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2008-06-29T04:59:00.001-07:00

For the summer I am freelancing at one of my FAVORITE companys ever!! Fred Flare !!! I am not kidding when I say they are one of my favorite companies! Anyways, Friday when I was there working - I mentioned to Keith that fredflare should have a radio station... he told me that they have something pretty darn close to that - fredflare BOOMBOX!!!! I AM A DORK PEOPLE!!!! Gosh, why am I such a late bloomer in so many things? Well, I just introduced myself to the BOOMBOX this morning and I am not disappointed WHAT SO EVER!! Seriously you all are missing out if you are not already jamming to the BOOMBOX! And, not to forget - there are different dj sets to pick from...ahhh just go check it out. :)

2008-06-26T07:04:00.000-07:00

2008-06-24T18:10:00.000-07:00

Went to the MOMA last week...wrote down some artists whose work inspired me. :) Got some great new colored pencils at Pearl Paint yesterday! A page of my "testing" is below. More pattern/print studies --- below are the pages I do not like! thought it would be a good balance to those I do like. :)

2008-06-13T21:21:00.000-07:00

still riding the subway > still coloring. :)

2008-06-12T09:25:00.000-07:00

Started a new sketch book the other day. Only colored pencils & pencils are allowed. made 2 new best friends! Cretacolor Fine Art Graphite *160* 9B & 6B >>> sooo sweet <<< >>> feels like butter <<< a jumbly jumble of my quick sketches poured onto one page.....and still <3 loving summer <3 :) :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

2008-06-09T05:28:00.000-07:00

click here >BU AND THE DUCK and here >store pics Started my summer internship at Bu and the Duck,and I love it! If you like 1930's-40's style, then you WILL die and go to heaven or this label! For you mommy's or soon to be mommy's, starting June 23 they are having a HUGE sale!!! I would suggest you mark your calenders because from what they told me, they don't mess around! :)

2008-06-05T06:55:00.000-07:00

+ SALTWATER +

2008-06-04T05:07:00.000-07:00

Came up with this character a while ago and I am really liking him, he seems like someone who could tell really long tales of being a sea man, our traveling the globe in search of small curiosities... :) who knows..

2008-05-22T14:20:00.000-07:00

Went to the I.C.F.F and Surtex show on Monday. Saw great design, but somehow this year seemed different, and not so much in a good way... :( However, I did feel like designers were sooo much nicer than they were last year? who knows... Here are pics of favorites I saw. I am sooo mad at myself that I did not bring my camera, I so would have loved to get pictures with some of the designers themselves! For instance the designer Robert Horn for R. Horn R.Horn had the coolest outfit on I smiled so hard! He literally looked like he was dressed for "wabbit seasone" :) so cool!

2008-05-19T18:16:00.001-07:00

Schools out for the summer! Trying to do a deep clean before I get started on any projects. I am quite appalled at how many magazines I have accumulated and of course have not made any time to thoroughly look through. So after spending thee ENTIRE day yesterday tearing through all of my magazines, I have decided that I am only allowed to buy 1 magazine a month [SO-EN] and then 2 the rest of the year for my birthday and Christmas! ^^^seriously^^^ fooling around with my drawings... my insides are all crazy like again with inspirations flooding my head from every direction.... it is extremely overwhelming sometimes which at times makes me so exhausted that I just want to smother my head with my pillows, and find the deepest corner to sink into and have tons of blankets piled on me... :/ Just got back from seeing the movie Surfwise with my sister. This movie......touched me very deeply for reasons that I would not find appropriate to talk about over my blog, but it is just so interesting to see or hear about parents and/or children who struggled pretty hard as much as you, if not harder. There were some really funny,sad,heartbreaking, and uncomfortable movements strung throughout the entire movie, and some unresolved issues that leaves me feeling needing to know more and wanting an update within the next couple years. I suggest going and seeing this movie, gives you a lot to think about, especially in regards to the kind of parent you want to be. And...way back when > 9 years ago actually, I had the opportunity of meeting Adam Paskowitz [the 6th child of 9 children] when he was in the band "The Flys" and getting to hang out with him for quite a bit after one of his shows, he and I swapped stories of our lives growing up as kids, which after hearing his story about he and his family being hard core surfers and living in a camper their wholes totally out beat my stories any day! I have always thought about him and his family and even wanted to get in touch with him over the years to find out more about what his life was like. So seeing this movie made it really cool to be able to get a deeper sense of what he was talking about when I met him back when I was 17! Anyways, I could go on and on about how cool Adam is and interesting is life growing up was but I think it best if you just see the film! :)

