polaroid composites

I LOVE THESE Polaroid composites from Juan Felipe Rubio
lovely.
Check out the rest on his flickr.

diy crazy

Lately all I can think about is DIY projects. I have been searching and compiling a list of all the things I want to do for my new place and also for making Christmas gifts (and also to sell in my etsy store which has been a goal for quite awhile now).
I thought I'd post some of the sites I discovered that have the best projects:
oneprettything.com has Daily DIY
Readymade.com
designspongeonline.com
http://mayamade.blogspot.com/
http://bkids.typepad.com/bookhoucraftprojects/
http://www.i-do-it-yourself.com/
http://blairpeter.typepad.com/weblog/

LOVE IT!

the end. almost.

Again, I need to apologize for my severe lag in posting lately. As the semester has marched on, so has life and my "to-do" list. I'm currently visiting South Carolina for Thanksgiving and it has been lovely. Relaxing, delicious, and family filled, the last few days have been very enjoyable indeed. head back to Nashville tomorrow and am truly looking forward to this week because I am moving to my new townhouse! I can't wait to get organized and do some serious DIY projects and paintings! Also, starting Monday, it's the last two weeks of school. As always, everyone is asking how this snuck upon us so quickly but I am feeling good about what I have accomplished this semester. We're finishing up finals which for me include my swine flu prevention kit design for Design IV, completing my new retail website for Web Development III (which I got done before Thanksgiving!), and my complete book dummy for Illustration II. We're going to have a gallery show thanks to Dan Brawner to display our completed children's book illustrations and book dummies in the fantastic gallery space behind Neely's, LUSH Gallery. It's really a unique space and I can't wait to have the show.
I have been setting goals for myself lately, as I have many things I want to attain before the year's end and also plans to prepare for my FINAL SEMESTER!!! I am finally going to graduate and the timing feels perfect. I have set the goal to build my personal portfolio website that is easy to update over the holiday break so that it will be ready to post my final portfolio to in the Spring. I will continue interning at redpepper (which just gets better and better) and will also be taking on the main position for the work study in the Graphic Design department. I'm looking forward to this so that I can have some more work for my portfolio. Very exciting.
In other news, I'm working on a freelance project building a website for a local business here in Nashville. It's already been a great learning experience and I'm glad to have the opportunity.
In closing, the end is almost here for 2009 and the fall semester. Christmas decor is making appearances all over town and I am looking forward to more family time come December. Life is wonderful!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hello readers! I apologize for the lack of updates this month but things have been quite busy. I am packing tonight to head home to South Carolina and I promise to write more over the holidays!

crazy month

So my month has been crazy: I was in a hit and run auto accident over a week ago and I'm now in the market for a new car. This has been a learning experience in many ways for me, dealing with the insurance company, the police and car salesmen. It was unfortunate to be in the accident, but it was a good situation as there were 2 witnesses and many helpful people who stopped to help me. One of the witnesses even followed the guy when he drove off and found the vehicle the next day! I was suprised at his kindness and effort for a girl he'd never met before. So the police investigated and found the owner of the car lived in GA and had let a friend borrow it who then let another friend borrow it who proceeded to run a stop sign going over 40 and hit me. Thankfully I wasn't hurt, and although my car needs to be totaled I can still drive it while I'm looking for a new one.
This has been kind of a further push into adulthood. Last week it really hit me how soon I will be done with college and taking on more responsibilities. Scary and exciting.
It's fall break right now and thank goodness. I need this extra time to have a chance to relax and get ahead on schoolwork. And to be car shopping. But it is going well so far and hopefully I'll have found a great one in the next few days!

sketches

For my Illustration II class, we have to keep a sketchbook and upload an image every week to a blog that our professor keeps. I figured I'd just place some of my sketches here for fun. The first is from my personal sketchbook and the second from my class one. They're done with different mediums, pencil, pen and ink, watercolor pencil, and some digital coloring in Photoshop. Fun stuff. (Just click on the image for a larger view.)

goodbye September

It's the last day of September and yesterday marked the first crisp fall air. I was ecstatic that the rain stopped on Sunday and that it has stayed out and brought a slight chill to the air. All that dreary rain for the last 2 and half weeks really brought my mood down. But I am cheery again, and have many things to be excited about. It's almost midterms (how did they come up so fast?) and I'm working on many projects. I'm doing a brochure for Etsy.com, the marketplace for all things handmade and have been creating custom illustrations for it. It's due next week and I have a lot more to do, but I feel really good about it. It's been fun, except for the times I stressed way too much. It's crazy how just a simple thought like "I have no time to do anything!" can spiral into a huge snowball of negative thinking. I'm working on re-prioritizing my life at the moment as I have been putting too much time into other jobs and such that are important to me, but should come second to classwork. I spent 15 hours at the school today working on my projects and in class. And the great thing is that I don't feel tired or frustrated. I had a really great day. Hitting your stride in a project is one of the best feelings in the world. I have been putting so much pressure on myself and my work that I haven't given myself the chance to enjoy it lately. But that will not happen again!
October is bringing lots of good things like Fall Break, a trip to Atlanta to see family, a trip to Auburn to see my first home football game there, and my birthday. So with all the other great things that are already going on, Life is pretty freakin' sweet right now.

I'm also working on designing and building a website in MultiMedia III right now. We had to choose a musician or a movie to build a site for and I chose Brooke Waggoner, an incredible Nashville based songstress. Here's a glimpse into what I have so far...