Sketches

I seem to cycle through hobbies, at least ones of the artistic nature. Lately I have been sketching again which honestly, is pretty strange, especially since it is all in my work notebook and done in ink. I have never been one to sketch much, even less in ink!

Nevertheless, ink seems to be my new medium. Here are a couple silly pictures from my notebook:

(Turns out Owls do not have tails like that, they are normally shorter, but oh well! Sketches are allowed to be whatever they want to be!)

And one photo of... a tree... (I have an odd obsession with drawing/painting trees) that I did with a pen, inkwell and paintbrush.

Return

I am not one to make new years resolutions, I never have been. But today I was sitting here and I realized its already the second month of 2012 and I have been ignoring a lot of things I enjoy. So here is my effort to start blogging regularly again and keeping whoever still reads this up to date with the happenings in my life.

So lets see, in the last six months I have...

1. Gone to Makeup School and graduated (I'm now a certified makeup artist!)
2. Got a new job (I work in a probation office for the government) 
3. Had my first craft show (Which went amazing and was so much fun)
4. Turned 26 years old
5. Tried to keep up with my etsy shop.
6. Shared time with friends and family.

And now for some pictures.

Photography by mju foto. (http://mjufoto.com/)
Makeup by Suzanne Becker (http://www.facebook.com/TingedExpressions)
Model: Leah

 

Photography by mju foto. (http://mjufoto.com/)
Makeup by Suzanne Becker (http://www.facebook.com/TingedExpressions)

Model: Georgia

 

Blown Away  

Poseidons Gift

Well there are a couple pictures at least. For more etsy listings please visit my Shop. For more makeup looks please visit my Portfoilo.

Now I solemnly swear to update this at least more often then once every six months...

I seem to have forgotten this place existed....

Well Merry Christmas everyone. And a Happy New Year!

Update

I've been ignoring this place again. But in my defense, life has had some MAJOR changes in the last few weeks and its been pretty hectic and a bit overwhelming in some aspects.

Most of you know that I signed up to go to Artists Within Makeup School. Well classes have started and I think they are going really well. Its harder then I thought it would be, but a ton of fun as well. We have our first test on Monday and I haven't studied for it and I REALLY need to do that because it won't be easy. Its all about skin care and skin diseases and knowing which ones are contagious, etc. As well as different skin conditions and what sort of products you should use with what. (Its actually quite interesting!). I think the best part about class though, is the fact that even if I am grumpy before class, by the time it ends I am always in a happy, chipper mood. The girls there are great and our teacher is awesome. Its a fun group and as I love doing makeup... what is there to be cranky about when I'm there?!

What some of you might not know is that I started a new job this week. I now work for the Solicitor General Department of the Government of Alberta. Its pretty intense and overwhelming actually, but really cool too. I am getting to know my criminal code of Canada better at least! I work in one of the parole offices in the city. Its neat, and of course all confidential, but interesting. I just need to learn a lot of things and my brain is a bit fried. Especially since I was left alone today already with no one to ask questions to! YIKES! I survived though!

What else is there to say....  I swear I have things to list in my shop... just no pictures of those things yet since I haven't had time to take any. I think I will try work on updating my shop this weekend along with trying to get my house organized.  I'll also stop rambling now.

Just a quick update for those who care!

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Red Hair and Makeup

I finally decided to do something with my hair other than the black and blonde... so what did I do? I went RED. Very red.

And since I think red and green look fabulous together, I did green makeup.


Eyeshadows Used:

Emerald by PureFusion
Jord by PureFusion
Bare it All by PureFusion

I also went and got my hair cut today, which I am not sure how I feel about. Its the first time I've actually gotten it cut professionally in about 2.5 years I think. I think I might have to fix it up though... hmm....

Spring Sale!

My etsy shop Tinged is having a sale starting April 30 - May 5th ! 10% everything in my shop (excluding shipping) as part of the Etsy Alberta Team Spring Sale! A whole bunch of shops from the teams are participating. You can see the list of all the shops and what they are offering  HERE

I am pretty excited. It's my first sale.

And on that note, have some pictures of some of the newest items!

Blooming Sunrise

 Ocean Sunset Earrings **SOLD**

Ocean Sunset Necklace

Wrist Cuffs!

Last night was product picture taking night! I never finished editing them all before I snuck off to bed, but I got a couple wrist cuffs done and posted!

Recycled Earth

Cream and Brass

I think my favorite part of these wrist cuffs is that all of them are made from almost entirely upcycled materials. Old bits of lace, an old purse strap, buttons from all over, etc. They are so much fun to make and use up all the scraps that I can never throw away because they always end up being useful!