well, it was a very happy 80th birthday indeed! i love my grandpa so much and i can’t even tell you how lucky i feel to live near my grandparents and to see them often. they are wonderful!
something fun for those of you who aren’t from the Midwest….
a little peek at a new painting…
and a few new (….or maybe just new to me) things that are inspiring me this week…
The Flaming Lips
best food ever in the universe!
this video….
i don’t think i’ve ever shared it on here, but it’s so brilliant! i really think that my friend, Brandon, is one of the most talented people i know…. and if you like funny videos you will want to watch this one and this one. i also really love this one… the song in that video is one of my very favorites of jeremy’s.
this photo makes me really happy…
oh yea… and my hair is crazy red now. just for a little while…. 🙂 I tried to wear a hat so my grandma wouldn’t see it… ha!
well… i have been painting, redecorating and scrapbooking (umm… sort of) and it’s only Monday! it’s going to be a great week! 😀 what are you up to?
XO. Elsie
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I LOVE your new hair!! I put red in mine all of the time and just LOVE it. My grandma always tells me my hair is “crazy” they are just jealous that they never got to do fun things like this when they were our age!!
Tara
Happy Birthday to your Grandpa! I miss my Grandma so much. Your lucky to still have them with you.
Love the red hair. I went dark reddish auburn once this year and it was fun. Now it’s almost brunette, my natural color, but in some light it has a red tinge to it.
Cute hair and great pics of your grandpa, that’s awesome!
Elsie, I *love* the looks of that new painting! 🙂 Love the black and white 🙂
And that song of Jeremy’s is absolutely beautiful…I think I told you awhile back, but I was listening on his Myspace page and that one was definitely my favorite! So magical 🙂
I’m glad your Grandpa had a good b-day! His cake was really cute.
So, my Grandma, whom I also consider my best friend – is coming to see me for the first time in 3 years – 15 hours away – and meet my 2 year old for the first time -and she’ll be here in 3 weeks. I’m a NERVOUS WRECK! My house can’t possibly be perfect enough, my (3) yes, three – children can’t possibly behave enough … yet I’m SO excited to experience this short time with my Grandma and Papa, I can hardly contain myself. What do you think?
You are so cute! I love the new Elsie-do! Very cute! I love that photo of the 2 of you and the colors in it! I have so much to learn.
Love the Do! I`ve been thinking red mixed with blond streaks for 3 weeks now…still unsure and then i happen over here and see all that red its like I see red everywhere I go…is this some sort of sign…hmmmmmm..
the art is fab can`t wait to see more.
I love your hair – I love your photos I wish I could take such great photos – I think I need a new camera.
right on! Red hair buddies! 😉 It looks fabulous on you.
The painting looks awesome, can’t wait to see what else you’ll share with us! And a giveaway? Can’t Wait!
els girl! i love, love, love your hair!! love the blog updates!! :] keep em coming.
i am sure that ya*ll hear it alot, but jeremy reminds me of the 70’s beatles look! love it!
Your grandpa is very cute and looks like he was having a great birthday. Another giveaway? YAY! Can’t wait to see more of your painting!.
Hello !!
My name is Ami, sorry I speak English very badly.
I read your blog often and I dared to write, I like your pictures and especially your art.
Congratulations!
Your hair color is amazing, I love it!
A kiss from spain:)
I LOVE YOUR HAIR ^_^
*lol* That road sign is the cutest!! 🙂
Cool haircolour! 🙂
Great hair! WoW!
G’day Elsie – LOVE your ART and your hair ROCKS! Sending an Aussie sunshiny smile your way:)
Nothing wrong with red I was born that way it’s great so many people want it, spent most of my childhood being picked on because of it now I’m stronger cause of it! I think you look fab & funky but your lucky enough that your could probably pull off blue with pink dots! LOL Seeya Hugya *G
Love the radomness of the post, love your art, LOVE your photos, love this, thanks 🙂
Lurve the new hair color Elsie 🙂
Cant wait to see your new stuff!
Pretty!! Love you red hair 🙂
random, but very sweet.
you look so happy!!!
i like the red!
cute!
oxooxx,
jessi
LOVE your new hair!!!
wish I had the guts to go red :o)
Hey just wanted to say…you are my favorite artist and scrapdiva!
take care,
Helga Lind – Iceland.
LOVE your new hair!
