Steampunky

February 5th, 2012

Arts To Do

January 31st, 2012

See where you are on this list? No? Well you can probably guess roughly which is yours if you are commissioning me. Please know that to get these done, I am sacrificing my one hour a day or less that I get free to do what I want with. Between raising two infants, cooking and cleaning and being a wife, friend, sister, cousin, daughter and granddaughter, things get busy. So thanks for being patient :) I also tend to work on my own artwork once in a while, so please don’t get upset if you see me posting something that is NOT on this list. I need to recharge my creative juices now and then, and to do that I may create art that is not on this list. Don’t hate me for procrastinating, you know you do it too.

Like this website? Yeah me too. Don’t worry, it isn’t much of an indicator of my coding skillz. Or of my spelling and/or grammar.

<3 kina

*DONE*

  1. December 2011: Chibi Portrait Commission
  2. December 2011: Tattoo Commission
  3. January 2012: NDP Website design/CSSlive version
  4. January 2012: Wedding Programs/invites
  5. January 2012: Eagle Website Design

*TO DO*


  1. Dragon Master – Preview
  2. Book edits
  3. Chibi Portrait
  4. Shoes
  5. Crochet squid
  6. Crochet owl
  7. Chucks pic
  8. Painting 1
  9. Painting 2
  10. Baby Item 1
  11. Baby Item 2
  12. Baby Item 3
  13. Brad Painting

Monday: West African Vegetable Stew

January 30th, 2012

Made some West African Veggie Stew today. It was delicious! Served over some couscous.


Meal Plan

January 30th, 2012

Not that anyone really cares, but this is my meal plan for this week. I just did the groceries and I am so excited to make all of these tasty foods.

Week of Monday, January 30, 2012

Monday: Spinach – African – Stew over couscous
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/west-african-vegetable-stew/detail.aspx

Tuesday: Jerk “chicken” (imitation chicken)
with avocado mango salad (note that this recipe is for Salsa, but my aunt changed it up so that if you double the avocado and mangoes and half the tomatoes, it’s a tasty salad of awesome)

Wednesday: Tofu massaman

Thursday: Sandwiches (WOO!)

Friday: Tilapia & Mom’s veggie rice

Saturday: Zucchini soup & homemade bread

Extras:
Zucchini fritters
Black Bean Burgers – To Freeze

Some Sketches for Me

January 29th, 2012

Yeah, still going

January 25th, 2012

New Kindle!

January 5th, 2012


I got myself a Kindle Touch with 3G! I saved up for about half a year for it, putting all of my shop sales towards it. I’m so excited *_* Now.. to save up my money again so I can buy a case, the power adapter, and screen protector.. and oh yeah.. BOOKS. Oh, accessories. Funny how after a protection plan and all the accessories, the actual item itself isn’t even what costs the most! At least there are a lot of free books out there, like from Gutenberg.com. I am still reading other ‘real’ books right now so i’ll have to wait a bit before I download any.

It will totally be worth it though, I travel on the plane so often and I hate having to lug around books that I’m reading. And I love to read more than one at a time, so it gets heavy. Definitely looking forward to getting tons of use out of this thing.

I’m totally still all for real books though, especially for my favourites. I’d like to own books that are classics that I read over and over and who’s artwork I love. Such as the Harry Potter series, I’d love to sit and read them to my kids one day!

And that is all for me for now. *squee*

New Year’s Resolutions

January 4th, 2012

I was going to make 10 resolutions but I think 5 should be enough. I tend to be a little over ambitious with these things..

1. Exercise once a day, but 3 times a week the exercise should be cardio/workoutish, the other days can be walking or yoga.
2. Return to pre-pregnancy weight by the end of the year by eating better and sticking to resolution #1
3. Finish all owed commissioned works and make more art for me!
4. Get a job by September
5. Gifts for others! I always seem to forget birthdays.. I want to remember them and make things for close friends and family who always seem to spoil me around my birthdays and special days

Pumpkin Cookies and Black Bean Burgers

January 3rd, 2012

Tasties for Tuesday!

Monday: Pasta and Garlic Tomato Basil Sauce

January 3rd, 2012

Nom nom nom. A success! I kind of made the sauce from scratch without a recipe. My cousin made this a while ago but mine didn’t really turn out like hers did. Though hers was way better, this one turned out pretty tasty, too.