About a month ago a new fur baby came into my life, thanks to my brother. His name is Snow. I never thought I would be a “cat-person” but oh how wrong I was. We see all these things about how cats are mean but they can also be very cuddly. Yes I sometimes end […]
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I feel like a hamster running in it’s wheel, spinning and spinning and spinning….like it’s never ending. The never ending I’m referring to is this inner battle with myself about who I’m supposed, who I want to be, and who I am. It sounds so simple, like they’re supposed to be the same thing right? […]
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This story starts of like any other romantic love scene… at a house party. Okay so maybe not like any other romantic story but my point is, he gave me all the feels. I won’t bore you with the details but I will tell you this. I only knew this man for a short period […]
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I swear I’ve tried about a dozen planner systems in the past couple years and still managed to have my life be an unorganized mess. I’m starting grad school next month and as this may very well be the last step in having the ‘big girl’ job that I’ve wanted, I need to get my […]
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Ahhh, I’m forcing myself to write this post because I have Mamby coming up next week and if I don’t do this now I probably won’t ever. This was my fourth time attending Spring Awakening, my first time was back in 2013 when it was held at Soldier Field. Anyways, that doesn’t really matter. What […]
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The palette I use for my oil paints is a medium-sized plexi glass palette I got from Blick’s. I took my very first oil painting class this past semester and hadn’t had a chance to clean until now. What I used was a razor scraper but an x-acto knife also works, gamsol, a rough sponge, […]
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It seems that every time I write a post it’s letting you know that I’ll be starting to post most regularly and then of course it doesn’t happen. So here’s a quick life update (again). Yesterday was my last day of art classes and so now I’m free! Well, for the summer at least. I’ll […]
Read MoreThe recurring theme seems to be that 2016 was not a very good year. And though I did have good experiences (i.e. graduation, trip to Colorado) I must also agree that I’ve had some pretty bad ones too. I believe that everything happens for a reason so even if I’m in pain right now, here’s […]
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I recently posted this picture on Instagram and people really seemed to like it so I thought I’d share a tutorial on the technique I used, using an outline of an elephant. You will need a jar of water, paper towel, brushes, something to mix your paint on, a pencil, eraser (just in case), pen, […]
Read MoreFirstly, chakras are mainly used in yoga, meditation, and healing practices. Chakra, in Sanskrit, translates to disk. Chakras in our bodies are our centers through which energy flows in and out. We have 7 main chakras. The first three are more physical, the last three are more spiritual, and the middle one connects the physical and […]
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