Day of the Dead

Not much time to type but here is some Day of the Dead makeup I did a few weeks ago :)

What do you think??

Sick baby

I have a sick little one at home. I have been under the weather the last few days and now my littlest has come down with a fever and a runny nose. I will wait a day or two to take her to the Dr. I don't want to be THAT mom. Tylenol it is. feel so bad, I can tell she is uncomfortable... She wants to play but needs her rest! Try telling that to a 1 year old. Sad times.

My oldest has a runny nose and her nose is rubbed raw. Boo to this weather!

The countdown begins

The Christmas countdown begins. It feels like thanksgiving hasn't even happened yet. Maybe because it has been so warm? Who knows.
I ordered a ton of bezels from etsy to make my painting pendants, but when I got them in the mail I realized they are just too small to see the painting. I didn't want them to go to waste, then remembered
what I have wanted to do for awhile.

Polymer clay! I have messed around with it a bit but nothing I really thought worked. I want it to be very sturdy and secure.
I think for my first clay design it turned out pretty well! Better pics soon. I still need to glaze it as well.
What do you think??

Turkey Day

One day before Thanksgiving. Luckily this year my Uncle is having Thanksgiving (I get Christmas). So all I had to make was a strawberry pie and some spinach dip.

Strawberry pie from fresh strawberries
And fresh spinach dip (ok frozen spinach).

I also finally varnished my paintings and made them ready to sell. Now I just have to post them on etsy. I was hoping today but posting an item on etsy especially a new type of item takes a lot of new descriptions and such so it might need to wait till Friday.

Etsy.com/shop/Artfulparadox.
Check just in case I get time tonight :)

My first blog!

Well the time has come to start my blog!

 This blog will be a little of everything. As in my art I don't like to confine myself to one thing. And why should I right?

It might be a little slow going at first, I have a lot to learn on how to use a blog which might take awhile. In my defense I have never done a blog (ok well the things they had when I was a teen was a little different) so I have no idea how to do anything. I also have never been one with words. I opened up an etsy store about a week ago. So far I only have a few items posted, more will come I just need to get the time to take the pictures. I also have a website, but that has been next to impossible for me to figure out!

Etsy.com/shop/artfulparadox

Today has been exhausting and I haven't even gotten to cleaning the house yet! Oh my. My little one (21 months) has been her own sorts of trouble. She has recently figured out how to climb in and out of her crib, so you can imagine nap time. That is basically non-existent at this time.  This morning we had an actual argument about what bow she should wear! What toddler cares about a bow in her hair?!? Clearly you can imagine who won....Maybe next time I will win.

Yea that expression pretty much explains my child =P I love it.

Ok, well enough for today.