Good evening and happy Monday !!

I had a full week last week

ᗰOᑎᗪᗩY

I decorated a little trinket shelf for my wall <3 

TᑌEᔕᗪᗩY & ᗯEᗪᑎEᔕᗪᗩY

I caught up on some reading: I’ve finished up Lord of the Flies and Clockwork Orange and have now started on Make room! Make room! By Harry Harrison and Tender is the flesh by Agustina Bazterrica.

I also did some drawing in the sketchbook

((last one is old, i just felt like re-visiting))

TᕼᑌᖇᔕᗪᗩY 

ᖴᖇIᗪᗩY 

VVVVV the song that carried me into the weekend / great hula hooping track

ᔕᗩTᑌᖇᗪᗩY 

I inherited more cans from Miriah today!! (thank you again <3) My cup runneth over with cute materials so I’ll be using them every chance I get. 

ᔕᑌᑎᗪᗩY

ᴺᵉˣᵗ ʷᵉᵉᵏ: new project? More can art and better drawings

I have a new project idea and I really want to start. It’s another paper mache piece, and while I do have 2 I’m currently working on. . . I’m probably still gonna start it (: will update with progress if I make any ⋆｡°✩

I'll keep cutting up cans too, and give some new ideas a try there.

I want to do more drawing as well - ideally drawings i like better because i didn't love what i got from last week :|

either waaay

thankyou anyway for stopping by and reaching the end of this post <33

i appreciate you

X O X O X O

( ˘ ³˘)♥︎

benzie

p.s If you’re interested: I added more scans of my junk journal to the stay a while page! I still have way more to include, so I may do that next week :] I’ve really been slacking with posting them, but will be updating them as long as I’m adding to it <3 

p.p.s keep an eye out for April's theme change on the site- there'll be new stuff on the stay a while page for that too. i'll be working on it tonight

p.p.p.s idk why my pictures are still coming out sideways- ill try to get that fixed x_x

hiiiii again

here's a little glimpse into last week. . .. . .... .. . . . .. .... .. . . .. . . . ....

Ｍｏｎｄａｙ & Ｔｕｅｓｄａｙ　

Hula hoop at the park

lots of drawing in my sketchbook. No progress pictures so this is what I was left with at the end of the week.

Ｔｈｕｒｓｄａｙ

Started brainstorming a new outline for an old project? A bit over a year ago I put together a small wire fixture/mobile to display some old fishing lures I have. I want to take it apart and re-build it in a different shape. Maybe a spiral? I think that’d look so cute when it spins. Probably won’t get around to it this week, but maybe next. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ｆｒｉｄａｙ & Ｓａｔｕｒｄａｙ　

I got a chance to personalize with some spray paint this past week. I added text to the back of my yellow rain slicker. I added some heads to a really long yellow dress. I was thinking of creating kind of a 3D effect by spraying another outline, near the initial, but just in another color. There's a sizeable stain on the side- maybe the heads will obscure it. I only did one side of each, but I plan to add more this upcoming week.

While I had the textile spray paint out, I figured I’d change the color of the strap on my chicken purse. It was initially yellow, but I sprayed it brown instead. I think it goes with more of my clothes that way. I still have to go in with a paint brush and do some touchups, but otherwise she is done ⋆｡°✩

Ｓｕｎｄａｙ

More drawing in the sketchbook and a long walk to Wholesome choice. 

TᕼIᔕ ᗯEEK: Draw as much as possible / can art / spray paint projects

thank u for stopping by - i appreciate you so much !!

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♡ ♡ i hope this week treats you well ♡ ♡

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOOOOOXOXOXOOOOOOOOOXOXOXOOX

kenze

p.s i know my pictures are sideways i can't fix it rn sory o_o

Hello hello again

Last week was good- I was able to spend a lot of time getting creative and working on projects <3

ᖴᖇIᗪᗩY

I did some more stamping and drawing on my 2 personal hoodie projects. I love how they’re turning out so much!! I added a few new My Immortal quotes to the grey one, and plan to add more once these are dried/cured. Once I wrap up the body of the jacket, the final step will be to spray paint stripes on to the hood. I might add stripes to the body, but I’m not positive yet.



The purple one still feels like it’s missing something, but I have a few larger designs I plan to fill the space with. I think the goal is to just fill it as much as possible- more lyrics (maybe in a different font), more drawings and maybe some good stand-alone quotes.

