new art added to me...

This up date will be short and simple. But full of lots of pretty colors indeed! So, Thursday I ventured to my shop to get tattooed instead of to work.JBurd and I got started on my chest piece.(This was the first of probably 4 sessions or so.) All in all it took about 3 1/2-4 hours to complete. :) Viola: my cardinals!!!

This chest piece is going to have a lot of meaning for me and my family. Im not sure how my family will actually react to these tattoos this go round, because of what they symbolize, but the symbolism means the world to me. When my grandfather was alive, he would sit at his back porch area each day to feed the birds. can vividly remember him doing this,when he died I'd see one cardinal in the backyard by itself nearly everyday. As the years went on I lost my grandmother, another grandmother,and finally, my last living grandparent passed away. As each of my grandparents passed, the number of cardinals we would see would increase.Now, whenever I see a cardinal I feel as though its good luck...a guardian angel of sorts watching over me. On the day of my wedding four cardinals were sitting in a tree in my parents backyard...so I like to think my grandparents all came to my wedding .<3 Right now the cardinals are symbolic of my grandfathers (since they are both male birds) Next sitting I how to get the Tennessee and Mississippi state flowers on each shoulder (in honor of my grandmothers birth states) Eventually we will add a quote in the middle and a sacred heart and some other decorations. My grandparents were the sweetest people i have ever known (especially my grandmothers) I cant think of any greater way for ME to honor them than, living a pure,honest,loving life and getting this chest piece.

I am very thrilled with the outcome,and really wanna get another session in soon.I'm not sure how my grandparents would react to all my body modifications, my parents have just come to an understanding of them all. But I hope that they would be proud to know that they made my life so much better.And that I want the world to know my love for them,and how their memory is forever on my mind.I also think they would be proud to know that I found a positive outlet to channel my grief instead ofthe negative way I was expressing it from the age of 17-18.

I hope you enjoyed this post and the little background to my new tattoo decisions!
xoxo

quick clothes update :)

SO our air is out and I'm sitting in the office with a box fan blaring right on me.Needless to say this post will be short and sweet:)
Friday,is when the ac unit finally died, so my clothing choice TOTALLY reflected this! (I didn't wear leggings for the first time in ...EVER!!!)

But I must admit I got lots of compliments and these new sandals are TIIIIIIIIIGHT!!! (ha!) (yes i said tight) ;)

and the super amazing sandals!!!

details:necklace-made by me
shirt-wal mart!!
skirt-target
bag-converse
shoes=belk
And on Sunday, the ac situation got worse, oh much much worse my friends, so after church,we headed dowtown for lunch and a stroll.(I'll post about our fave downtown cafe later)
Here's my Sunday,Summer strollin, outfit...

One more...

And a close up of my sparkly disco ball sandals :)

details:
flower head band-made by me
sewing machine necklace-made by me
bag-converse
dress-kohls
sandals-hot tomato
Ok that's it folks short and sweet! Im off to a room with air!! Have a good night! I'll do a bigger update tomorrow hopefully!!
xoxo

Forts are for sleeping

A few weeks ago Zoe requested that we all sleep in a fort....if you remember this post from last December CHRISTMAS BED FORT or this post of our super fun table fort...RAINY DAY SPRING FORT! I simply HAD to continue or tradition of super fun forts...

Kevin decided that sleeping on the floor might not help his back problems. so Zoe, Amelie and I stuck it out and had a fort sleepover!

Kevin did however stick around for the movie and snacks so that made us happy.



I cant remember ever making forts when i was a kid.So every chance we get seems prefect to make a memory or two.I hope Zoe and Amelie will remember all the forts and crafts and baking i do with them. Sometimes we don't always have a lot of money to spend on the girls, but I feel that spending time with them is worth more than any toy or material item we could give them.


All this talk of forts and fun has gotten me in the mood to whip up another for my two little sweeties...oh what fun!!!

Everyone cheer for forts!!!!
xoxo

little a.korn house tour

So I've been wanting to do this for awhile, and this week I finally decided I'd do it! A little house tour of our sweet little house.


The first thing you see upon entering our house...Keys,robots, shoes,and skateboards oh my!

This robot poster is from the children's company "The Land of Nod" I really like to incorporate children's design into our living space (since we have two rockin' little ladies in the house)


This is what you would see looking right in the door.We used to have a fish tank on top of the little black tanle but slowly our poor fishies passed away.So now I just use the table to hold my bubble gum machines,books,n such.


