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Posted by Shannon on March 25th, 2009 Filed in Other's Stuff, Girls Nights Out

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It seems that as of late, I haven’t had much good to say about life in general. So let’s summarize things from the beginning. Two fridays ago my parents house almost burned down along with their neighbor’s. Fortunately, if it weren’t for a fluke of my dad running out of insulation 20 years ago and buying some flame retardant stuff spur of the moment and coating that side of the house with it, their house probably would have been gone. The worst of their damage was melted siding, broken windows and lots and lots of soot from the neighbor’s house. (Crisis #1)

Crisis #2 - the day after the fire my dad finds out that someone is using his credit card number in Texas. BOA intervened and all charges were refunded.

Crisis #4 - (I’ll come back to #3) - Because of all of the above, I had a minor breakdown and ended up in the hospital on Thursday with the worst migraine of my life.. tubes running in and out of me, pumping God knows what through my veins… the headache went away about 5 hours later, but the “postdrome” is still vexing me. (dizziness, nausea, blurred vision). For all of you that experience migraines on a regular basis, my heart is with you. It’s one of the most terrifying pains you will ever feel and death always seems much more preferable than enduring one more second of the crushing agony in your head.

Now back to Crisis #3 and the worst, to me. Last Sunday my neighbors and good friends found my little kitten, Meeksa, in the middle of the main road a few hundred yards from our house. I cried for 3 days. I miss him so much. It feels like I lost a memeber of my family. My husband said he looked peaceful, though, when he buried him in our little pet cemetery (seriously) in my in-laws backyard. My sweet Meeksa, I love you and miss you very much.

Now I’m back at work after 4 days of being stuck in bed and I’m ready to get on with life. I’m counting my blessings… My parents still have their house and thank God for home owners insurance, I don’t have a brain tumor or anything serious wrong with me, and hopefully… just hopefully, Meeksa died quickly and painlessly. And I still have little Skilo.

I’m getting all choked up again looking at this picture of Meeksa, so I’m going to end this now and get back to work..

Posted by Shannon on March 23rd, 2009 Filed in Life & Family

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Good Friends and Lots of Fun

A couple weeks ago Sara, Dana, Lindi and I went to Ladies Night at the Clay Cafe in Sewickley. They provide the food, you provide the drinks, you sit, paint, laugh and enjoy being surrounded by tons of creative women who just want to have fun.. It costs a small fortune, but it’s so worth it! And now I’ve finally gotten around to posting the pics from our girls night out.

All of us pre-pottery-painting

Lindi and her sweet little square pot

Sara’s ridiculously expensive, but oh-so-adorable olive dish

Dana and her so cute and adorable valentine’s candy dish

My starfish soup bowls which cost me more than a small fortune, but they are the perfect bowls for all the soup I make! Who doesn’t need a great soup bowl??

Close up

Posted by Shannon on February 20th, 2009 Filed in Pottery, Life & Family

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Much Anticipated!! (well, for me at least)

For those of you that have been reading my blog since it’s conception, you know I’ve been mentioning for the past 2 years, I guess, that my goal was to get an Etsy shop up and running.

WELL, I FINALLY DID IT!

Right now, I only have a few prints listed, but it’s enough! Please go check it out and spread the word! I’m really hoping this takes off. Suggestions are welcome, too! I want positive/negative feedback so I know what to do to make things better. Any illustration suggestions are welcome as well. I’m always looking for new, fresh ideas.

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Posted by Shannon on February 15th, 2009 Filed in Drawing, Etsy, *Shop ShannyLee*

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The Sketchbook Project

So I finally finished my little itty bitty sketchbook for The Sketchbook Project with the Art House Coop. Let me just say firstly that this is in no way my finest artistic creation. I actually wrote more than I drew in this little book. It just seemed right. I’ve been going through so much lately that I had no idea how to convey all these crazy emotions through sketches that are 3in x 5in. So I wrote and doodled around the writing. I don’t expect to win any awards or score any major fans from this little project, but it was an outlet for me… a very refreshing outlet… to voice some of the feelings I’ve been fighting over the past few months. Maybe the next time I’ll have more time and more focus, but for now… here are my little doodles.

