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Bob Ross Style


Last week and I messed up an order that I was making which at the time totally cheesed me off. Like an adult I totally had a tantrum and chucked the feather base onto a shelf, screamed then started over.

After a calming girls weekend away, I entered my craft room last night with a new perspective. "What would Bob Ross do?"

As a child I would love to watch his show on PBS and to this day I think he is part of the reason I even attended art school. Bob Ross never threw a tantrum. No, even though his Jordache Jeans were so tight he probably lost circulation in his manly areas and even though he painted the same landscape for 20 years (just with in different seasons), he would never let a mishap get him down. Hell no, he would have had a "Happy Accident."

So with a new lease on my mishap I busted out the Jordache Jeans, teased my hair into a fro and got to work. I have decided to share my "Happy Accident" below:

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  1. Heather Anelie HollomanJanuary 20, 2012 at 7:42 AM

    This is beautiful! I love the little curly parts of the feathers. I also love your fro, those curlies are good, too :)

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