Tim Shumate Appreciation

So I know I've posted images by Tim Shumate before but I decided that he derserved an appreciation post because I honestly believe his illustrations are worth admiring, and this time next month I'll have two of his designs tattooed on me and I'm planning a third incorporated in my sleeve. 

http://www.facebook.com/TimShumateIllustrations

http://timshumate.com/home.html

Hello kitty cube craft

I decided to try the Hello Kitty Cube from :- http://www.cubeecraft.com/

thinking it would be easy! but 3 hours later I completed it realising that it actually isn't and using normal A4 paper was a huge mistake!  So the Next one I make, which I will be making soon I'll use a tougher more durable paper! (it does specify that thicker paper is better on the page itself).

so yeah, the final product ....

I'm really happy with it, it has a few minor mistakes but for my first attempt it looks good amongst my vinyl toy collection!

Freaking out because I can decide if I defiantly want this tattooed on my other thigh! I'm changing her hair, tattoo's and dress colour to suit Ariel (the little mermaid) grown up! so it represents me becoming an Adult as the little mermaid on my other thigh represents my childhood! I'm in love with the design but something is eating me up inside about it! I have a month left till my 19th and I'm already booked in for 3 hours. Looks like I might get my half sleeve done instead which is a shame because I wanted my thighs finished before summer, but I can honestly say I will never get inked unless I'm 100% sure on the design and that it has meaning.

I would hate to be my tattooist! 

Tokidoki Love

tokidoki ("sometimes" in Japanese) is the Japanese-inspired lifestyle brand created in 2005 by Italian artist Simone Legno and his business partners Pooneh Mohajer and Ivan Arnold.

tokidoki produces apparel, footwear, accessories and other products using art, iconic characters and the tokidoki logo designed by Simone Legno, including purses, t-shirts, vinyl figures, jewellery, and small toys. - Wikipedia. 

Being a lover of all things cute, Tokidoki really captured my heart and my vinyl toy collection is 90% made up of Tokidoki items from the cactus friends to unicorno's! would love to be able to add the Moofia to these in time! (especially Latte!) 

Simone Lengo is a genius and this is shown with his collaborations with companies like Sanrio (hello kitty), Marvel, Skull candy, Barbie along with many others! The company is endorsed by so many celebrities even being featured in 'No love - lil wayne feat Eminem. 

 The tattooed Barbie caused controversy all over the world as well as selling out everywhere in record time! I don't know why it caused so much uproar with parents all over the world but it did, yes it was the first Barbie to have non removable tattoo's but they had released a Barbie that had transferable tattoo's on them!  I think that this Barbie showed the way the world is moving forward years ago woman having tattoo's was a taboo and now were socially accepted to have them! The price of this Barbie showed that it was clearly a collectable item, so most purchases I can Imagine have gone to people like myself that appreciate Simone Lengo's work! Although I know my 6 year old sister would be in love with her as she loves the idea of Tattoo's since i got my first. 

Recent purchases

My Favourite Etsy purchases since Dec/Jan (:

From http://www.etsy.com/shop/sarahxo

I've been looking for a double finger cross ring that fit's me for ages! with tiny fingers it was almost impossible so finding an adjustable one was perfect! the free ring that came with it was too big for me but my sister loves it!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/SugarCoatedSprinkles

Can't even describe how much I Love this necklace! It compliments so many of my outfits perfectly and the quality was better than I expected! had to stop myself from getting the same image in a different frame!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/framedup

so this was actually a valentines day present, but as soon as I opened it I wanted it for myself! such a high quality product! Definitely ordering another very soon! loved the fact that there was a note on the back of the business card, added a personal touch to the order!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/CuteCreationsStore

My most recent purchase, I'm a sucker for anything cute and if you know me you'll know that I can't resist anything that's remotely adorable! I love this design, defiantly going to fit in well with my handbag.

Wreck this Journal #1

So I finally own 
'Wreck this journal' - Keri Smith 

and it now looks like I'll have to buy every book in the series cause I'm hooked!!

I love being creative but my perfectionism gets in the way! this book is trailing and testing that to the limit, but I am enjoying every second of it!

If you tend to have a lot of time on your hands and need something to occupy you i highly recommend this book!



Page 127 - Trace your Hand!

As you can see my fingers are tiny!
one of the first pages i completed tempted to colour this in.we shall see what happens!

Page 157 - A page for four letter words!

this page actually drove me insane! the larger words fine but the miniature red words were a different story this page took up to 2 hours almost!

Page 41 - Tear out, crumple

Now for my inner perfectionist this was hard! but I'm really glad of the way it looks now my journals started to look a bit battered now! proves it's loved right? :)

Page 177 - Close the journal, write/scribble something on the edges.

So the outside of my journal is the same colours as the ones shown here! wanted it to be pretty and couldn't decide on what to write!







so that's the beginning of my 'wreck this journal' Journey current pages that are in progress are 'collect fruit stickers here', 'draw fat lines and thin' and 'collect stamps off all your mail' really excited to see the end product of this and will update again once 3 - 4 more pages are complete! <3

Bought a little mermaid vest that arrived this morning! so happy with it even if it was addressed backwards! my obsession with Ariel is going a bit far now but really couldn't pass up this vest she's tattooed and pierced including a septum ♥





Pretty sure this spring/summer I'm heading back to my rebellious clothing style! I live in short, shorts that come above my Tattoo but studs, lace and creeps are a must I think I keep falling in love with so many!