surfaces

Whoever thought WHITE kitchen counter tops were a good idea, never had to clean them.

One of the things I miss most about my old apartment was the counter top. Before we moved in there years ago, they installed this spiffy new faux granite patterned (I have no idea really) counter. It was awesome. Shiny, no knife marks, didn't stain or show signs of stains (if they were there, I'd never know). It transported me into fantasy land where we lived in a snazzy modern apartment building. All the appliances were stainless steel and the floors pretty hardwood....not that crappy beige carpet.
Sorry...penis cookie shot is the only photo I could find of the counter at the moment.



Anywhoo...fast forward to my current apartment. I will admit, the counter space is literally double in size. But it's WHITE, and covered in knife marks. And no matter how hard I try, I cannot go a day without coffee drips finding their way onto the counter, making stain rings and dots everywhere. And where do all these crumbs come from? Is it a white counter thing? Did I just never notice them before? I have to zamboni the counter literally every 10 minutes. And it doesn't help that this photo makes the counter look not so bad. But trust me, it's seen better days.


I also think I got this clean counter obsession from my mom. I would say that 75% of my childhood (that's perhaps a big exaggeration) was spent watching her meticulously wipe a surface with a sponge. You gotta get to it before you forget, or it dries, or gets smeared by something else, or part of it falls on the floor. And I totally understand that now. It's very possible that I'm slowly becoming a clean freak, like she is, but this white kitchen counter isn't helping my cause!



Aside from ridiculous counter top woes, I've been working on a few custom wedding toppers, more foxes and some new raccoons! I'm loving how this zombie set is coming out. It's the first zombie cake toppers I've painted, but I think it's going well! Pardon the crappy camera phone pictures. I might be the last person on Earth who doesn't have a smart phone. My 2 megapixel camera phone will have to do for now!



And if you haven't heard by now, I have a few special necklaces and charms available over at SassyNPunk Boutique. Be sure to check them out!

my favorite blue chair.

Once upon a time, there was a super cool & funky vintage teal swivel chair. Then one day, my boyfriend's butt broke through the vinyl seat. ugh.



I don't really know anything about fixing ripped vinyl. Is it even possible with a tear the size of a MAC truck? I should probably just reupholster the whole chair seeing as the color is starting to fade anyways. It looks a lot dirtier in this photo than it actually is. Don't exactly know the first thing about reupholstering either. I DO remember when my mom got her vintage kitchen chairs reupholstered, and I DO remember her saying it cost a lot. If anything, I remember her reminding me of that in a threatening manner every time I accidentally dropped a Sharpie marker (or a fork or some other pointy object) on the yellow vinyl.

Speaking of mom...she got me the greatest Easter basket in the history of Easter baskets! It's chock full of spices! Now all I need next is a spice rack of some sort.



Here's a few sketches and illustrations I've been working on. I have about half a sketchbook's worth of drawings that I need to scan in, but my computer has been giving me the skull and crossbones lately, threatening hard drive failure. Scary! So I don't want to stress it out with too much digital illustrating and coloring. I have to start searching for a new computer! I was thinking of getting a Mac this time. But I'm flying blind. Don't know where to start or what to get. Budget is limited of course.