"why hello beautiful don't you look nice."

Another week gone by... Yay Friday! 

This is going to be a busy weekend though, I have some freelancing to work on, and lots of robot costume making for Colleen's party next weekend. Bring it on silver spray paint! I am sure my fingertips will have a silvery sheen to them come Monday. 

I took advantage of Modcloth's 'Cabin Fever' sale last week and am anxiously awaiting my purchases, I hope they come soon, because I am really excited for my new hat... pictures to follow when they arrive. But, what I am really excited for are the clothes I ordered last week from MNKR. Modcloth carried one of their oversized shirts a few months ago and ever since I got it for Christmas I have been in love. I am really into comfy warm oversized clothing this season. I went on their website to take a look and found two new things to love. They should be coming in the mail soon as well. The best part? Only $3 shipping, and reasonably priced clothing. Have a look for yourself. 

[[  already own "hello again". i just ordered top left and bottom right. next time around i want the bottom left. i was trying to limit my spending though... ]]

They have great captions too... 

"Why hello beautiful don't you look nice. Are those new shoes you're wearing?" - Bonjour Beau.

"Hello again. Why hello again yourself. Its been quite a while hasn't it? Sure has. How's school? Crazy busy. How's your studio? Busy as well. Been to the music box lately? Not since the last year. Remember that one show we saw there? Of course I do. That was fun. Yes it was. Well, it was great seeing you. You as well. I guess I'll see you around. I'm sure you will. Until then. Yes. Until then." - Hello Again.

tangled

Have you seen the movie Tangled? We watched it earlier this week, and it is super cute. The graphics have gotten soo good now. Of course it is cheesy and there are a lot of songs, it is Disney after all.

I think it was partly because she looked similar to Sleeping Beauty, who was her favorite, and partly because she was so silly and had similar facial expressions? Or maybe it was just because I wanted her to... but the whole time Rapunzel totally reminded me of Johni. I also kept thinking, independently, that the "prince" figure bared a striking resemblance to Brandon... It was not until the end of the movie when they are in a boat surrounded by lanterns that I put the two together and realized that I found some serious doppelgangers. Oh, did I mention her character is also a painter? I don't know maybe I am crazy, but looking back on old pictures I totally see it. Especially the big eyes and little toothy smile.

Is it weird that I still think about her/you so much?

[[ movie action shots. ]]

midweek inspiration 5

As I have been looking through wedding blogs for inspirations on the invitations I am currently working on for a client, I am extremely inspired by the calligraphy done by some designers. I have always explored different styles of lettering as a means of entertainment, often filling page after page with song lyrics. I would like to get back into this and become a better calligrapher in the future, because I think that handwriting is fascinating and beautiful. Here are two artists of interest:


Dana Tanamachi specializes in creating large scale one of a kind calligraphy pieces... out of chalk! They are really gorgeous, and I would imagine extremely time consuming, especially for something as fragile and quick to dissipate as chalk.

Dear Darling Calligraphy has the BEST personal font style! I am in love with the strangely drawn out letters, the varying weights, and orientations of the text. This is definitely a style I would like to strive for in the future. Luckily, my doodles are much more closely related to these then the latter. I love the hand written envelopes with individual designs as well. Perfect.

rain rain go away

This one is on the short side... I had some major computer problems at work today, and then had to organize all of my art stuff to make room for our new roomate, so I wanted to relax a bit before posting.

Ok, so today was not nearly as bad as yesterday in terms of actual rainfall, but the ten day weather forecast indicates rain non stop. Yep, I must be in Oregon. It was literally insane how much and how hard it rained yesterday though! I had to bust out the rain boots and everything. Thank goodness for giant clear bubble umbrellas.

[[ white sky. shiny street. puddles galore. rain boots. ]]

weekend adventures 20

It felt nice to have a weekend again! Even more for Pat who had Sunday/Monday off after working straight for three weeks (no joke). I feel like a lot of activities were packed into a short weekend. Thank goodness for Sunday, because Saturday felt like it, and I was glad for the seemingly extra day.

friday night
Megan came down afterwork to keep me company for the night, and so that we could work on our robot costumes for Colleens birthday party which is quickly approaching. Have you seen the show Cougar Town? Well, I watch it on and off... overall I think that the characters are funny, especially Bobby, so even though I cannot stand Courtney Cox's character who is extremely selfish and manipulative, I do enjoy her obsession with drinking entire bottles of wine out of her "Big Carl" oversized 'wine glass' slash vase. Me and Megan had been talking about this earlier and decided to go to the Dollar Tree to hunt for our very own "Big Carls" to use for the night. We found vases... sweats, drinks, ice cream, and movies ensued.

