 day March 11th. If you're watching this, you've already seen the footage of that. I spent the morning starting a second Buddha painting. I don't know what possessed me, but I have two canvases the same size. As you saw in the clips, I started painting this one. The idea was that this one, the original, whoops, where are we? This one, she's more of a feminine she, which I like. This one, I purposefully tried to do more of a masculine he. Yeah, like kind of yin and yang, right? The person who asked me to do a Buddha for them only wants one, but I'm painting two. I'm gonna let them pick the one they want and I may keep the other one. I may sell it. I'm not sure. I don't know, but this is layer one on both paintings. Well, technically two because layer one was all gold and you didn't see that when I did this one, but you did see that in the clip. You just saw this one. I covered the entire canvas with some gold paint, scratched in a face, with a corner of a gift card thing that I have, and then I started painting. I'm using the same color palette for both. They're coming out a little different, of course, there, but it is the same color palette. I like them both equally. Yeah, I don't know, but yeah. So we're gonna keep going and adding layers and colors and marks until I get something I really like and I don't know how long that'll take. Every painting's a little different, so we'll see. What else did I, I don't think I got much else done today. The husband's been doing chores. He's did a bunch of yard work. He started the laundry for me. I think he got, like, most of it done. He's cooking dinner. I've done jack squat except get on the treadmill and paint all day. So, you know, I did chant with my friend Cindy Utter, Vicki Brown, and Leslie McGrath today. That was fun. And I have some sketching and doodling to do that I'm gonna catch up on. And we're doing this thing where we answer, sorry, my paints on the floor. We're doing this thing where Cindy and I and a couple other people where we answer questions all year long, a list of questions we found on the internet about your life. And anyway, every day is a little different. So, I am a few days behind on my questions, so I've got to catch up on that today too. And then tomorrow I need to go run a couple of crafty errands. I'm looking for some pieces and parts. I know, right? But I've been watching way too many sewers here on YouTube and y'all are bad influence. And now I want to make a couple of different things. And so I'm going to go run some errands and buy some, I need to get some parts. I'm going to include a couple of my favorite video links that I've been obsessed with their channel or their video lately in the description below. So, check it out. And the two projects I'm going to be working on are both pencil bags and I will share what I can during the process. And I am looking forward to someday having a little bit bigger craft room because I really would like to have things out that are difficult to get out of the closet when I want to play with them like my sewing machines. And I know it's not all the time, but when it happens it sure would be nice to not have to dig them out of the closet. It's a pain in the neck or back or something. That's it for right now. I'm trying to remember. I was shopping around on the Wish app and I'm trying to remember right now what it was I went in there and I wanted to search for as soon as I got the app open and I started looking around I probably forgot what it was. If you all remember what it was can you clue me in because I don't remember. I have no idea it's gone. All right that's it for today. I'll be back. Hey guys good morning. It is Monday morning March 12th and my car clock says 8.40 but we had daylight savings time all over the weekend so it's actually 9.40 and I'm one of those people that doesn't know how to change the time on their car without looking at the owner's manual and then it takes me 30 minutes and I just can't be bothered this morning. It's just not that important to me I guess. So anyway we're headed out obviously we're in the car again. I have a couple errands I want to run not need to run. I have a couple actual sewing projects I want to work on coming up soon and I'm gonna go over to the fabric store and get some parts that I know I don't have. So we're gonna go do that this morning and I'm gonna take you with me. I found these two really cute pencil bag patterns they're free. The patterns are free one of them you need a piece for that's actually I found hard to find. I discovered it's hard to find you can get it in a few places from the people who draft the pattern and then they or somebody connected to them has an Etsy shop so you can get it there too. I'll link the patterns in the description below that I'm going to be working on. I have some fabric in my stash that's been printed with my own artwork and so I am kind of anxious to experiment with these patterns and if it turns out to make some bags out of my own fabric that would be really interesting and I just ordered one of each of the frames. It's a handbag frame anyway I ordered it's a particular kind so I ordered one of each and if it works out then I'll be ordering a couple more of each and the other one's a cute little handmade version of a Japanese pencil bag which is really cute so I'm gonna try that one too. I know you're all thinking what sewing yeah I know I don't do it too much anymore but when I get to be in my