Studio Saturdays!

One of the things I learned from the Michaels Makers Summit is that I want to really buckle down and form a plan to get my work out there and that includes blogging consistently. I thought why not combine my love of teaching live with my blog and offer a monthly in studio session to just 5 people. The day long class will focus on projects that I feature each month....for example one month may be polymer clay. So that month on the blog I will feature projects, share tutorials, give tips and tricks on polymer clay and then for the live studio day you can come learn directly from me in a small intimate studio session. We will do live video during class so everyone can see the fun we are having and get everyone excited about the projects! The cost of the class will include all supplies and you will be included with pictures of your projects on my blog! How fun is that?!? 

I will put my project calendar out soon so watch this very blog for updates! 

And let me know your ideas and thoughts on what you want to learn! I want to share everything that's stuck in my crazy colorfilled mind! 

Happy Tuesday!

MMMMMMMM Butter

A few weeks ago I came home to a shattered butter dish and 2 very guilty looking dogs. I like a funky butter dish so I was a little peeved when I stumbled upon my sassy puppies and broken funky dish. Since then we've been using a plate and I've been searching for my next great butter dish. 

Well yesterday I was at Goodwill and I spotted this plain white heavy duty beauty for just 3 bucks! I remembered I had some DecoArt paint markers for glass and though hmmmm I may be onto something here. I can create my very own butter dish!

So I washed the dish very well and then swabbed it with a little rubbing alcohol to get off any residue. The markers were so so juicy and easy to use! They were transparent but bright enough to not bother this usually opaque loving girl. I wrote the words out first, let them dry then decorated and filled in with some color! My husband always says everything is better with butter so it seemed perfect for this project! 

Once you finish drawing you let the ink set for 8 hours or more and then bake it in the oven according to the instructions on the side of the pen. Honestly this was so quick and easy I may just start breaking things left and right in the kitchen just so I can make new ones. I kid... but really it was fun. 

DecoArt makes such a great variety of wonderful products. I'm looking forward to sharing more of my ideas and projects using their many paints and other products!

Now to make supper...of course there will be butter involved.

Happy creating...
xoxo Kim

So great!

Hello! Sorry it's been awhile!

This summer I had a productive garden....

I taught bunches of beautiful people how to make art.....

And I got close enough to Harry Styles to take this picture....

It's been a good good summer! 

Messy life

My life is not a carefully curated photo series. It's messy.my nails are chewed to stubs, my feet are very dirty and unkept, my hair is a mess, my face bears blemishes that I choose to not cover with makeup. I dress solely for comfort and personal joy and know nothing of what is currently the thing to wear. My kitchen is a disaster full of dishes on the counter both dirty and clean, a big ole bucket of scraps that should have been brought to the compost pile 2 days ago and the counters are cluttered with gadgets we use daily. There are toys, and shoes, and art supplies everywhere and if you venture upstairs there will be clothes on the floor of most of the rooms. 

See I'm too busy loving my life to care. Playing in the garden, relaxing in my hammock, creating works of art (or creative messes more often than not),walking our also messy puppy,wading in the kiddie pool, enjoying the sound of water falling in the pond, cooking kick ass meals, and weeding weeding weeding.  

So if you seek perfection I'm definitely not your girl. But if you think the idea of perfection is silly come on over let's be friends....especially if you like to do dishes. 😜