepy. Although I usually think anything with kids and some kind of supernatural ends up a bit creepy.

Music: I figured I go a little Old School! My Favorite Band when I was in High School, and I had one wall dedicated to just posters of them, is Faith No More. I was so in love with Mike Patton.