Merry Christmas!

Hope your Christmas is filled with joy, laughter, and love! May your day be merry and bright!

Christmas Kisses,

K

(Image created, painted, and owned by Krista Carson.)

 

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Yes, Please: Days Fall Away...

Like leaves off the trees...

This time of year the days go by soo fast and before you know it it's January and you don't have a new calendar...

So when I saw this year's über cute calendar design by Inslee Haynes I new I had to share it! I definitely want one. Yes, please!

 

How great are the sweet illustration! It's hard to pick a favorite but October is perfect. :) Maybe its because it's October now or because I have an Art History degree but... I love it. I also think all the others are super adorable too.

If your in the market for a calendar be sure to check it out! Her site also has a cute blog and other lovely illustrations for sale.

Enjoy each day to the fullest!

Kisses,

K

(All illustrations and images by Inslee Haynes.)

 

 

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Bridal Shower Inspiration

Today is the day of my sister in law to be's Florida bridal shower that I'm throwing. After polling her as to what she'd like I had: Eiffel towers, French things, and the sort of palette and look from Marie Antoinette's period at Versailles. Then I sifted and sorted through the Internet and Pinterest to find inspirational images to get my ideas flowing. This is some of what I found:

All of that gave way to me sketching this:

A Versailles inspired sketch of the bride herself.

Then that gave way to this:

The save the date for the shower (many of the invites where going to people out of town so I wanted to make sure they had enough notice).

It's a lot of pictures and process just to get things rolling, I know. But I thought it'd be fun to share all the pretty with you. I'll show the actual invites and more details later as things progress.

Kisses,

K

(All images via Pinterest except the last two. Last two images created and owned by Krista Carson, please ask permission prior to use.)

 

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A Week of Love

As this week of love ends I hope you remember to keep love in your heart everyday.

Whether you wear your heart on your sleeve or your socks my wish for you is that love lights up your eyes fills up your soul every day of the year!

Kisses,

K

(Awesome illustration via the even more awesome PaperFashion.)

 

 

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Week of Love: Disney Style

I don't know if you're a Disney fan or not but I definitely am. I love how happy Disney makes everyone and how much fun it brings to my life! So when the Disney Parks Blog posted these Valentine inspired wallpapers I knew I had to share the fun with you!

I especially love the bottom one. It's such a throwback to my childhood and the Johnny Fedora and Alice Bluebonnet cartoon short that I loved. Check it out below.

To download the wallpapers in a specific size for your device just visit the Disney Parks Blog.

Kisses,

K

(Images via the Disney Parks Blog and are intended for personal use only.)

 

 

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A Week Of Love

Love this fantastically cute, and fantastically true, art print by Rococco- LA (sic) on Fab.com! So fun!

I know sometimes the only thing that gets me through the day is the kind love and support of my family and friends both near and, right now mostly, far.

(It's been a little rough lately, and lately has been a lot...)

They always seem to build me up when I need it the most! (Shout out to you for yesterday Dad! Thanks again!)

How does love carry you? Do kind words lift you up or are you more of a kind actions type of person?

Kisses,

K

(Cool art print via Fab.com)

 

 

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A Week of Love

Kisses,

K

(Quote by Brian Andreas, Story People. Art via Pocket Full of Colors.)

 

 

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Draw It Out; Self Portrait

I've loved to sketch since I was a little girl. I even won my first bicycle in a drawing contest! It's was mint green, white, and way too big for me but I grew into it. Also, I didn't even learn how to ride a bike till I was almost 9! Awkward, I know...* But I digress...

For some reason I've always been able to draw self portraits and strangers truer than anyone else. Maybe it's because I had to do it so much in my college drawing class or maybe it's because I have a hard time viewing my loved ones with a harsh enough eye to get all the crooks and crannies of their beings just so... Either way it is what it is.

Note my oh so nifty fifty era Edna glasses.*

What sort of things do you like to do that have stayed with you from childhood?

Kisses,

K

*But not quite as awkward as the sight of my gangly limbs pedaling my pink and purple Cabbage Patch Hot Wheeler hard enough to keep up with the rest of the neighborhood, on their real bikes natch... Did I care? Nope. I was just out having a good time with my friends and was nothing if not comfortable with who I was which is probably why I still even had friends on that thing at age 8! Ha! Memories...

*I now call them my Edna glasses because one day when I was particularly grumpy I saw my reflection in the mirror and realized "Surprise!" I rather resembled Edna from Monsters Inc at that moment. It sure made me stop and laugh. Even the husband reluctantly agreed.

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Mr. Fox

 

My Mr. Fox illustration wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, I do too!

Kisses,

K

(Illustration and image created and owned by Krista Carson, do not use without permission please.)

 

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