Painting

Bird House

This was really fun!

New Painting

Noah & Samantha

A Few Things From the House

This is a look from the back door to the backyard. Up the stairs is the pool and beyond that is a hill with an apple tree and other beauties.

This is Donald and Daisy Duck. They like our pool A LOT.

This is LC ("Elsie"), A.K.A Lost Cat. She will be living with us when we move in.

We're Moving into Our First House!

I am so excited. My boyfriend and I are moving into our first house together. It's in a beautiful neighborhood with great walking paths for the dogs. It has four bedrooms, more space then we have things, so we will have a "man cave" and a "she cave." There is also a pool and jacuzzi. I can't wait to have BBQ's with our friends! The entire house is carpeted, but has beautiful wood floors under it. We have a lot of work to do: paint, rip up carpet, move furniture, fix doors, etc. Pretty overwhelming right now, but we have great friends with great talents. With their help we will be doing it all on our own. I'm really excited to have all the people I love help with this exciting step in our lives.

So Excited!

I love everything Heidi Kenney! Her new keychains just came out at Kidrobot and I am so excited to get them! I love her plushies, donut keychains, yummy breakfast keychains, and now yummy dessert keychains! Check out her blog it rocks.

My Loves

Tiny & Peanut

8in X 10in

Stencil & Acrylic Paint

On Canvas

LOVE

Happy Easter

Finally Got My Tattoo

I have loved Samantha Battersby's art since I found her on ETSY and now I finally got my tattoo! This is one of my favorite's she did and I included another one of her pieces into it as well. It was done by Jeremy Swan at Broken Art Tattoo. This is by far my favorite tattoo shop. Everyone is so nice and funny, the environment is welcoming and comfortable, and the art and talent is incredible. He has done two of my tattoo's so far and they are both my favorites.

This is the other one he did of mine.

This is the original. Isn't it just amazing!

I included this rabbit instead of the frog in the original. My dad and I were both year of the rabbit and they mean a lot to me. Not to mention the many bunnies I had growing up.

Swim Pup

It has been so hot in LA I haven't wanted to do anything. I can't complain though because it's great pool weather! The dogs came and took a dip too.

iPhone Apps I'm Loving

The iPhone 4 is great. It allows me to do everything I need on the go and more! These are a few of my favorite apps, so far.

1. Diptic - For the Photographer

"Tell a story with Diptic by easily combining multiple photos from your iPhone, Facebook or Flickr. Share your creations with friends and family via email or post them to Facebook, Flickr or Posterous."

2. TiltShift Generator - For the Photographer

"This is the 5th release from the ToyCamera series and this software will allow you to create retro miniature pictures.
By adjusting various parameters, it allows you to apply many ToyCamera effects on your pictures: from miniature pictures to vintage styles images."

3. Shake It Photo - For the Photographer

"ShakeItPhoto is the most realistic instant photo experience for the iPhone. Works just like a real instant camera. Watch the photo develop. Shake your iPhone to make it develop faster. Our Perfect Processing makes your photos look just like the real thing.
Take it, Shake it, Share it."

4. Incredi Booth - For the Photographer

"A Photo Booth in your Pocket - Awesome Photo Strips Anywhere!
Step up, sit down, and get ready to cram as many of your friends together as possible. The photo booth has returned, and it's incredible. No coins needed. No hunting down old dirty dive bars to only find a machine that is no longer in service. Be the life of any party and bring your IncrediBooth with you."

5. SwankoLab - For the Photographer

"The creators of the Hipstamatic are super stoked to introduce a brand new darkroom kit: SwankoLab. It's a loving recreation of the pre-digital era classic – the darkroom of yesterday today."

6. Small Planet - For the Photographer

"What planet are you from?

Generate a small-planet from where you are and send it as a postcard to your friends!"

7. Hipstamatic - For the Photographer

"Digital photography never looked so analog. The Hipstamatic brings back the look, feel, unpredictable beauty, and fun of plastic toy cameras of the past! The Hipstamatic keeps the the quirks of shooting old school but gives you the ability to swap lenses, film, and flash settings all with the swipe of a finger."

8. 8mm - For the Movie Maker

"Shoot old-fashioned 8mm movies in real time."

9. Instagram - For the Photographer

You can find me at MsDachshund on Instagram.

"Instagram is an amazingly fun & simple life-sharing app for your iPhone. Snap photos wherever you go to show the world what’s going on in your life. Follow your friends’ photo updates as they move through the world. Select from photo filters that transform regular ol’ photos into works of art you’ll want to keep around forever."

10. Doodle Jump - Addictive Game for While You Wait

"In Doodle Jump, you guide Doodle the Doodler—using some of the most subtle and accurate tilt controls in existence—on a springy journey up, up, up a sheet of graph paper, picking up jet packs, avoiding black holes, and blasting baddies with nose balls along the way."

11. iProcrastinate Mobile - For the Student

"iProcrastinate for iPhone is a simple, yet powerful task management application that syncs wirelessly with iProcrastinate on your Mac, or over the internet via Dropbox!"

12. Awesome Note (+Todo) - For the Organized

"Awesome Note is an innovative note taking application and to-do manager that allow you to combine notes with to-do flexibility. Awesome Note enables you to customize its look with themes the way you want it to be displayed with different folder icons, colors, fonts and paper backgrounds.

From easy-to-use regular notes to notes with multiple photo attachments, To-Do Notes to organize your day, Post-It style Quick Memo to quickly jot down your thoughts, sending notes with photo attachments as email, and synchronization with Google Docs / Evernote, Awesome Note provides some powerful features."

Queens of the Stone Age & A Rage Comic

Happy 7 Year Anniversary!

Our First Double Dachshund (Double Duty) Walk