Día de Muertos

Here is my Cheyenne, sporting her Día de Muertos look.

She used varius eye shadows and eyeliners to complete this look. Doesn't she look so cute???!!!

You can find her facebook page HERE. Maybe we can get her to do a tutorial on how she did this look.

Till Next Time -
Happy Creating ~ Tara Nickole

Vanilla Maple Bacon Cupcakes

Today my daughter, Cheyenne and I, baked some cupcakes for a Halloween party she was attending later that night. We made vanilla cupcakes and topped them with Betty Crocker's Maple Bacon Frosting. Well some got the bacon topping and some got topped with candy corn.

Happy Halloween

Just wanted to wish everyone a very Happy Halloween!!
So what are you being tonight? Is it beauty fabulous or are you being ghoulish?
Well what ever you go as, please be careful & stay safe tonight.

Happy Hauntings,
Till Next Time ~ Tara Nickole

Pumpkin Carving

My eldest daughter, Thea and I carved some pumpkins tonight.
No one else wanted to join us(boo...hiss..boo..no holiday spirit, I swear!!!), so we each got to do three pumpkins each.

(puppy pads, not only good for puppy training, but are excellent for pumpkin craving(makes clean up super easy), and other crafty things.)

Mani-Thursday

Happy Almost Halloween!!!
I'm in the mood for some Halloween nails.

Another Day Older

Ahh..Today, I'm another day older and another year wiser.
It's funny, how much we can learn in a year, about ourselves, relationship, people, things around us, and life in general. Some of it can be really good, and some of it can be really sad and depressing.

Friday Night Finds

This week's Friday Night Finds are " Black Cat Art"
A beautiful collection of black cat art, to honor our black kitty Spyder.

See you next week with another great treasury.

BlahBlahBloggerhood - Challenge Mandala

Here is my BlahBlahBloggerhood - Challenge Mandala
It has been over 20 years since I have tried drawing on, and it really shows. Don't know how many I threw out because I was not liking it (my girls loved seeing me messing up that much, lol) I really don't like this on either..Guess I will have to try and draw them a lot more and see if I can get better.

Till next time ~

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BlahBlahBloggerhood - Places I've Been

This week's Blah Blah Bloggerhood is "Places I've Been or Would Like to Go"
Places I've been is pretty boring. I do not get out much now. In the past, I've been to Myrtle Beach, SC to visit my mom, and see my middle sister get married. I really liked it there, but boy was it hot. I've been to North Carolina to the Outer Banks, really loved it there, just beautiful, also been to the mountains in North Carolina, loved that too. Been to Virginia to visit family. When I was younger(I've been up there a few years ago too), we use to go to the Pocono Mountains, I really love it up there. It has to be one of my favorite places to go. So calm and peaceful.

Places I would love to travel to Coastal Maine, London, France, Ukraine, Germany.
Till Next Time ~
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What's New 5/26/2014

I know it's not a Friday update, but I had fun with hubby today, and tried my had at some spray paint art. I have been watching a lot of youtube videos on it, and it's so cool how pretty and quick the art comes about. It can take anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour per piece. I need a lot of practice as you can see below. They make adding mountains and rocks look so easy, but dang if I could get it to come out right, lol

Well below you can see the two pieces I completed.
The first one was done on a 8x10 canvas, and was my second try at it. I like it, but not happy how the land and trees come out.
The next one was done on foam board, and I love how smooth and easy it was to work on(but hate how easy it is to ding up). I really love this piece. That was my 3rd try at it.

Thanks for stopping by
Till next time ~

BlahBlahBloggerhood - A Few of My Favorite Things

My Favorite Things
I have a few favorite things. I'm not very materialistic, I could care less about the newest fades and this and that, & I always put my kids needs first, but there are a few things I hold near and dear to my heart and are must haves.

Books/Kindle
Books bring peace to my life. I love to grab a new book and crack it open and head on into whatever place I'm reading. I read every night before I go to bed.

Nail Polish/Perfume
I have a major nail polish fetish, and most times when I go shopping I pick up one or two new nail polish colors. Most times I only wear the color once, because I always have a new color to try out, expect for my favorite color one, which are browns, bronzes, oranges and grey/silvers.
Pink sugar perfume is my all time favorite perfume. It is my must have perfume because it smells so good on me(well hubby says it does, lol). I switch between Pink Sugar, Gold Sugar and Pink Sugar Sensual depending on the season.

Candles
I love love love candles, and buy some whenever I find a scent or candle I like. There is nothing like when the kids head of to school, lighting a candle, putting on some music and just relaxing while working on the web or painting.

