art equals happy.

hello and thank you!!

well, my first batch of those kits SOLD OUT FAST! (I'm packing tonight, and shipping tomorrow!)

but i've listed some more. I just wanted to say THANK YOU so much for the support!

so if you didn't get a chance to snag one- get clickin'!

(also, any POW! projects, upload them to the flickr group.)

love you, kimxo

Etsy Update!!

So... i promised myself that i would only be allowed to post this update if i survived the weekend AND finished the animation that was due in today.

well, i did it- i'm sorry that it's a day late, but i hope you'll like it. [:

I've kept it kind of small and very affordable, go and get yours (and see more) here!

(limited supply!)

There will be more updates in April (a whole new paperline!) and some original art in the summer!

and- the artday went really really well. some photos;

monster food thanks to vicky and lucy!

i'm so lucky to have talented friends. so so lucky. [:

i loved seeing what came out of my studio. [: 

haha! there are more from the day here. 

i made some stuff for WYS. Henry Darger is so interesting, kara is brilliance.

also one of my most inspiring friends got a blog today! but i'll wait till he loads it up with eyecandy before i link you. just really excited! [:

love from kimxo

the start...

... of my wall displays. (taken with iphone)

And because Jon has mentioned how I haven't mentioned him on here in a while [: i thought i'd add, that the illustration there is of him and i'm pretty nervous about showing it, because i don't think i can draw at all. anyway i love it cause it's his face and i did it when we first started dating (y'know when you can't stop thinking about them- this is what i do) plus it matches my room so well. haha.

little POW! update on this Sunday! (29th March 09)

there are only going to be a small amount of things going up- so keep your eyes peeled and your fingers ready! [:

my thursday has been great- i got Final Cut on my home computer and I'm busy making a music video for my band! friday is a school trip to london galleries, saturday is my artday party, and in the evening cocktails and fun at my house, and sunday is the update! so happy.

what're you up to?

kxo

p.s. have you seen this? dialogue. you're not alone! [:

some updates...

hello blogging world!

can i just say that i love youuuuuuu!!!!

i really need to take some proper photos of recent things i've been making...

i'm currently putting together a little wall display with pictures and paintings and wooden frames with embroidery in them! 

inspirations;

making chicken salad.

vol25 (new found love!)

abbytrysagain.

something's hiding in here!

(you have to check out their house tour video- here!)

Rachel!!

elsie (of corse!)

emilyO

snailandthecyclops

mister ryan!

Robert Ryan has a shop in London now. this is very good news for me, because I'm moving to Camberwell in september this year!!! 

i CAN NOT stop thinking about decorating and being on my own and so i'm trying to think of sneaky ways i can paint furniture in my dorm room without anyone noticing...

i'm determined to make it mine and cute and full of love.

i got some people asking me what my portfolio looked like, well here are a few pictures (i feel like i've already posted these, but apparently not. am i going mad?);

(yeah, ribbons!)

(a 'timeline' of the last 4 years. projects inside of school-the boxes, and my side-projects.)

in my life at the moment, it's pretty full of animation panic and university thoughts and POW!

Crafty Templates have a few of my Vespa-pa-pa-pa! papers in their 'Note To Self' kit. [: 

I am planning on having a little etsy update next weekend, on the sunday! 

and another BIGGER update later this month, early april! New papers and some little handmade kits and some wall art! 

i think i'll make a bigger more eye-candy-full announcement of this later this week as things start getting wrapped up.

okay, love youuuuuuu

kimxo

some love on a wednesday.

keep throwing me those blog URL's! comments or e-mails. my list is looking good!

I'm getting really excited because I'm working on some things for POW! Spring is really starting here and that means I am due for an update!

(these are pictures of my papers in-store at My Daughter's Wish last July... i miss craft stores, and all this RVA madness is making me so crazy with lust for retail!)