I just can’t wait until they’re done so I can wear them out :,)



Not that their unfinished nature has stopped me from doing that, but still. . ... ..

ᔕᗩTᑌᖇᗪᗩY

It was beautiful outside so I took a really long walk and did some hula hooping at the park

When I got home I made a little bleach mixture and used an extra spray bottle to put stencil designs onto some shirts.

Some of the designs bled a bit- I think I went a little too hard with the bleach. I’ve found that the best practice for a relatively even outline is to spray lightly with bleach, and when the remaining liquid gathers on the stencil sheet (a laminated sheet of paper) I use a paint brush to gather the excess and manually fill some gaps. 

ᔕᑌᑎᗪᗩY

I hula hooped at the weekly city hall demonstration for democracy, and when I got home I spray painted and stamped some older Die laughing pieces. They still need to be cured and washed, but I like them better than before <3 

last one is a personal piece - the back was initially blank, but i thought an all-over design would look better.         

TᕼIᔕ ᗯEEK: further customize hoodie projects/ more doodling/ etc etc etc

lots i wanna do but no way to put it into words right now! I'm gonna post this and pick up a project and see where it takes me!

I kind of like the idea of a weekly log that is broken down in this way, but i don't know if it'll stick.

we'll see!

thank you for always coming back

xoxoxoxo

Benzie

Hellooooo hello hello ❤︎⁠

I did some customizing on 2 of my hoodies in progress, too. These have been such fun projects.

Tomorrow I’ll be adding some drawings to the front of the grey hoodie. After, I’ll do a little stamping, and add more quotes from my immortal. If I have some time I’ll probably spray paint black stripes on the hood too. 

I'll probably keep peppering the purple hoodie with stamps and lyrics. I kind of want them both to be covered with odds and ends <3

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ᵀᴴᴵˢ ᵂᴱᴱᴷ: I think I’m just gonna do a lot of drawing. I’ll probably add those additional touches to the hoodie projects too. 

I’ve also considered a new format for blog entries? Maybe not permanently, maybe not every single week but idk I think i could afford to shake it up a little.

I hope to see you there! And I hope you’re doing well

Thank you for stopping by for this one <3 I appreciate you sm

xxxxxxxxoooooooooooooooooo

Benze 

Hello!!

Happy new month

I also got the chance to work on some old stamps, as well as design some new ones. Mostly small designs with fine details. I loveee making large stamps, but haven’t been especially inspired by a big project lately. 

I really love this batch of stamps. The loco coco design from the block headz has to be a new all-time favorite. I also find the panda and the big nosed puppy are super cute. I think the more I practice with these small stamps, the cleaner my lines turn out.

ₜₕᵢₛ wₑₑₖ: finish the last bit of stamps, re-visit paper mache stuff, work on Chuck e Cheese shadow box

Gonna have a busy and productive week!! Can't wait to show you what comes of it.

Also, the stay a while page has also been updated for the new month, so be sure to check that out if you’d like <3

Thanks so much for swinging byyy

OOOXXXOOOXXXOOOXXXOOO

Kenzi



p.s. here's a song I wanted to share with you . ... . . . .



☆ happy Tuesday, everyone !! ☆

I did a lot of letter stamping and drawing on a few articles of personal apparel, too, and finally added a drawing to my pants project. I’m still sketching ideas on them with water soluble ink, but this line art of The cat mcdonald’s toy plush is the first step to many. Hoping to put plenty of time into them in the near future so I can finally wear these out :D

♡ ᐯᗩᒪEᑎTIᑎE'ᔕ ᗪᗩY ♡

I wanted to share pictures from my weekend travels in San Diego for valentine’s weekend with my lovely partner <3 One of my favorite stops was Balboa Park, and in it, the Museum of Us. There was so much to see, we only got a chance to visit a fraction of the exhibits before we were off to our next spot. However, when we got our tickets for entry, we were told we could get a free complimentary annual membership- allowing us unlimited visits for a year! Safe to say we will be hopping on a train to visit again asap!!

Lastly, thought I’d share a few little gifts I made for my lovely friends and some fragments from our trip to the high desert. It was so much fun- my friend Megan is the best host, and her home is absolutely beautiful. Personalized galentine’s cards and pipe cleaner kitties all around <3 

ₜₕᵢₛ wₑₑₖ: work on new stamps?

Complete the final layer of mache on Chuck project!

