hello hollie!

hey hollie,

things here have still been a bit crazy. well, not to crazy but you know what i mean. i’ve been working on seedlings a lot lately and i have finally created my one (and hopefully last) personal blog, demeter.  i just received my new buttons that i made to donate to etsy for animals. don’t worry though, your card is on the list of things to do this week. i tend to get a bit of a one track mind when i ‘discover’ a new endeavor. i do always have wanderpost on the mind though…

i must tell you, your new cards look great. how is everything with the studio coming along?

new cards ( on etsy)

 

hippity, hop!

“Hoppy” Easter my lovely friend!I’m stuck in PA at my mom’s house, as my transmission died ….yikes…and my little Easter Bunny Illustration is in Harrisburg in my apartment…drat!Hope you all have a fabulous day, however you decide to celebrate!xoxo 

my post from hollie

wow, it sounds like you have your hands full with all this studio business! as for me, this weekend was a bit busy.  rick had went to vegas to see this amazing band called gogol bordello with some friends from work.  it was nat and i for the weekend and we went to target to get a few things when i saw a little girl’s tent that included a sleeping bag, back pack, water bottle and headband all for $12.48 on sale. it was wonderful! we set it up in the den and watched the pirates of the caribbean movies with my parents. later that night we set it up on top of my bed and camped out in for the night! it was a very cold and windy day so i am we ended up staying in but now i do have a cold. my immune system just loves getting sick i tell you! i haven’t even been able to draw anything. i still have photos i need to upload, to share but i did get to listen to the cd you gave me. i loved everything! we have the same taste in music and though i did recognize some of the songs but some i didn’t. if you could, can you post the names of the songs with the artists? well my friend, i want to share pics with you and more but i have to get back to other things. i will make some time and i will be sending out your card soon. and by the way, your card was amazing!! i really need to step up my game!!

xoxo,

p.s. speaking of pictures, i will be posting my mail from you too here soon!

new illo

so i just got a new studio space! i talked to paula ( the lady who owns the gallery i work at one day a week) because i decided i needed a better place to work and produce more because y’ know…i dont want to have another job and working in the 4′x4′ space i am in now is not conducive to getting a lot of work done. nor are the white carpets and dark environment.so she is giving me the 2 back room is exchange for repainting the walls, until June ( at least) or whenever they have the time to finish it up so they can rent it.(i’m getting ahead of myself…there are two rooms behind the galery…basically an efficiency apartment, that they have decided to re-do and rent out. but they rent going to do it for a few months because they want to get the upstairs 2 floor apartment ready to rent first. she and her husband had been living upstairs until they finished their house…which is finished, and they moved out last week). how exciting! i’m going to have a real studio…and peope around too since there is alay someone mannin gthe gallery up front. a unch of women, artists, that help her run the place. everyone works a day to have a space to sel their things consignment free.so as of next weekish i’ll get to be there everyday painting…and start producing more. plus i just got a present…well its on its way. a printer/scanner combo that looks rad! so i think it’s time for me to pony-up!work on cards to put on here…to send…to sell. i OVE the links you sent …so insirational and fun…i will write more tomorrow…but i a=had to share the exciting studio news with you! i hope you are feeling better. sometimes those wcky limbo-weather days make me feel icky too.  but whateve is making you feel icky…weather or a bug…drink tea, cuddle up and get well :) xohollie 

today is a bit of a gloomy day, the sun hiding behind clouds playing hide and seek with us here in so cal. it’s funny too, seeing as for some reason i am not feeling so well today. that’s okay though, i still wanted to come here because i have found a bunch of new great blogs and sites i wanted to share with you…

• enchanted chandeliers: http://enchantedchandeliers.blogspot.com/
• the mymble’s daughter: http://journal.mymblesdaughter.com/
• ullabenulla: http://ullam.typepad.com/ullabenulla/
• tartelette: http://tartelette.blogspot.com/
• button willow chronicles: http://buttonwillowchronicles.typepad.com/
• alice lands: http://alicelands.typepad.com/
• curiousity shoppe: http://www.curiosityshoppeonline.com/ (really love!)
• smarts and crafts: http://smartsandcrafts.com/
• forest eyes: http://www.laequilibrista.blogspot.com/
• one black bird: http://oneblackbird.blogspot.com/

whew! ok, i think i will leave it at that for now i need to go eat, shower, rest and hopefully pull out of being a bit under the weather, no matter how it looks outside.

