“Capturing memories from where you’ve been, where you love, and where you are going.” -Dune Jewelry The Perfect Keep Sake Out of all the places in the world, the Oregon Coast beaches are my favorite. One of my top favorites is Lincoln City, Oregon. Since I live a couple of hours from the coast, I find myself going there quite a lot in the summer with my family to run around the beach, look at tide pools, and visit different candy and gift shops along the way. Although the Oregon Coast is almost always overcast and dreary (even in the summer), I find it refreshing and just as beautiful as…
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Cute Gift Ideas: Natural Life Inspirational Gifts
Shop for Beautiful and Inspirational Gifts all in One Place! Oh my. I just found the most amazing one stop shopping places to shop for mothers, grandmothers, sisters, friends, teachers, coworkers and anyone who loves and appreciates mega-adorable gifts! Naturallife.com has all kinds of gifts from beautiful home decor to stylish clothing and accessories. There’s literally everything you can imagine gift wise on their site. Here are my top 4 favorite gift ideas from their website: 1. “The Earth Laughs in Flowers” Bungalow Wall Art ($44)- I love this beautiful 12 inch x 12 inch down to earth art piece because it’s modern and looks absolutely adorable with its hand drawn…
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Near & Deer Faux Taxidermy: Review & Giveaway
Hello my lovely readers! Thank you for stopping by Shop with Kendallyn! A Unique Gift for Someone Deer Today I wanted to share with you one of my favorite websites and Etsy stores out there- Near & Deer! This company is the #1 source for custom faux taxidermy animal heads with a modern twist. Near & Deer has so many different types of faux taxidermy heads from classic deer and moose, to amazing whimsical unicorns and dinosaurs that you can mount on your wall! You can browse their already beautifully painted animal heads or request an animal, paint color, or even fabric design if desired! The custom combinations are endless!…
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Capture Memories with Artifact Uprising: Square Print Set
“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” -Karl Lagerfeld Artifact Uprising Brings Photos to Life With everything being electronic this day and age, sometimes it seems like we forget that photo printing exists. Through Artifact Uprising, you can capture all of your memories from your devices and turn them into keepsakes without having to worry if they will get forever lost or deleted, gone in a blink of an eye. Artifact Uprising offers all kinds of customizable prints, photo books, cards, wall art, and gifts. I got the wonderful opportunity to try out the Square Print Set ($21.99) and upload…
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Product Review: Don’t Quit your Daydream Tear out Cards
Hello and welcome to Shop with Kendallyn! Today I wanted to review and share Don’t Quit Your Day Dream: 20 Hand-drawn Cards to Tear, Color and Share book by Bethany Robertson. Coloring is definitely not just for kids. If you’re into crafts, doodling, scrapbooking, or just an all around artsy person, you will love this book! Don’t quit your Day Dream is a book that is filled with 20 pages of beautiful, sophisticated, and whimsical cards that you can tear out, color, and share with your friends. Most of the 20 cards have a cute inspirational thought on them. Everything about this book is creative and amazing. I was very impressed with…
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My Newest Painting
Here is one of my newest custom paintings I did for a friend. I haven’t painted in a very long time so I was a little unsure how it would turn out. Before painting, I thought what kind of technique I should use. I then remembered a fun technique my high school art teacher taught me. You lay down one color and then add other colors over it creating more dimension and depth. I first went with a bright orange which looked like a dark burnt orange on the canvas due to the color contrast of the blue background. I then laid down various colors ranging from brown to a…
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5 of my Favorite Requested Paintings I’ve Done
Hello and Welcome to Shop with Kendallyn! Ever since I was little I absolutely loved to paint. When I paint I feel like I’m in another world. Over the past few years I’ve probably painted over 100 paintings for myself, family, and other people who requested paintings from me. I can be painting for hours when it feels like I’ve been painting for 25 minutes. I guess it’s true that time goes by quick when you’re doing something you love! Here are a few of my favorite paintings I’ve done for people. 1. Flowers and the Tower This is a painting I did for a man as a surprise for…
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Enjoy the Little Things
Remember: “Enjoy the Little Things” This Burlap canvas I painted on is one of my favorites and is hanging in my bedroom. My sweet grandmother lost her husband, my grandfather, in January of 2014 due to very aggressive mouth cancer. That May, despite all the grieving, she took her first trip without her sweet husband to Wyoming to spend some time with her sisters. Along the way, she stopped at a Hobby Lobby craft store and picked out this beautiful burlap canvas just for me because she knew how much I painted. She told me to paint something I loved on it. Since I’ve never painted on burlap, I covered…