bonnet about it you know usually not dressmaking because that's just really not my thing I learned that the hard way. That being said I wish I had somebody who liked dressmaking and I could have designed some clothing for them to make for me that was cute and comfortable and flattering and you know fit well for those of us who have bodies that aren't 20. I have an idea for that in my head so if y'all you know know somebody we should put that shit down on paper that might be a future project at least put it on paper. Okay so they had everything except the most important part of the project the zippers so that we do have like one other fabric chain around in San Jose besides the little what is it called fabric warehouse fabric land it's like a clearance fabric store it's out on the east side I don't go to that one by myself because it's not in a great neighborhood but we do have one other one we have a Beverly fabrics here in San Jose it's a little bit away and of course like chipped a fingernail was in the store I'm not even sure how I managed that but I'm just sitting here in the parking lot debating if I'm gonna go over to Beverly's and take a chance that they have the zipper or just order it I think I'm gonna call them and ask see if I can get somebody on the phone and ask I needed double-ended 16 inch and a 22 inch zipper. Joanne had them but they only had 72 inch and I am not in the mood to cut the zipper down yes I could do that but that's a lot of extra zipper and they only had like tan and black I kind of wanted white so there's that let me make some phone calls I'll be back that answered that question I don't think anybody in San Jose has the double one with the zippers of the two pulls in stock so I'm gonna just have to order them which is not something I foresaw or I would it would have ordered them from the company I got the pattern from and I ordered the frames from I would have just ordered everything at the same time but I didn't so I think I'm gonna go home or when I go home I think I'm going to order some more frames and some zippers from the company I could get them the zippers from Amazon but the frames you really can't get anywhere else so I think I'm gonna just do that it's easier I am they do come from Canada but the price isn't bad and the shipping is not you know horrible so it's actually not bad so I'm gonna just do that I just have one question why do all Walmart store parking lots in San Jose smell like pee no don't answer that I don't think I want to know this is why I don't come to Walmart there's nothing in there I need to have it's just not I lose my car in the parking lot you know this person next to me is like one foot away from my car so getting into my car was fun not mr. Krabby and I he needs another flu shot so we're gonna go do that and get him some more of his arthritis medicine and then I've got a customer coming over the one I painted the Buddhist for they're supposed to pick one hopefully they like it and that's why they're coming over and that they're not coming over to tell me they hate both of them this is the part of making art that I don't care for to be honest with you and why I wanted the reasons I don't do lots of canvas so anyway my hair is like yeah anyway I do need to get on the treadmill at some point today so yeah not gonna bother doing anything with my hair or anything so anyway we're gonna go head over to the vet I think Krabby is just happy to be out of the rain and the wet and he prefers to ride in the backseat when mommy's driving because mommy's short and there's more backseat room for him you know all right so we're gonna go get our stuff done and we will be back morning everybody it is Wednesday March 14th pretty sure anyway it is about later in the morning that I anticipated it's about 20 after 10 I spent the morning taking care of business stuff doing my daily writing talking to the finance bank people again anyway I finally got it done I'm headed out to go run a couple errands I need to get my husband a new mat for underneath his chair in his office the old one is so old and worn that it's cracked and crunchy I'm pretty sure they're not supposed to be making crunchy noises so yeah we're gonna go take care that I'll be back hey guys so I didn't quite get the errands run all completed and finished before the heavens decided to open up and dump a whole crap load of water on the state of California at least the part of the state that I live in so anyway we need it but yeah holy cow I'm gonna get home now and try to get things out of the car without things getting too soggy and wet that's gonna be fun holy cow I was only in the store a couple minutes my poor dog's probably hiding from the rain anyway that's it for right now I'm gonna go home and make a cup of tea it's still Wednesday let's see my car clock says 12.59 that means it's 1.59 because I still haven't fixed the time on it yet was really hoping by this time this afternoon I'd be home and maybe making some art I don't know sketching or something no I'm still out running around I've been home and then out again and in the midst of all that the vet called and said oh by the way we didn't give you all of bandits prescription yesterday so can you come back and we'll give you the rest of it they didn't even tell me yeah it's it's one of those days it's Wednesday feels like Monday and Wednesday so anyway and it's probably the rainiest day of the week so far right now it's dry ish it's just a