TINDERBOX: HOUSTON

I'm happy to announce that I found a super cool shop called Tinderbox in Midtown that will be selling my Texas prints and original watercolors!  This shop is so special because the majority of the art sold is of Texas artists.  The work ranges from handmade bags, purses, jewelry, prints, cards,  screen printed shirts, etc. They also do weekly workshops and invited me to teach a watercolor class in March.  Dates to be announced!

LOVELY BEAR

I've been wanting to update some of the art in Amelia's bedroom, so I painted a bear today that would also work well next to the woven piece I bought in New Mexico last summer.

22 WEEKS

Woah. I can't believe my pregnancy has been going by so fast.  22 weeks along!  So far all has been going very well.  I currently have a lot more energy during my second trimester.  The ultrasounds have been showing a healthy baby with all ten fingers and toes which I'm very happy about.  : )

MAGIC

Welcome to my messy "hoekje" or corner where I occasionally create art.  I prefer the kitchen table since there's more space so this is more an art storage area for me.  When we moved into our tiny 900 square feet home it was actually meant to be a walk in closet! OH, dreaming of my own studio space one day when I make billions of dollars!  

NEW ART

I bought a bouquet of yellow flowers yesterday to display in a couple of vases I have on our night stands.  The flower color inspired me to paint a simple abstract painting to hang above it.

MY NOT SO UGLY LAUNDRY ROOM

Wowsers!  The last post on the progress of our laundry room was back in September!  A few things have changed as you can see in the pictures below.   We tiled the floor with some pretty tiles from Lowe's, painted the walls in a light shade of green (even though I still need to re-do a few areas), and  finally painted that ugly old pipe by the doorway in bright white.   I'm not quite finished yet, but I sure like to see some things have changed and that I don't have to walk on ugly concrete anymore!

In September..

5 months later!

FINITO! FINISHED! KLAAR!

I'm finally finished with my little art automobile.  Now I send it off to the judges! 

PROGRESS CONTINUED..

This little project has been taking a while since I've been feeling too sick to work on it, but I got a bit
done today!

SICK

I've been under the weather since this monday, so I've been trying to take things easy.  Hard task to do with a toddler that moves non stop!   I bought some new paints for her so we had a nice long painting session this morning.

ART IN PROGRESS..

ART?

SO I've decided after 2.5 years of being a mama it's pretty much impossible to keep a house meticulously clean and create the amount of art I would like to.  Since I've been in my nesting mode I've put my art work on the back burner but last night I just had to pick up my pen and CREATE. Anything!

This is the beginnings of an illustration I started working on for the Houston Art Car Parade. It's a contest for local Houston artists.  The winner's art will be the official emblem of the 2014 parade.  Pretty nifty huh?

WINDOW

Texas has been a bit dark and gloomy these last couple of days, but I sure am thankful I have my little kitchen window I can look out of while I cook and do dishes.

NESTING

When I was pregnant with Amelia I never had a chance do some good ol' nesting.  We lived in Malaysia up until I was 7 months pregnant and didn't get to move into our new home until 2 weeks before she was born.  Even then I couldn't prepare the nursery myself because I was on bed rest due to pre-eclampsia!  It was a rough time.

A couple of days ago I started applying another coat of paint to David's childhood dresser, which now belongs to Amelia.  During her introduction stages to crayons she decided to create beautiful drawings on all of the drawers.  I also bought some boxes from Ikea in which I could store all of the toys and rearranged her bedroom.  I'm not sure if I'm completely happy with the set-up but I can always switch it up!   My dad built Amelia's crib and he's now in the process of building a matching twin bed for Amelia so that Baby K. can move into the crib.  Excitement.

WELCOME 2014

Happy New Year's everyone!  We spent New Years Eve in the Texas hill country, reading books, watching Epic with Amelia, listening to the neighborhood kids blow up fireworks and eventually going to bed at my new pregnant bedtime, 9:30 p.m..  I think this is the second time in my adulthood life that I missed out on new years eve celebrations  (the first time I had food poisoning in Malaysia).  I really didn't mind at all though!

Below are some of my favorite snapshots from our 4 days out of the city and back into nature.

The three of us after a cold night camping at Pedernales Falls State Park.  

The night after we camped we decided to warm up for a couple of days at a cute one bedroom cottage in Wimberley, Texas. 

Pretty close-up.

This girl LOVES to throw rocks.