Today is a butt short day.

Butt shorts are these tiny boxer shorts that, of course, only really cover your butt. I don't wear them in public, but for all of this hot weather inside... Butt shorts are a necessary tool for productivity.

They've been in full force today. I've been working on finishing up class examples and details and getting the general stuff all nice and sort of done. Go me.

Wanted to pop in and say that class spots will be going up in the Etsy shop tomorrow in the afternoon and early evening. I don't have a class limit as of yet, so getting a spot should be rather easy. If you're concerned about not getting one in time for whatever reason, feel free to email me and reserve a spot. They'll be sold until next Monday.

I'm so excited to have the ever lovely, Rachel Denbow, guest design for this class. I find her work stunning and I know you will too.

Happy Sunday. I'm off to make cupcakes for an art day with friends tomorrow.

seventeen before i turn eighteen. the list.

seventeen before i turn eighteen. the list.

(or as like to call it. the list of pure awesomeness. ahem.)

1. learn to play the guitar
2. finish a painting
3. get something published
4. take at least ten photos of strangers. like these cool people
5. go on a roadtrip with friends
6. eat chinese food
7. send a random happy mail package each month to different people
8. take polaroid pictures
9. write and print my own zine
10. fall in love. with God or a new ice cream flavor or art or, heck, with someone
11. wander aimlessly somewhere
12. go to a first thursday downtown
13. make an arty music video
14. design a website
15. begin a rain book
16. do something daring
17. sit in a coffee shop, writing something brilliant on my own macbook

(i stole lots of ideas from elise and hula and lesley and all you wonderfully clever people. thank you.)

happy fourth. i think i'll go to a top of a hill with my silly friends and then home to watch my little brother blow himself up. i love this holiday.

this week. in a list.

this week.

-i watched breakfast at tiffanys. after eating cinnamon rolls in the morning.
-went to the doctor and got allergy medicine. hallelujah.
-was generally annoyed/angry with myself.
-threw waterballoons.
-had my "boys", eric and sam, bring me coffee and rice krispy treats that they made to "make my day" because apparently i'm a pissy, emo teenage girl. it worked.
-wore knitted tights, my favorite thrifted pair of shorts, two unmatching tank tops, and big earrings to starbucks. and read the poisonwood bible in my favorite comfy chair there and people watched.
-worked my soul.
-cried three times.
-ate mint chocolate chip ice cream with my feet in a hot tub. and got my shorts very wet.
-watched the pursuit of happyness with stephanie while embroidering my hippie bag.
-made breakfast for zack and eric. without reading a recipe once.
-had a lover's delight and guava snowcone.

Music + Composition Journals: An Art Journaling Class Information

Hello!

Goodness, this post has been long awaited on my part. I began the basic planning for this in mid-May, then June hit and I had no time. So, let's say that I am very excited and ready for this class to begin. :D My Life Story Class was such a success, that I knew "teaching" is where my heart is and I'm jumping at the chance to work for myself again.

This class is melding two worlds that I'm really passionate about. Music and Art Journaling.
Small excerpts from the class:

Music has undoubtedly always been a vibrant fixture in my life. I usually always have it on and may be a little of a music-addict. My poor iTunes sees more than it probably wants to and I’m sure my parents aren’t great appreciators of how often it plays and how loud.

The evolution of this class has been really exciting for me. It was prompted when one of my best friends asked me why I listened to music. I hadn’t really thought about that question before and it took me a few minutes to articulate my thoughts. I suppose I listen to music because I have to...

and

This is where art journaling comes in. I art journal in an 8.5x11 composition book. It’s easy, very wrinkly, and carefree. I don’t feel pressured to create an amazing piece of artwork or journal something especially profound that I’ll look back on and go, “golly, that sure was profound”. It’s more of a verbal and artistic throw up. Lovely,eh? ;)

This class is simply an introduction into my process of art journaling. I’ll walk you along the steps that I take to begin and to create.

We will be making a composition book art journal, with step by step instructions, to create our art journal pages in. Everyday there will be several prompt ideas and a technique highlight. The actual altered compostion book we make doesn't have to necessarily be only of the pages you make in the class, but just a new format for any future art journaling.

Other things that are included: Random giveaway, an amazing Guest Designer and her examples, 1 Video Post(in which I'm sure I'll talk about absolutely nothing), and a printable embellishment page.

The Breakdown:

• This is a 5 Day Class beginning on Monday, July 13th and concluding on the 17th.
• The class will be sold through my Etsy shop or PayPal for $14.50.
• You will be given access to the private blog and Supply List immediately after buying the class.
• The Class will be sold from July 6th through the 13th.
• The blog will be open two weeks after the class concludes. When those two weeks are up, I will send out a PDF which you can easily save and print.
  

Note on my teaching style(which is very similar to my Life Story Class if you took that)-

I am not step by step kind of instructor, this class doesn't have detailed techniques, and exact formulas to put things together. I'm more a gentle encourager, giving ideas and journaling prompts. This class is more of a workshop, than a class.

Eeek! I am just brimming with excitement. Peaks of the projects coming all this week! :)

Meet Clia.

This is Clia Louise. She is a beautiful. She's a pinhole camera and she takes amazing, blurry, and wonderful pictures. My friend Jacob made it for me for my birthday(how the cow does someone make a camera? I don't know).

I just thought she needed a proper introduction on the blog. Say hello to her. :D

Hi, hi!

Pretending to be productive today, finished up all my Hambly loot. My day has been controlled by allergies/cold/whateverthecrap this is, so I have bummed around my house darting dirty glares at people and read a book. Doesn't help that it's stinking hot, gahhhh.

Just wanted to come and share some Hambly layouts and announce the winner from the silly Vlog giveaway.

Random Number Generator picked 9. Send me your address, Clair, and I'll be getting that out to be by the end of the week. :D

Here we go!

Hoookay, that's it! Click on the pictures for more detailed explanations. Happy day! :)

:)

In lieu of last year's post.

Here is to cherishing my last year of highschool, to letting go of all my anger and resentment, to continue taking chances, to working hard, to focusing, to being vibrant and to be true.

A year of drawings, paintings, loving people like Jesus loves me, wearing even stranger clothes. A year of becoming better at what I can do, of working extremely hard for my dreams, and to become less selfish.

Looking back at last year's post, I kinda smiled. I'm proud of what I did this last year, but dissapointed at the same time. I grew up and that scares me and excites me. I'm a different girl and I've had a hard time letting go of her, of last year's Kara. The Kara that had a lot of passion, but was naive and confused. She was good, but this year's Kara is so much better.

I can't wait for next year's. I want to be proud of her.

xoxo.

Happy weekend to you. :)