Holiday Orders

The holidays are coming up. And as you know I've been busy with orders. I wanted to take a quick minute to remind everyone, the hat shop closes December 17th for Christmas, and the art shop closes the following Friday. This will make sure that I get you the orders in time! And I don't freak out tooooo much. Like last night when a huge order was placed, and they wanted it overnighted. I am a magician, but I'm not that good.

Both shops will reopen on December 26th.
Though, the hat shop will only be open for a few more months after that.

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Christmas Wish List

My mom asked me a few days ago what I wanted for Christmas. My mind went blank. I have all the things I need. (Minus a new computer and printer, both way too expensive to seriously ask for!) I mean, I like getting gifts and all, but I like giving so much more. Right now, I'm in the process of making Christmas Gifts for my family. Lots of hats, and paintings this year since money is a bit tight this month. But, I see lots of other fun blogs posting their "Wish Lists" so I thought it would fun to make one from the things I have saved on my computer. I think a wish list tells a lot about a person, so you can get to know me through mine!

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Yeahhh This is a favorite store of mine. 

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I need one of Mowgli, Wicket and Meko! 

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A very very merry Christmas would be had indeed. Skulls, bones and tea. 

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Dia De Los Muertos

Hello! 

Happy Day of the Dead. 

I know this is a traditional Mexican Holiday.. But I'm celebrating it anyways.

It is a holiday where you honor and remember your loved ones that have passed onto the next realm.

Of course loved ones living and dead should be celebrated daily..

It's nice to have a day just for them. 

Celebrate the ones who have passed on..

Make their favorite dinner. 

Talk to them.

Sing to them. 

Invite them into your lives. 

Say their name out loud.

 Feel their presence with you.

I stayed up last night and finished this painting.

In honor of Dia De Lost Muertos.

This painting is titled "Only The Beginning." 

It's 11x14 mixed media on Canvas.

It IS for sale. 

The other one will be for sale too.

I'll be posting it for sale tomorrow.

If you want it reserved, email me!

The Festival Of Colors

This year we celebrated the first days of Spring at the Holi Festival again.

I actually hate being dirty, 

and the panic of not being able to breath after the countdown is frightening.

But I love the Festival of Colors.

If you are new to my blog, and miss my post last year, here is a little about the festival:

Holi is a religious festival celebrated by the Hindu Religion that welcomes spring. 

People through scented and colored powder into the air and on each other.

There is music and dancing and bonfires. 

Originally, it was a festival that commemorated good harvests and the fertile land. In addition to celebrating the coming of spring, Holi has even greater purposes. Hindus believe it is a time of enjoying spring's abundant colors and saying farewell to winter. 

Most of the people who attend the Festival here in Utah are BYU students and Highschool students. 

It's actually become a bit of an annoyance to see facebook flooded with photos of people going to a festival they know nothing about. People go in silly costumes, and completely trash the temple and the grounds. I even heard one person say "I wish I could be Jewish, so I could celebrate like this." 

I rolled my eyes. 

But then the festival coordinator walked onto stage while the band behind him was setting up.

He explained the festival a little bit, and said he knew the majority of the crowd wasn't Hindu.

He said that wasn't the point. The point was that we were all together celebrating Spring. 

Then he asked us to hug 20 strangers and tell them we love them. 

Because that's what this life is all about..

 And in the end, God won't ask us what religion we were, or what our job was. 

We would be asked if we loved our fellow man.

This photo was before the actual count down. 

Thank you kyle for photo bombing another photo, 

and thank you for doing it when I had my slr.. instead of my expensive film.

After the throwing.

I actually had to re-bleach my hair.

The colored powder (which is just cornstarch) stained my blonde a nasty green.

And here is my video from last year.. I didn't get video this year.
I actually put my camera away and danced.