Elayna Alexandra

I am done! I am done with school for three whole weeks. I have completed the two classes I was most scared of, and now I have only four classes to go before I graduate with my MBA. I am so excited, grateful and happy. It is time to celebrate! WooHoo

I love food. That is in part why I have a few more inches then I should around my middle (but this post isn’t about that). I enjoy the weekends because I usually try to bake or cook one thing something I enjoy very much to do, particularly when it turns out. A couple weeks [...]

I never went to art school. I didn’t go because I didn’t believe I was worthy, I could never just go to school fulltime I have always needed to work, or try to work, and art school seemed financial impossible and practically foolish. Yet for me as an artist I always feel less then because [...]

I am grateful for the time to get a new perspective and outlook on life. There is nothing like getting out and seeing new country side, spending the day entirely uninterrupted with your other half and sharing a nice dinner at a cozy Italian restaurant to make you appreciate the moment.

I am embarking on a new trip, not a physical trip but rather a personal set of goals to focus on myself as an artist, to expand my portfolios and to hopefully in the process gain gallery representation, and illustration work. I have given myself a broad goal of being able to make a substantial [...]

It is interesting how pain can reflect us inwards, turning us to be quiet. One of the few times when I was little I would shut up would be when I was sick, I guess in part that is still true though I am working on becoming quieter, more of listener then a talker. I [...]

I dream of great big things. I have amazing goals and aspirations, things so far from reach. I want to do wonderful things, good things, make a difference, be a superstar. And then I have reality. Bills, and pay that never is enough to stretch and meet the demands of our budget. There is so [...]

Grateful for Blue sky, Clouds, Sun. Grateful for a glimpse of the heavens above.

Sometimes it is difficult to put the shards of life into words. Part of me wants a tumbler to be able to take those shards and tumble them until they are smooth and rounded like sea-glass.
There is the saying “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” and I have always tried to do that with [...]

In my recent adventures with Etsy, I found a couple new friends and some amazingly talented people. Ever since I was little and believed in gnomes and fairies I loved crystals and rocks and on Etsy I found a really beautiful shop filled with lots of eye candy. Kubera Cover is filled with amazing crystals [...]

I am grateful for good food.

So I am perpetually late with my Friday Finds, so I guess they have become Friday Find’s on Saturday! This one I didn’t find by myself,  instead I given this from a mentor/teacher at my school Marylhurst University. Its pretty fun to not only look at but also to explore your ideas in a new [...]