I want to pivot a little in my project execution this week. I think I may want to brainstorm or even start some new rubber stamps. It’s been a while, and I’d love to start on something fresh. Stamps are probably some of my favorite projects to take on because they’re kind of infinite. Make one stamp and you get the design for always!



That being said- hoping to get to a good stopping point for the Chuck plaque! The final product is in sight!

Also, the blog posts will be more prompt in the coming weeks. The valentine’s plans with my darling partner and best fwends took priority, but I’ll have time for these upcoming posts. I’m also trying out a kinda new weekly schedule (still trying to balance all of life’s to-do’s and stay creative simultaneously) so ideally my weeks stay productive and fluid <3

thank you for stopping by for this long long post

i appreciate you !!!!

X O X O X O X O

-3 beanzie salad (idk)

hiya

I still don’t feel confident about the name choice, but I think I’ll post it to the online gallery and see if it sticks.

Food for thought, I think.

The chuck e cheese plaque is going well, and should be finished by the end of the month. The unicorn is going well too, but most of the recent progress on it was on paper, when sketching the body, etc. I had initially wanted this to be a 3 dimensional, independently standing piece, but have since reconsidered. It’ll most likely be displayed on a wall. There will be 3 dimensional aspects, but it will be half a unicorn. I do want to make something free-standing in the near future, though. 

Lastly, did some touching up on my galentine’s/valentine’s gifts. Maybe I’ll share them after the fact, maybe not <3

This week: progress on chuck e cheese & Unicorn project. Try to draw every day. Finish shell flower

I ran out of wire and didn’t get a chance to finish my shell project but will probably take a walk this week to get more and complete the stems. It shouldn’t take long.

That’ll do it for me

I appreciate that you stop by

Have a lovely week

X o

knzie

Helllooooooooooo

It feels like it’s been forever!! How are you doing? I’m doing well and am glad I took the week off from making a post- I had a lot to catch up on. 

Okay so a little of everything I’ve got to share with you!!

It’s been2 weeks of crafting

I made some pipe cleaner cats (pipe cleaners and sequin eyes courtesy of my friend megan <3) These are so fun to make- i’d love to spend some time learning how to make more things from pipe cleaners.

I also went to a seafood boil for the first time and brought home a bag of mussel shells, so I wanted to put them to some use. I cleaned them all and separated a few to use for a flower. To maintain the shine of the interior of the shell I added Vaseline and a layer of clear nail polish. I tested one with gloss mod podge, but it didn’t give the same amount of shine, so I opted for the nail polish. The first picture is how it looks currently, and the second is how I want the stem to look once I pick up some wire.

Lastly, I did some paper mache! And I made progress on the Chuck E Cheese project! ! at long last. The small sections that needed filling felt so tedious, but I think with paste and tissue, I can build it up nicely. After a few more layers, I’ll just have to sand and paint :,)

While I had my paste and paper mache out I also started the unicorn head! I actually got a lot done on the one side. I think I could even have the whole head done this week. No promises, but I would love to make it happen :D

I also got a chance to do some painting. I spent the most time working on “Semi-real”, and I like how it’s going. I think I’m going to make a few changes with the background colors, but I think I mostly like it. I’ll give it another week and call it done <3 Progress on other canvases felt a little less progressive. The untitled sunscreen painting started driving me so nuts, I just painted over her face entirely. With shading, I think I could even like her with a covered face. I’m still at a standstill with Niphetos -maybe I can figure that out this week. 

i put together a few small jewelry projects too- I've wanted a necklace that matches my grommet belt, so i put one together :) the other pieces were WIPS that just needed some putting together.

ₜₕᵢₛ wₑₑₖ:

𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘌 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵, 𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘫𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 “𝘚𝘦𝘮𝘪-𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭” 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳.

What more can I say? I’ll post some progress asap ♡

The stay a while page is also freshly updated for February! So take a look at that if you feel like it <3

thank you for stopping by - i appreciate you!!

xoxoxoxoo

‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚. - kenzie ‧₊˚❀༉‧₊˚.

h a p p y t u e s d a y <3

I worked on a variety of projects last week!

I added to the paintings in the WIP pile <3

I think I was feeling a little overzealous when thinking I could finish all three in a week. I do feel like I have an idea of how I want “Semi-real” and “untitled” to turn out, but am now unsure about Niphetos. I like how it’s coming so far, but the large empty space in the center is bothering me. I considered adding more dancing figures, and forming them into a spiral. I also thought of putting a large flash of light in place of the darkness. Will probably sketch a little and figure that out.

