Whew happy new year!

I think blogging every day for a year burnt me out temporarily.. plus I had to put the studio back together after the water damage... but I'm back!
I won't be blogging every day but I'll be putting some awesome stuff up and I have a lot of new and exciting things going on this year.

I know you like to see all the things I'm doing, so here is a group of sneakers that I did over the last few weeks. (Some were holiday orders) but I've revamped things into collages.
I have been playing with alcohol inks and the February Troves just shipped out. Things are busy and life is going well.
I miss the 365 challenge though. I really do.
I've been creating almost every day but not posting... I should consider posting more. I will if you'll share links to your stuff with me in the comments!

Bridal sneakers.

One of my dearest friends is getting married on Friday. :) I'm so incredibly happy and excited for her! It's amazing when you see someone connect and realize how happy they are.
:D
Love. It's an amazing thing!
So for her wedding I created a pair of bridal sneakers for her.

Peach and blue are her wedding colors

I love that the first pair of these will be for such a joyful occasion.
It's something I've been wanting to do and I will be adding a line of these to my shop as well.
They were fun and it was exciting to know that on her special day she will have something that no one else in the world will ever have.
She also has the coolest wedding date ever. Palindromes. Awesomeness.

I held off on showing you because she didn't want any sneak peeks, and well, I can't share with you if she hadn't seen them yet! But last night they arrived and she was happy with them so now I can share them with all of you. 

I love the laces. :D

Today I'll be working on chairs for my studio and I'm not entirely sure what else.

Oh! Flyers and stuff. That all needs to be done before the grand opening as well. Yikes. I better get to work!

When I was a little girl...

I wanted to be a ballerina princess (sleeping beauty or cinderella inspired I think?) an artist and then... I discovered Wonder Woman.
This is where you should start hearing the Wonder Woman theme song in your head.
I used to spin around with the pure conviction that when I when I was done I would be able to vanquish bad guys and be as much of a badass as Lynda Carter.

That never quite happened, but I do remember loving my WW underoos. :D and I never did stop spinning.
To this day I secretly (well not anymore since I'm telling you) stand with my hands on my hips in WW pose if I need to psych myself up for something.

So I've been playing with Wonder Woman sneakers for myself for some time. I've done a few pair for other people... but now I think I kind of NEED some for me, so I've been playing with an idea for a while.
She now looks like this.

So she'll be painted on a pair of sneakers I have already in hand (WOOHOOO) and I'll share those with you as I go.
What are you working on this weekend? Anything fun?

Hetalia inspired Sneakers and Deadpool/Joker inspired sneakers

I promised I'd share the sneakers with you as they arrived (so as not to spoil it for anyone who might be waiting for their orders)
I know that these 2 pair arrived and that my customers were really happy. :)
One 5 star review (I think these are my favorite things!!) and one convo telling me how happy they are and that they intend to leave a good review as soon as they can. (I shipped them fast enough that Etsy won't let them review it yet. LOL)

This first pair is for a little boy. Deadpool and the Joker are his favorite characters. I normally do Deadpool in a cutesy, chibi type style so it made perfect sense to pair it with a similar style Joker.
This first pic has a bit of a glare on it and normally I'd delete it, but it looks like a heart so I kept it. :D
I'm such a nerd.

The next pair was Hetalia. I am not into Hetalia, my daughter is, and once I put it on her sneakers, it's become a big deal. I've had to do a lot of research lately! Anime is harder for me. I can do it.. but it's a little challenging, so knowing that they were happy with these was a relief.
This is Iceland and his puffin. (Puffins are awesome)

My favorite part was how the lettering turned out

The Netherland flags

I currently have 4 pair of sneakers on my kitchen table in various degrees of completion. They'll be done by Friday so there will be more pictures. :)

I have one more pair of completed ones that are en route but I haven't heard back yet, so I'm waiting to share those. They're Hunger Games.

I think all my tech issues from yesterday are behind me, so hopefully this posts properly. 

I hate tech issues, thanks for being patient!

Not behind!

I looked at the clock a little while ago and was like... Ooops! I'm late! I'm behind on my post again... 

Well, I think that everyone has times in their life that are busier than others and that life doesn't fall neatly into order.
It would be nice if it did and everything went where it was supposed to be, on time, when it was supposed to, how it was supposed to and that people (and life) didn't get sidetracked, but that's not how real life goes.

When I first started my challenge this year, one of the things I thought about was writing a bunch of posts in advance, or at least being 2 or 3 days ahead and I considered it, but then I thought better of it.

The entire purpose of the challenge is to show that creativity is an important part of every day life. If I can't find a way to fit in my post (which some days might be the only thing I get created!) then I would have set myself up for failure from the start.

So, it's not going to be perfect, there isn't going to be a specific time each day when I promise it will be here. I do promise to try and post MOST days before noon my time (eastern) but some days it will be later.

As for being behind...
We've lost a couple people because they felt they were behind. You're not. Dive in. Move forward.
Remember I told you 300 times? That means that if you hadn't even considered joining until close to the middle of march you could still complete the 300 days!
And if you join AFTER that? There are still fun giveaways and great encouragement and opportunities to push yourself too.

I am going to create a couple of posts for days when I might not feel well, or in case of emergency, that way they'll always be there for me to just hit a button and go, but I promise to be doing this right along with you. :)
We've got this!


So... on that note... Sneakers. :)
These first 3 are Deadpool... these are the most popular item in my shop most of the time.

These are close to ready to be varnished

Deadpool (right)

Deadpool (left) 

These next are a continuation of the #onedozenfandoms pair I am creating for my daughter. She's really excited to realize that she might have them ready to wear by the time she goes back to school after break on Monday.

Supernatural Antipossession symbol and The Deathly Hallows from Harry Potter
Also Welcome to Night Vale along the grommets

Galaxy and TARDIS for my little Whovian, as well as the Welcome to Night Vale as well

Homestuck troll symbols along the inner grommets
Sherlock smiley face as well.

These are fun, but I'm not sure if it's the sneakers themselves or her excitement that I'm loving so much! :) 

Hope your day is awesome. It's going to snow again here and I have a Zentangle class tonight.