Wish I had the guts to go red..:o)
Anyway.. just wanted to say…
you are my favorite artist and scrapbooking diva! Love your stuff
Helga Lind, Iceland.
Yum…love the cashew Lara Bars.
By the way, I really love Jeremy’s make believe song, and the paper darren movie is hilarious. Thanks for the fun links.
Aw, your gramps is so cute! Happy happy!
I would’ve never thought to recommend the Flaming Lips to you, we’ve been listening to them for probably 15 years!
The painting looks great, can’t wait to see more.
Aww, your grandpa is adorable! Those are cute pictures!
I love the red! It looks so vibrant!
What part of the midwest do you live in? That’s an interesting photo of the sign.
hey elsie..love your grampa…thanks for a fun morning ..truly enjoyed all that you shared..lovely pic of you and jeremy
your grandpa is adorable, as are you, especially when you are in love! Awesome painting! Can’t wait to see more!
Thanks so much for sharing Brandon’s videos. He definitely is talented. I love short films. THANKS! And love your red hair!! 😉
I also wanted to say that I love the red! I’ve went pretty red once before, but not like crayon red! I’ve always wanted to do that.
Elsie
I love your new hair color. It rocks. Thanks for turning me onto Etsy, I’m not so productive at work these days but really loving everyones creativity there.
Snowed in in Canada
Happy b-day Grandpa I love him in what I think is a coon skin hat.
Band of Horses are amazing been listening to them for a few years now they have such epic lyrics.
I heart your new red hair! at one time I had a very unnatural red maroon going on and loved it.
LOVE THE ART, THE PICS, THE HAIR, THE PARTY! YEA! :] CAN’T WAIT FOR THE GIVEAWAY – ALWAYS FUN!
The road sign picture makes me homesick for the midwest, in a good way.
And your grandpa rocks. Love his smile. 🙂
The road sign pic makes me homesick for the midwest. In a good way.
Your grandpa is awesome. Love his smile! 🙂
The red hair looks GREAT!
Nice red head Elsie! Love your pics! And your grandpa is such a sweetie! I think it’s great that you live so close to him and that you have such a close relationship with him. Such a special thing-good of you to not take the time with him for granted and to cherish it!
Looking forward to your giveaway. Have a great week!
Your grandpa is soo cute. I hope he had a great birthday! I miss my grandparents they are all gone now… the last 10 years ago.
LOVE the RED!!!!
I LOVE your red hair!! love your new pics, your grandpa seems so sweet! I love your painting and can’t wait to see some new art!!
Elsie! I am such a fan of yours! I love your red hair and I can’t wait to see your new scrapbooking stuff!
Elsie! I am such a fan of yours! I love your red hair and I can’t wait to see your new scrapbooking stuff!
Elsie! I am such a fan of yours! I love your red hair and I can’t wait to see your new scrapbooking stuff!
yes…i love the midwest! i also looove the peek of the new painting…i’m so eager to see what you’ve been working on.
be free. jamie.
I LOVE your hair, every time I color my hair red it fades back to brown rather quickly so I gave up. Video was too funny
OH WOW!!!! LOVE the new hair!!! I think it works so well for you!
I’m looking forward to more art peeks. Are you going to return to selling on Etsy?
Love love love your new hair!! Can’t wait to see new art!!
I found your website through someone’s CHA report!! It’s a lot of fun!! I love all your photos! You are so lucky to have people around that A. Let you take their photo and B. Help you take AWESOME photos!! Keep up the great work and great posts!!!
love the new hair! Totally wild! When I was s enior in high school I cut a foot and a half of my hair off one day after school. I think it is so liberating to do something dramatic like that.
MuteMath is my absolute favorite band. 🙂
Happy Birthday to your grandpa!
Love your hair red it looks awesome!!! I have been going gradually redder and redder over the past year and I do believe red heads have more fun 🙂
YOU are definitely HOT in red… Thanks for the links of the short movies, I loved the Kirby one. I am a great fan of yours, you are a real inspiration! x
you are definitely HOT in red… I am a great fan of yours, thanks for the links to those short movies, I did enjoy Kirby a lot. You are a real inspiration.
the hair is fabulous!!!!!!
Your grandpa is so freaking cute!!! Love your red hair, you look great.
Makes me miss my grammy. The red is awesome, E.
love the hair! yay for redheads! =) & that picture of you and your guy is absolutely gorgeous.
have you seen the movie ‘once’? i think you would love it. i finally rented it this last weekend and i can’t get enough. i’m sure that will be a topic of a new blog post very soon for me!
