4/1/12

I'd Love to see this guy at the Sidewalk Arts Festival!


Edward Mueller is an artist known for his elaborate sidewalk art. Some of his pieces span for miles! People walking the streets have been known to freak out when they stumble upon these things because of how realistic they look. To check out more from Edward Mueller go to http://metanamorph.com

On my mind...



Ink drawing I did for drawing class a few years back. I tried to capture the feeling I get when I walk into a library...all those adventures waiting to be read. It took me two days just to do the books...
I hope to become as good as these guys one day so I can illustrate my stories.

7/5/11

Hi everybody! Long time no post right?! I have some amazing news! Guess where I am posting this right now...? IN JAPAN!!! I've been here for 1 week and will be here or another 4! I went with a christian organization called campus crusade for Christ. We go all over the world and spread the good news about Jesus to people on campus! I'm having an amazing time getting to know students and seeing God change their hearts so that they will want to know about Jesus! Also, the city itself is amazing! There are a lot of differences here...more than I thought! one really cool difference is that all of japan recycles...it's like a law! So there are like 6 different trash cans separated by burnable, nonburnable, plastic, pet bottles and something else. The air here is so fresh and clean which is so unlike america. My Japanese is improving which is great! Now about the fashion...oh man does this country know how to dress!!! I was so shocked how everybody here has some kind of style! You have the really extreme goth rockers, the super cute lolitas, the mod dressers, the hipsters and a combination of all but everybody dresses nice here! Yesterday I went shopping in Harajuku and bought so many clothes I should feel guilty but totally dont!!!LOL! Last week I went to Shibuya 109 in Shibuya. For those of you who aren't like freaking out about what I just said Shibuya 109 is like the fashion hotspot in Japan! I read about it in a magazine in High school and told myself I would go there one day and I finally did!!! Sunday I went to a Japanese church and almost cried when we started singing and praying in Japanese! It's so amazing seeing God move here. Saturday we helped out with a homeless ministry in the park. Like...over 50 homeless people come to this park every morning and we give out food and drink have a small sermon then the homeless split into small groups to discuss what the sermon was about. I got to give my testimony along with two other people in my group. It was incredible! The homeless in Japan are so kind and dont ask for money which is so different from the homeless in America. They were so humble and kind and thanked us for sharing and helping out. It's really sad though because at first glance you cant even tell they are homeless because they are so ashamed of it they still wear their work clothes and carry around a briefcase! But all in all an amazing first week.

Today, I went to campus along with three other people and we met two girls in a hip hop dance group who we talked with for about two hours!! It was so much fun and we planned to have lunch tomorrow! but I think I've written a novels worth of stuff so far...lol I'll post more as time allows.

5/4/11

Styling By the lake

So this past weekend, I had the honor of helping a friend fulfill a part of her dream. She wants to start her own fashion magazine and until recently had been trying to do a photo shoot. Well it finally came to pass with the help of an amazing photographer Charity Owens, a makeup artist, Renee Sealey, and two beautiful models, Enjoy and check out my friends blog to view these pictures and more at http://puremagazine.tumblr.com/




















1/22/11

Things I've Made

If you like something you see you can request the items here and I'll put them on my Etsy account so you can buy. I haven't posted the key chains on my Etsy account yet but next month I will so you get first pick! Also, if something here is sold and you just have to have it. I can make one just for you at no additional cost!:)



Black Velvet brooch/pin with pearl $4.00 + 2.50 s&h SOLD!!








Key Chains $7.00 each + 3.00 s&h SOLD!









Heart shaped coasters (set of 4) $10.00 + $7.00 s&h







Necklace $10.00 + $2.00 s&h


Vintage Modge Podged Suitcase $35.00 + 15.00 s&h SOLD!

ILLUSTRATOR NEEDED!! READ!!

Ok, so something you may not know about me is that I'm a writer! It's my first love! Years before I fell in love with fashion, I was writing and winning little competitions. I've finished a number a short stories, one novel and I'm currently working on another novel and a book of fairy tales!








I'm really excited about the book of fairy tales which I'm going to self publish. The book will be unlike any you've seen before. I want it to look old and worn like it's been buried for centuries. So being the broke person that I am, I got brown paper bags (like the ones at grocery stores) and cut them into the exact size of paper. Now paper bags are a little thicker than paper so I gave it a test run through my printer prayer to the paper gods that it'd go through. Lo' and behold it did!! To top it all off I foud this amazing sight http://dafont.com/ which is like an archive of different fonts you can download. I found one that was both legible and whimsical and used it to print on my paper. What I got was totally awesome! It looks like I actually wrote the words myself! Check out a few pages!



They're unfinished of course which brings me to the main point of this post...I need an illustrator! If I could draw I'd totally do it myself but the kind of illustrations I need take skill. Here's an example of an amazing illustrator whose style and medium is exactly what I'm looking for. Her name is Taeeun Yoo and she's a childrens book author and illustrator! http://taeeunyoo.com/

I love her style! Everything looks moody but brings about a sense of nostalgia . I feel as if I'm looking at memories. That's what I want for my illustrations. Preferably someone really good with ink, b/c that's the medium I'm looking for. So if you're an illustrator and interested in helping me on my journey to finish this collection of short stories than send me a message with some of your artwork. I don't have much to pay right now but this would be a great project to put in a portfolio and if this takes off we'll both be making money! Lol:) so show me what you've got! Below is a link to another page of mine with excerpts from some of my stories. Feel free to check it out and comment on how you like it:)