Crossing my fingers that I can make productive and maybe even finishing strides. 

I also did some drawing, altering, and bleach painting on apparel.

I have a few pieces I ended up planning more on paper before actually executing. It’s a lot of individual letter stamping so I figured I’d finish it all in one day. I’m planning to finish remaining apparel this week. (This feels more feasible than finishing those paintings I guess :p) 

ᴺᵉˣᵗ ʷᵉᵉᵏ: current 3 paintings, apparel stuff, maybe start the unicorn piece?

Lots of stamping, painting, and loose ends to tie up this week. Between all that I’d love to start on the construction on the unicorn head. I feel like it may be too tall an ask for this week but idk maybe I could just sketch it out or something. 

anyways - here's to a late start to a hopefully good and productive week <3

i hope yours is great too

thanks for stopping by

xooxxoooxoxoxoox

• benzie bear

⋆·˚ ༘ * hello hello ⋆·˚ ༘ *

Here are a few doodles, and the outline to an untitled unicorn project I hope to start within the month :-)

The plan is a paper Mache unicorn- structured with a cardboard frame/skeleton. I still have to work out some details, and i have no idea where I'd keep them once completed, but It sounds like so much fun. I've never made a piece as large as I plan to make this one, so I think it'd be a fun challenge.

When the plans start looking more concrete, I'll be sure to share. Maybe in the meantime I'll brainstorm and start some smaller projects. I had a few ideas for personal pieces I'd display in the apartment <3

p.s - the song that inspired my few little doodles ♡ VVV

Additionally, I got a chance to do some painting last week !!

“Semi- real” , “untitled”, and I finally put time into “Niphetos”! 

I like the way these are turning out and the plan is to finish these 3 this upcoming week <3 It feels like kind of a tall ask now, but the progress I made on these feels tangible to me. The vision of how I’d like for them to turn out feels achievable. Here’s to getting these to satisfactory completion, and to starting many many more. 

ₜₕᵢₛ wₑₑₖ: 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 3 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 & 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘭

I feel like doing some bleach painting this week so along with finishing the three canvases, that’s the plan <3 If I’m good with my time I’d love to do more work on apparel outside of that. Hoping for a fruitful week!

I hope yours is fruitful as well.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by- I appreciate you so much

xoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox

-- Kenzie the grateful



Hello again c:

(っ◔◡◔)っ ♥ how are you? ♥

I’m fine – here's some painting progress from the week

Lastly, some doodles I did in my downtime (: I tried to draw the man that was in my last weird dream. Sometimes I think about making posts about my dreams and the pieces that come from them. I'll think about it.

I got a chance to go through my project binder, too. I haven’t really looked through my list of project ideas in a while, and I’m glad I did. It definitely inspired me to carve out more time for future projects <3 In these upcoming weeks. I want harder deadlines and more projects this year – hear, hear. 

ₜₕᵢₛ wₑₑₖ:



Ｐａｉｎｔｉｎｇ – “Semi-Real” & finish old untitled piece

Ｃｒａｆｔ – chuck e cheese round wall art

I need to make headway on the Chuck E Cheese wall decal- there are so many other projects I want to work on x_x



maybe I'll hash out future projects in a future post? share some sketches/brainstorming? I can never tell if that'd even be worth sharing. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I guess I'll think about that also

i hope the new year is treating you kindly ♡ ♡ ♡

til next time

thank u for stopping by

𝒳𝒪𝒳𝒪𝒳𝒪𝒳𝒪𝒳𝒪𝒳𝒪𝒳𝒪𝒳𝒪

_ Kenzie

ʰᵃᵖᵖʸ ᵐᵒⁿᵈᵃʸ !!  : )

I had a beautiful christmas and i hope you did too ♡

I’ve made a lot of can flowers lately so I thought I’d share <3 

My canvas offerings from these past few days:

ᵗʰⁱˢ ʷᵉᵉᵏ: more painting ♡

Will probably continue on last week’s WIPs. I’m also feeling motivated to add some large changes to a few past projects, so I’ll try to juggle a few.

I hope you have a very lovely and safe new years ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡

XOXOXOXO

♡

-- Benzie

p.s - look at this picture I found of me, my grandma, and chuck <3 Early 2000's at the Costa Mesa, CA location

Happy Tuesday <3

glad to be back! 

