10.21.09
Painting the wall… Time Lapse
Time Lapse Wall Painting from carrie hannegan on Vimeo.
A cameo from Meg and everything :)
My New Office… Now in Technicolor!
I asked myself… if I could do anything in my new office… what would it be? Answer: Wallpaper every inch… every stripe a different design and cover the ceiling, too. Make it as chaotic and inspiring, yet as calming as possible.
Ya, sure… that’s practical.
Instead, I took a brush to one wall and covered it in flowers… and I covered a few pieces of furniture in flowers, too. It’s sort of a compromise, but there are still 3 walls ;) hehe!
As you can see, Meg’s new sniffing spot is to my left when I’m sitting at the computer. She loves to perch here and watch the neighbors come and go.
This is my favorite stripe of wallpaper (it took the longest to paint)… we even did a time lapse animation of me painting it… (it’ll be online soon!) The inspiration for this design came from an old pillowcase I found at SunThrift in Sunland, CA. :)
I took the old awning from the Violets are Blue candy section and put it over my drafting table. A chandelier, some tissue pouf balls and ribbon… voila… a creating cave!
And… my cupcake, etc collection. Some “My Little Ponies” have been added to bring back the I-am-seven-years-old vibe. Remember when you would play for hours with a bright piece of plastic with a tail… and talk to them like they were real? Good times. (Secret… I still do that, you know, talking to myself thing… but only when I’m painting…)
There’s still more nooks and crannies to share… but they all need another coat of paint… or twelve :)
10.16.09
Edible Art…
Why oh why am I (and so many others) continually impressed when looking at artful cupcakes and cakes? I could browse photos of incredibly decorated cake for hours… why is that? :) I can also watch an Ace of Cakes marathon and be thoroughly content. (And I would love to work with Duff & Mary Alice and sit in one of those fancy blue chairs!)
Any sort of iced confection reminds you that a celebration or party is afoot. Butter, eggs, sugar and flour… covered in more butter = party cornerstone = joy.
I saw a cake today via boingboing.net that got me in the decorating mood…
This “Starry Night” cake is a creation by Megpi on Flickr. I love that this was done with icing and it looks painted on in a happy free form sort of way. The colors blend so beautifully and you can tell that Megpi has some formal art training. So awesome. I’m happy that it’s not fondant, because fondant seems scary to me.
I’m intimidated by fondant… it seems that you get one shot and if it’s not perfect on the first try, you have to start over. I have 2 boxes in my pantry just waiting for me… but… alas… it frightens me. Even with the decade of fimo abuse I took, I just can’t seem to get the fondant out! (ooooh, has anyone done a fondant cane like fimo?? I’m sure someone has… but fondant dries out quicker. I had some crazy elaborate fimo canes… hmmmm). Here’s an example of some fimo canes (Thank you Nogadin on Flickr for this image):
Just for inspiration… Here are some other fun cake and cupcake pictures…
Alice in Wonderland cupcakes by Be Cheery on Flickr.
Beautiful rose cupcakes by Hello Naomi on Flickr.
Mini Chocolate Cake by Bev from Sugarbloom Cupcakes on Flickr.
Cupcake cake by Cupcake Journal on Flickr.
Dogwood Cake and cupcakes by Consumedbycake on Flickr.
“Sweet India” Cake and cupcake by Icing Dreams on Flickr.
Tattoo cupcake by Bakerella on Flickr.
Christening cupcake and cake tower by Blue Cupcake on Flickr.
These cupcakes were done by Abbietabbie on Flickr
And these fondant cupcakes were made by my Cousin-in-law, Tammy :)
My desire to “build a cake” is growing… who’s in? :)
09.27.09
How do I do this again?
Blogging used to be an obsession. I always had my camera ready and I would fiddle with paragraphs and story ideas in my head all day long… I loved it. I even own a shirt that says “I’m blogging this”. Every detail of life found its way onto the pages of this blog.
