All the Colors of the Rainbow

On a boring summer day, it seemed like a good idea.

How is it possible that everyone looks forward to summer with such excitement, and then ends up doing nothing but sitting on the couch watching reruns of White Collar? 

Probably becaues Niel Cafferey is so freaking hot. But that's another story.

I felt the need to be artsty fartsy, and do something fun with my sister, so here is the how-to on making a summer day more....... colorful.

1. A large canvas board (We used a 20x20)

2. A hair dryer

3. Hot glue gun and glue sticks

4. Crayons (we used 2 boxes)

5. A spray bottle

1. Choose your crayon color/order/theme. I've seen it done to make it look like a garden - I choose just the typical rainbow order because it costs more to buy soo many boxes of crayons to get the kind you want. I'm cheap.

2. Hot glue the crayons to the board, you can take the wrappers off or leave them on, Quincy and I decided to leave them on. It adds character.

3. Spray the crayons liberally with water, and let them sit in the heat for about a minute or two. We were impatient to start, so we didn't let them sit there very long.

4. Blow dry the crayons until you decide you like it the way it is. I was tempted to stop when this picture was taken, I liked the way it looked with the dripping crayings and the thin lines of color running and splashing everywhere. You can stop whenever you want! Creative liscence baby.

>>notice the spacing between the crayons? It started off as an accident, an attempt to get all the crayons on the board then realizing i had enough room. But then I quite liked the effect - the colors that are pushed closer together have more of a layered and rugged texture then the ones spaced apart.

I liked the texture of the falling colors, so I tried to keep it as textured as possible by moving the hair dryer around and waiting for the textured spot to dry and harden a little bit before I melted anymore of that color. It created a cool layering effect that I'm a fan of.

Link below to your artwork! I love looking at creative DIYs!

xoxo

It feels like rain

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These pictures remind me of my rainy springtime mood.

Don't ask me why, they just do.

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hope you had a deliciously rainy day

xoxo

Curly Girl Designs

So this is my life right now: planning prom.

It's not even until next Saturday and I'm freaking out making plans.

But anyways, to take my mind off of prom (oh don't worry, we'll come back to that later. Pictures will be posted. (as soon as I find my camera cord. murb!)), I surfed the web for about 5 hours straight. Not an activity I'd recommend mainly because your brain feels like mush at the end. But this is what I found;

Curly Girl Designs

No one understands how excited I am for this! I love curly things! Well duh, I myself am a curly headed frizz ball. 

Basically their site it jam packed with cutsey little things with cutsey little quotes. They have cards, magnets, wall decor, clothes, and sooo much more that I did a little dance when I saw all of this stuff (and them my mom awkwardly walked in on my dancing in front of the computer. She thinks I'm weird, nobigdeal)

Unfortunately due to copy right infringement and all that jazz I have absolutely no pictures for you. 

But don't freak out! Go to the website and see for yourself how beautifully amazing everything is.

It's a little bit of a wait, but totally worth it :)

"It is not enough to put your heart and soul into something. The really important things require much more than that."

"A really good friend makes you snort when you laugh, and will still hang out with you when you do it in public."

"I most often Find that happiness is right where I planted it."

"There are some who bring a light so great to the world that even after they have gone, the light remains."

"She dreams of mermaids and motorcycles. And meeting a man who can Dance."

"I am fairly certain that given a cape and a nice tiara, I could save the world."

Basically my life in quotes.

xoxo

Closet Romantic

Yes, it's true, I'm a romantic.

I'm a sucker for love stories, disney movies, romantic comedies, Jane Austen novels, Anne of Green Gables, and summery picnics. 

But I am not talking about me today (i know, weird...).

Today, we are talking about a beautiful artist and her etsy shop, Closet Romantic

Catherine Cambell combines different art mediums to create marvelous works of art... 

She uses ink, paper, and watercolors to create her drawings. I particularly like the integration of all 3 of these mediums, it gives each piece of art a distinct flavor, and style that makes each one unique.

I love the diversity of her work, not only does she use different mediums, but it's like she has an idea in her head, and she builds her art around her idea. There are several different groups of art, one of my special favorites are the groups of work that seem to be very influenced by native american textiles and ideas. 

There is another group that is based around the concept of flowers and nature, and another with nautical influences.

I hope you enjoy her work as much as I do.

I know that her work has made me want to do better at my art! 

New Years resolution? I think so :)

xoxo

Free Fonts Find!

No need to thank me...

(but you're welcome :) )

I found some smokin' retro fonts for this New Year! Time to kick it up with some new invites, pretty letters, and any DIY you can think of with these new alphabets.

And I promise, these are just a few of them!

I tried to link every photo to the website where you can get the download, but just in case it didn't work, click here to link to Demilked magazine for free retro fonts!

Enjoy typing <3


ps. show me what you create! e-mail me at curlsandfrills@gmail.com, or comment below!

Winter State of Mind

I got my wisdom teeth out yesterday! My face has swelled up, I'm missing two days of school, and I feel like someone tried to massage the back of my jaw very hard and for quite some time.

It was the first snow today :) 

I decided now was as good a time as any to really get into the Christmas mood early. So here are the things that make me think of Christmas and Winter Wonderlands..

Fleck

The Met

Nan Lawson

Sophie Blackall

NYPL

The Black Apple