Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Ambigram Drop

"Tenille" & "Jeffrey" Ambigram v.1

"Tenille" & "Jeffrey" Ambigram v.1
"Tenille" & "Jeffrey" Ambigram v.2

"Tenille" & "Jeffrey" Ambigram v.2


"Rascals" & "One Love" Ambigram

"Rascals" & "One Love" Ambigram


"Ranger" Ambigram

"Ranger" Ambigram


"Cami" & "Vinny" Ambigram

"Cami" & "Vinny" Ambigram


"Sisters" & "Friends" Ambigram

"Sisters" & "Friends" Ambigram

And then we have something new ~ my first mirrored ambigram!
I didn't particularly love working on this, but I might
be willing to do another one in the future.

"Life Over Love" & "Do Not Revive" Mirrored Ambigram

"Life Over Love" & "Do Not Revive" Mirrored Ambigram

And numbers in an ambigram, which is rarely possible.
Probably would have been better in a different font, but...
(Click to see the cross closer up)

"Isaiah 40:31" Cross Ambigram

"Isaiah 40:31" Cross Ambigram

Friday, June 25, 2010

Almost there...

About a week left now, until the due date at least. Who knows when he will decide to come!

About a week left!

Indy is not dissuaded by the large belly. He can always find a lap.

Indy makes do

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Random designs

A few non-ambigram designs I've done recently ~

"11-15-00" Design

"11-15-00" Tattoo Design
"11-19-02" Design

"11-19-02" Tattoo Design
"SN" Design

"SN" Tattoo Design

Friday, June 18, 2010

Truffle

The last few weeks we have been puppy sitting for Justin's parents' dog, Truffle. (Well ~ at 12 years old he is not really a puppy, but a tiny little guy none the less.)

Truffle with Hot Dog

Truffle on the couch

Indy was not phased at all ~ he did live with Truffle for the first 2 years of his life, after all, but I'm sure another dog or cat would be a different story. 4 days left, pup!

The last couple of days have been somewhat grumpy ones. I finally finished painting the crib, after weeks of working on it off & on applying 5 coats of paint, only to discover that it is missing a few important pieces & so we probably won't be able to use it after all! The price is not really an issue ~ we bought it cheap and I've already marked a few cheap replacements on Craigslist ~ but I am very upset that all of that painting time was wasted and I will probably want to spend time to paint the new one as well. The baby will be sleeping in a bassinet in our room for the first few months, so there is time to get a new crib ready, but I was just so happy for it to finally be done! Never trust 'all pieces included'...

And then this morning I woke up with the worst pulled muscle in my neck that I have ever had. If I lean or turn to far to the right I am yelping out in pain, and occasionally the muscle likes to just spasm on its own & cause intense pain regardless of my movements. I really wanted to skip my weekly doctor's appointment at 8:30 this morning, but I was able to finish up all of my work pretty quickly and we don't have any plans tonight so that I can sit around with a heating pad tied to my neck. Here's hoping tomorrow will be a good one!

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Ambigram Drop

"Victor" & "Junior" Ambigram

"Victor" & "Junior" Ambigram


"Chris" & "Emily" Ambigram

"Chris" & "Emily" Ambigram

"Terra" Ambigram

"Terra" Ambigram

"Rider" Ambigram

"Rider" Ambigram


"Susan" & "Oliver" Ambigram

"Susan" & "Oliver" Ambigram


"Trust" Ambigram

"Trust" Ambigram

"Strength" & "Courage" Ambigram

"Strength" & "Courage" Ambigram

"Brandee" & "Melissa" Ambigram

"Brandee" & "Melissa" Ambigram

Monday, June 14, 2010

Felineapple

We picked up some fruit for a get together the other weekend, and as we were cutting everything up Justin asked if I wanted to make an arrangement or anything with the empty pineapple shell. Well, no, but I was interested in turning it into some sort of weird animal.

I was planning on using some of the pineapple core for a trunk-like nose, but barely had enough for the stubby legs. One thing led to another and I soon had a "Felineapple" on my hands.

Felineapple, close

Felineapple


We also picked up an "ugly fruit", and almost forgot to open it up before everyone left. Though the outside may look a bit scary (and about the size of a grapefruit), the inside has wedges & a flavor very much like an orange. They are so juicy, though, you may want to eat it over the sink!

Ugly Fruit - outside

Ugly Fruit - inside

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Tranquil golfing ambigrams

These four ambigram were all ordered by a golfing company ~ the same one to order this "Birdie" ambigram a while back. I guessing these are the names of some of their upcoming merchandise, but am not really sure how they are planning on using them. I can't wait to see what they come up with!


"Yoga" Ambigram

"Yoga" Ambigram


"Yoga Girl" Ambigram

"Yoga Girl" Ambigram


"Namaste Day" Ambigram

"Namaste Day" Ambigram


"OM" Ambigram

"OM" Ambigram

Monday, June 7, 2010

Surprise!

The ladies at church had a surprise shower for us last week. I had no idea what they were scheming, but Justin was in on the whole thing! The decorations were so cute ~ they had Justin send a photo of the fabric I used to make the curtains and our cupcake star made some adorable robot treats ~

Robot cupcakes

They also found robot stickers for the tablecloth & picked out plates & napkins based on the colors we are painting the crib & changing table (almost finished, I promise!). No detail overlooked!

And the sweetest of all ~ the ladies pooled together some money to help us out with our deductible & remaining supplies. And it was definitely a big help!! We added our earlier gifts cards & were able to get all of the big items left on our list. After all of the second-hand items we bought early on, I feel so fortunate to be the owner of these wonderful modern prints (swing, bouncer, playard/playpen & diaper bag)~

Target Swing & Bouncer (Fisher Price)

Pippin Pack 'N Play (Graco)

Skip Hop Diaper Bag

Oh the cuteness!!

Friday, June 4, 2010

8 Months (36 Weeks)

8 months pregnant (36 weeks)

Quickly posting this before we head off to Babies R Us ~ more later!!