Time to Relax

I've been wanting to get to this ceramics and glass fusion place for months, to do something different and use my hands and brain in a different way. You don't need to know me personally to know that I am heavily analytical and tend to be a big left brain. You know what they say about not using something... it shrivels right up and dies. I was obviously concerned about the right side of my brain. Maybe it's like half the size of my left brain. LOL.

I am left brain dominant

It was time to do something to challenge my right side. I took my two good friends with me to paint ceramics. We spent several hours there picking out a figure, picking colours and then sitting down and actually doing the work of painting our little figures. It's no surprise that I picked the same thing most little girls do, for their birthdays: pick the little horse to paint (though the cat came close! I'm taking +ADW with me to do that! :)).

Stage 1: base colours

What else would I do but paint a horse that looks like Ariel! Although she's mostly white, I pick an off white colour to be the base coat. If you're like me and do something that is heavily analytical and methodical, this is so much fun. I'm not completely abandoning what I like to do, but combining what I excel at and the artistic component of my being.

Skip a bunch of 'stages' and here I am, before firing her up

The painted areas become light once painted and dried so it's tricky to tell but with my left brain in full gear, I'm methodical enough to remember what I did in each area. The only thing I noticed AFTER I painted everything is that because I tack and mount on Ariel's left, I actually am not sure what her right side looks like. I got a few things wrong but that's okay... it's the effort that counts :)

The fired Ariel! (and her 'friends')

It looks pretty awesome! So awesome that Stanley thinks so too:

Mine.

I'm looking forward to going back because it was surprisingly A LOT OF FUN!!

Bit By Bit: 12 Days of (Horsey) Christmas: Fine finery

Us east coasters had somewhat of an interesting weekend... with our world turning into an ice laden wonderland... with no power and an outdoor skating ring. So, a little late but better late than never the 11th day of Horsey Christmas at Bit by Bit:

Bit By Bit: 12 Days of (Horsie) Christmas: Fine finery: The 12 Days of (Horsie) Christmas selection for today is this tiny, delicate horseshoe necklace from Stella and Dot. Made of gold fill and...

My Pet Mummy

No need for many words. This year, I have a lot of fun stuff that's made things really great. To help me celebrate, ADW and Bucky have put together a little something for everyone...

Have a safe and happy Halloween!

Model: Buckingham
Wardrobe Consultant: ADW
Photographer: me
Finished on Pixlr Express

It's All About ME!

My blog, my posts, my photos... me me ME!

I've been nominated for the Living Passionately Award, by my good friend and fellow blogger, Amber! I'm feeling particularly sparkly from this nomination considering I don't have a wide readership as it is and so I never thought I'd be nominated for anything! Regardless, I'm flattered to have been thought of, for this award since I've been recently struggling with difficulties with a waning creativity in this blog.

So, here's the way the award works...

1. Post the rules: http://notlostjustweird.com/2012/05/14/living-passionately-award/
2. Do something out of the ordinary (for me, I presume)
3. Nominate other bloggers whose passion and awesomeness I admire

Actioned:

1. Done, see above.
2. I haven't turned the boob tube on for several weeks now. In fact, it's been so long that I'm behind on Game of Thrones, Vampire Diaries, Nikita, Big Bang Theory... all shows I was keeping up on, very regularly at one point. I think that I'm more than half a dozen or so weeks behind. Usually a difficult task for me!
3. Who to nominate... I have to admit, I don't follow too many other blog because I barely have the time to keep up on my own. But, I love artsy crafts (if I ever find the time) and I think this blog is freakin' awesome: Crayons & Milk

(p.s. this is a temporary pause until my next post)