Pretty Discoveries ♥

Formally called Inspiration Wednesday, Pretty Discoveries is a new weekly feature where I will share pretty inspiration I discover as I explore the blogosphere each week ♥
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♥ Art Love

Introducing one of many new features on my blog! I will be featuring an artist I love every other week (formally called Artist of the Day). The first artist I want to feature is Portia Munson. She is a visual artist living in New York. I'm absolutely in awe of her "Pink Projects" installation.

The “Pink Projects” are an exploration of the color pink, a culturally loaded color that has been projected onto girls and women.





What a collection of pink!
Found via Design For Mankind.

Plans for 2011

I'm not one to make 'resolutions' but I definitely have a long list of goals for myself in 2011.

PERSONAL GOALS:
- Master my time management.
- Create and stick to a weekly routine.
- Stay organized!
- Plant a garden.
- Start and finish reading 4 books (in 2010 I didn't finish a single book I started!).
- Visit my grandma at least once a month.
- Make a dress or skirt.
- Make string art.
- Go camping.
- Host craft nights at my new place.
- Make time for just-for-fun art & crafting.
- Crochet a granny square blanket.
- Create more in my art journal.
- Vacation in Hawaii.

WORK GOALS:
- Redesign my portfolio website.
- Redesign my blog.
- Blog everyday!
- Do more graphic design work.
- Be a vendor at Renegade San Francisco.
- Start a Camp Smartypants newsletter.
- Introduce lots of cute new products.
- Attend lots of craft shows.

BLOG GOALS:
After taking Elsie's Blog Love E-Course I have some big plans for my blog in 2011! I plan to get back onto a regular posting schedule. I'll be introducing some new weekly features, craft tutorials, guest posts, and more! I have a TON of ideas I want to share. I want the Camp Smartypants blog to develop into a great resource of DIY projects and inspiration.


What goals do you have for 2011?

A New Year

A new year is upon us and with that comes time to write some 'resolutions' or goals for 2011. I'll admit I didn't do that well meeting my Goals for 2010. But nobody's perfect, right?

Here are some things I did do in 2010:

- I went hiking.

- I was featured in the February issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly.

- I rocked out at the Sasquatch Music Festival.

- I went to the Oregon Country Fair.


- I went to the beach.

- I got a new tattoo.

- I was published in the book, Our Portland Story.
(photo by A Tea Leaf)
- I had two Camp Smartypants photoshoots.


- I went to Vegas.

- I threw a rockin' Halloween Party.


- I taught myself how to make jewelry.

- I moved into a cute duplex in NE Portland.

- I was a vendor at 12 craft fairs.


All-in-all, I think I had a pretty busy year and I had a lot of fun. I'm in the midst of finalizing my new goals and plans for 2011 to share with you on Monday. What fun things did you do in 2010? What accomplishes did you make?

Shop Update!

I've added some more Tie-Dye Scarves to my Etsy Shop today! Winter has just begun so why not cozy up with a pretty tie-dye scarf ♥



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AFTER XMAS SALE!

Now thru December 31st, select items in my Etsy shop are on sale! Snag your favorites while you can! Many designs are one-of-a-kind and being discontinued to make room for new in 2011!

SALE ITEMS INCLUDE:
• Tie-Dye T-shirts: Up to 50% off
• Tie-Dye Leggings: 20% off
• Tie-Dye Braids: 35% off
• Purple Mountain's Majesty Card: 50% off

Visit campsmartypants.etsy.com.

Eat, Drink & Be Merry!

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Hope you all have a wonderful day with friends and family ♥