Self-ish

So...I said I wasn't going to do any more 30 day challenge thingies...but I'm not the boss of me (...wait a minute...)...so I shall be doing the Kickin' It Old Skool (KIOS) blog-a-thon.  Maybe I'll last the whole month, maybe not, but in the last post, I talked about wanting to take risks and learn to dive in, so I'm at least going to try...

Don't click the picture...click HERE (for more info)...because I am technologically inept...

The first prompt they had was to do a self-portrait...take a picture of yourself.  A 'selfie'.  Just for the record, that word (selfie) is on my list of terrible words that I hate...not for what it represents, just for the word itself...

Anywho, I was looking through the other ladies posts and have discovered that I'm not the only one who's attitude toward having their picture taken is all BOO.HISS.HISS.  I'm in good company on that front, so yay.

In an effort to steer you clear of looking at my giant melon head, please look at the owls on the wall...or the green girl in the background (that I did for the monochromatic lesson in Pam Carriker's Creating Art At The Speed Of Life book.  I have done several lessons in it...I'll share them eventually...I really need to get back to that book!)...or the horrible wood paneling...or crochet samples...anything but my gigantic melon head...

You've been warned:

Remember: avert your eyes...owls on the wall...green girl in background...inspiration cork board...anything but the girl with the melon head!

I'm so sorry we had to go through that!  But we did it together...and now that it's over, we will never speak of it again...

In order to take your mind off of that horror, please look at this mediocre art journal page:

Sorry I'm so mediocre...but it's better than melon head girl up there...

This page is part of my effort to use up the original art journals I started in...the ones with the less-than-desirable paper.  Not my best page by far, but I do like the colors together...even the pink...*insert shocked gasp here*...I think it's the 'coffee' splotches on the pink paper that make me like it better.  And I totally dig that silhouette washi tape...I've had it for a while, but I never seem to use it.  I don't know why...that's a lie, I hoard the really cool stuff... 

I got that quote off Pinterest, but I messed it up...I think it's supposed to say "You are still hidden somewhere deep in my heart." ...or brain...or foot...I don't know, I can't remember...it was something...but for sure it wasn't soul.  But whatever, soul works too...  It's my art journal, I can misquote if I want to...  That's a lie, you can tell it's irritating the crap out of me...  But also, I'm lazy...and I don't want to un-stick the tag and redo it, so 'soul' will just mean heart/brain/foot/whatever in our heads...

That's all I got for tonight.  I'll be interested to see what tomorrow's prompt will be.  I can promise you this: no more pictures of my melon head...you are welcome in advance...

Till tomorrow...