My friend Grace always gives the best gifts. Her favorite kinds of gifts to receive are more heartfelt and meaningful gifts. I wanted to her birthday gift this year to be a labor of love because she always gives the most thoughtful gifts to me. We watched Avatar: The Last Airbender together this summer and …
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Julia’s Alterations
Reconstructing clothing into new garments has been a hobby of mine since before quarantine. Here are some projects that I did during quarantine. Below is a series of before and after pictures of the preexisting clothing and the clothing that I transformed it into.
Jaymie’s Totoro Home Process
Here is my painting breakdown for the Totoro house painting!
Julia’s Kyoshi Warrior Costume
I have always thought it would be so cool to dress up as a Kyoshi Warrior from Avatar: The Last Airbender for Halloween. This year, I told myself that if I found the materials that I needed to make the costume at our local thrift store, then I would make myself the costume. As you …
Jaymie’s Sailor Moon Painting Process
Here is my breakdown for my Sailor Moon piece! When I worked for a brief period in a game shop over the summer we had a shipment that came wrapped in Japanese newspaper. I brought it home with me and decided that it would be a cool background to a piece. I mod-podged it to …
Speedy Painting Process
Here’s a fun time lapse that I did of a still from one of my favorite movies, “Kimi No Na Wa.” It shows the process from finding a canvas at Gift and Thrift, all the way to the finished product. Enjoy!
Jaymie’s Sensoji Shrine Painting
Here is a quick little breakdown of my painting of Sensoji shrine in Asakusa. When we lived in Japan, it was one of our favorite places to visit. I was excited to try and bring that beauty to life on a canvas!
Jaymie’s Shinkyo Bridge Painting Process
Here is my painting breakdown for my rendition of the Shinkyo Bridge in Nikko!
Jaymie’s Hatbox Upcycle
Here is another upcycling project that I had a lot of fun on. I found this Christian Dior hatbox at our favorite vintage store in Harrisonburg, Heartworn Vintage, a few years ago. It was a little rough around the edges, so I decided to use paint to cover them up. I went with a 70’s …
Jaymie’s “Sad Eyes” Painting
I found this image on Pinterest and kept coming back to it. I don’t know what it is about it, but I find it incredibly captivating. I can’t find the original artist, but I wanted to try my own hand at it. This is completely copied, so no credit to me for creation. I love …