2008-05-10T08:12:00.001-07:00

JUNIOR SHOW!!! Thursday was the day of our Junior Show, which went very well luckily - in regards to no malfunctions with the clothing, children getting hurt etc. Ezra my model [pictured below] was AWESOME!!! He totally rocked my outfit and has a natural talent to model clothes, besides that he has such a keen sense of style all on his own and he is only 7! You can actually see him in this months Martha Stewart Living reading on a couch with his younger sister Ada, I forget the name of the spread they are in, but still check it out. :) AND>>>>>>> only two more days of school left and then I am a SENIOR! HIP HIP > HURRAH!

2008-05-03T13:43:00.001-07:00

One more week of school left! Let me just say this. PARSONS = CRAZY!!! I don't know how we all do it, honestly - we are zombies walking around at school...I wish someone would make a reality show of our school, that would actually be worth watching and learning from! :( As for recent activity, the usual > except I had the opportunity to hear my Themes in Fashion Teach Ms. June Weir interview Mrs. Iris Apfel last Friday. My teacher invited us to a small gathering of women who had come to see Mrs. Apfel, afterwards my classmate Ivy Kirk and I got to meet Mrs. Apfel and get a picture with her and our teacher. It was quite the day! If you don't know of Mrs. Apfel or Ms. Weir, I suggest you google them! :)

2008-04-25T02:12:00.000-07:00

Love everything about Brooklyn, especially the parks! Made some time to cruise around Brooklyn and Manhattan on my bike last weekend with my good friend Holly [pictured] what a gorgeous day Saturday was! :) ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Just made this new Roxy Marj S/S Bolo tie for my classmate, all I can say is that he looks even smarter now! More will be available next week for purchase. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

2008-04-08T06:04:00.000-07:00

My final project for Concepts is on dandelions with an even deeper concept of micro vs. macro. Here are some images I found online that I thought were great interpretations of a dandelion, and of course photos of the flower itself. :) I have come to realize how underrated this little lady is. 1. Richard Hutten - laser-cut powder-coated steel dandelion light fixture. dandelion light 2. Digital dandelions: The flowering of network research digital dandelion 3. Andre Kutscherauer - Dandelion of Screws D.Screw 4. Salvador Dali poster Dali 5. Stock photos Dandelions 6. Dandelion Whisper rug rug

2008-04-02T02:39:00.000-07:00

When I started babysitting for the girls Annie & Emily [who I am still with but no longer considered their "sitter" more of just a companion I guess] they were just 7 and 9, they are now 14 and 16! Gosh! Time goes by so fast...anyways, when Emily [the younger] was 8 or so she asked me to draw a snail for her...so I did. :) That sparked something in me - I feel like every artist has a couple little animals or insects that they are consistently drawing/doodling, and since Emily, mine happens to be snails...but just recently I have added a new guy to the family. BED BUGS!!! :[) I find they have gotten a really bad rap in life and for what? They only want to get warm and cozy next to you while sleeping in bed, is that such a crime, do we really need to fault these guys over that? I think not! Poor fellas, someone has gotta look out for them, and I have decided that that someone will be me! ahahaha lol

2008-03-30T20:57:00.000-07:00

The one and only thing I got for myself while in London was this AMAZINGLY beautiful book titled "Brooch" There are a lot of pages and they are all transparent so you can see the next page behind it. Not really a book to buy for a little child but for your inner child! :)

2008-03-29T19:08:00.000-07:00

ABC books never get old! :) love this one!