Violin
I love classical music and the sound of the violin. I had always wanted to learn to play the violin when I was in school, but ended up playing the clarinet and singing in chorus instead. When my girls were old enough and wanted to play an instrument they both wanted to play the violin too. One ended up playing violin and the other ended up doing viola and cello. So one day, I finally decided I was going to get myself a violin too when we were shopping for instruments and got myself a nice electric violin. I'm still slowly learning to play it, but love it!!!

Art Supplies
Hubby and I have a really bad problem collecting art supplies of all kinds. We have totes upon totes filled with nothing but supplies. This year we just starting going through them and getting rid of stuff we are never going to use and only keeping what we need. My favorite art supplies are my colored pencils, oil pastels, pastels, watercolor and acrylics, plus my beads and felting supplies.

These are a few of my favorite things........
See you next week ~

Green-Haired Treasury

My green haired unicorn was featured in a lovely treasury of green hair.


Thanks so much for including my art this lovely treasury!!!

Two Lovely Treasuries

My art was featured in two lovely etsy treasuries.
The first is, ACEO Happiness. Full of colorful and bright aceos.

And the second is, Snow & Fire. A wonderful collection of Fire and snow creations.

Thanks so much for including my art into these two lovely treasuries!!!

Happy New Year 2014

Happy New Year, Everyone!!!
I'm starting 2014 off with a nasty cold. In fact, my while family has it, so everyone is just laying around taking it easy. Did start on my first creation of 2014. I still have some work to do, like add feathers and a few things, but I am loving it!!!

I also got a bunch more wrapped so I can make up more once I am feeling better.(well also get better pictures once, I'm feeling better too)

Lifebook 2013 wk 45

Today, I worked on Lifebook 2013's new lesson. I loved the idea with working on in graphite and maybe some color for the background.

The lesson as working on a feather. I decided to do a dream catcher with feathers.

I used two different graphite pencils, a prismacolor and a mechanical graphite pencil. Blended them with a stump and for those really white highlight areas, I used my Derwent battery eraser. Then splashed some blue watercolor for the background, and went over my main lines to darken them up.

Hope you enjoyed this piece as much as I have.
Till next time ~

What's New 10/4/2013

Happy October!!! October is my favorite month of the year, not because my birthday is at the end of the month, but because of the beautiful colors, the temps being cooler, and of course Halloween!!!! I love the sound of leaves crunching under foot, along with the smells of apples and pumpkins being baked in yummy pies and breads. There is nothing like the sights, sounds and scents of autumn.

This week, not much is on my desk, I have been making stretchy bracelets for the past 2 weeks. Last week, was making them for my kids to sell in there high school for school spirit. This week, I have been making them to put into my etsy account on Friday, and I even made a video on youtube with how I make my beaded fishtail. Below you can see some of the bracelets that I have made. I will have some think pink and go gold bracelets.

I plan on holding a give-away in the next few weeks, so keep checking back.

Till next time ~

What's New 9/20/2013

So here is what is sitting on my art desk this week.
It's not much, because I have been doing computer work, most of the week, but I did manage to get two pieces of art done.

The first is called, "The Change"
A girl got infected by bats and now is starting to turn into one.
8 x 10 Watercolor crayon, ink, pencil

Then we have, "Button Eye Sue"

Poor Sue, lost an eye, and in place of it, she sewed a button.

ACEO(2.5 x 3.5) Watercolor crayon, ink, acrylic, and pencil. 

Thanks for stopping by.

Meet Hope

Meet Hope
Thank you so much for stopping by, this doll was created for a challenge(hosted by Diana, from Down Hidden Farm Lane on Blogspot. You can find other listings there too) and a part of her sale will go to the Susan G Komen for the Cure. You can bid on her Here.

Hope, is created from lightly stained coffee muslin. She is hand-sewn, has a painted face with some colored pencil touches, a wooden heart with a painted pink ribbon on it, and pink yarn hair. Her dress is pink, with an apron that is pink with pink ribbons on it. Her legs are painted pink and sanded, along with her feet which also has a dark pink thread for laces. She is approx. 18 inches tall & has a ribbon attached to hang her. Hope is meant to be displayed only, she is not a toy and should not be played with. She comes signed & dated.

Cherry Swap

I finally have time to sit and update my blog, and the first post is about the Cherry Swap, that Diana had held. My parnter was Tammy, and she made the cutest cherry doll, thank you so much, I love her ( the kids loved the jello & we all enjoyed the lifesavers)

Moonlit Blessings ~

Reading

Reading List
Moon Sworn by Keri Arthur - Loved, Loved!!
Undead and Unfinished by MaryJanice Davidson - Enjoyed
The Vampire and the Virgin by Kerrelyn Sparks - Loved
The Demon in Me by Michelle Rowen - Really Enjoyed