I'm home !  ! !  <3

I just spent a lovely weekend in Joshua Tree with my friends for Miriah's Birthday <3 

some commemorative pictures from our stay ⋆｡°✩

˙⋆✮⋆˚࿔ Beautiful birthday cake courtesy of:  Lucette Cunningham ˙⋆✮⋆˚࿔

Instagram- @cakesbylucette  &  tiktok- @lucettescakes

I also got a chance to do a little drawing  : )

This week: next birthday project, more drawing during downtime, maybe more idk 

This post was unfortunately late because of a little hiccup with uploading photos, but ideally my next post in on-schedule x_x

I'll actually be leaving town again this weekend too- this time with my partner, to see some lovely friends in Hesperia :-) so excited to experience and gather more beautiful moments to share and maybe some drawings if i feel like it <3

i hope this week is treating you well!

thanks for making the time to visit with me  :]



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-benziei 

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happy new week <3

Ⓜⓞⓝⓓⓐⓨ & Ⓣⓤⓔⓢⓓⓐⓨ

started off the week doodling in the sketchbook ⋆｡°✩

(( first 2 are older doodles, & I felt like including them <3 ))

Ⓦⓔⓓⓝⓔⓢⓓⓐⓨ

Ⓣⓗⓤⓡⓢⓓⓐⓨ & Ⓕⓡⓘⓓⓐⓨ 

I did a little painting on a few canvas projects during the week.

I haven’t picked these up in kind of a while, but all this work on the birthday project has revived my interest in old works in progress and project ideas. While revisiting these old pieces, and planning what will be some of their final elements, I was reminded of a few hopeful projects, and will likely start them next week.

I also got an idea for a kind of involved future birthday gift. I’m not sure I want to commit to a painting or how else I’d execute, but it would need to be done by fall if I wanted to, so I’ll have a think on that. 

Ⓢⓐⓣⓤⓡⓓⓐⓨ & Ⓢⓤⓝⓓⓐⓨ 

This week: head jewelry, canvases & new projects?

I’ll be adding more layers to the pop tab head jewelry and doing some painting/doodling. Thinking I’ll start or at least hash out some of those new projects I had in mind.

Feeling excited!! :D 

thanks for stopping by and checking in and i hope you're doing well !!

xx oo xx oo xx oo xx oo xx oo xx oo xx oo xx 



kenz

🡇🡇🡇  (( The full album because it's worth listening to ))  🡇🡇🡇

Hello again <3

Here are some views from my sketchbook. . .. . . … ..

I made a few changes, aside from the larger monthly ones, to the Stay a while page these last few days. I added a link to a page that contains all of the write-ups I’ve done thus far, and have been erased since (so the info is still there despite the cycling of new content)

I also got a chance to update my page of archived wearable pieces! I love to see all the clothing and jewelry I’ve made previously. 

I spent some time on the birthday gift projects too. I wish I could share now but I think they’ll be worth the wait :-)

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬: 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮/ 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘨𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴/ 𝘫𝘦𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘳𝘺?

Today I’m finally finding the motivation to work on some unfinished apparel projects. I also got all excited to work on purses the other week and never did it x_x finding the motivation to do that too. I’ve liked the thought of stenciling some new designs on a purse so maybe I can work on stenciling and purses simultaneously.  

I’d really love to make it to the library too, in hopes of borrowing their sewing machine. I have an additional pile of unfinished clothing projects, but these need alterations. I might even try altering by hand if the sewing machine has already been borrowed for the month. I figure it’d be worth knowing how to do.

I picked up more jump rings, too. I think I'll spend time on jewelry alterations too <3

Kind of a short one today, I know

Thank you for sticking around regardless



XOxOxOxOxO  

__  kenzie . ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁˖ . ݁

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