Everything! Ranging from Tepe, palm fronds and coolers

Goodness today was so productive! 

I've finished projects that I've had from back in the fall! 

The only thing I didn't really do was take good pictures... oops :) 

First thing first. This is the longest project I've ever had. And its my fault I've just sat around and put other projects before them. I hope that these are what the clients wanted, they kinda let me do whatever. 

These are painted on Palm Fronds. The friends I was painting these for brought these to me a while back. She found them down near the beach. I think they are planning to hang these above or near the door, so I tried to do a few different orientations. 

this is another little canvas that I did for another friend here in Clemson. 

She has had these done for each of her grandchildren with just a few changes. 

This is the first that I've done for her and hope that it matches the others well enough to work! 

Annnnd finally I've gotten the chance to paint a cooler for one of Reeds buddies up here at school. 

He called last week and asked if I could do a little work on his cooler for spring break. 

He wanted the the Patagonia symbol in the front. 

And then finished out either side with a orange golf bag and the other with a Clemson bow tie. 

I think it was really fun to add those little bits to finish of the sides :) 

Annnnnd finally the top is the famous Tillman Hall along with the saying

"A Clemson man needs no introduction". 

Today was great :)

I love working on little projects, not only are they fun but they are so great to motivate.

 Literally it feels so great to finish something, sometimes it takes me wayyyyy to long. 

But this always makes me feel better about finishing school stuff, 

I have 10 week review coming up March 28th. 

So be looking for some funky furniture school projects in the future. 

HAPPY NEW YEARS!!

I know I haven't done as many posts as promised but I have a good reason. This holiday season wasn't too terribly hectic so I was focusing on having good time at home. What I qualify as good time is quality time with the people I love, it doesn't have to be full of exciting parties or really anything at all it's just uninterrupted time. I got back to Columbia the third week of December and got to spend a lot of time with my family. My original goal was to finally catch back up on my blogging and to even do some revisions for you guys; however, I was enjoying my good time with the fam.

So, I'm just gonna give a quick over view of all of my projects from the holiday season.

The Holidays are great because I get lots of fun projects! This project was for a friend from Clemson who is engaged to a pretty big Gamecock fan.

I also got to do another pair of TOMS for a friend while I was home over break. I really enjoyed this pair because she gave me free rein and just gave me a few things that she thought could inspire me. Her only requirement was that she wanted 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 ("Always be joyful. Never stop praying. Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus").

Even though I love the free time over the holidays to do projects on my own schedule, I do think that my friends and family get a little tired of my gifts... This year I did better and didn't give EVERYONE a homemade gift. But Reed will get one every year...

This year I knew that he really wanted a large cooler. He talked non-stop about his buddy Cody's cooler that he could fit all of his deer meat in when taking it to the processor. So I decided to make a Reed a meat locker for Christmas. I was attempting to make the top of it look like the cooler was open and full of meat ready to be grilled. Sadly, I think the cup holders messed up the illusion. This was a new techinque that I had never tried before, I think it was pretty successfull for a first try.

-Funny story- I got the pictures printed at Wal-mart and when I went to pick them up the lady asked what my pictures where of so she could find them quicker. I tried to avoid saying raw meat so I just told her the size and number of prints I was picking up. Sadly, this did not suffice and she asked for the content. Once I said raw meat she didn't talk to me again. I guess it would be kind of creepy for some random person to print 16 pictures of raw meat...

Now I'm back at school and ready to start the Spring semester. I can't wait to get back in the studio I'm taking nothing but studio classes which is WAYYYY exciting! Be looking out for new sculptures, photographs, and prints from printmaking!! All of these classes are going to be very tedious and time consuming but I can't wait to get my hands dirty again! 

-Also, I have made a Facebook page for the blog and am working on an Etsy store, if you have any advice pleeeeeaaassssseeee share. I am most definitely not tech. savvy.