"Dots Game" Revisited

You know the old Dots game right? My husband and I have used my gridded notebooks to play it, to pass time waiting for our food to arive at resturants. Today I was with my daughter and pulled out my doodle book and was going to pass time waiting for a parade to start. I decided to bring out the colored pens and use the dots game concept for her and I to "play" filling in my doodles...

It did its job, few minutes passed and time for parade. 

Later on this evening my husband took me out to dinner, so we brought out the journal and started working on our own (leaving my daughters and mine for us to bond over again ;-) 

So here we go, adult coloring trend into a taking turns creative game. 

That One Time I Painted an Ukulele

Once again I acquired my son's musical instrument to give away...Seriously, what is wrong with me. This time it was a Goodwill toy. Don't worry, we are replacing it with a real one this Christmas (shhhh...) I really wish I would have taken a before picture. Awe well, live and learn.

So here is the story:

One of my co-workers is moving away and I wanted to give her something for her going away. Just coming off of the guitar work, this seemed like a cool idea. So some spray paint (2 colors) and an new Molotow acrylic marker in hand,

Ta-Da!

That One Time I Drew on a Guitar

Not only did I draw on it, but I gave it away...well kind-of...

At first it was just an idea to add a little somethin' somethin' on my son's 3/4 acoustic that we picked up for $25 at Aldi (of all places). As the third weekend of August approached, I decided I really wanted to donate it to the raffle for Phat-Phest.  Don't worry, he was cool with it.

So it was a really cool experience. My middle son has been doing caricatures for free-will donation for the last couple of years. Also, this is my husbands first year being a part of a band, and they performed as well. (Exit 181) 

So here is the breakdown...

June:
This is where I had decided to give my son's guitar some life...And then I broke my wrist.

August:
Decided I should donate it, and only have a couple of weeks to make it happen.

Unofficial Again

Every once in a while I'll check my "Time Hop" first thing waking up. This morning was one of those days. What I found was something I was expecting, yet it hit me right in the feels when I saw it in black and white. 

It was 5 years ago today that I registered LMD Studio as a "Doing Business As" in my state. It is a 5 year registration, therefore it has now officially expired. 

I really never had a business to begin with. I had intentions. I had aspirations. I had ideas (many many ideas). What I was lacking was motivation and a spine! 

I had a few projects, I just never got paid. Some were donated services that was intended as free work from the beginning. There were a couple of projects that I did and got completely shafted. 

Honestly though, not having a DBA doesn't mean it's all over. It just means that I will need to make some name changes. 

Hmm, guess some decision making is in order. 

Until next time, I'm officially unofficial.