don't ever believe it's easy...
You are second hand smoke,
You are so fragile and thin,
Standing trial for your sins,
Holding onto yourself the best you can.

umm..still addicted

Lady Marie, the Dream Initiative by Kari Atol on Polyvore.com
guess there's worse ways to waste time!

Dolls for Sale!

happy Tuesday everyone! Here is a sneak peek at the dolls that will be for sale at my Etsy shop! They will be posted Wednesday at 2pm Pacific time.

This is miss Vivianne, she's a prima ballerina.


This is Mirabella, sweet as can be~*
This is Giselle, as you can see she has a bit of an attitude!
This is Fleur, she's a bit of a mystery. She loves vintage clothing & tattoos. And this is the beautiful Madeline! She adores her polkadot knee socks!

Portrait Re-do

and Viola! she's all dolled up =)

Stella in Starlight by Kari Atol on Polyvore.com

i know ya'll have seen these before, i'm doing a little polyvore experiment....stay tuned

Magical Mandalas!

What a fun day yesterday! I taught a mixed media mandala class at Zinnia

and had such a great turn out. Everyone was so nice and so open to just enjoying the experience~ first we collaged our boards....

then added the gold leafing(personally my favorite part!)some of the student work before the paint goes on!

and VioLA!! the GorGeous end results!

Here's the gang showing off our glowing pieces of artwork! aLL in one day =)

Thank you EVeRYone for such a FantAstic FabUlous DaY!!! Check out my flickr page for all the photos! http://www.flickr.com/

AwEsome day!!

So yesterday was the best day EVER!! ok maybe just the BEST DAY this YEAR!! I attended a group art show at Zinnia where I exhibited, I sold another painting that was already at the store, met Angela Cartwright from Lost in Space, AND her sister Veronica Cartwright too!!!! OMG Veronica is one of my most favorite character actors!! She was so nice and funny and she told us this hilarious story about how she kept her kids 4th grade Mission project for 15 years until she realized that rats had eaten the roof off!! We were all complaining how easy the kids have it nowadays where they can just BuY the whole kit, donkeys and all, and we had to make them from stuff like sugar cubes, Popsicle sticks, and pasta for roofs...hence why the rats were interested in it! okay here's my proof of meeting Veronica...

THEN before all this crazy happiness, I saw that my most FAVORITE ARTIST Anahata Katkin had given me a big ol' shout out on her blog! my name is there AND a collage I did! Seriously I jumped around the room like an idiot for 15 minutes...oh yeah and went back to to her blog to make sure it was still there about three or four.....hundred times! And first thing this morning to make sure I hadn't imagined it! Really, best day EVER!!!!

i made this there too...so much fun!!

and her thoughts just drifted away by Kari Atol on Polyvore.com

omg...really really loving this site which is why i've been neglecting ya'll in blogland

Poe Toaster by Kari Atol featuring Carmen Romero earrings

can't...stay....away....from POLYVORE!!

the demise of julia by Kari Atol on Polyvore.com