Lucifers-Lily

With school picking back up, work getting busier, and the car accident, I have gotten very behind in posting new projects. (and completing new projects!)  But I hope to get most of the stuff up here in the next week or so.  Also, if I can stay focused long enough I'll be adding links to my etsy site.  AND links to connect all the fan fiction chapters together so it's less difficult to maneuver between them.  
Ugh...intended this to be more lengthy...but my brain just shut off...so I'll go look at pretty pictures for awhile! XD

I finally got my fanfiction posted in full.  It's only taken me....well let's not count.  It's up.  With the holidays fast approaching and my fundage running out just as fast, I think it's time to learn a new art and perfect some old ones.  I spent a good deal of time watching YouTube tutorials on how to make stuff from junk.  It was fun actually and I learned a lot. Firstly, I'm not the only one that adores glitter.  Secondly, people are more creative than I gave them credit for...at least a couple are.  And lastly, Upcycling is catching on.  Rapid Fire.  
Since this is an artsy little community I have found myself in, I've also done a little digging around as to what's around.  I found an entire re-purposing shop!  Some ladies got together and filled a whole store with reclaimed clothing, handbags made from some of the most unlikely materials, and jewelry galore.  That's just the icing on the recycled cake.  (gross thought...that's like that see-food joke from elementary school) I'm definitely going to find time to check it out and hopefully snag some fun ideas.  
Everyone is talking about their Black Friday shopping plans.  Just so happens that a quaint flea market in the area is celebrating its 1 year opening with raffle prizes, door prizes, and store wide discounts.  So I'm thinking....it gets less expensive?!  I'm sooooo there for the solid silver tea set I saw! And anything else you guys feel like showing me.  HA!
I'm hoping everyone shops sensibly this season.  Does your 5 year old REALLY need the new ipad?  I doubt it.  Put the money in an account for college and get them something more age appropriate.  (and I don't mean the new *insert random celebrity name* mini skirt and sequin top) Try some local stores, try some craft stores, try some second hand stores.  I'm telling you, Mother Earth will thank you for reducing your carbon foot print, and maybe preserving some brain cells in your child.  
I'm off to finish up a couple of holiday gifts.  I'll be sure to post the pictures.  Happy Turkey Day all!

Getting settled in the small apartment I'll be occupying for the next year.  This will be a fun opportunity to experiment with decorating small living spaces.  I think I'm going to roll with a fun combo of those tin signs...vintage and otherwise...and silly posters.  This place seems to be a collection of flea markets and antique stores, so I have extremely high hopes for the progression of my mixed media projects.  
My biggest complaint is the lack of recycling centers.  And by lack...I mean there aren't any.  So....I'm looking into some serious re-purposing projects.  If anyone knows any good sites for that, I'd be thankful.  Pinterest seems to be a likely source.
I hope to find the time to get more of my story up and start work on some holiday gifts.  Somehow...it's almost Thanksgiving.

I'll be leaving for Indianapolis soon and have been extremely busy getting ready.  I've scarcely been home to create or upload anything.  But, I'm confident once I get settled and adjusted to the new work schedule I'll be at it again.  Besides, the holidays are coming up...I've got a TON of gifts to start making.
This is a great site.  I wish I had joined sooner, but I think like all of us, I went through a long period of "I'm not really an artist" and "who wants to read/see what I create".  I guess you never know until you try.  I've met some really talented and very cool people here so far.  Thanks for sharing your work and ideas with me.  I hope to branch out and meet even more creative and beautiful people.  It's groups like this that remind me why I wear my uniform.  The beauty created by the people on this site is worth defending.
I am in the process of editing my Bleach fan fiction and hope to have that up as well by the end of the week.  I'm toying around with throwing up some poetry as well.  I haven't written in years, but perhaps I'll find the proper muse to get myself back into that again.
Well, time to get to work!

I suppose that's always the hardest part right?  Things are going swimmingly in your head...you've got it all worked out.  Multiple web-sites, great pictures of your art, all of your writing in one easy to access location, and all the time in the world to get it done.  You're on top of the world.  Then the alarm clock goes off, or the work bell rings, or you stop day dreaming on your way to whatever mundane task is sucking your soul and stealing all of your creative time and realize that those glamorous web-sites are all partially (if you're lucky) done.  None of your writing is edited.  There are no pictures.  And there certainly is NO time for art.
Well, that has been the story of life to date.  Always too busy for myself and my dreams.  Getting a little older has given me a solemn understanding that if I continue to allow everyone else to dictate my life, my dreams will remain on a shelf covered in the dust of time.  If I don't spread my wings and at least try to fly, the rest of the world will not only clip them, but shear them right off.  
I am standing on the edge of a mobilization that will seriously hinder my resources and time, but I have made a decision to actually keep up with this site and turn it into what I initially envisioned when I started it.  It may be slow in its growth, but eventually, my writing will make it here.
Today, my good friend and I opened an etsy store.  It is the first step to realizing a shared dream.  I find it a little ironic that I joined the military to defend the rights of the dreamers, artists, and poets of this country and have done little to pursue my own.  It took almost a decade, but I'm finally listening to all of you who supported and encouraged me along the way.  Hope you guys can deal with the sporadic nature of my entries.  I'll do my best to maintain this.