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.

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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 ⋆｡°✩

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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. 

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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)