Geeky Art and School Supplies

I know, I am a super geek. I just cant help it. I am a nerd for school supplies. It is a secret of mine. Well, not so secret anymore. I loved going to college or any school just so I had an excuse to buy new clothes and new school supplies. haha I stopped into Office Depot yesterday to buy some postal supplies to ship off a tattoo drawing, and I was pleasantly surprised that the school supplies were already out! Which got me thinking about all the cool and funky school and office supplies that are out there in the vast world.

Check these out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then, I got to thinking. My most favorite time I went to a college, was when I attended the Art Institute in Colorado. I was so geeked out on all the art supplies I had received. The same goes for Westwood College and TCC. I had changed my major a few times and each major required different supplies. I have switched around from fashion design, merchandising, interior design back to fashion then graphic design. All the awesome colored pencils, markers, drafting supplies, cameras and editing programs.

Most of these supplies I have piles of, that I need to really organize. If I took a photo of my art space, you would do a hard eye rolling and get an instant migraine. Hubby is planning on putting some shelves up and I couldn’t be anymore excited.

Here are some other cluttered, messy art spaces that make me feel less guilty about mine:

So here is to the geeky, artsy-fartsy, nerdy creative people I call friends! Until we meet again, stay creative and crazy!

Goodnight! xoxox, Cecilia

Sugar Skull Studio

I wanted to do a post on something I stumbled across on Instagram. I don’t remember how I found them, but you know how it is.

Let me introduce Sugar Skull Studio, a Vancouver based hair salon and Massage studio that is a mix of old school and eclectic style and I am totally inspired by! I love the mix of a studio/hair salon. This place also has a tattoo shop feel with bold artwork on the walls and an urban atmosphere. Make sure you follow them on Instagram under Sugar_Skull_Studio

I hope to open my own studio where I can offer many services with hair, makeup, nails but so much more, I want to create a fun, cool atmosphere. I also want to tattoo there once I become licensed. I could go on and on about my plans for my studio, but I wanted to share some inspiration with you guys on some cool places. Check them out!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I hope this inspired you as much as it has for me. Right now, I am juggling a bunch of things right now, from cleaning the house, laundry, blogging and designing a few logos/flyers for the salon and I finally have the energy to do all this because I made a much needed stop at Starbucks for my fav, Cinnamon Dulce frap with an extra shot of expresso to get me going this morning.

I hope yall have an awesome day! See ya in the next post!

Face Paint Friday

If you tuned in earlier this week, my blog was down for a few days due to some auto renewal issue with google, but I finally got it all figured out and the blog is back up. I am planning on switching from blogger to Wordpress in the near future or may just keep my blog here and create a new one there. I am still deciding.

So how was everyone’s week? I stayed pretty busy along with hubby and our holiday week we spent working. I had a facepaint gig with Tattoo Skills on 4th of July and got to enjoy the fireworks.

I had painted my face and my arm in the beginning and by the time the night was over, I had rubbed it off or I sweated it off. But I had a good time. I got to use my new Essential Colors Wolfe Palette that I ordered from Sillyfarm.com

For this weeks video, I posted a video on what I keep in my face paint kit. If you are not subscribed, go ahead and click below and subscribe! You will totally make my day!

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Aside from facepainting, I have been in and out of the salon while the owners are getting it ready for our grand opening on July 20th. I have been offering my clients a discount and letting them see where I will be. I love all my clients, they are so sweet and they are the reason I love being a hair stylist.

Check out these lovely before and after photos: (I kept forgetting to take a before photo so that’s why the hair is wet haha)

It is friday, and have tons of drawings to do and cleaning, so I hope you all enjoy your day and weekend! Thanks for stopping by!

xoxox, Cecilia Marie

My Hubby is a Clown

It is July already! My, My where has half the year gone? The humidity and rain has been plaguing the Hampton Roads area for the past few weeks, which has kept me inside drawing, geeking out on research, youtube, blogs and art supplies.

The hubby and I got to go out to dinner for a rare chance and we went to our favorite place, Rick’s Café. Jermie ordered a HUGE Burger and I got some breakfast, because I LOVE having breakfast for dinner!

After dinner, it was time to take hubby to work, he is stilt walking all week at the oceanfront and he loves for me to paint his face! He loves clowns, so that’s what I painted per request!

I have so much fun when I paint his face. The tourists definitely love it too!

4th of July is coming up and I am planning on doing a few different looks inspired by the following designs!

Stay tuned for more! Thanks for stopping by and see you again soon!

Xoxox Cecilia

Face and Body Art Convention

Here is a recent custom tattoo drawing I designed for a friend of mine and her husband. This is a tribute tattoo to a dear friend of theirs and they wanted something that would remind them of him, for he was a simple man that loved to hunt and fish and it was an honor to design this for them.

Here is a progress collage.

I am trying to get all caught up on other commissioned projects before I start working in a salon.

I had to order some new facepaint supplies because I finally used up my old Ben Nye Paint, and could justify getting some new paint! I got an essential palette just to get me through until I can buy the colors individually.

I ordered from Silly Farm, which is one of the top sites to order from and their prices are pretty decent. They have tons of stuff, so if you’re a facepainter, I would definitely recommend checking out this site.

This palette is $30 and standard shipping was only $7. It is not as big as the individual containers, but it states online that you can get at least 100 applications out of them. So, I will give it a try when I get it and do a review if you guys would like. I’m planning on painting some models for the opening of the salon next month and I am excited to show yall. I need to build my kit up again. I have checked out some other face painter kits and they are impressive!

I was checking out Silly Farm, and on the side bar, there was an ad for the Face and Body Art International Convention next year! I seriously want to save up to go to this bad boy! Who wants to take a road trip?

It is not until next year, so I better start saving! hahaha Well, I am off to go work on more projects! See you again soon!

xoxox, Cecilia Marie