Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all you mothers out there!!

The gorgeous woman in the photo above is my mom, the greatest woman I have ever met.

Dear Mom,

Thank you for all you do mom!!

You brighten my day and make me proud to be your daughter.

Everyday I think how lucky I am to have you as a mom and friend.

I love you.

XOXO,

Callie

P.S. Sorry this is late... :)

red and white oh so nice

I AM DONEEEEEE!!!!

YAY!!

Yesterday I finally finished my last final!!!!! Wooooo hoooooooo :)

I am so glad.

Sorry I've been gone again, but school got to be a little too busy for blogging. In the meantime I haven't been able to really work on anything creative except this amazing shawl I really can't wait to show you, except I haven't been able to take any pictures of it yet. I'll try to later today! Well, I've got to go get ready for the day!

What have you all been up to since I've been gone? I have a lot of catching up to do.

XOXO, Callie

the magical bean

(Links for the photo mosaic are below.)
1. market, 2. fly away, 3. Giraffe's don't like rain., 4. Untitled, 5. Secret, 6. LEGO Twitter Fail Whale, 7. Untitled, 8. Mushroom swap, 9. red, 10. The Bubble Makeover!!!!, 11. catch me, 12. 032, 13. mushroom eater!, 14. Here or There Illustration, 15. bonne annee~, 16. Little Knitter , 17. Smiley Fries :), 18. best one yet, 19. IMG_1269, 20. gnomes, 21. والذي نفسه بغير جمال لا يرى في الوجود شيئا جميلا, 22. Ponyo wants ham!!!, 23. oréli, 24. LaaDeeDa Arty neck wrap2, 25. We are 5 !!

(P.S. I went to Borders with my sister Kaitlyn of My Baloney after class yesterday and found this musician called Lisa Hannigan, which I loved immediately. I can't get over how creative her videos are or her CD case for that matter which is the reason why I noticed it in the first place. I mean paper cut outs of a forest and a pop-up book?!? Love.)

Wildflowers

May all your weeds be wildflowers.
I just can't get enough of flowers! They brighten my day :)

The bluebonnets are almost entirely gone...I've enjoyed them immensely while they were here though. After class I spent more time cleaning and knitting. I also got to watch the Young Victoria with my family, and it was just as great the second time. I just love love stories.

Don't you?

Have a marvelously spectaular Wednesday!!!!

XOXO, Callie

the magical bean

It's been a while...

Right. Well, it's been a good while since I last blogged.

And now I feel like I don't know how to begin again.

Basically I got a cold and have been in bed/resting/sneezing/and coughing quite a bit. And schools almost out so I have been finishing up papers and projects.
I've finally finished all of that now, and only have finals left. I'm feeling much better now.

I've pretty much had the blues this past semester as none of my classes were fun or engaging with mean teachers to boot. :(

I only have a couple of days left and so I finally can breathe easier. It was weird not blogging, I kept thinking about it but had trouble knowing where to start again....so I feel like I need to introduce myself again so we can just start all over... :)

I'll start first.

Um... Hi. Hello. I'm Callie. Nice to meet you.
What's your name?

These pictures were taken a few weekends ago after a thunderstorm in my neighborhood and backyard.

The rollie pollies were everywhere!
Drip drop


Anyone know what kind of plant the one is above? I'd like to know. It is growing like crazy in our yard.


This whole area is usually dried up but was a raging river after the rain.


This song by The Carpenters describes what I have been feeling like, although I do actually love rainy days.

I'll be posting some more in order to play catch up as it were and have somethings I can't wait to show you!

See you soon, Callie

the magical bean

Blue Owl

This little wooden block was painted for my brother as a gift just because he's the best brother a girl could ever wish for.

He and I both love owls so I thought he would like it.

I didn't realize until now that you can see paint on my hand.

*whoops*

I even painted all the sides with flowing organic shapes.

I painted it with blue, black, and white acrylic paint.
You can kind of see his initial M on the bottom in the above photo.

Hope your Friday is great!
I have been cleaning more and listening to Regina Spektor non-stop! Thanks to Jessica :)
XOXO, Callie
the magical bean
(P.S. Don't forget to enter the giveaway on Carly's blog.)

Secrets Out--Giveaway Time!!!

Carly of A Girl And Her Blog is celebrating her one year anniversay of her blog.

Hooray!!!!

It sure is a milestone in any bloggers life and seeing as how Carly's blog is anything but ordinary this just makes it that much better. :)

And so a while back she asked me to make a pillow (like the one I sent to her if you remember during Christmas for a holiday gift swap) for a giveaway!!!! I feel very honored that she asked me to do this for her.

So if you are a follower of Carly and you love my work and want to win a pillow stop by her blog to see the full requirements, and make sure to say hello!

Carly's blog is a must see so be sure to see what all the fun is about!

Click here for the link to her giveaway post.

Click here for the link to her blog.

Also I would like to offer my sincere thanks to all those who have left such wonderful comments already about my work on Carly's blog it really meant so much to me!

Thank you so much it was amazing to see so many kind words about my work.

XOXO,

Callie

the magical bean

Matryoshka Doll

As promised, here's one thing I painted yesterday: a matryoshka doll or Russian nesting doll. I haven't painted in a good while and it was so nice to get back into the swing of it :)

I have had this blank nesting doll for about a year or so and in an effort to maximize my stash and minimize my clutter I am finishing up as many projects as I can!

Here is a close-up of the face, as you can see she was inspired by the night sky filled with stars, which is something I rarely see living in the city now. So instead I filled her up with a blanket of stars done in a glittery silver. As I was painting it I kept thinking these words over and over

And she wove her blanket of stars,

Till they were bursting with light,

And then she threw them up into the Night

Her hands are supposed are holding more stars as they are falling from her grasp into the night.

I wanted it to be more mystical and soothing than it turned out as evidence from when I showed, Jessica ,she said 'so it's a glittery fairy with fluffy stars'...
Oh well, I love it anyways!

Here is the back of it. Don't worry five more tiny dolls to come :)

Tomorrow something great is going to happen and I can't wait!!!! I guess you'll just have to wait and find out, because secrets are secrets :)

Good night,

Callie

the magical bean