Hey Megan, I just found out that you can actually buy Big Joe himself online!

saturday
Woke up. Ate breakfast. Watched Space Jam (Jenna's favorite). Had ice cream. Yes, dessert for breakfast. I was having a four year old moment as indicated by Pat. Francisco had posted something about the SJ theme song earlier in the week on Facebook, and since then I had been dying to watch it! It is a pretty ridiculous movie with a lot of R. Kelly music in it. My favorite parts are the bulldog named Charles Barkley, and the fact that Bill Murray plays himself just like in Zombieland.

After some nostalgia we went out in search of some robot party costume inspiration and came back with clothes instead! Epic fail. Corvallis just did not have much to offer in terms of a base idea. I was hoping to find some horrible prom dress at Ross to tear apart and infuse with some parts from Home Depot. This is still the basis of my plan, I just REALLY need to get started!


sunday
Rory came over in the morning to talk about the particulars of moving in. Yes, I get yet another roomate with another lab pup named Harlow. I am a little nervous about both dogs together considering Loki is a terror enough on his own and just last week ripped up my favorite winter hat! Just like my poor earmuffs a few months ago. I think he has a personal vendetta against my warm weather accessories!

To celebrate Pat's day off we went to Block 15 to get some food and beers. It was delicious as always. I had an apricot ale and something that tasted like chocolate and raspberries. After hanging out for a few hours we bought a growler of the Bad Bad Leroy Brown and brought it over to Adam for a little visit. Eventually Adam and Rory ended up back at our place for some more beer, pizza, and the Oscars. A strange combination and not your standard Sunday night. There are so many new movies that I want to see now based on the winnings! I have been wanting to see Black Swan and True Grit since before they came out, but it looks like The Kings Speech will need to be viewed as well.

[[ tasty beverages and sidewalk chalk on the table. ]]

"are your parents home?"

First of all, I forgot to mention on my post yesterday that it was my lovely friend Colleen's birthday! (2/24) HAPPY BIRTHDAY COLLEEN! (its ok because I made it facebook official, which is ridiculous by the way) Birthday card in the works... It also means that I am officially 24.5 years old, (which is crazy, I still feel 21 most of the time). So a merry unbirthday to me.


On the note of age... Funny Story...

I came home today for lunch to meet Pat, as usual. While we were making some tuna melts there was a knock on the front door... I answered the door thinking it would be someone from UPS or something along those lines, and was greeted by what I would imagine to have been solicitors selling a product, or their church. I thought to myself, well this sucks, because I hate to sound like a jerk to those people, but at the same time, I assure you I do not want what you are selling.

BUT to my surprise their greeting was, "Hi, are your parents home?" While trying REALLY hard to suppress my laughter and slight shock, I figured, I might as well go with it. The rest of the conversation went as follows:

"No, they are at work right now." - me
"Is there anyone here over 18 right now?" - them
"Nope, it is just me." - me (which by the way I would have NEVER said in high school)
"Ok, we will come back some other time." - them

Door closed. Laughter ensued. Facebook status updated.

To give them the benefit of the doubt we do live in a family looking home, I am hardly wearing any makeup today, my sweater has a childish floral pattern on it, and I have a neon orange headband in my hair... but seriously 16? 17? Come on now.

[[ f21 floral sweater & modcloth boots. ]]

Alright, time to go enjoy the start of my weekend. I have some freelancing to work on, and some robot costume making to commence. Hurry up and get here Meguenther!

second snow of the season

The weather forecast has been threatening snow all week! Finally last night it started to dump after some feeble attempts earlier in the afternoon. I woke up this morning to the silentness of a snow covered backyard view from my bedroom window, and was able to lay there for a while and watch the giant flakes come down. There are not many things as beautiful as snow in the morning when everything is still.

Based on the fact that literally every public school in the state of Oregon was closed because of the weather (we are wimps) I was really hoping for a snow day as well... but, no such luck. Sadly, the snow did not last and by mid afternoon was pretty much diminished completely. Pat and Hayden did manage to build a snowman for our front yard though before it all went away. I am sure he is still guarding the front door.

I, of course, got some pictures this morning before the snow was too tainted by the warming weather.

[[ my backyard as seen through my bedroom window. loki playing. my street. footprints. making my own tracks in combat boots. cold weather clothes. silent street. branches. our snowman, ruprect, complete with hat and scarf. ]]

For now, I am getting ready to meet up with a girl from my work named Cassie who is getting married this summer and asked me to do her invitations for her! Perfect timing since I have weddings on my mind based on recent events. Hopefully tonight I can get a better understanding of what she is looking for and create something amazing for her and her man! Wish me luck.