I love me some Pinterest, and I pin a lot. I just don’t end up doing most of the things that I pin. One thing I did end up doing was some art work. I’ve learned in the past that when I take a brush to canvas, things don’t end well. Thank God for vinyl letter stickers and spray paint!

I took a square canvas I had purchased for cheap at Big Lots and spray painted the entire thing green. Then I used masking tape to give me diagonal lines. Then I sprayed the entire thing again in this lovely persimmon color.

I spelled out what I wanted to say with my vinyl letters and then sprayed the entire thing, again, in purple this time.

Once the paint I had dried I carefully removed the vinyl stickers and voila!

I liked it so much I did one for my sister too.

I bought my vinyl letter stickers at Michael’s. I love them, but I wish they offered more fonts. Or some in all lowercase. I don’t know if that exists or if I just can’t find it here. And if you’re careful enough, you can use the stickers more than once.

Have you done any fun or new crafts lately?

Sometimes, my husband fails. This year for my birthday he dropped the ball. I got no card. I got no gift. I got no romantic dinner. I know money is tight for us, which is why I wasn’t expecting some grand gift. But you know, a woman always wants something. Something from her man that shows that he loves her and cares about her. So yeah, my feelings were hurt and several days later I let him know this. He felt awful, but at that point it was done and I needed to get it off my chest and move on. I joked that when his birthday came around I just wouldn’t do anything for him. Easier said than done though right?

Today is his birthday. And since Monday isn’t really a fun day to celebrate anything, we did a little celebrating on Friday night. The most amazing and talented JD McPherson performed at Mercury Lounge and we were excited to see him live. Here, have a listen if you’d like.

Pretty great huh?

So before the show started, Thom came up behind me while I was sitting at the bar. I turned around to see him holding something.

“Honey, remember when you said you wanted a Sara Bowersock original?” (which yes, I’ve totally been saying that)

“Yes.” She says with this really crazy goofy grin on her face.

“Well I felt really bad that I didn’t do anything for you for your birthday. So this is for you.”

And then I died.

YOU GUYS! Sara Bowersock totally painted me! My husband must really like to look at my face, for this is the second time he’s had my head put on canvas. I just don’t even know what to say. I mean, just look at some of the other stuff this girl has done.

That Sara is really good at what she does. And she’s completely adorable.

I love that Thom really put some thought into this gift. Sure, it might have been late, but I think he more than made up for it. I suppose this means now I’m going to have to let him get an iphone for his birthday. Clever, that one.

Happy Birthday my love. Penguins.

I married weird.
I married tall.
I married goofy.
I married silly.
I married an interesting hybrid of redneck/hip city boy.
I married talented.

And hopefully he won’t be some modern day Van Gogh who only becomes rich and famous after his death. Because that would be a tragedy.

These two guys deserve fame and fortune and proper recognition for their talents.

This guy is a genius with a sketchpad.

Just look

and this guy

knows how to turn it into this

And he also does neat things like this:

And so together they know how to create awesomeness such at this:

It’s not always easy being married to a freelance artist. I use the term freelance because he’s been unemployed for over a year now. And now that the unemployment has run out, we’re relying on his artistic talents to bring in money here and there where we can get it. It can be stressful at times for sure. But I can’t help but be a little bit jealous that he gets to wake up every day and do what he loves. And I know he’s grateful that he has a wife who will stand by and support him as he follows his dreams.

He also married silly.
And goofy.
And weird.
And while he may not have married tall, I like to think he married well.

Love you baby.

(and feel free to ask me where you can buy any of the stuff you see above)

I’m thinking of printing this off and framing it to hang in my bedroom.
Lyrics from the downhere song My Last Amen.

If you have spent any time in downtown Tulsa in the last three years, then you have probably seen some artwork by A Studio. Artists Thom Self and Ian Robinson teamed up in 2006 and have been keeping Tulsa’s music scene look cool ever since. These guys are most known for their gig posters. Bands who come to Tulsa and play at such venues like Cain’s Ballroom, Mercury Lounge, Flytrap, and the BOK center are presented with out of this world posters.

Their work is not limited to posters though. If your band is in need of t-shirt designs, cd packaging, or other merchandise, they can do it. Even if you need something as simple as business cards, these guys can hook you up.

I suppose this is the part where I should tell you that Thom is actually my husband. Perhaps this makes me biased. Although really, his work speaks for itself.