Hey remember when I wrote about my New Year's goals and one of them was how I wanted to fill a sketchbook page every week? And then I started doing that and posted a photo every week of my sketchbook? Well if you don't, it's probably because I did it like 4 times and then totally gave up. Gotta love New Year's goals that last only for January...

Well, I've been following Jessalin Beutler on Twitter ever since I bought an adorable and beautifully painted dress from her online shop and she started this project called Art Everyday where she (as you may have guessed) makes art every single day.

For some reason, even though I couldn't manage to put pen to paper once a week, making something everday seemed attainable. I still don't understand the logic, because there is no logic in this, but I find setting aside a few minutes everyday just to play around in my sketchbook so much easier than "filling a page each week".

Art everyday (in my opinion) is about feeling free to just scribble on a page one day, make giant ugly mistakes the next day, and maybe even create something you're proud of the next day. When you experiment and make something you're feeling blah about, there's always tomorrow to start fresh. I felt a lot of pressure with the sketchbook page per week to create something good every week. Afterall, I had a whole week to complete it. Now, I love being able to experiment with my tools and not think of it as a final piece.

While I haven't managed to stick with making art literally everyday, it's definitely art almost everyday. Turns out I've been managing to fill way more than one page per week too! So I still feel like I'm sticking with my New Year's goal.

What about you? Have you stumbled on any goals this year and what are you doing to get back on track?

I'm fully into all things summer now and just loving this warm weather! I've been stocking up on summer dresses and cute new sandals. Also, my main mode of transportation has been my bike. I really wish I could bike everywhere all year round. This week I might even try my hand at a little veggie garden on my deck. We'll see how long those poor plants last. My next post might be titled "RIP Zucchini" so watch out.

This month I made a beachy, summery desktop background to celebrate sandal weather! Hope you like it. :)

There are 4 sizes to choose from depending what kind of computer/lappy you have so there should be something for everyone's situation, plus a patterned iPhone background. Just click one of the buttons below to get the full size image. Then just save it and set it as your wallpaper.

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1440 x 900 // 1366 x 768 // 1920 x 1080 // 2800 x 1880 // iPhone

Hooray! I'm finally back to blogging! And what better way to celebrate than with a new freebie. For those of you who didn't know, I've spent the last 2 months doing tax returns at a local accounting firm. Well, not really doing the whole tax return, just the boring repetitive bits like entering the..... Oh sorry, did you fall asleep there for a second? I don't blame ya. :)

April showers bring May flowers, right? This is certainly one huge mystery flower. Not sure that actual flowers really look like this, but I can imagine. Let me know if you see a monster flower like this in your yard! Speaking of flowers, I'm going to be giving my front garden a bit of a facelift this weekend. I'll be sure to take some before and after pics for you to see.

There are 4 sizes to choose from depending what kind of computer/lappy you have so there should be something for everyone's situation, plus a patterned iPhone background. Just click one of the buttons below to get the full size image. Then just save it and set it as your wallpaper.

Download the Backgrounds
1440 x 900 // 1366 x 768 // 1920 x 1080 // 2800 x 1880 // iPhone

You know that thing when you type a word so many times, it starts to look like giberish? That happens to me all the time with 'February'... it always looks like it's spelled wrong! It also doesn't help that I typed it roughly 12 million times getting this post together.

I hope you like the February Freebie. I think it's very February appropriate with all the hearts, pink and love. If you look closely, you'll see that some of the hearts are glittery too! Thanks for all the freebie suggestions last month, and please, keep 'em coming!

There are 4 sizes to choose from depending what kind of computer/lappy you have so there should be something for everyone's situation, plus a patterned iPhone background. Just click one of the buttons below to get the full size image. Then just save it and set it as your wallpaper.

Download the Backgrounds
1440 x 900 // 1366 x 768 // 1920 x 1080 // 2800 x 1880 // iPhone