diy: repurposed candle holder, vol.2

over a year ago i blogged about taking old candle holders and repurposing them into a pen holder.  you can see that blogpost here.  well, i have a lot of candles and i loved how that diy turned out so i did some more and now use them for my makeup brushes!

- jess

card creating update

i've really been into making cards this year. it seems that every time i get some inspiration and sit down to create i'm making cards instead of scrapbook pages!

here are a few i've made recently...

- jess

project life - july 2013

still working on layouts from 2013. not sure whether to just call it quits and move on or try to do an abbreviated version from this point on. i do LOVE looking back at the detailed pages though.

anywho... here is july 2013!

- jess

currents - june 17, 2014

goodmorning!  ah, i feel so much better now that i've got the cobwebs dusted off my blog!  i kept putting off doing a design change as i thought it would be complicated and time consuming.  turns out it was easy peasy and done in a few minutes.  i used this template that i purchased on etsy.  if you are reading this in your inbox or on a blog reader i'd love for you to pop on over and let me know your thoughts on the update.

on to my currents...

listening // still to podcasts every day at work.  it's a mix of scrapbooking, marketing, religious and old time horror and mystery shows

reading // here's my goodreads list (hope you can see it...if not scroll to the bottom of my blog)

eating // it goes back and forth between junk food, salads and smoothies

drinking // lots of water and iced tea

wearing // sandals

feeling // amazing... i was sick last week and slept so much last friday that i'm feeling renewed

weather // starting to warm up w/ temps in the 90s this week...which i think is lovely

watching // a bit of youtube and season one of father dowling mysteries... don't judge, lol

waiting // for vacation...don't even have one planned yet!

wanting // to bottle up this energy i currently have

needing // to clean my crafting space

enjoying // marking projects off my to-do list

wondering // if i still have a chance of getting in shape enough to run...okay, jog... a 5k in august

working // on listening for the voice of God

what about you...what are some of your currents???

- jess

watercolor love

when i was in college i took several art classes as part of my degree plan. but there were a lot of things that i wanted to learn and my college simply didn't have the classes.  two classes i did take and absolutely LOVED were oil painting 1 & 2.  the sad part is i haven't touched oil paints since college, but i still think about painting almost daily.

fast forward to last year and i found a couple of online classes for watercolor.  i had bought a book and a magazine to try and teach myself, but i'm the type of person that needs to see the techniques demonstrated.  as i took the class i discovered that it is totally different than oil painting and it is still taking me a bit to get used to. but...i now LOVE watercolor too!

sadly i haven't touched it in months. but i ran across these pics from my class and it's totally making me want to pull my supplies back out!

need to just add the paint to this one!

- jess