The pink lady's pledge.

I thought I'd highlight some artwork I really enjoy from etsy. Etsy is bursting with artists, and I've probably only skimmed the tip of the iceburg, but, here you go!


Jason LaFerrera makes animals out of cut-outs of maps. They're very clean and well done.


Chasing The Crayon does really interesting illustrations with animals. This is one of their more out-there ones, which I really enjoy.


Groundwork does super beautiful, simplistic illustrations with fine detail work.


CrowBiz prints detailed animals onto maps or pages from vintage books. It's a nice look.


GollyBard does wonderful illustrations of animals and nature. I love the pallet she keeps throughout her art. This is a storm cloud.


Siiso does beautiful abstracts.


Cathy McMurray does neat abstracts and abstracted landscapes.

I'll cover more in another post, before this one gets ridic long!

Etsy update!

It feels like forever since I last did an etsy update. I wanted to say the store is still up and running and everything. At present, almost everything in the shop has free shipping for a big moving sale I'm having. This will be running until I graduate, because I want to get rid of as much of the inventory as POSSIBLE before I have to trek across country or wherever I plan on going! So please hop on by and get some of your holiday shopping done. :D





Also, my kitties are adorable. Mr. T has taken a great liking to my bat pillow. He snuggles it whenever possible.

And Buster is obsessed with this super soft olive blanket I brought home. I put him on it and he immediately went into kneading mode and zoned out. Heh.


My breakfast this morning:
Apple cinnamon granola, plain yogurt, coconut shavings, honey, chopped pecans, dates rolled in oat flour, golden raisins, kiwis and a banana, and then a little bit of cold coffee mixed with chai green tea and milk. Soooo good.

Change is gonna come.

I know I've been really quiet. Been sorta busy with school and not feeling that great. I turned in my graduation application, it's pretty crazy how soon it is. If all goes as planned, I'm graduating in May in the spring. I'm looking forward to a bunch of my classes. They'll be much more active and outside-oriented, which is what I like to do. I passed my wilderness first responder, and am now all medically certified and jazz. The weather here is so weird. It's November, but sometimes it's still t-shirt weather during the day. Right now it's rainy and cold which makes sense, but jeez. I'd bought a jacket from Patagonia (waiting for it to arrive) to finally be able to effectively battle the brutal winters here. I get tired of layering up with everything and being a big puff ball and STILL being cold. I also got Batman pajamas. Because I'm perpetually an 8 year old boy inside. I've decided to learn how to play the electric guitar. I was able to buy one from my teacher for a sweet deal. I'll have to take pictures of it sometime. It's super badical pretty. In the meantime, enjoy a SAS post.










Taken by: CHUNKS!.





And because it's just so funny.



Pretty Lights is my most favorite new band. I love everything by them.

It's about that time.

These are a few pictures from my trip to Utah in March. I know, way late. Unfortunately a bundle came out blurry, but these are ones I could salvage. There are a whole bunch more on my Flickr.

Let me take you on vacation.

Carl Warner is a super neat artist. If you look closely, you'll see everything is made from food! They're all photographs. He sets them up on a landscape so that when he photographs it, it has depth.

Watch your heart when we're together.

After having looked at loads of interior shots with collages of paintings and the like, I decided to go through a box with a whole bunch of postcards I've saved and put them up on the wall to display. I quite like it. I've recently moved around stuff in my apartment. My desk is now on the far wall under my kitchen window, and the coffee table is where it used to be. I really enjoy it. My apartment feels a lot more open, and I have more floor space.

And the gods made love.

Veggie ham, cara cara orange, easy over egg, french bread with pineapple jam.

Marble rye bread with lettuce, tomato, avocado, cranberry orange spread, and fresh mozzarella, the remaining bit of tomato with some salt, pickles, jiacama, and mushrooms cooked in olive oil and cayenne pepper.

Sweet potato cooked in paprika, chili powder and cumin, beans, veggie ham, carrots and onion cooked in brown sugar, zucchini cooked in olive oil and a little salt and pepper, plain white rice, grapes and chai tea.

Tuesday eats a day late, but not a dollar short.

I heard there was a secret chord.

Has it been a week? Really? Dear good freakin' potatoes that's frightening. I guess I can see that, as I've had a week's worth of classes now. Well, mostly. Class was cancelled today so we could have an even longer weekend. Oh how I love my major. Though it's chilly at 5:15am when I generally leave my house for work, it warms up nicely during the day. I definitely want to get in a lot of hiking before it starts inevitably snowing! I'm going tomorrow morning. I'm going to try and make it a more strenuous hike, so I can be more leisurely later and take some photos around town. I haven't been able to take any pictures of all the beautiful flowers that had bloomed during the monsoons. We've had SO much rain this summer. So much so I bit the bullet and bought a rain layer from Patagonia. It's a pull-over with only a pocket on the inside, but, it can compact into that pocket for when I go camping, which is uber handy. In March when I went on my trip in Utah (Still haven't developed those photos!!) I had a lot of trouble with the bulkiness of my clothing in my pack. Next year wherever the class plans on going, I'm going to be more prepared! Anyway, these are older, but some various sunsets in and around Flag.

More on my Flickr.

Don't push me, cause I'm close to the edge.

A few design inspirations and interiors I enjoy.








Oh my god, I want that mushroom lamp so much.

Spreading its disease.

The Burning House is a blog I found a little while ago. The idea is, in your haste to leave your house if it were on fire, what would you grab? Sentimental things, practical, both? I'm not sure what I'd grab, other than my cats and laptop. Outside of that I haven't given it much thought. I like seeing the photos people have composed of their belongings, and possible accompanying descriptions.

Let's find love while we may.

These take the idea of 'gif's to a new level. They're literally living pictures, capturing a true moment in time. The photo carrying more weight in your memory, as it lets you relive through other senses- the feel of the breeze that day, the fizz of the bubbles in your drink. Artist Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg have created what they call cinemagraphs, making animated photos.





You can find more here.

Better open the door.

I feel like every time I start a blog entry I mention how long it's been since the last post. Time is a strange thing. I've been busy off my rocker at a short summer job, working as a security guard for the Cardinals while they're up here practicing. The hours are insane, and I haven't any internet at home still, so I've not been up to date on much of anything. Luckily I get to read at work, so I'm trying to get through all the books I own that I haven't read yet. I've gotten outrageously tan from the long hours spent outside during practice or field security.

In the meantime, enjoy a SAS post.















Taken by: Drew Woods.