Be You - an Inchie Grid

Evening friends.  I survived the bustling weekend we had and enjoyed myself yesterday watching my kiddos hang out and play with their friends at an indoor waterpark.  As I was watching and chatting with a few other moms it really struck home to me how hard it is to be a tween girl.  Its easy to forget when you're living with and enduring the many glares, rolls of the eyes, sass mouth, etc., etc., etc. LOL. 

 

 Don't mistake me though - on the flip side I love watching and being part of her growing fashion sense, love for lotions and all things girly like that, and being able to have real conversations with her that show me bits and pieces of who my little lady is becoming.  The one piece of advice I consistently give my baby girl is to "be you".  No matter what others are saying, wearing, doing you gotta dig down and find what you know is right and do it.  Be you and others will follow.  Be you and the friends you have are true and will be there no matter what. 

Its funny because it goes just as well for adults, huh?  I have plenty of days that I need to remind myself to stick to my guns and be who I know I am to be.  But enough blabber from me - I seem to be a mushy mess these days, LOL, maybe its the embarking birthday? - on to the project!

 

Sorry this is not the best photo but I"ve edited and edited and still can't get it to not be a bit blurry.  I worked on this piece as a whole adding lots of paint and molding paste to build up the background.  I'm so loving purple these days - who knew?  I added some Hambly transparencies and called it a wrap. 

 I think I'm going to figure out a way to hang this up.  Not sure if I want to go the eyelet and jump ring type of route or maybe mounting it on to a different base and working around that - possible just a frame?  Hhhmmm, what do you think?

This grid was published in SNR magazine and if you haven't checked out the new, hot look over there you totally should!  Plus you could be pubbed by checking out the current calls - BONUS!

Hope you all have had great days and are enjoying your evenings.  See you soon!

Didn't Quite Happen

Okay, so yesterday I said I would have some blog candy gathered together and posted here today in celebration of having over 100 followers. Well.... like my post title says it didn't quite happen. I do have some of the things I'd like to give away gathered, but not everything. I am working at creating a Mixed Media kit filled with goops, papers, and bellies to get you started on an adventure in MM. WoHOO! In the meantime, I'll share a LO pubbed in Scrapbook News and Review Magazine's March issue. It features 2 of my favorite guys besides my DH and DS.

Couzins


This LO was created on some Ranger Sticky Back canvas. I painted the background with some dabbers and used a bit of mist for some splotches. A few odds and ends of Crate Paper papers and some Hambly transparency and I was good to go.


The handsome guy on the left is my baby brother and the other handsome guy to my right is my cousin. I feel so blessed to have them in my life. I met my brother for the first time this past summer and my cousin at Thanksgiving. Just amazing. They are such sweet guys and crack me up. My kids adore them to pieces and so do I.

The lollipop flower was made out of some sticky back canvas that I stamped and misted. The mesh is some type of material you can get at the hardware store. I'm not sure what it is for exactly, all I know is it works great on LOs. LOL!

Alrighty, short and sweet post tonight because I am pooped and really want to go create something. It's been over a week since I have been in my space and that is just WAY too long!

Have great evenings and I promise to be back yet again tomorrow with some blog candy for you!