I'm not going to give away too much, but can you say... fabric patches?!!!

i've been so bad at editing photos from my summer, i'm determined to have them done by june this year! haha.

so i was going through Madrid photos and got all inspired!

the painters on the street were so amazing. so bright and beautiful!

speaking of painting... i've been doing some...

this corner is my favourite at the moment. i've surrounded my desk with pieces of art that people have made me (that canvas in the back, Heather painted for my birthday.)- and i'm currently working on getting things to hang up, upstairs. i can't wait to share!!

and my new graphics project is illustrating a children's book! 

sneak peek;

what do you think?

also planning an artday next weekend!

so excited, i wish you could come! i am going to serve coke floats and make the house all springlike.

aren't these sooo cute!

gave in and bought a remote recently. haha. so much fun!

(spring means; bows bows bows!!!)

so this little guy is making my life a lot easier. 

if you haven't heard of my new photography project, i've got a flickr set going, so many ideas...

anyway, just enjoying the sunshine that we are having massively!!

this is a massive post. [: i might be ice skating today!

life is sooooo happy right now.

kxo

my bloglines...

don't seem to be working!!!so i'm putting together a new list. if you follow my blog, please leave a comment and i'll add you to it! 

I've been SO BAD with commenting and networking lately. i want to get back into it. i miss people!

i want an online routine again. maybe i can put aside some time to do some challenges and dares and maybe even submit to a few design teams. what are your favourites? also- any kit clubs you adore? please let me know! (RVKC was the only kit i subscribed to, and i've just let it slide since they've stopped)

in my life;

i am soooooo innn looooveeeee with black and white at the moment.

it is my go-to option for editing. my 'default' and i've spent some time in the darkroom recently and i've been shooting black and white and favouriteing (a word?) loads on flickr.

it makes my heart melt....

i often get quite introspective. and i often think of the world as big and if all of this space is just space, why do feel obliged to fill it? and if we have to fill it, why can't we fill it with beautiful things?

This girl: Tanya Davis is newly found for me. i love the way she puts words together- seems to fit perfectly with my thoughts sometimes.

"can i make this a sweet sadness?... can i make this sadness productive? so that i am glad of some of it- that some good could come of it."

Threadless Mondays are a nice inspiration!

it fuels my geekyside. 

i want The Big Bang Theory to be on t.v. again. sigh...

enough for today. i have some things to share with you.

RVA projects.

Kara's Life Story book.

paintings?!!!!

i hope the sun is treating you well.

kxo

i've just had the happiest day ever.

everything i love all crammed into a perfect day of pure happiness.

i feel so carefree and alive and full of inspiration.

i gave gifts. i made things. i had time with mum. i smiled. i took a bus. i took a walk. i visited friends in the evening for a fantastic 2nd pancake day. 

(laurie has the best house!)

i passed the camera around. i've had the paint out. i've eaten amazing food.

i've felt so so so good. this point in my life is just nice.

i feel like i can do anything- concur everything- i feel like the old kim, but a new kim, a better kim.

i've also been listening to an old crush of mine...

mmmmm. pete townshend. 

feeling like i've rediscovered something so special, so precious and so wonderful!

i'm going to go journal and make an animation i think!

SO MUCH LOVE!

(p.s. i did some editing of pictures from my summer holiday... here are a few happy ones. more on blog.)

start to get happy!

put this tune on;

 

check out this flickrstream (loveeee jekinthebox)

get woken up by warm spring sunlight!

(click for my flickr favourites. love sheets and light and skin right now!)

look up into the skies.

paint.

kiss.

get into kingston!!!

dance in vintage dresses.

take a walk.

send a cute text.

pass the camera.

be messy.

make felt friends.

embrace the weather.

look at cute london fashions on facehunter.

(mm! pointy shoes&silly trouser lengths!)

 

(seriously i just love Yvan's eyecandy!)

dream of flying and time travel!

love from the happykim!

xo

intimidation.

motivation. determination.

confidence. reliance. perseverance.

elation. exhaustion. inspiration.

things that have happened in the past week include;

finishing a photography project+realizing that i can still do what i love.

seeing others catch my workbug.

finding time very precious.

having to plan, and having to re-arrange plans.

giving in.

restlessness.

having conversations with my dad.

going to london. feeling good.

feeling okay.

feeling rubbish.

feeling alright.

feeling comfortable.

feeling inspired.

feeling nervous.

feeling excited.

feeling ready.

feeling really unready.

feeling tired.

starting a new photography project.

needing to finish other projects.

fighting urges.

more exciting things to come- just wanted to 'touch base'.

xo