ᵗʰⁱˢ ʷᵉᵉᵏ: 

𝖼𝗋𝖺𝖿𝗍: 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝗂𝗌𝗁 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖺𝗋𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗒𝖾𝖺𝗋 

𝗉𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌: “𝖲𝖾𝗆𝗂-𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅” , “𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝗂𝖼𝗈𝗋𝗇” , “𝗎𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗍𝗅𝖾𝖽 𝗌𝗎𝗇𝗌𝖼𝗋𝖾𝖾𝗇”, 𝗁𝗈𝗉𝖾𝖿𝗎𝗅𝗅𝗒 “𝖭𝗂𝗉𝗁𝖾𝗍𝗈𝗌”

between putting more time into the canvases, I really hope to do more drawing- I think it needs to be an everyday thing.

Wish me luck

Thank you for stopping by

I hope you and yours have a very lovely holiday ♡

Xxoxoxoxoxoxox

benzie

ha p py n ew we e k!

Big strides with the handmade garlands!

Lastly, I wiped out the pile of collage projects for good!

Finally added the finishing touches to these plaques I’ve been working on. At long last removing them the WIP pile because they feel complete. 

ᵀʰⁱˢ ʷᵉᵉᵏ: 

craft: Chuck E Cheese project

canvases: Niphetos & [untitled unicorn project]

I think I may want to work on crafty stuff during the week and paint through the weekend? I want to carve out some time to revisit the canvases. I would also really love to pick up watercolors again. 

I will make time to do all of these things

thanks for coming with me

also thank you for stopping by

♥x♥o♥x♥o♥x♥o♥x♥

- 𝖪𝖾𝗇𝗓𝗂𝖾

happy December ! I’m glad to see you

Let me show you some of the little bits of the paper garlands I started on :)

I started on the “Stew”, “Swan”, and “Apples” pieces. I need to make a few more apples, and I thought about adding some chicken, a potato, garlic and some bay leaves for the stew. I also want to add more accents to the swan piece too so it’s nice and long and I can hang it across a wall in my living room. To make the elements, I’ve been using oil pastels on chipboard and cardstock scraps. To hang the pieces, I’m just using a string from a spool. 

I started cutting out shapes for the fabric garland but will follow up with worthwhile progress pictures next week ♡

I spent some time on the stay a while page this weekend too! It's nearly finished for the holidays. Give it a look if that piques your interest <3

Next week: all the projects

The other day I was thinking about my recent artistic endeavors. I feel like I’ve had a hard time wrapping up the loose ends on projects. I used to approach planning my week with a bit more structure, but as of late, have been laying out projects pretty loosely. I think I’ll go back to picking a few specific tasks and progress I hope to make will be given a harder deadline.

I’ve moved away from my traditional projects for a bit and now spend more time crafting than anything. I kind of like it during the holidays- I’ve been able to embrace the handmade charm I love about this time of year. Coming up, though, I'd like to revisit some drawings and paintings I haven't made time for in a while.

I think I’ll spend this week and maybe the next after tying up loose ends and clearing out my WIP pile.

-       More diy holiday décor

-       Finish all the little details on remaining collages

-       Personal apparel

why can't i do everything i want to all the time



More progress next week

Thanks for stopping by

Xo

kenz



Hey!!! I missed you ♡ hi again ♡

My last post wasn’t a typical update, but instead a small tribute to the La Mesa Chuck E cheese location ( if you’re interested c: )

Aside from that , I did work on some clothes too

I spent plenty of time adding to the stay a while page too ! It just keeps getting fuller and I love it. I added a craft tutorial for tall can roses to the page if that sounds fun :-) I really like to try and share unique upcycling crafts, and this one is super doable with stuff I just had around the house. 

I plan to make a few from fabric scraps, felt, and thread and the others with chip/cardboard and oil pastels. I don’t want to go overboard and overwhelm myself with a little season side project, but thinking up different themes was pretty fun. They shouldn’t take too long, so I’ll probably finish at least the cardboard ones in the next few days or so. Of course, once I do, you’ll be seeing them. :)

I didn’t do any painting last week, and haven’t for the past few weeks. I don’t think I’ll force it. It’s not even that I don’t want to, I just feel a little frozen in place when thinking of putting work into a canvas. I hope I thaw out soon. Other stuff ‘til then.

