i made it market! @ the pitt union- TOMORROW!!!

the girls and i will be there tomorrow! stop by and get some excellent holiday shopping in!!

i made it market! for the holidays-photos to come!

hello friends! i was lucky enough to partake in the i made it market! for the holidays this year pittsburgh's new bakery square!! i met some wonderful people and found some new makers that i can't wait to share with you! i got a few samples of body products that i will be sharing reviews of later this week, along with some fantastic photos! i've got a ton of photos! that all will be up early this week. i'll be editing this photos this weekend and hopefully have most of the up by monday. and the reviews will come later. i can not  wait to share those! the products that i was introduced to are excellent! so much to share, fun things to come! hope your weekend is going amazing!

new painting and prints

hello friends, i have something pretty neato today for you. it's a painting that i started almost a year ago and finally finished this week. i also have a  few 'in progress' photos of it from when i was working on it! you can get this as a print over here on society6. i'll also have a few prints of it this weekend at PITTSBURGH STEP TREK you can read more about the festival and everything in this post  jessi and i will be there this weekend. so if you're in the area please stop by and say hi!! i'd love to meet some of you!

i did this piece in water color, ink, oils and acrylics on bristol board (its just a really nice kind of paper). so here's those photos!

i hope you guys like it! i'm very proud of this piece it took me a very long time to finish it. i started it when my mother first went into the hospital. it was a good way for me to take my mind of things at the time. and after everything, i wasn't able to pick it up for a while. but i'm glad i did, it's become one of my favorite paintings to far. i've titled it 'death's cold grasp'. i know it's an extremely morbid title for such a lovely scene but it's really all i could think to call it. it was born out of a tragedy and thus the name. so sorry if this brought down the mood, but i figure i should tell you guys the truth about it instead of me naming it something bright and cheery when i know in my heart it's not what it is about.

on a lighter note...jessi is coming over tomorrow night and i'm going to convince her to record a vlog with me, so that should be fun! you guys will get to see how nuts we are! she brings out the best parts of me, i love her dearly and i don't think i laugh harder with any one else, well, except amanda. holy crap, the next time the three of us are in a room together i promise to record something. we've always been the three musketeers and i know you guys would get a kick out of it!

well, until then my friends!
XOXO,
holly