Short North Arts District

Check out these great pieces of public art in Short North Arts District during the art fair:

Pac Man's been shot!
This one is called Nature Vs. Nurture--there are two piles of bricks and you are supposed to bring a brick from one side of the road to the other side of the road--it's kind of question as to which side of the road will win out at the end of the day--the only weird part is that they are covered in golden spray glitter--which came off all over us! It was great though--we were just glittering down the road that afternoon. :o)
Ahhhh... Street Art, grafitti, call it whatever you want, I still love it!

Window covered completely in bottle caps!

Honestly this was so bring and vibrant, it was awesome!

Craftin Outlaws!

This year one of my goals was to go to an indie craft fair. They have them all over, but apparently not in my hometown (Fort Wayne, Indiana) so I had to make a trip to go to one . Although I'm not sure my friends were anywhere near as excited as I was, they still indulged me and went along. It was so much fun for me! I loved the craft fair--Craftin Outlaws in Columbus, Ohio (www.craftinoutlaws.com) and I also loved the farmers market and the Short North Arts District (which was having an art fair that day too). It was such a great day, here are a few photos to show you:

Waiting in line for free goodie bags at the Indie Craft Fair
Check out the size of those lily pads!!! Huge!

Oh, and there was a wedding going on the park behind us... someone wanted to go join the wedding party but we had to reign her in and keep going!
Girls! Come on! You can cross on yellow lights--just hurry!
The most macho Angel of the day!
Surly Girl--why I think that could be my own personal saloon!

Girls Night Out

Well, I've been couped up all week long
I've been workin' my fingers to the bone
Well, it's a girl's night out
Honey, there ain't no doubt
I'm gonna dance every dance 'til the boys go home
Well, it's my night to rock
No watchin' that ol' clock
Oh, ain't no doubt,
Lordy it's a girl's night out
Thank you Wynonna--I couldn't have said it better myself--enjoy these photos from our most recent Girls Night Out!

The ladies at The Botanical Gardens for a Rockabilly Concert from HillBilly Casino
Who's kissing that seahorse? Get out of those flowers!
It's like the pose from Titanic--only I think Mellissa is actually trying to shove me out of the boat instead of keeping me in the boat.... er... uh.... yellow submarine...
No Lydia! Don't sit on that!

Lydia just said, "atleast I'm wearing pants" and we are all making fun of her--she was simply trying to explain that sitting on fake rocks in the humid rainforest is much better in a pair of jeans than a skirt--well all I can say is that we were fine!

Susan Kline

Does anyone know Susan Kline or how to get a hold of her? She's from Northern Indiana I believe, but I honestly don't know where. This is her artwork--I love it beyond belief and I really wanted to get something done by her at the last art show I went to, but she had already started packing up at that point because of the bad weather. Next time I see her stuff out, I'm going to snag up something before I lose the chance all together!!!

Awesome!

I wish I had more artistic talent and creative skill. I'm a great mastermind at times (well really though I mostly play off of other ideas I've seen or heard of) and I can do a few things--mostly the easy things, but regardless, I really wish I had more talent! Check out this piece of art from a 10th grader in Ohio. I saw it at the Scioto County Fair when we were visiting the 4-H Fairgrounds. The creative guy behind this piece is Tyler Kephas of Scioto County, Ohio. Honestly, I'm so impressed that I want to go try to do something like this too! I wish I could go back to high school and take an art class now! Maybe then I could draw, paint, do all sorts of fun creative things that I feel like I don't have the skill to do at this point. Oh well, I'm going to try to force myself to create a bit more! I need some craft time! I need to just try it and stop worrying so much about the results!

I want another puppy!

These are garage sale puppies!
They are mixed Lab and Coon Hound
And they are beyond adorable!
Me and Gremlin--he's so cute, but please ignore the fact that I look like I'm on crack! I'm not!!!!
Random Bulldog Puppy I saw online--makes me want to snuggle his little wrinkly body so bad!!!
Enough said!!!

Happy Gussy!

So earlier this year I decided to have a portrait commishioned--of my dog! I know, I might be a little crazy, but it just seemed like I couldn't stand the thought of not having him up there on my art wall--I mean sometimes he's the best part of the day! So I went through Etsy and chose a woman to do the portrait--she did a great job too! I'm showing you the picture of Gussy as well as the actual finished portrait which proudly hangs on my wall now! I love her work! Please go to the following website and check out some of the other dog portraits and even some of her other work. I think she's got a lot of talent, and I love her creative colors!

http://www.ceceredesigns.com/dog%20paintings.html (this takes you to her dog portrait site)