Mario, Kirby, Pokemon and Legend of Zelda

I wanted to share these with you, they're finished and she loves them.

Mario turned 30 yesterday as well. Seems fitting.

This pair was a challenge for me in a number of ways, but they might be my favorite pair I've ever finished.
I hope you like them and I hope you are doing something that you like just as much!

Nintendo

Working on some nintendo sneakers!
Still a work in progress, but turning out pretty cute!

What's on your list of things to do today?

Symbols and fanart and inspiration

Sometimes I get asked to create things that leave me a little stumped.
Recently I got a request for a pair of Sherlock/Mortal Instruments/Percy Jackson and Divergent.
These were a LITTLE bit of a challenge, but I went outside my normal comfort zone and I really like the way they turned out.
I've done Sherlock before but this was a new treatment of it, to make it fit better with the colorings I was using. Plus, since I was going for simple symbols, I wanted to use this chance to really make it distinct. 

Sherlock of course!

 Mortal Instruments I don't have a lot of experience with, I haven't read them and this is the 2nd time they've come up. I know enough to know the runes are prevalent and important. I think it's time to read the books though!

Mortal Instrument Runes! All hand painted

 Divergent is the one that threw me. I'm still emotionally distraught about the books so I haven't watched the movie yet. The faction symbols seemed to be ideal to capture the spirit so I did these on a silvery gray wash accented with a silver and copper border. They didn't photograph nearly as cool as they look in person unfortunately.

Faction symbols

 Percy Jackson... how to make Percy Jackson fit... The Trident. In Silver, Gold and Copper.

Percy Jackson inspired Trident

 So there you have it. I'm pretty pleased with how these turned out, especially since I was concerned about a few pieces going in.

This was still in process before I antiqued it, which managed to both brighten and tarnish the colors. 

I love the way the Trident finished 

So there you have it... these are the sneakers that are currently completed. I have an awesome pair of Nintendo ones I'll be starting soon and a pair of Welcome to Night Vale in process...
Can you say glow cloud anyone?

I've started listening. My daughter is so happy when I get her references now. LOL

Gamer inspired sneakers...

Aren't these fun?

These were custom made for a Sly Cooper fan! 

I think they turned out pretty good considering I had no idea who Sly Cooper was. :) 

It's been a busy week last week so there might be a lot of organizing to be done this week!

I hope everyone is gearing up for a great week, today was my daughter's last official day of high school. Yikes. Where does the time go?

Rocking sneakers

I have been waiting a bit to share these with all of you, but these were a custom order for an up and coming musician! You can check her out here...
http://www.joceliendanee.com/

Some work in progress pics

 

 

                                                

 And then a little collage of them as a whole.

I'm really pleased with how these came out.
Fun, funky and all kinds of soft and edgey at the same time.

Today, it's chairs again. I think they might get finished today. :D I can't wait to show you the chairs. I love color!

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.