Glitterffiti and a Chanel Purse

A friend of mine is heading up an art show in Winston-Salem. The assignment is to take an object, paint it white then do graffiti on it. Quite a wide open theme since there are so many types of graffiti.

I myself don't know a whole lot about graffiti. You'd think since I live here in NYC I'd be all about it. Most of the stuff I see these days is nothing but tags. To me that is ugly and boring. It's just the artist writing their "name" sloppily on all sorts of surfaces.

Anyway, I decided to do a painting using some of the techniques. I picked up an old tray at the Goodwill yesterday to use as my canvas.

I set up a spray both in my bath tub. Yet another issue of living in an apartment is I have no where to spray paint.

After painting the tray flat white I made star stencils and spray painted them with safety paint. Then I painted my girl with acrylics. I accented everything with some graffiti paint pens. I also did some paint drips and splatters then I added GLITTER! No graffiti piece of mine is complete without it.

Glitterffit- Knock Out!

While taking a picture of my graffiti spray paint hands I couldn't help but take this shot! LOL.

I have a birthday coming up in March. Not just any birthday it's gonna be my big 40! How did this happen?I'm not sure.

I decided a while back that every woman of age deserves to have a Chanel hand bag. So my quest was on.

Now normally I would not blog about such a materialistic possession. I am a self proclaimed thrifty shopper. But I worked and saved hard to buy this special purse. It meant a lot to me that I bought it for myself and it was not a gift from anyone. 

I'll carry it with pride for many many years. Till I turn old and gray! (Which is now just right around the corner)

Medium/Large black caviar Chanel

Now I'm gonna have to do something about this ghetto wallet!

Yikes!

To be sure to use ever last thing I can from my purchase I decided to make a pin/hair facinator out of the ribbon and flowers they used for the package.

Made from Chanel flowers and ribbon. With added netting and jeweled stars.

Dreaming

Dreaming.

I have found that I really don't allow myself to dream. There is no time for such non-sence, there is stuff to be done. Real stuff.

Perhaps though I should put some clouds under my feet and indulge a bit. Dreaming after all is a treat. And who doesn't like a good treat?

I guess I'll start my dream by dreaming I will win the lottery (that I never play) and I have more cash than I could ever need. I'll also be dreaming in pink in case you haven't noticed.

First let's give some cash away to friends, families, charities and puppies.

 

OK, now I will be living in a palatial loft apartment over looking the Hudson River. Decorated Old Hollywood meets punk rock.

In this apartment there will be a nice walk in closet (or 2.) Perhaps a his and hers. Yeah, that'll be nice. In this closet there will be a brand new Black Caviar with black chain Coco Chanel purse. Yep yep.

Alas I will only be needing this apartment in the summer. You read correctly- summer. I would summer in the city. I don't care for winter so when the cold season rolls around (probably in September) I'll be heading to some tropical location. Miami will do just fine.

The reason I dream of having this extra money really is so I won't have to work. Work tends to get in my way of creating.

Since I won't be needing to work, I will have all the time in the world to paint. I could paint my little heart out. I might even open my own gallery since it wouldn't really matter if I sold anything. I'd have a gallery where I'd GIVE my paintings away. Well... maybe almost give away. They'd be rather affordable, just like they are now (wink wink). People would come from all around just to acquire one.

While I'm dreaming I might as well have a 22 inch waist. Of course I won't really have to work out to keep it. Only if I decide to. When and if I do decide to go for a run I will run 5 minute miles just like a gazelle. Weeeeee!

Most of all in my dream I'm happy, grinning from ear to ear.

Oh- I've already accomplished that part of the dream I guess I just need to buy me that lottery ticket!