ryken

I live in beautiful southern California. I love photography, card making, seahorses, purses, quotes, traveling around the world, earl grey tea, the smell of coffee, and having a good glass of champagne with the perfect piece of dark chocolate.

I have a travel & art bucket list that I'm always updating. I've been very lucky to see most of my favorite pieces of art, but still have so much to see of the world.

Here's my current bucket list for travel:

England – Stonehenge

Peru – Machu Picchu

Australia – Sydney Opera House

Japan – Kyoto Fushimi Inari Taisha Shrine

Iceland – Northern Lights

France – Louvre Museum (Mona Lisa)

Colorado – Garden of the Gods

Illinois - Art Institute of Chicago (A Sunday on La Grande Jatte)

I love card-making and sharing/sending handmade kindness. Although...I can't tell if I like the creative part of it, or the shopping for the tools and materials more...there's so many cute stamps and "must-have" supplies, I had no idea what kind of trouble I was getting myself into :-)

Kokeshi (Japanese wooden dolls), Seahorses (trinkets, not the actual sea creature), Quotes (I love a good quote), Cameras, Photos

A - Australia, Art, Architecture, Art Supplies

B - Beach, Beatle’s “Blackbird” Song, Burgundy Color, Banana Bread

C - Card Making, Coffee, Coconuts, Citrus Scent, Cappuccinos, Cookies, Champagne, Candles

D - Dark Chocolate, Dogs

E - Earl Grey Tea, Edgar Allan Poe

F - Fall/Autumn, Flying to New Places, French Pastries

G - Gelato, Gummy Bears/Worms, Games (Board & Cards)

H - Hot Air Balloons, Happiness, Hope, Honesty

I - Ice Cream

J - Japan, Jelly Fish

K - Kit-Kats, Kokeshi (Japanese Wooden Dolls)

L - Lattes, Leaves, Lazy Days

M - Music, Maroon Color, Mint Scent, Musicals, Mt. Fuji

N - Nice People, Nature

O - Ocean (Including All Its Creatures)

P - Pugs, Pens, Plum Color, Pumpkin Bread, Photography, Pressed Pennies, Purses

Q - Quotes

R - Rain, Random Acts of Kindness, Rose Gold, Romantic Comedies

S - Seahorses, Sunsets, Sea Turtles, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”

T - Travel, Tea, Taking Pictures

U - Unexpected Friendships

V - Vinyl Records

W - Wine, Whales, Watching it Rain, “Wizard of Oz” and “Wicked”, Watercolors

X - XOXO

Y - Yahtzee

Z - Zoo