ᴺᵉˣᵗ ʷᵉᵉᵏ: ᴴᵒˡⁱᵈᵃʸ ᴰᴵʸ & ˢᵗᵃᵐᵖ ᵃᵖᵖᵃʳᵉˡ & ʷʰᵃᵗᵉᵛᵉʳ ᵉˡˢᵉ ᴵ ʰᵃᵛᵉ ᵗⁱᵐᵉ ᶠᵒʳ

I’ll be doing more holiday stuff this upcoming week J Working on the garlands, and maybe looking into other holiday DIY ideas? I hope to get inspired for new stuff to try, and will probably put together a short little list to add to the stay a while page. I hope you decide to give a few a try this holiday season if you need heartfelt gift ideas <3 or if you decide to take a look at some of the small businesses I have linked there too!

Additionally, I did lots of drawing on apparel projects, but would like to stamp a small pile of personal pieces when I get the chance.

As far as personal projects, I also hope to make a trip to the library this week and will see what it would take for me to borrow/ have access to a sewing machine! I think that’d be a really cool resource, and will get back on that. If you don’t already, I highly recommend getting a library card at your public library for a myriad of reasons. As if free access physical media wasn’t enough, a lot offer tools and resources that are also available for free. I’d check the website for yours to see what they have to offer. Library bookstores are also pretty much my go-to for purchasing my books when I decide I’d like to own. With paperbacks starting at 50c, you really can’t beat it. support your local library.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a lovely thanksgiving however you plan to celebrate.

I’m thankful for my loving partner, Pina (happy 18^th birthday!!!!), the roof over my head, and the car I drive. If you are reading this, I am thankful for you too. If you're not, I'm most likely thankful for you anyway, because other people probably are too. I’m a lucky lady. I’m also thankful I have a working body and eyes and the ears I need to hear this holiday classic. 

Happy days

Til next time

X o x o x o

-       Beanzie greenzie potatenzie tomatenzie 

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘯 𝘝𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘦'𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺 2024 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢 𝘔𝘦𝘴𝘢, 𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘌 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘴𝘦.



My sweet partner and I visited in the evening and shared a beautiful stuffed-crust cheese pizza together in the presence of the long-standing, iconic animatronics of Munch's Make-Believe band. At the time they did not function or play, but it was cool that the curtains remained open regardless. Seeing the animatronics in all their glory alongside so much the old art and props used around the location gave such a lovely feeling of nostalgia and felt almost like a return to form for the chain. There was so much color and creativity in its presentation- the place was meant for entertainment. Even the outside of the location was adorned with the old chuck logo, font, and sunshade. It was a sight to behold seeing it all lit up in the night when we arrived.

I’m so happy I got to visit before it was gone. I had such an amazing time and won’t soon forget the excitement from such a lively location. Please, eat a slice of pizza in honor of Munch's Make - Believe band.

♡

The link to this locations page on Cheeseepedia – it’s a bit sparing, but wanted to include it anyway for posterity. 

* this was the video we just happened to see days before our already planned day-trip for valentines, hence inspiring us to make the second stop (great creator btw) *

ℝ𝕀ℙ 𝕃𝕒 𝕄𝕖𝕤𝕒 ℂ𝕙𝕦𝕔𝕜 𝔼 𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕖𝕤𝕖 (𝟙𝟡𝟡𝟛-𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟜)

Happy Mondaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyy

Here’s a look at last week’s project progress c:

 I finally wrapped up a few pieces of clothing I’ve been wanting to finish for a while. The list of personal projects always feels bottomless because there are no deadlines :,) Although, it’s always fun to work on bringing a vision to life that’s meant for yourself. For the first time in a while too, I’m altering some jeans I want to draw on and stamp! I plan to test the bleach payoff and see if I like the results. I’ve also got some shirts I’ve really wants to alter by means of sewing, but wasn’t sure how to go about it initially. I don’t mind sewing by hand but think it also may be time to test my hand at using a sewing machine. I don’t have one personally, but I think some libraries offer one to borrow/use so I may try that as an option. Hoping to make some strides in my apparel process that carry past just my personal projects.