2008-03-23T15:51:00.000-07:00

The Lower West!!! - More videos to come - p.s. this video is cut off in the middle because my memory card got full. :( sorry

2008-03-23T15:36:00.000-07:00

Last night my sister Sarah and I went to an in-house show here in Brooklyn, our friend Dom Moore is a singer songwriter and his group The Lower West performed their first show ever in Jeff's apt. Jeff is the one on the left hand side of Dom. All I can say is that The Lower West is my new favorite band and I CANNOT WAIT till their first album comes out. For their show I made posters for everyone - sadly they were black and white because my school's computer lab was closed yesterday so I wasn't able to do any print-outs from our super lux printers. :( Next time. Below is the poster I made for the show. :) Back from London!!! I went with one of my best friends [Ken] and we had a great time! I love everything about that city and hopefully-hopefully I will get into Royal College of Art [my first choice] X fingers crossed X :) Unfortunately Ken's camera was left on the plane that had 95% of the photos from the trip.... [AirIndia...PLEASE if you are reading this, can you return the camera!???] :( So all I have are some really dinky photos not really worth posting - so self portraits it is... also included are some drawings that I did while at the British Museum and The Victoria & Albert museum.

2008-03-10T15:01:00.000-07:00

I forced myself to do one of my favorite passions last week ~ making jewelry! :) Due to being in school I can only make so many things, but I have managed to find some time to produce a few. Only 7 items, get them before my classmates do! :)

2008-03-10T06:16:00.000-07:00

Came upon this family photo while looking for images online - so sweet! :)

2008-03-08T11:51:00.000-08:00

A couple different posters I have designed for some of my favorite musicians. These were done on my own accord, since none of the bands I have emailed over the past couple years have ever gotten back to me about designing something for them, so I decided I would do it anyways! Ha! Take that you awesome musicians. :)

2008-03-07T03:12:00.002-08:00

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! <- Yes, that is me screaming - due to the last two weeks being hell basically! Our C.F.D.A project was due today, and cannot believe that it is over! Yahooey! :) I just remember thinking at the beginning of this semester, and how it seemed like such a crazy project and not knowing whether I would be able to finish that along with doing all my other homework for my other classes...but I was able to put the pedal to the metal and crank it out. I have to say, I did NOT want to hand it in yesterday, just because I had so much fun making the book, it's compartments, doing the treatments, printing the different swatches, and even drawing and painting the figures along with doing my flats. I guess because I really put everything into this project and knowing that it is something that I will treasure for the rest of my life, makes it even more special. I also had my vest due [well kinda sorta] this week, and now I have to make my rusty orange denim capris so I can get started on my Junior fashion show look, which is completely different from what I am working on now in class.... hope everyone's week has gone well so far .... :)

2008-03-03T03:09:00.000-08:00

This past Friday I went to a show all by myself! Which is a huge deal for me considering that I have always wanted to go to a show or movie alone, but have never gained the courage to do so, I usually chicken out at the last second. But I went and it was awesome! I saw Dean & Britta who were formally of Luna, a band I have loved since I was 17, Karen Ann opened for them - she was great! And what is even cooler is that I just found out Britta Phillips was the voice for JEM back in the 80's <- remember that show ladies!? Uh huh!!! ;-) Here is my video of Dean & Britta performing at Music Hall of Williamsburg - Now my FAVORITE venue - their acoustics were fantastic!

2008-03-02T12:25:00.000-08:00

Due this week in my Methods class was a piece for our Semester look. For my look I am making three pieces, a dress, vest and little orange denim capris.. Just finished the dress this week - after many muslin and oaktag paper drafts to create the perfect sloper [will do a separate post on that later] - Still a work in progress though...since I may decide to tighten the bottom cuff of the sleeve... I printed the word "fragile" all over the yolk which is made of metallic stretch linen, that is my favorite part of the dress. :) And I cut my little turquoise ulra-suede vest out Friday and just need to sew it up this weekend... hopefully it will turn out okay, I have never worked with ultra-suede before and am hoping it acts just like regular suede. Please excuse the expression on my face as it has been a LOOONG week due to the C.F.D.A competition we are all working on [Council of Fashion Designers of America] which is due this Thursday...wish me luck. HA! :/