A Candy Land Halloween

I'm posting this a little late, but I wanted to share my project for Halloween this year. At my office we dressed up for a little costume contest and the theme for the design team this year was Candy Land! After finding the base elements for my costume... the dress & crown (I was Princess Frostine), it was time to tackle the staff. It turned into a more involved project than I had ever imagined! Matthew and I brainstormed ideas as we rummaged through craft stores until we finally decided to really make it unique and tackle a new process for us..... Spray Foam! We were inspired by a blog written by an extremely talented girl who makes amazing costumes and uses this process for head pieces, parts of the outfit & props. I will add a link to her blog if I can find it again. We spent many hours the weekend before the big reveal spraying the foam & carving it into shape. After that I worked long into the following nights covering it in paper-mache, painting & detailing the snow. Here are the results...

Check out the rest of my costume & the talented team that I work with here!

Pedal Pedal

I do enjoy a good bicycle ride. Summer is in full swing & I took my bike out for a short ride in the blazing sun. It was a little toasty today but I love soaking up the warmth. I had a lot of fun creating these patterns for my portfolio. My favorite is the purple layout with the bike next to the tree. Looking forward to my next ride. 

Mother's Day Card

I printed my Mother's Day card design at the end of the week. They are screen printed by hand with metallic silver & purple ink, for sale on my Etsy Shop! 

Flower Card

Drinking tea and drawing... new card design in the works.

Entwined

I finally snapped a picture of my completed vine painting. 
24" x 36" Water Mixable Oil

Beetle Pattern

My project for the day.