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

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 <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

good evening <3

I spent most of last week working on a paper doll outline

This is “Marianne”

I like how she turned out overall :-) the current outline is in pencil, but I made a copy to cut up and test. I used colored pencil for her clothes. Accessories and apparel are supposed to be secured by the black and white tabs. I found that a few garments were cut a little small, and I’d need to re-draw the stand, but it wasn’t a bad first attempt. I may make her a little bigger for ease in cutting her from the paper.

I also debated whether to leave her as a bit of line-art or add color to her complete outline. I kind of like the idea of being able to customize her completely.

I figured if I liked the turnout once she’s done, maybe I’d work on more dolls with different names and outfits. I’m considering putting more work into it this week if I have some time. 

I also did a little doodling in my down time. Hoping to do a little drawing every night - even if it's not great, even if it's brief <3

next week: maybe work on paper dolls? also probably some painting

I'm finally feeling a little motivation to work on some canvas works in progress, so I'll probably do some painting. Maybe re-size and print a new, better copy of Marianne.

I need to revisit my goal list "(っ- ‸ - ς)ᶻ 𝗓 𐰁

thanks for stopping by

X!! O!! X!! O!!

- kenzi

p. s. here are some glimpses into my brief trip to Joshua ₊˚⊹☆

p.p.s there are a few little spooky additions to the stay a while page - check it out, scaredy cats .˚⊹.🎃₊˚𖦹⋆