library/art room for CAD.

i have been waiting to post this. this room has taken a minute to be completed but now it is & it looks so good.

this has been a dream of mine for some time now. for the kids to have a space to create art & use their imagination & thanks to everyone that sponsored this last trip & the trip in january it is finished!

you might remember that we painted this room on my last trip in march.  it is a bright blue vibrant color that invites you to be artsy. thank you tia, grace, wa-wa, my mom, diana & jerry for making this room so colorful & clean.

this last trip wendy donated the wood for the shelves & bought some of the books for the library which was amazing bc it allowed us to use money we had set aside for shelves for extra water & propane for the kids.

we had an amazing day-care, my sweet neighbors, & other friends donate so many books & we are so thankful. let me tell you these kids LOVE to have me sit down & read these books with them. they love practicing too. we also had cortland partners donate so many art supplies for this beautiful room. i could not be more thankful to all of you that made this room happen. hard work, time, money & a lot of love made this room into what it is.

so matthew, alix, wa-wa, & billy worked SO HARD getting these shelves up. seriously guys without you what would we have done?!

laura & i collected tin cans they could not burn & we bought spray paint to bring them back to life to put things like crayons, pastel paint, markers, pencils, pens & every other fun thing you could find. we painted them red, yellow, silver & a few gold. we spent a day organizing the room & making the shelves come to life. we hung posters & photos. maps & posters & the room is going to be a HIT. we took robenson up there to see what the room looked like & to help us hang photos & when he walked in he said, "wow, this is beautiful" he then asked me if it was for them & i said YES! i cannot wait for them to use this space to make beautiful things. it also makes me excited to have one of these rooms at our new place.

all their little aprons hung up!

laura & i made this ribbon holder using an old paint extender & zip ties. 

i love how cute it looks. we found this colorful curtain in another room & alix hung it up to block out some of the sun. 

we will eventually have some chairs so they can work at this table. 

robenson wanted his photo taken in this chair in this new room. 

we hung up all these photos of us & the kids so when they are in here they can remember all these memories. 

they had all these amazing posters sitting in a pile so we brought some adhesive & put them up. that space is from the table that was there :)

laura & brandi after organizing. 

me taking a photo of robenson taking a photo of all the photos. 

more photos from past trips. 

all in all this room turned out amazing. thank you to matthew, elana, brandi, courtney, dd, laura, & raegan for making this room into something special. thank you to everyone that donated for this trip & everyone that prayed. i cannot wait to post photos of them creating special things in this room. 

YOU GUYS! it is FINISHED. 

-e

feather dress shoot.

i am so happy to have finally put this thought into a shoot. i have spent countless hours making this dress & with the help of my sister (& business partner) we brought this to life last saturday.

** shout out to jessica for letting us take over your yard & your house (xoxo)
*** shout out to christa for letting us put makeup on you, give you so many knots in your hair, & helping us bring this idea together- you are stunning.

it was a very early start to the day- christa arrived at my house at 6am to get her first look together. i made hot tea & we got busy. let me tell you what, that girl has a lot of hair. a lott.

shenea got her first makeup look going & i could not have asked for a better look. christa looked like this magical fairy bird princess, if that makes any sense at all.

& here are some of my favorite looks from the first go around.

christa, you are stunning, seriously- thank you!

** the second look shenea wanted something a little more creative & this is the look she came up with. 

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cheers,

mrs. estes

travis pates & pizza.

you guys- seriously this weekend was so busy but super fun! my sweet sister was in town working music midtown so we had a lot of time together, but i loved every minute of it. we had time for pizza, jack & coke, flying biscuit & lots of talk of future plans. i cannot even tell you how happy i am to be so close to this perfect little sister of mine. she has grown up so much & makes me so proud. love you shenea!

 she bought me a ticket to go  to a makeup class with travis pates. he is the bomb.

i have never taken a makeup class before but i figured it would be fun- i mean travis worked on the hunger games, underworld, & wanderlust- just to name a few. you can check it here.

now, lets get to the fun stuff.

i will let the photos speak for themselves.

it was so amazing to see this process from start to finish, to be inspired by things and pull them together to make this. so impressive. i know my sister is going to go places, her passion in art will speak for itself. taking what she does on a canvas and moving it to a person is going to be so cool to see  unfold. i know i am rambling but i am so proud!

the finished product. 

the last one is my favorite. our model was cristin azure & she is gorgeous. she is also super sweet & i believe it must be refreshing for a makeup artist to be able to work with someone so sweet and patient. you can see more of her walking dead stuff here

thank you travis & cristin for an amazing learning experience, it was beautiful.

 thank you to my beautiful talented sister for the ticket!

& thank you to norcostco for letting us use there space for the class & if any of you need makeup or costumes GO THERE. they have a ton!

zombie makeup class is on me!

 you can follow travis on instagram here

cheers,

mrs. estes