light drizzle so I've tried to get this all done before it just starts pouring again and I run over to the PO box and the way home and maybe I can go home and like sit with my cup of tea which is still haven't had yet that's it I'll be back hey guys it is Thursday March crap I knew this five minutes ago 15th I think I am still not showered still in my workout clothes don't have a bra on and yeah I'm leaving the house that way don't care I am headed to the bank we're still working on some financial things and yeah back to the safety deposit box for me twice in one month that can't be a good sign anyway so I'm gonna go take care of that and probably try to get the mail while I'm out so I don't have to go out again I was thinking today would be a relaxing day and it just has turned out to not be that way have you ever had a day that you thought was gonna go one day and maybe even started out that way started out quiet and relaxing and all it takes is one phone call and it's not something you know horrible or life-shattering it's just annoying and yeah there's nobody else to take care of it you and yeah that's my day today again alright so you know the husband's working late he doesn't want what we have in the freezer for dinner and it's been a yogurt pretzels or other equally bad for you junk food kind of day so I'm headed to the grocery store at 5 30 which is not something I normally do 5 30 in the evening so yeah there's that it's been one club one of those kind of days you all have them so I know you know what I mean sorry it's raining again windshield wiper loud noises so they only had one bag of the yogurt pretzels that I like they were out of stock otherwise I was glad they had one left and then they had one bag of fudge pretzels which I haven't actually tried that one yet and you know what it's been one of those kind of days so I bought both I just been yeah it's been a day not all bad just yeah stressful got a few things for dinner so I've got something for hubby and I just saw something wholly inappropriate which we aren't gonna mention here on the vlog I think I ramble and I'm crazy enough without me mentioning what I just saw anyway it's San Jose I live in the city see just about everything hey guys we are in my kitchen and I'm gonna make myself my salad I'm gonna make salad for myself for dinner I'm not gonna be totally bad to myself and gorge myself on crap cuz it's been a stressful day but I am gonna have my favorite yogurt covered pretzels for dessert I like this brand where we which is a gluten-free brand called Glutino I don't have gluten issues I just like the way they taste they're less I think sugary I I I think they taste less sugary to me and I like the way they taste better they also had the fudge covered ones so I got a bag of those and they make cookies and stuff too but I have to try them but I do like these the calorie counts not too bad it's not too bad I mean could be worse I think my protein bars are worse anyway so I'm gonna leave that one out because I'm gonna have that for dessert I'm gonna put this one up here I have some spinach and arugula some of that out on my cutting board I like spinach and I like a arugula I don't generally eat salad that just has like one or the other I like the mix of greens and the way they taste and of course the spinach has loads of vitamins in it so so I'm just crunching it up in a ball because I want to just although these are baby greens they're still kind of big so we're just kind of giving it a rough rough chop and I have a bowl it's just underneath the camera and then I have so few cherry tomatoes that I want to eat up so I'm gonna just cut them in half this is a Japanese chef's knife Japanese brand I don't remember what brand now right now probably says on here somewhere but you know it's been one of those kind of browns by days so anyway I don't know anyway it's really sharp so keep your fingers out of the way when you're using any knife keep your fingers out of the way take out precautions supervise young ones work on a cutting board all those things this is just easy this is I eat this for dinner a lot so so we're gonna put these in the bowl I'm gonna scrape with the back of your knife not the sharp end you'll dull your knife then I have these chicken meatballs that my husband refuses to eat because he says they look weird that they kind of look like testicles I don't I don't know he might be right about that but they smell amazing and I like to put either a Mediterranean chicken skewer or two or a couple of these chopped up into my salad so we're gonna pull out three and then again like with the tomatoes I'm just gonna give them a chop they smell amazing I wish I wish you could smell them you never put nice knives like this in your dishwasher it's bad for your knife always hand wash it just FYI candy down the bag so then I like lots of different kinds of dressings but I'm gonna just put ranch dressing on this good old Hidden Valley buttermilk ranch dressing I'm not one of these people that has to have my salad drowning in dressing that would be Mr. Aaron's and then these tongs my favorite pair of tongs I got these one year at Target around Thanksgiving I think because we were having people over and I had two pair I gave one to my daughter but I'll tell you what I use these so much that if I ever see them again I'll I'll get myself another pair and that's it that's my dinner quick and easy tainless good semi good for you I don't