But… life happened. A third move in 18 months, a new business endeavor, I joined the time abyss known as Facebook (hehe) and really… I’ve just felt out of the creative loop for months and months now.
The exciting part is that this move will be the last one for a while. We bought our first place… stressful, exciting, overwhelming, exhausting… I had no idea the planning and emotional turmoil involved. But, we are so thankful…
First on the agenda was to paint the walls. For those of you who have been in my store you know how much I love color. Once I get unpacked, I’ll share pictures. 15 gallons of paint… oh yeah :)
My office… 8 colors. One wall is going to be covered in hand-painted flowers and some of the furniture got a fresh coat of paint and flowers, too!
Here’s my desk…
This was actually pretty easy to do… all those black lines were done with a sharpie… so it was almost like coloring. It was a lot of fun :)
I have SO much great Halloween stuff to show everyone… my goal is to have that up this week and start on Christmas the following week. Everything has been in a topsy turvy holding pattern… I can’t wait to get back into the swing of things, I’m not sure where to start!
I’ve missed being here, in this little blog editing box. I hope everyone has been well… and happy!!
02.14.09
Happy Valentine’s Day! & Art Journal #36
Ain’t that the truth :)
And a lovely “steamy” Valentine’s day story!
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Cary, N.C. — It was love at first scald when a woman spilled hot coffee on a man at a Starbucks restaurant in Cary. One Valentine’s Day later, the accident-prone customers tied the knot in the same store.
Laura Strain came to the Starbucks, at 1217 Kildaire Farm Road, in March 2008 to treat herself to her first cup of coffee from the chain. Instead, she ended up spilling the coffee on a stranger, Allan Tortorice.
“He’s wearing my coffee, and I’m having a fit, because I was very concerned that hurt somebody, first of all,” Strain said. “He was all dressed up, and it (coffee) was everywhere. His jacket was open on his shirt, and he was sort of holding it so it didn’t burn him.”
The accidental encounter, though, started a romance between the two.
Strain gave her phone number to Tortorice, so he could contact her about dry cleaning and medical bills. Instead, Tortorice asked her out to dinner, and the romance steamed up from there.
“It’s what they call burning love,” Strain said.
On Feb. 14, a pastor married Strain and Tortorice at the same Starbucks store.
The bride wore a knee-length, white and pink dress and a hot pink shawl – for Valentine’s Day.
About 25 guests attended. Meanwhile, the store stayed open, customers ordered double mocha lattes, and the scent of brewing Colombian coffee filled the air.
That was a lot of puns… we do the drive-thru at that Starbucks all the time. Love it! Sweet story, too. In order to completely exhaust all puns, they should have changed his name to Joe.
Happy Heart Day! We celebrated with ice cream sundaes :)
02.13.09
Art journal #35
And the *new* thing I’m doing… for every new art journal page I’m painting a tote bag to match :) This one is up in my etsy store for sale!
I’ll also take requests :)
Happy friday the 13th! hehe!
01.02.09
Doggie Portraits…
For Christmas, a few friends and family members got portraits of their pups!
Mr. Lucky
Flash
Tony
Brauzer
Sparkle Farkle aka Barkley
Bisky Biscuit
These were all done with acrylic on canvas… and with lots of love :)
11.29.08
20 bags…
As a gift for our friends Mike and Rachel, who are getting married this weekend, I painted 20 bags with green flowers to match their invitation.
I love these canvas tote bags. There is a pocket on the side for a water bottle and they are deep and sturdy with a nice gusset. M+R are going to fill them with stuff for their guests who are attending their destination beach wedding in Mexico.
I’ll be painting more of these with different designs and sticking them on the website, soon. If you would like to purchase a plain bag for $7.50 + shipping, please let me know! I have 70 of them :)
Congrats to M+R, coming home a mister and missus. Yay! :)
Update…
A few pictures from their wedding…
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