=)
Love the red hair. Happy birthday Grampa!
I love your gramps!! And the hair too.
Can’t wait for a giveaway!
Love the RED, it’s looks FAB!!!! Yeah Midwest girls!!! Love the signage!!
Your hair looks just beautiful. Your grandfather is so cute. I’m glad you enjoyed family time. Love the sneak peek. 😀
LOve the colour of your hair. It’s look great on you.
I love the new line of you. your style rocks.
Randomness is fun. The hair is bomb, but then you always look cute.
Painting looks like yummie funness too. 🙂
I love your new painting. wicked!
Red hair. I couldn’t do it but you look fab. I think my mother would have a heartattack and my Grandma would roll over in her grave. 🙂
This week. Hmm….catching up on blogging. trying to keep up to date on my project365 on flickr, which I’ve gotten some awesome pics lately because I actually get home from work and there is light outside.:) In case you’re interesting here’s a link.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennifermartinovici/
um…pinochle night on Tuesday (super fun), Top Chef tonight. Oh yeah! and pottery class on Thursday (last one…tear!)
happy B-day to your grampy! Love the random post and SUPER FUN new ‘do! Cutie pic of you and the ‘man’ too. I love kissing pics! Have a great day, Miss E!!
(PS. Thanks for the entertaining blog-it puctuates my day of BARNEY and ELMO nicely )
That video is amazing!! Very cool stuff. I’ll check back for some new artist info. Have a fabulous week hon.
Very cool video. The hair looks specatcular. Have a wonderful day 🙂
Love your new hair color and your Grandpa is the cutest!!
Kat
I’m glad to see you posting. I’ve missed ya!:) Anyway..just wanted to say that I love your hair! Very chic! Oh and aren’t grandpa’s the best! I’m happy for you that you get to see him often…I’m sad that mine lives too far. 🙁
Mel 🙂
Love your new red hair! You are gorgeous!
omg wicked hair hun its ace 🙂
Loving your new range, mine is on its way right now.
You rock.
Katy xxxxx
lovin the redness!
Wow, it’s been a long time since I’ve visited your blog… used to read your old blog… I missed you! 🙂
Always fun to shake it up with some new hair.
You mentioned in the previous post that you’re working on new love elsie – any chance of baby / toddler / little kids line!? I LOVE your product so much, you make it so much fun to scrapbook!
Your grandpa looks like he’d be a HOOT to hang out with! We just moved to OK and live like 10 mins away from my hubby’s grandma. It’s so fun to hear her tell stories about him as a kid, plus I get awesome recipes that he grew up on as a child!
I so want to do something crazy with my hair just once, but always chicken out:(
Band of horses are the best. Mika
I bought my father a hat like that! So cute!!! I love your hair. 🙂
Did Grandma notice your hair??? I think it’s fantastic! My oldest daughter has platinum blonde and pink right now. Very cool! I wish I were young enough to do that again.
lovin the red! i used to do red too – love it!
That video is so impressive!
Cute ‘do.
Oh, wow! I wasn’t expecting to scroll down & see you with red hair! What a change! LOVE the 2nd pic of your hair. Fun stuff!!
Love the horse & buggy crossing sign. Saw many of them while living in Missouri & Illinois. Random is good!
Happy Birthday to your sweet Grandpa:)
Grandparents are just such amazing people and definately need to be celebrated m.o.r.e:)
And…that hair colour is flaming amazing on you!
P.S Keep up the wondrous work you do Elsie. We ALL appreciate your amazing handpaintings and paper goodness:)
I really like Darrens’ video. Very clever!
You always look pretty, no matter what hair or color you have.
great photos & awesome red hair…love it.
Luv Your hair.. I just did mine again VRV, which in hair “speak” means Very Red Violet.
Give your grandpa a special hug from all us girls that miss theirs.. Mine was born in 1898-he would have been 110.. How cool is that!
Hi Elsie and Silje
Have fun tonight …don’t get up to tooo much trouble ..HA hahaa!!!
I would …
Love grandparents..Mine are all in Heaven !!!
And soo is my dad >>
Which is his birthday today!!
Love and Skullies
Your hair looks fabulous.
oooo, i wanted to say that the chocolate larabars are my absolute favorite!!! that and the apple pie one. the only one i don’t really like is the berry one cuz its ridiculously sweet.
I like your point! It is of wisdom.