Posted by Shannon on February 12th, 2009 Filed in Drawing

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Delicate and Deadly

I love all things under the sea… I love them and I’m terrified of them. Jellyfish, though, I’ve never been afraid of. I’ve been stung numerous times by jellyfish and everytime I’m amazed at the grace they portray as they take a stab at their victim. Most of the time you never even know they are there until the pain sets in and by that time, they are long gone, floating along to their next target.

This is officially the 4th print I have completed to be offered in my Etsy shop. Unfortunately, my current scanner sucks, so you can’t even get the full feeling of the intricacy of this illustration. I’ll be getting a better quality scan tomorrow and hopefully replacing my piece of crap sometime this week. This is how I see Jellyfish.. beautiful, elegant, disastrous, and mysterious.

Posted by Shannon on January 28th, 2009 Filed in Drawing

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The Beautiful Danger of Nature

For some ungodly reason, the school I work for decided to hold classes even though our vehicles were coated in an inch of ice and the roads were even worse. The day was slow and boring, fortunately. Unfortunately, that left a lot of time for people to get on my nerves. So I came home to this magical winter wonderland that surrounds my home and decided that whatever it was that frustrated me during the day wasn’t worth holding onto. I poured myself a glass of wine and decided to focus on what makes me happiest, drawing. (Aside from my husband, of course, but he’s not home

I poured myself a glass of wine and started ordering supplies for my soon to open Etsy shop while watching The Devil Wears Prada which, single handedly is able to make me more self-conscious than any other movie ever filmed. I snapped these photos of my beautiful yard when I got home as the sun had barely set and twilight fell. It really is incredible.. the way the snow makes the world feel like a completely different dimension. If it wasn’t so dang cold, I’d go walking in the forest and enjoy the beauty of the white woods.

Posted by Shannon on January 28th, 2009 Filed in Photos

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Elusive and Beautiful

I FINALLY finished this piece after who knows how long. I’ve decided to submit it for the Faculty/Staff Art Show at work. I know it’s a little… weirder than what most people here will be expecting to see, but oh well! This is the kind of stuff I LOVE drawing. All the intricate detail and making a little creature that I’ve never seen before.. It’s just fun. I think I need to stick with it. I’ll still do requests, of course. This has really helped keep my mind off everything that’s going on right now. And now that it’s done, I can move onto another! The original is 14×17, so I had to take it to Kinko’s to be scanned and the ding-dong that works there scanned it as a PDF instead of a TIFF.. what the heck? Oh well. I suppose I need to be more specific from now on.. scan it at 600dpi and as a TIFF file.

Anyway… here it is. Enjoy!

Posted by Shannon on January 26th, 2009 Filed in Drawing

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The View From The Top

When you look out your window and this is what you see, how can you help but smile? There’s something about the snow that affects me in ways sunshine can’t. It makes me feel safe, protected… maybe it’s because when there is 4 inches of snow on the ground people stay inside. Most don’t even attempt to leave the house and just choose the comfort and warmth of their homes. This is a good day.

Posted by Shannon on January 15th, 2009 Filed in Photos, Thoughts

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What I Wore.. Who Knows When

I haven’t posted outfit stuff in awhile.. I’ve had the pictures, just not the time to post it. But now since all I do is sit on my butt on my couch, I have no excuses… Here’s one.. more to come later! ((Maybe in spring I’ll get past my boot obsession?))

White Long Sleeve Top - JCrew
Orange Sweater - Anthropologie
Blue Scarf - Gap
Jeans - H&M
Boots - Aldo
Purse - H&M

Posted by Shannon on January 15th, 2009 Filed in Fashion

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