I got to go to Paper Place today — an awesome Austin stationary store! I usually only make it there once a year, so when I do get to go I stock up! They have cardstock by the pound, tons of cool blank books, photo albums, stationary, and more! Got some paper and some way […]
Watercolor Crayons: Part 2!
Here’s my next post in the series on watercolor crayons! Be sure to click on a photo to see it larger. In this post I thought I’d show a fun way to use watercolor crayons to make a background. This is a pretty simple technique — easier than the one from yesterday — I haven’t […]
Watercolor Crayons: Part 1!
I love using watercolor crayons so I thought I’d share what I’ve learned about them in the next few posts. For those who’ve never heard of a watercolor crayon, I’d describe them as very soft crayons that are activated like watercolors by water. You can draw on paper with them and then go over the […]
Spirals are in!
I saw this vest by Isis a while back on the Terry Bicycles website and fell in love with it — I HAD to have it!! So I splurged and got it to take on our trip to Big Bend. I love the spirals on it and how it has that little something but it’s […]
Merry Christmas!
No this post isn’t a leftover from back in December! January 7th is Russian Orthodox Christmas. The Russian Orthodox church follows the Julian calendar that was introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BC instead of the Gregorian calendar which was decreed by Pope Gregory XIII on 24 February 1582. So today is Russian Orthodox Christmas. […]
Save the Austin Prairies!
The last public hearing of the City of Austin’s Bond Election Advisory Committee was Thurs evening at 7 PM — Jason and I went to City Hall and we each spoke in favor of using open space bond money to create prairie parks. Several other folks came out and spoke in favor of preserving Austin’s […]