know the ranch dressings it's okay you need a few calories right so what are you having for dinner I'd like to know hey guys how are you we are in my art room as you can see my hair is wet as usual crap I knew what day it was a minute ago I know it's Friday March oh crap a lot we have to cheat March what day is it 16th tomorrow is St. Patrick's Day I don't know if we're doing corned beef and cabbage I don't think we are because we're going to a friend's I think we're doing pizza but anyway I'll probably pick up a corn beef and cook it at some point so this morning I have been doing chores I still have to go do the breakfast dishes and I'm gonna put on some tennis shoes because it's still raining outside and I'm gonna go run a couple of errands not really errands that's a lie I'm gonna go do some retail therapy a hobby lobby I've been chatting with a friend this morning who's having some issues and going through some difficulties and it's the same person who I was doing these for he may or may not still want one of them I did he only wanted one and I painted two I did this one and then this one and I will be letting you all know if he may not be getting either one of them like I said he's been going through some personal difficulties it's not because of the paintings or that he doesn't like them there's some personal issues so depending on what happens with that both of them may be up for sale but at the very least one of them will be and I will be letting you guys know as soon as I know when that happens there about 24 by 24 square I have a special project coming up for a company and I have to go get a big canvas because they want me to be yeah anyway I can't say too much about it that's all I can do so I got to go get another big canvas which I wish I had known before I painted both of these because I would have just done one but and I don't have any more blank canvas so anyway I need another one so I'm gonna go do that this morning and I might pick up a little fabric I want to do a flannel dust cover for my chic sparrow traveler's notebook cover which I love this is the front of it and it says move forward with intention they sent it in a plain beige colored flannel sack that I was thinking I could turn it into a proper like dust cover sleeve that closed something that I could put it in like when I'm traveling with it so it doesn't get dinged up too much because I just love it so much but the flannel is not quite big enough and they just basically it was a flannel bag I really wish it had least been a drawstring bag because that would have been cool but it wasn't so I think I'm gonna go get some flannel to do something with I did seam rip it last night mostly so I could get the label off so I'll probably be doing that for YouTube here and doing some kind of tutorial and tagging them hopefully it gives them some ideas of what they can do it would be a good new product line for them to have like some kind of sleeve or pocket you could store it in and travel with it in anyway laundry is working I can need to go do the breakfast dishes and then I need to head out so I'm gonna go do that and I'll be back I almost forgot to do the dishes but the dishwasher is running the laundry is working and I'm gonna try to do this one-handed but I went into Hobby Lobby I got a big 24 by 36 inch blank canvas for a project in which I can't really explain the project I can only be really super vague about it but I am involved in a project in which I need a half finished canvas which at some point after the project I will finish so I got another blank canvas because I didn't have a big one I only had little teeny tiny ones and that won't work my question to you all is we're gonna do a survey so in the comments below I'd like to have you comment with what sort of subject matter for a large painting would you like to see me do and or would you like to buy from me if I did do so in light of what's happened with the two purple Buddhas I want to explain we had a question recently in one of my Facebook groups that I teach in as to why people work in journals rather than on canvas the reason for that is and I'm gonna turn my car off so people don't think I'm leaving the reason for that is I am not one of these lucky artists that is really having great luck selling canvas so I started working in journals I have lots of finished can that hanging around that people seem to like they just don't want to buy I was in a gallery in which I created pieces for them and we went back and forth about what they really liked and I tweaked things and worked with them until I had pieces that they loved and they hung in the gallery the gallery went out of business I have people who I do pieces for like this one that's happened now and then something in life happens and they just can't although they love the painting they just can't justify it anymore so it's just canvas bad luck is that a thing I don't know so I think I give more away than I sell which is why I started doing the rubber stamp line in the stencil line so that I could try to make some money at my art which I love to support the art habit so there you have that that's an honest thing for me so I have all this canvas laying around to some of which is not well done and some of which is beautiful and it just isn't selling so I don't know I don't know what do you what is your all opinion leave something in the comments what would you like to see me do on this canvas yeah you know I'm