I've been working pretty hard this week... been very productive! Here are a few new things I whipped up. Most of these should be in my Etsy shop already.... if not they will be soon (I promise!)
Have a great weekend everyone..... and don't forget to enter my new giveaway! You can win a really rad poop soapdish!!!!
☠ From a little series I call Everyday is Halloween...
Earlier this week I was working on something that is fairly new to me. I'm trying to change up my style a bit and come up with some fresh designs. I love creating these painted cameos with vintage imagery inside! They're so much fun to make and I really love blinging them up! I also created a couple of heart-shaped resin necklaces with the vintage images inside. They turned out super cute! Here are some more items that are perfect for the upcoming spring season~
Ok.... it's been awhile since I last did a blog entry. Well actually, it's been a really really looooooooong time. Hopefully I can get back into the swing of things and do some regular updates here. So here it goes...
What's new with me you might be wondering?Today I cut my own bangs. I call it "the economy sucks haircut"
On the 23rd I turned 28. I celebrated the following day with my family, Joe, and my best friend Dan. We went to my favorite restaurant~ Fishbones and had the most amazing SUSHI dinner EVER!! My mom made me this hideous card using my old yearbook photos and one nasty wedding photo where I was shitfaced~ lol!
I recently got into collecting dolls. Bradley dolls to be more specific. I've been lonely lately. I'm such a freakin' hermit. These dolls provide some excellent company! I keep them on my desktop where my computer is. They're really starting to take over!My mom had one of these dolls when I was a little girl. Hers had a big blue fluffy dress. I remember running my fingers over her smooth tightly tied back hair and I remember the big huge eyes! My growing dolly collection resurfaced these old memories.
I've also been working on some things that are new to me. I am totally addicted to gluing down little miniatures into these cabinets that I paint and glitter up. They take me about two days to complete from start to finish. I love putting them together. It's like putting together pieces of a puzzle.
Still doing the resin thing.... and lots of it! I make fresh batches at lease a couple times a week.... keeping the Etsy shop full. ;o) Here are a few of my favorite pieces that I've recently made:
Oh... I also made a few resin soapdishes! I keep getting a lot of requests for these and I'm sorry I haven't stocked my Etsy with any of them *yet*. I'm going to try to get my ass in gear and add a few soon.
Oh! Almost forgot!!! I have my photos in a CD insert for Madlib... the Beat Konducta album. It's available at Stone's Throw Records. My Detroit photos were discovered on Flickr. I'm pretty excited about this. It's the first time my images have been used for a CD.
Running low on soap? Ever give handmade soap a try?? Mmm... I love handmade soap so much I don't think I'll ever buy store-bought soap again. I've tried these and LOVE them! These soaps were all bought on ETSY.
I've been soooooo busy brainstorming new ideas and making new items and I am so excited to finally be offering them in my ETSY shop! I've got so many new designs that I can't wait to create... it's going to be fabulous~ I promise you that!
I've been so busy working on new stuff I've neglected my poor blog for a week! OOPS! Here are some of the latest and greatest things I have created! Many of these are available in my ETSY shop right now and some are coming soon... plus much much more!
Hi... my name is Kim Ripley (formerly Sobanski). I am 29 years young and I am from Mount Clemens, MI. My passion lies in art, photography, and creating jewelry. I graduated from Wayne State University in Dec. 2005 with a BFA in photography. I would have to say that I have been an artist my entire life. I think I was born with a crayon in my hand.
When I am not busy creating I enjoy other things. I love thrift stores, antique shops, and yard sales. I have always got my eyes open for strange, tacky, and kitschy things. I am also obsessed with searching out Ebay and Etsy for neato finds!
Which leads me to my next interest- found objects. I collect found items (photos, letters, shopping lists, etc.). I am a huge fan of Found magazine and I even have a 2-page spread of photos and a letter in Dirty Found #2!!
I am currently married to the love of my life~ Joe (we've been together since Nov '99). We have a daughter, Chloe Pearl, who was born in December 2009. We also have one min-pin dog named JoJo.
We hope to make it out to Vegas someday and get out of Michigan.