Daily Sketchies!

Yep! That's right. I'm going to take the daily sketch challenge. I'll sketch myself in caricature style (or various styles) everyday to see if I improve over time. They only take about 5 mins each anyway. I might not upload them everyday though. I'll probably just upload them in mass like at the end of the week or so.

Here's my very first one to start with:

Now I know what you're thinking. Doesn't look like me right? Yeah but that's why I'm taking up this challenge! Hopefully my sketches will look more like me as I go along... I think in this sketch my eyes are too far up my face, but that's a pretty accurate portrayal of what my hair looked like today: wild and untamed! haha

Free Scrapbooking Software

Clarktrekkie is hosting a giveaway for scrapbooking software! You can read all about it here:
http://bomabutt.blogspot.com/2011/10/my-memories-digital-scrapbooking.html

Comment on her post and follow her blog for a chance to win this software! You have to do this by November 12th 11:59 p.m.

If I have a chance to win a giveaway, I figure why not? I'm participating!

The software company is called My Memories

You can follow My Memories at these sites
Blog- http://blog.mymemories.com/
Facebook-http://www.facebook.com/pages/MyMemories/140359372717593
Twitter- http://twitter.com/#!/mymemoriessuite 

Amazing Pumpkin Carvings

I mean look at these things! I am quite impressed. I really want to hire this guy :)
If I were him I'd be scared to put them on my porch though, because you know some stupid kid would come along and smash them...

This last one is my favorite. The zipper is just amazing!

Click here to see the rest of these amazing pumpkins!


Here's some more simplistic ones that you might recognize ;)

(I thought you might like the shark one clarktrekkie :)

You can see the rest of these pumpkins here

Are you going to do any pumpkin carving this year? I feel inspired to now after seeing these pics. :) Happy Halloween!

Orchestra Sonnet

Orchestral Greatness

By Erika Walters- May 12^th, 2006

Dedicated to Mrs. Dempsey and my past Orchestra friends

As we start to get ready to perform,

I feel tingling sensations down my spine.

Black and white concert dress: my uniform.

If Orchestra pulls this off we’ll be fine.

It seems the spotlight is only on me,

And when we play I am much too worried.

Always too hard on myself; I will see,

Together we’re calm, not rushed, not hurried.

But we are nervous awaiting our score.

We scream for joy at news of a one plus!

Glee of victory will last evermore,

And no sorrows of the day can move us.

          Oh, see what great joys achieved goals can bring.

          Music is a very powerful thing.                           

Birthday card for Harrison

Since my lil' bro Harrison gave me such an awesome card for my 18th birthday (see it here), I wanted to give him a cool card for his 16th! He's getting so old and so am I.... ^_^'

He's really into Star Wars and clone troopers, so here's what I edited in Photoshop:

Front:

Inside:

Back:

Kid History

Kids tell the story - the adults act it out - hilarity ensues
It's only funny if you watch it with other people though....




Here are links to Kid History episodes 2 & 3 if you are interested:

Kid History 2

Kid History 3