Portrait of a Lady

Let's face it, Target, Ikea, and Goodwill are godsends to broke twenty-somethings trying to hodge-podge together some semblance of a living space. I'm not going to lie, like most 24 year olds, I am pretty much addicted to all three. Normally I'm pretty practical about my purchases, essentials first! But, I believe that everyone should treat themselves every now and then. Buying things for my humble apartment (and the occasional sweet treat or sushi delight) is my way of saying, "here's to you Kid."

Naturally, my last Ikea trip for a coffee table (Lack Series!) took me far and away from the coffee table section and straight into the jaws of the wall decoration section. Okay, okay, that's an exaggeration; I was in there for the purpose of finding cheap frames in which to house my collection of limited edition silkscreen band posters. Whilst in the frame section, however, I met and fell in love with Ung Drill, the ridiculously decorative plastic oval frame:


It was pure impulse... but I had to have that frame.

I bought the frame and it sat in it's packaging leaning against the wall for about a month or two. Then, I decided to just put something, anything in it and hang it. I found some left over wrapping paper, cut it to an oval shape and hung the frame.

It took me about 4 days of staring at the ugly paper in my awesome Ikea frame. Something had to change. So, this morning, I grabbed some leftover BFK and craft paint and sat down to figure out what could go in the frame.



My apologies for the dark photograph, fingerprints, and the flash that I poorly photoshoped out. I wish I had access to a silkscreen studio because it'd be neat if it had a patterned gloss background, but, I'm pretty happy with my simple (ok, super simple) painting. At least I don't have to walk past the wrapping paper stand-in anymore. I see a few things that I might go in later and change, but it's fine for now.