April 6, 2015

It's spring break in this part of the country and I hope it's finally getting warm wherever you are!

Here, it's better, but not great yet.
Le sigh.

I remember one year when I was my daughter's age it was 80 during spring break, it was awesome!

So today I have a Deathly Hallows/Mortal Instruments custom order to share with you.

I went with some runes from Moral Instruments and they look sort of like stone, it didn't capture QUITE as well as I'd like in the pictures but they do look pretty cool.

I went with a golden deathly hallows from Harry Potter.
I really like the way these are turning out!
The other side is Supernatural, so I'm going to go with the anti-possession tattoo and more runes.
The insides are going to be Doctor Who (which is always fun)

What are you working on today? 

Zentangle frost and #onedozenfandom custom sneakers

Laura over at I am the Diva  must be inside my head. Her challenge this week is to tangle using tools you don't normally use.
Like... Frost? Ice? Snow?
Got plenty of that!
My daughter and I actually did a lot of that this weekend on the various windows in the house because it's fun and a new medium.
This is really hard to see, it was super hard to photograph but try it! It's fun!! (Don't freeze while you are doing it!)

Fingertips and frost. :) You know you want to! Or maybe you don't. Maybe you'd rather go to the beach. On second thought, let's go to the beach! Someone come get me! LOL If you don't like in snowpocalypse country, I'd like to encourage you to buy some crystal effects markers and try it on your mirrors and windows. They're by crayola and they're cheap and fun! In fact I used some in my art journal a few weeks ago because I love the look of frost, even though I'm desperate for some sunshine!

I was very busy this weekend... indoors, finishing my daughter's sneakers.For those of you that don't follow my blog regularly I have been creating a pair of custom sneakers for my daughter based on her love of fandoms. If you want to see them in process I used the hashtag #onedozenfandoms on instagram and fb.
I'm really proud of them, the hardest part was getting everything to work together and to be the way she wanted it.I also thought this was a great opportunity to play with my new light box and practice taking pictures for my etsy shop (Whimsy by Kelly) I did not edit them at this point, other than to rotate or crop them, that'll be my next endeavor. So, lots of pictures for all of you!!!
(Feedback and suggestions are totally welcome!)

Avengers and My Little Pony

Ouran High School Host Club, Harry Potter, Supernatural, RWBY

Roses, Deathly Hallows and the Anti-possession symbol

The purple is for Welcome To Night Vale

RWBY 

Sherlock, as well as Homestuck 

Sherlock of course... 

Homestuck: Troll symbols and the Wayward Vagaond

Doctor Who and Welcome to Night Vale

Why Hello TARDIS

Again, Welcome to Night Vale, this was a fun part and having it on the outside of both shoes helped tie things together

Hetalia

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Cheese, Eduardo, Mac, Bloo, Wilt and Coco

Can you tell they were my favorite?

Several people have already asked, I do take custom orders, in fact, I love to do it. You can convo me on Etsy through my shop or you can send me an email at whimsybykelly@gmail.com
Ok, I think I need a break, so tomorrow my post will be pretty light. I hope everyone is still staying warm and that you are getting lots done!

ALL THE FANDOMS!

I have a 17 year old daughter who is into pretty much EVERY major fandom out there.
I do custom sneakers. In fact, her Doctor Who were some of the very first and were what launched my Etsy shop.
See? That's her name in Galifreyan and I worked FOREVER on that galaxy. Something super cool is she's also a Disney girl and her name has a hidden mickey in it. :D

So... fast forward to today. Her beloved Doctor Who's have seen better days. (But for those who wonder how they hold up.... these are 2 years, 2 months, worn almost every day and survived a foreign exchange trip as well) but it IS time for new ones.

So this morning, I used my creative side to dive in and plan out the new ones with her. 

I've decided to post pics as I go so you can how they come together, they should be pretty cool, they certainly have enough different things on them!

Some Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

Doctor Who of course!

Supernatural, Harry Potter, Ouran High School Host Club, Welcome to NightVale

Sherlock and Homestuck

Hetalia and RWBY

 What I didn't take pictures of is Avengers and My Little Pony, but they'll be on there.

Now THAT took some work.

Send wine and maybe reference images.
I'll be using #onedozenfandoms for the progress on these.

These are going to be a challenge, but they should be fun and she's pretty excited about what I'm going to do with them.

So, I guess I'm off to break out the paints. (Which is just as well since it's about -27 today from what I saw)

Stay warm and safe, be awesome and make good art!