I also revisited the collages I was working on some months ago. I recently inherited some cute new beads and put some to good use in finishing some of these <3 (present in the first collage :-)

Ｎｅｘｔ ｗｅｅｋ： ａｎｏｔｈｅｒ ｗｅｅｋ ｏｆ ｅｖｅｒｙｔｈｉｎｇ

Last week I also spent some time going through projects I used to have listed to my online shop. It made me want to put them out there again (I may have mentioned this previously). Maybe the new year will bring me to new markets and such. In the past, putting focus on the social, monetary, and planning side of things deflated my creativity in a big way, but I’d be lying if I said I didn’t miss it a little. I think in the coming weeks I’ll revisit/refine some existing wearable die laughing projects <3

I do wanna work on a little of everything this week though. In particular, I’m struggling with an old pair of peeling pleather shoes I’d like to give another chance at life. I’ve tried in the past to adhere the peeling with a layer of top coat and paint, but I don’t think it’s enough- my plan now is to just peel them entirely and go from there? So that’s one thing I’d like to get to the bottom of. 

I also want to pick up the Niphetos (falling snow) painting again? I’m disappointed that my progress on it has been so lacking. I pick it up, just to put it down again. I feel like I do that with a lot of pieces I find to be a little more ambitious, or involve techniques I haven’t really used yet. I’m simultaneously so excited and overwhelmed I just don’t start. Maybe I’ll re-watch the twilight zone episode that inspired its conception and the motivation will come to me.

I feel like my creative endeavors are a non-stop flow of interchanging projects. The week after this one I think I’ll embrace the holiday spirit and start on some DIY holiday décor <3 I already plan to make a little star garland with some old fabric scraps and probably some buttons/beads. Another project in rotation I’ll be sure to share with you ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡ ♡

thank you for stopping by - you know i appreciate you

xoxo

kenzie <3

p.s... . . I've been listening to Barbara Dane and the Chambers brothers lately and have been learning a lot about Barbara and her life. She was a passionate musician and activist and my life is better off having known about her dedication.

Hello again!!!

I hope you had such a great Halloween. I can’t believe it myself but not only did we finish all of the DIY costumes in time, but also got lots of pictures :-)

In this order: Chuck E Cheese & Munch, Gloomy bear & Pity, King Kong & Godzilla, Kenny & Spenny, Jan& Wayne Skylar, Bonny & Foxy

The amazing edited photos are courtesy of my sweet liam (my better half in this duo)

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Along with the costume pictures, we also watched Invasion of the body snatchers (1978) via projector which was fun <3 A must-watch in my opinion.

ₙₑₓₜ wₑₑₖ: Wᵢₚ ₚᵢₗₑ/ ₚₐᵢₙₜᵢₙgₛ

I didn't get a chance to pick up any paintings last week so I'll probably do so this week. I'll probably visit the WIP pile too so I can shake things up c:

I made good progress on the Chuck E cheese project, but think I'll share more next week <3

I hope your week was so great

as always, thank you for stopping by ♡

XOXOXOXOXOXO

-Benzie BOO!!!!!

h a p p y n e w w e e k ! ! ! !

I worked on a lot of apparel this week! Some stamping and some doodles. There’s always so much more that I’d like to get done. I’ve been hoping to spray paint some pieces too and just haven’t had the chance. I’m happy with what I managed though J I also altered a few pairs of pants to size and will hopefully work on those too? Not sure yet

I also altered this red beanie I’ve had forever. I don’t wear it a lot but like the new little ears c:

mind the blue water soluble markings that will disappear with the garments first wash after curing ofc but I love how everything is turning out <3 I can’t wait to give these a wash after they cure so I can wear them out at last. 

I finished the costume pieces as well! I can’t believe Halloween is just around the corner- I totally lost track of time this month. My initial plan was to take pictures of my costumes throughout the month and upload accordingly but that didn’t go as planned. :’O I'll probably just take the pictures and upload them all together.

I want to figure this out by next Halloween!! I’ve had a taste of putting costumes together myself and now I have so many ideas I want to execute. I may just do some throughout the year as side projects and by the time it’s October again I’ll have an arsenal of niche DIY costumes. You’ll see them if I do. 

lastly, i made cinnamon roll intestines for a picnic with my friends Not really a creative endeavor of mine, but will share anyway <3 It's halloweentime, get into it.

Next week: more apparel more time doodling and painting??

I've been feeling a little stagnant lately, Thinking I'll work on a few projects here and there and maybe try to conceptualize something new. With the new year approaching I've had a lot on my mind. I've been considering the possibility of selling at markets again or even opening up the site shop again? I feel like the thought presents itself more and more lately. Time will tell

Please celebrate the rest of the spooky week however makes you happy!!

be safe have fun :-)

thank you for stopping by!! i appreciate you more all the time

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-kenzie benzie pudding pie