The pictures above the table are: robots,babushkas,Kevins Teenage Mutatnt Ninja Turtles comic from his childhood,and the stencils JBurd (my boss and tattoo artist) used to do my feet tattoos :)

Here's the main "chillin" space teehee

Shelf above the couch.Again I try to incorporate the childlike atmosphere in our home, with a bit of a pop art,nostalgic feel as well.

Side table with my vintage underwood standard portable type writer a top.

Super neat pillows.

Pictures i took a few years ago of Zoe and Amelie and had blown up.I actually want to replace Amelie's picture soon (since she is only two days old in that pic)


I recovered an ugly mint green rocker and foot stole my mom gave me as well. It used to have chocolate brown fabric with brightly colored circles all over it, but I recently changed it to the striped fabric.

Coffee table book my BFF gave me for my birthday a few months ago.


Vintage Bruce Lee Poster I got for Kevin for our anniversary last year. Its in the dining/kitchen area.


My little bakers rack in all its cluttered glory. (i love it lol) (all the littl;e paintings down the left side are family paintings we each did one) I LOVE to use kids art work in decorating too.

Cute decor in the kitchen

Pics on the side of the fridge i LOE these so fun :)
(the rest of the kitchen needs to be re-done so NO pics lol)




Potty room (as we like to call it) :) I love all the pics in the bathroom!
Zoe and Amelies little dwelling ( some of these pics are from the ohdeedoh.com room tour they had a few years ago.The girls room is the only room (besides the laundry room) that is actually another color except white.


Handmade and a few store bought birthday tutus.

Chalk board door,Zoe and Amelie's first dresses,hopscotch rug....


And lastly our bedroom.

This is actually an older picture.We now have my wedding corset and kevins wedding corsage framed above the bed, and some pillows I made etc.
That's all folks! I hope you enjoyed!
xoxo

Honey it's hot out!

Today a thunderstorm has FINALLY come about (Thank God!!) It's been 100 + degrees here ALL week!! Yesterday I'd had enough! I had to go to target to get Amelie some diapers and I really had no clue what to wear, so this is what I can up with to beat the heat...



Super simple kept me cool in the insanely hot humid weather.


hair wrap-made by me
necklace-hot topic
tunic-macy's
leggings-target
sandals-hot tomato

Thats all the clothes I have to update for now. Short n sweet.
xoxo

our yesterday...(a picture narrative)

Yesterday was a very neat day indeed. The Mr. and I had to trek down the highway to go to my school (*squeel!!!!*) We were scheduled for a private tour and we had to tie up some lose ends with the financial department.

But before we could hit the road we had to stock up on proper snack of course!

An hour later after many laughs courtesy of XM satellite comedy stations, we arrived in Memphis.

However, once in the proximity of where we needed to be, I decided I should use the iphone map app (improperly) on my phone.Needless to say we made a place we knew the location of ,all confusing and got "lost" , we were'nt 100% lost, we simply turned around (put away all electronic devices and a few minutes later we were back on track)
Yay!

From then we just followed all the cute signs until we arrived at our final destination.


After talking over some financial things,signing papers,and getting my super awesome school shirt, we got to ride in an awesome van to go tour the school.

Ha ha neat huh?
Memphis College of Art in all its artistic glory! Yay!!

Once inside the school I was overwhelmed (in a good way) at all the amazing programs offered and all the SPACE students get to work in. I was also very excited to learn that students can take one elective per semester which can be anything from,jewelry making, to welding!! EEEP be STILL my heart!
And of course I was inspired by all the neat art that was left around (most things were moved out since it's summer break)


After we were done with the tour and the lovely lady who gave us the tour and myself had fully discussed her super cute urban outfitters sandals,it was time to eat.We went to one of my favorite places in Memphis,The Memphis Pizza Cafe.

It's a very small cute little place i was introduced to years ago by a friend. The atmosphere is very fun and homey and they have super amazing pizza!

After devouring our ENTRE pizza!!!! We were two happy campers and we headed out to hit the road back home.

However, we decided to make a quick stop at the mall and I ended up getting a cute dress from Charlotte Russe. All in all it was a very good day, it was nice to get to spend time with Kevin without the tiny tots around.I can NOT wait to start school in a few weeks.I know the drive will be tedious but the end reward is totally worth it!
Three cheers for more artful adventures of love and creativity!!!
xoxo