Looking For Inspiration...

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Lately I've been feeling uninspired. I've been saying it a lot on here, I should probably stop because it's getting depressing! :) 

I thought it would be a good idea to draw again. Doing something creative with my day always helps me feeling better. Since I had no idea about what to draw, I tried to find some pictures off the internet to inspire me.

 One of the most inspiring person out there for me is Marguerite Gisèle. I love her blog and her pictures. It's always my go-to website when I feel uninspired. So I selected a picture and tried to draw it.

A few months ago I did this drawing:

I had a lot of fun doing it and it was inspired by Maguerite Gisèle as well. 

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So I did another version with a twist.

I also googled 'teal haired girl' to find new pictures and came upon this one that I liked:

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Here is 'my version':

And I got the idea for the last drawing I did from Google typing 'pink haired girl'. I found this:

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And did this:

It was nice to try my hand at these. I'm definetely not good at realistic drawings.

But it is fun to see the original version and mine.

At least it got me to draw again.

Craft Idea - Chopsticks Revisited Into Hairsticks

I wouldn't call this post a DIY because it's so easy I could cry, so I call it a craft idea :)
Lately we've been saving all the chopsticks that we get when we order sushi. Initially it was to stir the resin I make from time to time but we had quite a few on our hands.
I got my bangs a month and a half ago and I've been trying new hairstyles because of them. I'm getting to like my hair up now.
Besides yesterday I caved and got washi tape, I thought it was  a nice, fun and pretty way to upgrade these chopsticks.
So I used the chopsticks, washi tapes, nail polishes and charms.

The hairsticks in the making :) I love the idea of recycling something that should have been thrown away. Plus I 'really needed' hairsticks. Might as well be pretty, homemade, cheap and from recycled materials!! :d

Here is how they turned out:

Glittery goodness! ;) Now I need to order more sushi! :p

L'Arbre Orange, Getting Inspired, and Cheese Puffs

Today I've been getting brooches ready (40 pieces) to send out to a Bourges shop. I'm very excited! The lady managing the shop is very nice and her ethics are the same as mine! We both want the prices as affordable as possible! Everybody should be able to afford handmade things.
I hope she'll like my brooches. Here is the flyer of her shop.

L'Arbre Orange

Lately I've been trying to use the supplies I already own instead of buying new ones all the time. It's hard to work with things you had lying around for a while. They are not as inspiring.

I came accross this illustration I don't remember where and it really struck me.

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So I decided to pick beads and try to work out a design from them. For example I had these that somebody gave to me. They are not beads I would have bought for myself but since I have them, why not do something with them?

They inspired me a portrait brooch of course. Since they have fire on them, I thought of a Rock and Roll chick with leopard print clothes. Here's the result:

She's on Fire

Same thing with these. I think these beads are really pretty but I never use them.

So here's what I did with them.

Lady Harmony

It's very satisfying to take some old stuff and get inspired. And it's pretty interesting to work out a design around it.

I've also been cooking and I tried my hand at 'gougères'. They are little cheese puffs. They are delicious and very fun to make!

Mine look like poop but they were yummy none the less. :)

I found the recipe here.

That's it for today. I have so many ideas and so much stuff to do!!! :D I'd better be going! ;)

Day 25 - Tea and Stars

I'm very happy with my drawing for day 25. :)

 I found a great blog with very inspiring pictures the other day, and one of the pictures inspired me this drawing. :)
The blog is Marguerite Gisele. And here is the original picture:

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I love getting inspired by pictures over the internet! It's not the first time it happened to me recently. I stumbled upon this picture by Love Elycia :

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And did this:

It's fun to do and the result is always so different from the picture. I should do that more often. :)

Now, it's cutie pie time :)