Happy New Year!

Hope you finish 2013 with a bang and start 2014 off with a smile!

Kisses,

K

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Draw It Out: Happy Holidays!

I decided to sketch my sleeping westie puppy, Abigail, the other day. (She may have stolen my heart and I might be mildy obsessed now.)

She then decided she needed cuddled while I was working. (She loves to sit on my lap and nap while I sketch, paint, or make jewelry, which is pretty adorable.)

So, at any rate, with it being a festive time of year and my heart melted by her cuteness I ended up with this.

Which I then edited with the "A Beautiful Mess" app on my iPhone so...

I could greet you all with this!:

Hope you're having a beautiful holiday season!

Kisses,

K

(All photos and sketches created and owned by Krista Carson.)

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Happy Weekend!

 

I hope your weekend is filled with extra rest and relaxation!

Mine will be filled with painting if all goes according to plan... ;)

Kisses,

K

(Drawing and photograph by Krista Carson. Typography via A Beautiful Mess app.)

 

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Draw It Out

I decided to do a little sketching today.

I ended up deciding on drawing a baby zebra.

Then I decided to make it a little more whimsical with the addition of some ballet slippers and a crown. The prancing feet just reminded me of dancing and the ballet.

I think it's destined for one of the new little babies that have entered the world recently who's Mommies I know.

Kisses,

K

(Pictures and sketches 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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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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