xoxo, andrea

1. What is your occupation?  stay at home mom/burgeoning artist

2. What color are your socks right now?  none, my black dearfoam slippers!

3. What are you listening to right now?     charmed, in the background

4. What was the last thing that you ate? blueberry frozen yogurt (still eating it, yum!)

 5. Can you drive a stick shift?   yes, love it, except when driving in bumper to bumper traffic!

 6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? violet

 7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? rick

8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? yes i do

 9. How old are you today?  29!

 10. Favorite drink?  arnold palmer

 11. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? baseball all the way and i can’t wait

 12. Have you ever dyed your hair? about a million times but so far those days are behind me..

13. Pets?   1 fish, la lala (nattie named it) my parent’s dog bijou, our cats luke and piper and our weekend pet, natalie’s class room rabbit she named hermione

 14. Favorite Food? mmm..italian!!

 15. Last movie you watched? at the theatres? be kind, rewind

 17. What’s your Favorite Day of the year?  halloween

 18. What was your favorite toy as a child? my imagnination

 19. What is your favorite, fall or spring?  fall but i do have warm feelings towards spring and summer (no pun intended)

 20. Hugs or kisses? why not both!

21. Cherry or Blueberry? blueberry

 22. Do you want your friends to email you back?  of course i do

23. Who is most likely to respond?   surprise me

 24. Who is least likely to respond? you got me

 25. Current living arrangements?  la mirada in my parent’s house

 27. What is on the floor of your closet?  shoes, miscellany toys, etc.

 28. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to?  yvette chavez, tsega and ms. del

 30. Favorite smell?  fresh laundry, nat after a bath, the ocean, eucalyptus, actually there are many wonderful smells!

31. What inspires you?   nature, childhood, my family, etc.

32. What are you afraid of? spiders, yuk! ok, something happening to my loved ones..

 33. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? no hamburgers for me…

 34. Favorite car? my ginny especially once she gets painted again and is sporting a new radio!

 35. Favorite cat breed? black cats, havana, calico…

  36. Number of keys on your key ring?   just the amount i need with a few key rings

  37. How many years at your current job? well, being at home? for more than four years now and doing my artwork, all my life!

  38. Favorite day of the week? thursday

  39. How many states have you lived in? just california with a eensy bitsy stint in washington

  40. How many countries have you been to? more than states…let me count..about nine i think

  41. Today’s date and time     march 11th, 1:43 pm

– 
♥andrea 

1. What is your occupation?  artist, collector, hiker, gal-friday ( i do what i can to get by!)

2. What color are your socks right now?  black

3. What are you listening to right now?    car horns honking in the street outside

4. What was the last thing that you ate? pbj! mmm…comfort food.

 5. Can you drive a stick shift?   yes, love it,  & miss it.

 6. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? the same color as this text.

 7. Last person you spoke to on the phone? rob

8. Do you like the person who sent this to you? yes i do

 9. How old are you today?  31

 10. Favorite drink?  cranberry juice

 11. What is your favorite sport to watch on TV? don’t wtch t.v. much. probably the discovery channel or the simpsons

 12. Have you ever dyed your hair? about a million times but not for about a year now

13. Pets?   i share a pit-bull…and i own two cats and a dog that now live with relatives stupid apartment-pet-laws!

 14. Favorite Food? italian or japanese

 15. Last movie you watched? at the theater? a bee movie

 17. What’s your Favorite Day of the year?  halloween

 18. What was your favorite toy as a child? the stream in my backyard

 

 19. What is your favorite, fall or spring?  fall but i do love spring …its a tough choice.

 

 20. Hugs or kisses? both! depending on who they coming from

21. Cherry or Blueberry? blueberry

 22. Do you want your friends to email you back?  of course i do

23. Who is most likely to respond?   surprise me

 24. Who is least likely to respond? ???

 25. Current living arrangements? in an apartment complex in sub-suburbia

 

 27. What is on the floor of your closet?  shoes, art supplies, a bag of peat soil.

 

 28. Who is the friend you have had the longest that you are sending this to? hannah

 30. Favorite smell?  right before it rains, snow, moss, snowdrops, these are a few of my favorite things…

 

31. What inspires you?   nature, friends, books, music, family, taking walks.

32. What are you afraid of? cockroaches and death.

 33. Plain, cheese or spicy hamburgers? turkey burgers.

 34. Favorite car? my first car…a 1971 purple metallic super-bug named bubble.!

 35. Favorite cat breed? black cats, or tortiseshells

  36. Number of keys on your key ring?   way too many!

  37. How many years at your current job? job?

  38. Favorite day of the week? thursday

  39. How many states have you lived in? two…but f cities in those 2 states.

  40. How many countries have you been to? 4

  41. Today’s date and time     march 11th, 6:21pm

 xoxohollie 

a maternal family portrait.

a bit of a piece i made for my mom…it’s her, myself and natalie…