big bend

Well Friends, I am headed to Big Bend National Park. Be back late on Sunday! Say a prayer for a grand adventure.

stereotype

Tomás and I... defying stereotypes? I have a bit more of a "manly drink" and Tomás well....

rum and dc

girlies margarita on the list

fat tuesday!

happy fat tuesday all!

i had myself some kings cake... so you know im living in the south (and more importantly a driving distance from NOLA)...ah so many memories from last year!

anywho I thought I would pass along some mardi gras related photos from last week.... when a few of the CRJ crew partook in a Young Texas Against Cancer Olypmics. Sadly we didn't win... but we had a lot of fun!

Here are some streamers I put up... this picture was taken more recently... I was surprised at how much they droop!

The ladies!

Our team name/sign Ah I love crafting!

And a repost... since I like our spirit in this picture!

all DRESSed up with no where to go!

Just kidding... There are always places to go!

I made this dress the other day. This was my first attempt at making clothes! I have never done that before. In the end I liked the way it turned out but next time Ill use better fabric... I just grabbed whatever was on sale and it isn't typical clothing fabric... meaning its a tad scratchy and it wrinkles easily... thankfully the pattern of the fabric is so crazy that it doesn't show it too much!

current class project

We finished the wire sculptures for this semester's students... I'll pass along pictures soon.

The next project is kind of a fun one. To me it really shows how much or how little the students choose to use their creative side.

They each make a stencil, any size, shape, simple or intricate. Then they have to make a composition. And then do it again and AGAIN... each time a little different. 

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Below are a few that I chose just one of the three that the students made...

shoes!

monsters.

And mine! Sometimes I love when the kids are working hard and I can just be in the creative moment too (sadly there is usually a lot to do, see, critique) or something...

I made the stencil and image below but never finished it last semester.... now that the students are back working on the project I decided to get in on it too again... AND I was having some trouble figuring out what I wanted to do with the white space... a student ending up giving me the idea! (just another reason why I LOVE critiques and wish I could find away to still do them for my own work besides bugging people)!

Ill send the finished project your way when I am done!

HPV Day

Happy Valentine's Day (thanks college Mike Bell for annually sending out a text that said "HPV day"

Well anywho....

To all my loves near and far! 

And I guess to this guy too...

You are the best!

cake pop job!

Some updates on cake pops... because boy do I love them...

I recently got a new "warmer"... it's definitely helped out the cake pop production as I don't have to keep running back and forth from the microwave...

yummmmm baby blue candy melts!

I made a bunch over superbowl weekend... I made some for a co-worker... she hired me HOW exciting! My dad made coffee cups wayyyy back when and gave Richie and I each a set... who knew that they would be the perfect size for cake pops!

Don't these cake pops look naked!

I totally feel in love with these sprinkles they really made the cake pops look fantastic. Thank you, sprinkles!

Ah! Now, how awesome are these sprinkles.

Every cake pop needs a stage! So I made cake pop stands (two of them) for the 50 cake pops I was making!

Look at the progress.

I made some with swirls!

And here is the finished product!

I also made some cake pops for the superbowl party we were going to. I knot it is a bit hard to see what is going on with these.... but they are little helmets! And Tomas helped me make fake paper grass!