Butter My Biscuits Blog: March 2013

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Rick Rack Roses

These are super great. Just made one in like 5 minutes...thanks to this blog : The Crafting Chicks !

Anyways, you "braid/wrap" two pieces of rick rack together, sew down the middle and roll up with hot glue...tada!

Gonna be making tons of theses tonight...

Thrifting Today

Southern Thrift is so pricey! So I had to buy these items 'mentally' with photographs. Now we can all treasure them forever...but I was a little disappointed with the lack of weirdness today.

Fake old radio...

Vintage clock...I really wanted this.

Squirrel? Mongoose? Ferret?

Elephant

Raccoon

I wonder what this is for? I'd put decorations in it...or cheese.

Puzzles

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Birthday Cards

I have to do something productive this week, so I started a new "card" series...I like to have a stack of these ready for birthdays, weddings...etc.

And like always I think I'll start an etsy store and sell them...but that hasn't happened yet. Maybe that should be my next spring break goal.

I bet these would look nice in a bakery...(hint hint, Aunt Lynda)...

Cards for Boys

Spring Break Nails

What Spring Break? It's snowing...in Nashville.... on March 26. Boo!

I did my nails yesterday since I was going for my new tattoo and I went with gray and yellow stripes on a light pink base...for "spring break"...which is a joke cause it's been snowing for 2 days. Ugh.

And for toes, I did reddish peach base with black 'zebra' stripes.

New Tattoos!

Tattoo Day @ Electric Hand Tattoo in East Nashville

Tattoos by Tai: http://www.tattoosbt.com/

I've been wanting more tattoos...naturally, like most people who start them realize they strangely become an addiction. So I knew I wanted an anchor...I should say, another anchor. This will be anchor number three for me. I know I have an addiction to anchor tattoos...it's a problem. Anyway, I decided to pair the anchor with a clipper ship, another image I'd been 'floating around in my head'. I found this amazing tattoo artist, Tai...who is super cool and did a great job. And, it's probably the least painful tattoos I've gotten..not sure if it's the area or her "light as a feather" touch...but overall great tattooing experience.

Anchor on Left Ankle / Ship on Right

I know it's cheesy to have some deep meaning behind your tattoos...I think so anyways. But I really do have a good reason for getting these...I guess. I suppose we talk ourselves into the meaning...like most of my art, I make it and then try to figure out the "why" part. The anchor has become a "family" symbol for me. My grandfather, Papa, was in the Navy and had an anchor (that he apparently hated) on his left arm. I didn't find out that hated his tattoo until after I got my first one...thanks Mom! But that's okay. It makes me think of Papa, so I win.

Once I assigned the anchor as a symbol for my family, I have been obsessed with them ever since. I also have a weird passion for nautical themed imagery as well. So that doesn't help the addition. But the ship idea came to me at Christmas when we bought my step dad, Bill, some Captain Black pipe tobacco and I saw their ship emblem and fell in love. I knew that would be my next endeavor.

What I really like about the dichotomy between these two is that the anchor represents the solid foundation/ground my family provides for me. The ship symbolizes things yet to come, my future with Daniel...I think it's really sweet and surprising that I would be such a sap, but hey, tattoos get to you.

This is a few hours after the session.. it's a little dark right now and puffy...so I'll get better pics later once they're healed up.

Yay! Two new tats!

Monday, March 25, 2013

Mabel and Shelby...

Sweet Shelby

Studious Mabel

Two Pups

Early morning...

Mabel Marie

I love sharpies...

Experimenting with Tattoo Designs

floral outline

experimenting with color...

Tattoo I'm getting this afternoon! yay!

More Drawings....

2013, Pen and Ink

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Textures/Patterns

I am in love with hipstamatic, obviously...and I love finding "backgrounds" in everyday life. Here are some captured textures and prints...of course using hipsta.