New Website

Hi!

So I am SUPER excited about this one:

I CODED MY OWN WEBSITE FROM SCRATCH.

This semester I was required to code a personal website from scratch in my Web Page Design class.

Here it is! thriftsandthings.com :)

It's sort of a modification of this blog and it's fully functional on computers and phones. I still need to add more posts/pictures and unofficially have to code a few more pages + link them but hey, I (finally) finished it. :)

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Half-Knit Pillow

Hello, friends!

A few days ago I saw this pattern on Pinterest and I thought, "Oh my word I need to make this."

So I did.

Although not perfect by any means, I am so excited about this pillow. Instead of needlessly describing all the steps for how I made it--because, you know the link up there does exactly that for you--I'm pretty much posting this so I have it "archived" for lack of a better word.

Here it is!

I mean, it has a knitted side and flowers on it. What more could you possibly want? ;)

Bonus (the only in-the-process picture I took):

I didn't have a blocking square so I used my floor to stretch the knit part out. (Not a horrible idea, not a great idea--you get what you pay for.) :)

Christmas Present

Hello, friends!

(Oh yeah, Happy New Year, too!)

Yeah, it's been awhile. That always seems to happen, because you know, life.

I just had a spare second and remembered a few projects I've started since Christmas Break started about a month ago. (Mostly I've just been hemming a lot of thrift store skirts and have been too lazy to take before and after pictures because I don't have a camera timer clicker thing.)

So, this post is just a quick little hello (to all 4 of you) and a painting I did during exam week (yeah, I know, I'm still alive, ha) before I left for home!

Here it is!

This was my very first commission piece I've done for my friend Joseph to give to his girlfriend.

Basically, I've really been obsessed with fauvism since I was a junior in high school. I was in a college art class and I was asked to do a project where we picked an art movement to research and then created a piece of art that fit into that movement. I don't know, I just really love colors and it makes something mundane more creative in my opinion; plus it's super fun.

Here's a few "in the process" pictures:

If you have any questions about me doing a commission or have a picture you'd like me to look at to paint, let me know! This isn't any kind of "official" job or title or something I'm looking at pursuing right now--more of just a hobby. :)

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Oh yes, one other thing, I'm seriously considering redoing the entire layout of this blog (I actually hate it, a lot. It kills the designer in me looking at it.) So, if I ever complete that, it will happen hopefully sooner rather than later. :)