Photos, Birthdays, and Closings

Yesterday, I asked some of the girls out here in Chicago to do a fun little photoshoot.  I love taking pictures of Rilo, but I wanted to practice on some other subjects.  Photography is such a fun hobby!  I might post some more of these next week after the girls give their stamp of approval.  Here's one I love of Amber:

Tomorrow marks the 25th birthday of my best friend!  Happy early birthday Marbear!!!

{Circa Halloween 2003?!  We won Most Creative at the Halloween Dance...mostly because we stayed in "tourist" character the WHOLE dance}

And lastly, I was sad to hear that Shade is closing down.  They are great for basics...I have several of their tees!  Boo!  But at least we can enjoy their sale! 

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Have a great weekend!!!

Tape Art

So I really love art.  I especially love painting.  Here's the thing though...I am not a painter by any means.  The other night, while Adam and I were watching The Best of Bob Ross (yes, that's a real show and yes we were watching it...it brings back great memories),  Adam wondered out loud who actually painted along with Bob.  Well, I had an answer for him: me.  When I was probably 7 or 8, my Dad got some canvas and paints, and I tried to paint just like Bob Ross.  Only his "happy little trees" did not look so happy on my canvas.  It was a disaster...even at the young age of 7, I knew it was terrible.  I can still picture that horrific painting to this day.  Perhaps that's why I became best friends with a painter!

Anyway, this picture below is my type of painting.  I can do this type of art!  I've seen this idea before and I think I really want to give it a shot. 

{via How About Orange via The New Domestic}

All it takes is some paint and some tape and voila! You have a beautiful piece of art!  More details here.