"Creativity takes courage." – Henri Matisse
Hey guys! I'm back! And my last blog post was.... over a month ago? What happened?? And here I was trying to do a new post every week. XP Anyway, I'm here now with an award. To be specific, my second Liebster Award. 🙂 Let's dive in. (Oh, and Earnest and I had so much …
So, you're probably wondering why I'm posting again so soon. Or maybe you're not, but I'll tell you anyway. It's because Grace and Katherine at The Maidens of Green Gables are hosting an Anne of Green Gables blog party!! *throws confetti and serves up plum pudding* They told me about it with such delight and …
Hey y'all! How's it going? It feels like it's been a while since I've posted. I missed doing a post last week, because Camp NaNo ate up all my time and also my brain was rather exhausted. So I'm trying to get back on schedule, and now that life is slowing down a bit I might …
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Hello everyone! How has your July been? I'm doing Camp NaNoWriMo for the first time this month, so my July has been a bit... well, busy. Anyway, I've done a lot of art lately, so I figured it was time for an art dump. Featuring art by my siblings. 😀 This is my most recent …
Many years ago in a land not so far away, depending on where you live, a young girl was bored. So she sat down at her father's computer and—lover of words that she was... kind of—opened up word document. That was the fateful day that she found the thesaurus tool: a thesaurus built right into …
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Hey guys! I just realized it's been about two months since I've posted anything. Well, things have been kind of crazy over here.... Crazier than normal. My family has the chicken pox. Whoop whoop! So, this post is going to be a little bit shorter than usual. Anyway, let's jump in. Here's a drawing I …
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Hey guys! Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while. I've had a lot of things going on, I'm working on several projects, and yes, I did have a deadline project. I was brainstorming what to write about in this blog post, and in the middle of working on my deadline project I thought, "Why …
Hey y'all! This post is going to be a little different than usual. Guess what.... I was tagged for the Liebster Award by Evelyn and N.C. Stokes! Thanks guys. So, here are the rules: Acknowledge the blog who nominated you for this award. (See above. 🙂 ) Answer 11 questions the blogger gave you. (See …
Last year, I discovered the joy of caricature sketching. Okay, so mine didn't turn out very caricature-ish, so maybe I should just call it sketching. While I really love creating realistic portraits, there's just something so satisfying about the simplicity of sketching. 🙂 Here's one of the first ones I did. It took about twenty …
If you asked me to name number one thing I learned about during 2018, I would have to say “grace”. And while it hasn't exactly been flashing in my face throughout the whole year, when I look back I can see it intertwined through the small things. One example would be the mural I completed …