thinking maybe a Pauline ab agnew abstract style landscape might be interesting I'll put her link to her website in the description below she's a really great artist and online teacher FYI and in-person teacher so there's that so I did get the canvas to hobby lobby I also got a few other things but the person the floor okay I got an unexciting little metal bucket for some crayons that are sitting by my desk got some so in velcro really pretty colors again not super exciting one tube of Dina Wakeley heavy-body media paint for $1.75 in evergreen they only had evergreen left I've kind of avoided coming during most of these paint clearances and stuff because I really have too much paint but I could use that evergreen I got a spool of thread I know not exciting I found this I didn't need it at all but I just had to have it because it has a great message right and I refuse to give up on the art thing although I have bad canvas luck so I have that so they just pulled in next to me so they're gonna think I'm a rabie lunatic so then I went to the fabric department because I needed fabric for a project and of course I came out with a few extra pieces of fabric that I don't really need so they had some really pretty colored and printed gauze fabric which is a really sheer thing fine fabric like think like cheesecloth type fabric so they had this one with butterflies printed on it I just got a little piece because I think it's interesting for mixed media I of course got the solid colored turquoise because of course I did then I want to make a sleeve protective sleeve for my Chic Sparrow travelers notebook I said that already so the fabric they sent in their little bag was too small so I did get some beige colored flannel that's similar to the one that notebook came in and then for the outside look at the fabric I found and I just had her cut a half of a yard of each and then as she was cutting the other fabrics I kept looking at this cactus one and I don't know what I'm gonna make out of it maybe pencil bags or something I don't know but I had to get another piece I just had to because it's so cute so that's what I got it is okay so I got some of the stuff this week that's been stressing me out taking care of and it's being resolved yay so now it's time to clean up the kind of mess that has become my office and art room because right now I can't do anything over there between the bags and the canvas and then the paintings behind me I need to put things away we're in Campbell going to where are we going rock bottom brewery we're meeting friends for dinner we're not doing family dinner night this week we're doing family Sunday breakfast instead so yeah there's that so we're gonna go sit down and have some drinks with friends and have a nice dinner out and you know I'll film something if I can all right I'll be back good morning everybody it is Saturday morning just before 11 o'clock and yes we're in the car again yes my hair is wet again it is Saturday morning March 17th at St. Patrick's Day I am headed out to the grocery store to get some stuff for tonight and tomorrow so we're meeting with friends tonight we're having the kids over for breakfast tomorrow so I'm doing that while the husband's in his office working I almost sit at work he is at work but he's at our house at work okay that was interesting so there's a reason I don't go to the grocery store normally on Saturday especially by myself there's a lot of people here plus it's St. Patrick's Day so everybody's buying beer and corned beef and cabbage for St. Patrick's Day festivities but it was pretty funny the weird part it was pretty funny with all the interesting looks I got on my way into the store and while I was in the store about the leggings I have on I kept getting all these funny looks and people looking down at my legs I'm gonna insert a picture here for you there are a pair of tie-dye leggings I don't really love them but evidently evidently they're a little odd but I'm okay with being odd anyway I'm gonna go home and unpack my groceries and get out of the madness all right I'll be back what I told you guys about not can't not being able to be bothered about fixing the clock in my car until it drove my husband absolutely batshit crazy and I let him fix it because it just took me too long I can't be bothered guess what he did while I was in checking the mail took 10 seconds yeah what'd you do I hit the up button and went from 101 to 201 see told you it's easy it worked weeks of vlog ending on Sunday morning we got home last night it was after well after midnight we were up until very late at a friends watching movies we watched Thor Ragnarok and Dr. Strange had a nice meal and snacks with friends it was a lot of fun but we really late so anyway I hope you enjoyed this week's vlog and on the way there I got some interesting photos of just the sunlight coming through the storm clouds it was I don't know I found them fascinating so I'm gonna include those in the vlog and if you find them interesting there you go make some art from them I don't know I find them interesting so that's it for right now I am so I hope you had a good week I hope you had a fun time watching this vlog and let me know if you have any questions comments or concerns in the comments down below and don't forget the most important thing besides like share and subscribe go out and have a great day people and do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and I'll see you later