Things in my mailbox

I got a little bit of super awesome mail today from CaPow's etsy shop. I won a giveaway she did for Little Chief Honeybee. I was so excited to win and picked out these two photo prints:

I can't wait to get these into frames and put them up in our new place. I think that this one is going up in our bedroom. 

And this one is going to probably go in the kitchen, or over the bar if I get my way and find a cool old stand alone bar someday. Love me some Minty Juleps. I also love me some give-aways, clearly. I think I enter at least 8 a week on average and have gotten some great stuff from some great people so far. If I am wasting time on the internet, I might as well be entering to win things. 

Taft loves Dostoevsky

I'm playing hookey today from work. I've been feeling super tense and antsy and just really needed a mental health day, so here I am. Despite the fact that I'm suppose to be relaxing, I've been super busy today. I finished two of the portraits for my giveaway and am really happy with how they turned out.

I've also been working on a quilt that is just made up of little scraps of fabric that my grandma gave me. I'm just going to turn it into a throw blanket and it's shaping up. No big exciting plans for the holiday weekend - just chilling at home with Taft and my book. I've got more in me to blog about, but my head is achey and I need to nap I think.

Winner winner chiken dinner

I was so happy to have people comment that I am going to give a portrait to all four of you guys!  Be sure to send me your addresses you would like them mailed to (Megan and Geoff excluded) and I will get to work on them. If you want a certain picture of yourself you better send that too, otherwise I will just troll your fb/tumblr until I find one I like.

In other news, it is my last day of my morning schedule at work which I am super happy about. Try as I might, I am just not a morning person. Sorry 6 AM, it has been great, but screw you.

Also I am getting super excited about planning a trip to Minnesota next month. My dear friend is getting married and I cannot miss it. As I plan, I realize that I want to see so many people and do so many things that it is going to be a jam-packed awesome trip. And I might need to request off a few more days. 


My goal for this weekend is to dive back into Keri Smith's books that I have collected. She is amazing at getting one inspired to think creatively and I highly suggest checking out her website and grabbing one of her books if you see them in the bookstore.

I also have her newer one, Mess and the "non" planner planner that she made as well. The pages have prompts and then you are free to do whatever inspires you, using different mediums and interpretations. Here are a few of my favorite ones I have done so far:

"It is a new day"

Giveawy love

Upon arriving home from work today I was super pumped to find a special package in my mailbox! Mountains of the Moon did a giveaway on the Dainty Squid and I won a beautiful dress. I ordered a size bigger than I normally would because I live in fear of buying clothing online that will be too small so the dress is a bit too big actually. But not so much that I can't shrink it in the wash. I'll try to take a picture of myself in it this weekend for you guys.  My dress is the twilight blue color

And then when I logged into my email I found I had won a giveaway on one sheeping girl for a set of chalkboard gift tags from katespapergoods. Aren't they cute? I'm not sure if I will be able to give them away.

I've been really lucky about winning things online - I should do a giveaway myself shouldn't I? How about whoever replies to this with the best knock-knock joke gets a portrait drawing of themselves? I need some portrait practice and just bought some nice new paper. Make me laugh!