☆ 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