let's get messy.....

are you feeling uninspired? 

winter tends to rob us a little of our creative juices... especially if you live in a colder climate... wow...  a person can really tend to just curl up and be still. 

i was having a difficult time getting motivated artistically.....  i just didn't feel passionate enough to wanna get my hands dirty...make a mess... dive in!! 

but i found my cure!!  i encourage you to give it a try.... let me know how it goes....

get a canvas, a piece of carboard, water color paper, wood....  oh a journal is awesome....  anything goes.

get some gel medium, glue, decopauge.....pull out your old magazines, get out the scissors the paint, some ink, a sharpie, some stamps, glitter, buttons, thread.....  whatever you have....  no need to go shopping..... 

and just start getting messy!!! 

cover the surface with scraps of paper, newpaper, magazine clippings... then add some paint, some ink, some more paper, some more ink.....  scribble here and there, write you deepest thought, your wildest dreams...  then cover that up if you like, or not.....

keep going.... adding, building....  layering....

i promise .. you will feel freedom....you will feel gratification...  you will feel alive!!

xxo, kim

happy 2010…. i want you to know….

i hope 2010 brings you

• love
• laughs
• hopes
• dreams
• more laughter
• excitement
• good food
• good friends
• sunshiny days
• peaceful nights
• and anything else your heart desires…..

xxo, kim

oh so SWEET….. just in time…

happy december my friends.  i hope this note finds you well. i’ve been busy, busy here in the studio and i have lots to share in the upcoming days and weeks. i’m so excited! 

i wanted to offer a few new printables before the holidays.  and i came up with these oh so sweet country christmas cards for you.  check them out! 

card front

i LOVE square cards.  i mean LOVE them.  so i thought i would deSign a few printable square cards for me and for you.  the background is a tea stained paper, accented with rusty embellishments and sweet messages for the holidays.  there are 2 deSigns to chose from and they are available NOW in my ETSY shop.

card front

upon order you will receive a high quality pdf, to download, and print.  the card measures 5” square after folding. 

this final image shows the “believe” card in a square frame that i picked up from Michaels with my 40% off coupon.  wow, i just love this image framed. 

 card framed

okay, so if you wanna check these out… please pop on over to my etsy shop to place an order.  

see you soon with more exciting offerings…  xxo, kim

p.s. 5.5” square envelopes work perfect for these cards.  you can find them online quite easily.  i also found some at my local copy center. :) 

day 30…and that’s a wrap!

happy thanksgiving to my american friends… i hope you enjoyed a most joy filled day… full of love, hope and gratitude. 

here is my final “daily” deSign.  it’s a photo of the prairie grass growing right out behind our house.  it’s  mixed with textures….and i think it qualifies as a daily deSign. 

i didn’t quite manage to pull off a daily painting.  and i really slacked off about day 20. :) however, i’m happy i committed to the challenge, and did the best i could.  i just recently received a large request from my publisher, so if all goes as planned i will be creating 2 paintings a day for the next week or 2.  i am not complaining… not at all! 

i’ve also been cooking up something fun and exciting.  i hope to share it here soon.  stay tune… 

time for bed, i think…  thanks for stopping by… xxo, kim

day 29 has almost come and gone.

my dear blogging friends,

it’s friday, already!  and it’s november 20th.  my oh my the time is slipping away so quickly.  i wish this one armed clock could stop the time for just a little while… slow things down.  ya know?  but i suppose that only happens in the movies.  sigh….

i was sure that i would have 2 designs for you today.  but i’m afraid, i only have one.  on the up side… my house is looking pretty darn sparkly.  so it was worth the time away from the studio.  nothing like a clean house to make a girl smile!  perhaps tomorrow will allow me a little more time to create. 

anyhow, here is day 29.  i wish i was half as cool as this girl.  lately i’ve been living in sweats and hoodies.  i haven’t worn make up more than once a week for months. yikes… (not that i wear much on the best of days… haha)

i was trying to think of name for this cool cat… and izzy came to mind.  whatchya think? 

thanks for stopping by…have a great weekend!  xxo, kim

ummm, day 26 i believe?

hi there, and happy monday.

i love mondays.  they are full of possibilities and a fresh starts.  and so far my monday of november 16th has been amazing. 

here is my day 26 deSign.  i painted this on water color paper.  i love, LOVE water color paper.  i used acrylics, pastels, charcoal, paper, ink and stamps to complete this piece.

thanks again for popping by!  I better run….. tick tock goes the one armed clock. 

xxo, kim

funky friday coffee art… day 25

good morning….

just a quick little pop in to post #25 … a companion to yesterdays espresso deSign.

thank you again for stopping by!

hope you enjoy a fabulous friday… see you soon… xoxo  kim