Painted Storage Bin Side 2 - Pink and Gold!

Hello everyone, happy monday! If you can believe it, the weather is in blizzard mode here. Yes it's snowing like it's the middle of winter. But who are we kidding, this is Winnipeg. What kind of a spring were we expecting?

So from inside my nicely heated home, I'm bringing you the 2nd side of my painted storage bin!

Okay so I painted this side a nice bright pink by mixing white and red paint for my desired colour. That took about 3 coats. Then I penciled in a bunch of different sized circles and painted them in with gold paint. That took another 3 coats. When it was finished I thought it looked slightly one dimensional and not special enough. I cut out circled of this awesome corrugated gold paper I had laying around. I got it at the dollar store years ago when I was still in school. I glued it on and voila. Cool huh? 

 It looks kind of purple here, but the colour is actually the first picture exactly.

I love this side and I think it's really unusual. I don't know how much use I will get out of it though.

When you have a man living with you, it's safe to assume they don't want a whole lot of pink around. But if you can get away with it, you're lucky. Obviously he's a keeper.

I can see myself turing this around for girly parties or on any time I would use my china dinner set. I guess I've just now decided its for fancy occassions.

Alright, if you live in Winnipeg or any other place that it's snowing, stay warm! 

Have a great day everyone.

Marissa xo

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Birthday Wishlist

Oh wow, my birthday is in 4 days! These are some things I've been dreaming of lately.

In a perfect world, these would all make amazing gifts for me this year! But for now, they're just on my imaginary day-dreaming wishlist. Without sounding super cheesy, the best birthday gift I have is being able to spend my 23rd birthday with the people I love most - my family. So cliche, I know, but every year, I realize how important they are to me in my life.

1. Sun Smart by Lise Watier, found here.

 2. A super awesome Mid Century China Cabinet

3. Adorable t-strap shoes from Bait Footwear, found here.

4. Sally Hansen Nail Strips

5. This ridiculously cute sundress from Modcloth, found here.

6. Pink Pyrex

7. Blue Foaming Handsoap from Bath and Body Works, found here.

8. Everlasting Foundation in 103 Ivory by Clarins, found here.

Have a lovely day everyone!

Marissa xo

CharmingShop

Springtime Sketches

Oh hey Dears, I know I haven't posted the last few days. It will be tight every weekend, because my other half needs the computer to colour his comic he's working on. We've decided his deadline is nearing and his work wins the computer over mine. So I've been catching up on my artwork instead and cleaning up our house. I'm itching to start painting once the weather warms up, so getting everything organized is crucial. This is what I've been doing the last couple of days. 

Work in progress, I still have to finish colouring. I showed you the bare bones the other day. After I finish drawing everything in with pencil, I start filling it in with Prismacolours. This time I picked a really sweet spring time colour palette. I'm absolutely obsessed with the way pencil crayons apply to watercolour paper. It has this great creamy texture, that gives all my pieces a handmade, crafty feel. 

I like the idea of my pieces feeling homemade. Like something vintage, I like to make my pieces feel very detailed and as if someone really laboured to make it just right. The quality of the past is hard to match nowadays. I guess labour-intensive work is a weird way to describe your own art...but it does take so much time to just finish my pieces. My hand done backgrounds alone can take anywhere between 8 hours to 20 hours. Yes, keep in mind this is just a background! But when I start seeing my pieces come together, I get so excited. Each one is such a pleasant surprise. 

I'm going to keep going on this one and pretty soon it can go up in my shop as a gorgeous finished piece. Hooray!

Marissa xo

CharmingShop